MINNESOTA CBS.COM ARTICLE FOR THE SCREENING TONIGHT THURSDAY NOV 13 OF THE QUIET RIOT MOVIE WELL NOW YOURE HERE THERES NO WAY BACK AT THE SOUND UNSEEN MINEEAPOLIS ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back (Nov. 13; 9 p.m.; McNally Smith) I was well aware of glam metal band Quiet Riot as a kid with MTV in the 80s. I was pleasantly scared by the guy in the straitjacket and the bloody, pre-Hannibal Lector metal mask who served as their mascot. But the band itself, especially former frontman Kevin DuBrow, seemed pretty funny to me, in a slightly self-aware, Spinal Tap-ish sort of way. I was always struck by the hairline of the cocky DuBrow, who died of a cocaine overdose in 2007, and how it was pretty insufficient for a metal lead singer (even in light of Judas Priest’s Rob Halford). I was even more tickled when the band took part in an episode of VH1′s “Behind The Music” in the late 90s, and DuBrow’s mane had been replaced with that of Cher in the “If I Could Turn Back Time” video. But Quiet Riot is more than just a jokey hair band (or hair-challenged band). Their monster 1983 album “Metal Health” is credited with launching “metal” into the mainstream. It featured their hit cover of the Slade tune “Cum On Feel The Noize,” and the influential title track, which demanded millions of disgruntled males to “bang your head.” But like so many bands featured on “Behind The Music,” Quiet Riot is no stranger to tragedy. Their original guitarist and founder, Randy Rhoads, was killed in a plane crash after leaving the band to join Ozzy Osbourne. And the aforementioned death of DuBrow brought the band to a screeching halt. Drummer Frankie Banali and his partner, Regina Russell, raised $24,000 from a Kickstarter campaign to produce “Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back.” Russell went on to direct the feature, which is a fascinating and entertaining look at the wonderfully comical era of 80s heavy metal — though my use of “comical” might be purely subjective. – Stephen Swanson
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