Heavy metallers Quiet Riot have announced yet another change in the frontman position. "American Idol" alumnus James Durbin has replaced Seann Nicols as the singer of the band. Nicols was with Quiet Riot for just a few months, but long enough to record the vocals for the band's upcoming album, Road Rage (due April 21st on Frontiers Music). The California-born singer James Durbin, who placed fourth on Idol, will make his live debut March 18th in Wichita, Kansas as the band does a few North American dates during the next two months.

"After doing all of five live shows [with Nicols], it became apparent to everybody that it really wasn't going to work," Quiet Riot drummer/bandleader Frankie Banali told Billboard. "There were some serious creative and personal differences. I'm not the type of person who will stay in a bad marriage for the kids - the kids in this case being Quiet Riot. It was unanimous it could not go any further."





"I think there's some really awesome gems in the Quiet Riot catalog that are really overlooked," says Durbin. "I love 'Put Up or Shut Up.' I love 'Condition Critical' and 'Thunderbird,' even the song 'It Sucks to Be You' from the Quiet Riot documentary [Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back]. I'm really looking forward to putting my spin on it as a singer. I feel I'm much more melodic in my singing than some of the singers Quiet Riot has featured in the past, so I'm looking forward to soaring those vocals over the crowd."

The group is also planning to return to the studio soon to start the recording era of Durbin in the band.

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