Frankie Banali
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
Heavy: The Story of Metal
Character: Self
Heavy: The Story of Metal is a four-part documentary special that aired on VH1 in 2006. The series focuses on the origins, subgenres, and the bands of heavy metal music, paying close attention to influential bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, who helped to define heavy metal in its early years. Other bands on the program include, Alice Cooper, Kiss, AC/DC, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, Metallica, Anthrax, Guns N' Roses, and Marily...
Movie Credits
Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back
Character: Himself
An inspiring documentary chronicling the rise, fall and resurrection of '80s metal band Quiet Riot. The career of Frankie Banali, the band's drummer, reached a serious crossroads when his best friend and bandmate died in 2007. Years later, Banali realizes he must forge ahead and make a new life for himself and his daughter and he goes on a quest to reunite the band and fill the immense void left by his bandmate....
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
Character: Self [Quiet Riot]
Hear 'n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. According to Ronnie James Dio's MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year....
Skum Rocks!
Character: Self
The unbelievable true story of the band that gained massive east coast popularity in the late 1980s despite having a complete lack of musical talent and ambition. A powerful PR machine built their fame, and soon their primary objective was to invent new and creative ways to get kicked off stage without actually playing. Narrated by 'Alice Cooper', Skum ROCKS!, is a genre-bending film described by some as a true-life 'This is Spinal Tap', and by others as an independent 'Rock of Ages'. 'Skum Rock...
Quiet Riot : One Night in Milan
Character: Himself / Drums
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W.A.S.P. | ReIdolized (The Soundtrack to the Crimson Idol)
Character: Self
A mostly black-and-white, narrated dramatization of WASP's 1992 album The Crimson Idol, filmed in 1992 and finally released with the 2017 re-recording as the soundtrack....
W.A.S.P. | First Blood... Last Visions...
Character: Self
A very rare Japan-only video with eleven promo clips....
Quiet Riot Live in Minneapolis '99
Character: Drums
Quiet Riot performed live in Minneapolis in 1999, with a show on July 11, 1999 at the Target Center. Setlist: "Sign of the Times", "Slick Black Cadillac", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (Slade cover), "Angry", "Let's Get Crazy", "Cum On Feel the Noize" (Slade cover), "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)"...
Quiet Riot Live in Dortmund
Character: Drums
Recorded Live in Dortmund, Germany December 18, 1983, as part of the Metal Health tour. Setlist: : "Let’s Get Crazy", "Metal Health", "Slick Black Cadillac", "Cum On Feel The Noize"...
1983 Dortmund Pop Rock Festival
Character: Drums (Quiet Riot)
IRON MAIDEN Setlist: "Sanctuary", "The Trooper", "Revelations", "Flight of Icarus", "22 Acacia Avenue", "The Number of the Beast", "Run to the Hills" SCORPIONS: "Blackout", "Loving You Sunday Morning", "Coming Home", "Always Somewhere", "Holiday", "Can’t Live Without You", "Dynamite", "Can’t Get Enough" JUDAS PRIEST: "Riding On The Wind", "Breaking The Law", "Freewheel Burning", "You’ve Got Another Thing Coming", "Living After Midnight", "Victim Of Changes", "Hell Bent For Leather" DEF LEPPAR...