Quiet Riot Alienate Fans and Friends in and Attempt to Cover Wrong Doings to Now Fired Singer Mark Huff
Mark Huff of Quiet Riot Fired as he Lay in the Hospital Waiting on Brain Surgery
After my article yesterday on Mark Huff, the now former Quiet Riot singer, fired as he sat in his hospital room having his head shaved for brain surgery; there was a mass pouring of emotions across the internet from fans and friends of Mark Huff. People asking for their money back for tickets they had purchased, and saying they only wanted to go to see Mark, among the many other outcries of anger over his wrong doing. Quiet Riot eventually released a half cocked statement, saying they sent Mark a certified letter and making insinuations that Mark may be lying about being in the hospital.
From QR Facebook page:
“With regards to Mark Huff: My policy has always been not to air out the dirty laundry in public. That policy remains the same even in light of those who chose to make accusations. The fact is that Mr. Huff’s medical condition had nothing to do with the decision that was made though it is unfortunate that it comes at such a time. His wife assured me that Mark would be home this week, and as legal protocol dictated, a certified letter was sent informing Mark of the decision that was made and why it was made. This was days ago. The content of that letter is a private matter unless Mr. Huff decides to make the reason for his dismissal made public which I believe would be counterproductive for him. I will not go tit for tat with this issue. If certain person wish to villainies me, that is their prerogative.”
This statement from the band sent out a rash of angry protests from friends and fans alike, I myself as the writer of the original article that soared the web, ended up in a conversation on MY Facebook page with a certain drummers girlfriend, whom insisted that a certified letter had been sent by them to Mark Huff, and that Mark was lying, which only lit my fuse because I KNOW for a fact that Mark is not lying. After said “girlfriend”, invaded my Facebook, myself and fans started noticing they were deleting any post on their page with the truth and only leaving up the fans words that choose to believe their garbage. My words, of course, were deleted. I mean, who wants the truth right? Banning Fans? Wow guys, that really is the lowest a band can go. Oh, no wait, that was yesterday, when you fired your singer while he was in the hospital for brain surgery, then lied to your fans about it.
Where am I going with this? You know, I myself work in the music industry. I am not some half cocked columnist that doesn’t know what she is doing in music, and I have become pretty tired of the rock star attitude. Guess what people, the fans don’t dig it, nor do the venues, promoters or any other normal thinking person on the planet. How do you know when you have gotten so far up your own arse, and think way too highly of yourself to have any form of judgment on being a normal human being? Ha! Ask QR and a few others, they seem to be great at it. I put this out to you and your “girlfriend” drummer-boy, as I said yesterday, I challenge you to show proof of this so called letter; a real one, no receipt, no faked one, the real letter, with the real signature, and dated. Until then, you might want to rethink how you treat your fans and friends. In the mean time, I will sit here supporting Mark Huff as he goes through this ordeal, alongside his family, whom I guess are lying to the world in your opinion and his friends that are all sitting in the hospital with him right now. Please keep him in your prayers my friends.
Fans have now created a page for Mark to show support for him on Facebook. You can also follow Mark on his Facebook page
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Dick Heads is right!! and living up to their band name..
RUMMER BOY: was not all he was cracked up to be when he had his little girlfriend , fiance, wife what ever the fk she is.. talking for him.. GET OF THE HIGH HORSE BECAUSE YOU BELONG IN THE DUNG….
TOO QUIET to confront Mark
and creating a RIOT against them.. I new last year that
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Tks for keeping us posted on this. Will be watching closely.
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If they sent a certified letter, they have a copy of it and a signiture showing that Mark recieved it. Anything they post as prood can be tested by a expert to prove if the signiture is fake or not. So put your letter where your mouth is! Either way you were his band mates and you had to know what was going on with him and that he was having brain surery. This didn’t just happen over night to Mark. I am disgusted that you would do this to anyone that is getting ready for surgery. Especially this type of surgery. You have no one to blame for single handedly distroying your own careers. You don’t mess with fans like that either. They will make you or break you. They are the ones that buy your concert tickets and albums. I was in the entertainment business for a long time. I know how this works.
I have known Mark since we were in our teens. FYI… he’s a far better drummer than that fool of a coward ever was.. and that voice! Anyone who portrays Mark as anything but a rediculously dedicated,hardworking,extraordinally, talented, yet humble and gracious human being has never met him. His family, friends and fans, have his back. And QR is on it’s way right back to the washed up hasbeen pile..
Quite Right.
Thanks for keeping the story true. We are praying for you Mark!
I’ve had plenty of my own run-ins with Banali’s girlfriend, she is a freaking psycho. Check out the Quiet Riot wikipedia page history, you be the judge.
In regards to this I am a promoter having worked with Quiet Riot and Mr.Banali one on one. Let me be upfront but 1st saying in a very modest way that I have worked with many big artists in my day and I have NEVER ever seen a guy with such a big ego and attitude as Franki Banali. Especially for a band that was heavily promoted and didn’t even bring 5 people to a venue(Yes that is what I said, 5 PEOPLE) I will say this Mark was a unbelievable singer and as much as I like the original being honest he was just as good as Kevin and this is my opinion but was the best version of the band performing LIVE. I take pictures with all the bands I work with and here is a little tidbit to show you how big a ass this guy is. My camera was on the wrong setting so I had to try to take it for a 2nd time and he completely blows me off cussing and storms off towards the exit. Demands higher money, will not let anyone talk to anyone else in the band as far as interview or opinion on the band for ANYTHING besides him. This from a guy who had a band that didn’t even pull 5 people. I was and am a big QR just not a
Franki fan. I was thinking it would be awesome but when shows like they did make me consider leaving the business after dealing with people like him then you know how bad it really is. It hurts to have supported someone so hard and them be such a ass. The one thing I can say is the band kicked ass and most was due to Mark and Alex. Franki is nothing extraordinary and neither is the bassist. Mark kind of stands in the corner while Franki give you his dead dog analogy to explain the sound if it doesn’t fit his liking. Any other buyer and promoter that has worked with him will know the analogy I speak of. Get your head out your ass and be real and treat ALL your fans with respect. I can’t stand people that are fake and this guy is to the max. He isn’t trying to protect the integrity of QR he is trying to protect his banking account. Rant over