Thank you to Butch from Virginia for bringing the following to our attention. Apparentely, Kelly was “asked” (read: begged) to play a Quiet Riot song (that he never played on in the first place) in a band’s gig in Vegas. Here’s his account of his “reluctant” response:
“When I heard that I said NO! Not because I was nervous about going on stage or anything like that, I said no because of some, if not all of the flak, I caught after Kevin’s death by some who thought that, by coming on here and telling all of you the circumstances of his death and letting you all know what was going on, which was picked up by AP and UPI and put me on like a million websites, that I was trying to somehow profit from his death. I did this because I can tell you, this board was important and the people on it, were important to me and Kevin. And I felt you had a right to know. We’d both been here for quite a while, so I felt it right to tell it to all of you from the horses mouth. I felt, you had a right to know what was going on. I’m a wedding photographer in a little tiny town, I don’t want to be famous, I’m not trying to be a rock star. I’m way too old! So me, going on stage in some little club could be construed by some to appear as though that is exactly what I’m trying to do. I have in fact been very low profile on here for one thing, and I had even planned on NOT going to anymore Randy memorials, no more interviews, nothing. I was done with it all because of all the painful things that happened with Kevins passing. Don’t ask me. I resolved to have no more to say or do with any of it. And now this guy wants me to go up on stage and play a QR song? Not to mention a recent VERY painful event which has just occured to me as a result of being “whoever the hell I am”. NO! NO! NO! I ain’t doing it! Well, I’ve slowly, very slowly been changing my stance on all this. I absolutley loved Randy, and it was always so nice to always talk to his fans, and I decided I would miss that. But still. I wasn’t going to go up and play that song!”
Well, he did. And now he’s selling a bunch of Randy and Kevin memorabilia!
Nice work taking the high road, Kelly!
Wake up Kelli Garni, nobody used you because you were in “QR”, for like a second. If you stopped using that excuse already, people might actually want to listen to you. Not everyone thinks being in “QR” for a minute once way back when, is a big deal. If you actually used your talents for something besides, crying & whining about your life, the fact that you can’t pay your bills & how everyone trys to use you, you’d probably be ok. EVERYTHING doesn’t revolve around you & “QR.” You don’t see the surviving members of “QR” cashing in on their time with the band & by calling every painful experiance in their life that ever happened, because of who they were & because they were in “QR”. You might actually be a happy person if you finally stepped aside from this absurd notion that people want to know you because you spent a mila-second with “QR”. Try being remembered for other positive qualities, you say you’re a fantastic photographer? Well, let’s see it. Blow us all away! We’re tired of your crying about people who “used” you. How silly is that? You have nothing & what you did have you sold or are currently selling. The family of Kevin was correct to keep you away from the funeral, they knew you’d be wiping away tears with one hand & selling & autographing the funeral program with the other & your finger would be on auto-dial to the local TV & radio stations, to come & film the whole thing! People arn’t lining up outside your door, because they want to know you because you were in “QR”. Put that to rest already, it’s an old & tired “excuse”. It’s overused, ESPECIALLY in your case. You “gossip” about everyone, there’s NOBODY you havn’t trashed, in your quest for remaining anonymous. You constantly tell people how badily you’re treated. You never shut up actually. Everyone has done you wrong at some point, & that is why you get used . You never own up to your own weaknesses & failures, because they are always brought on because someone used you because of who you were or are or think you are. You’re no more important than anyone else, ok? Other people live with really bad things in their lives, on a daily basis, but they don’t run around blaming everyone else for it, they deal with it as best as they can & they don’t use other people to blame for enormous mistakes they made in their lives. That’s life. Try & remember that next time you decide you have to trash people & use them as your excuse for your sadness. Try & do Kevin proud, he would have probably liked to have seen you as a success at some point , just by doing what you do well & not at everyone else’s expense.
YOU ARE A BUNCH OF PUSSIES! IF I EVER MAKE IT TO KELLI GARNI, ME AND HIM ARE GOING TO KICK YOUR ASSES! OZZY OSBORNE IS MAKING MONEY OFF RANDY TOO, WITH ZAKK WYLDE WHO IS NOT VERY GOOD, YOU MUST LOOK LIKE THE BIG SHIT YOU ARE, YOU ARE ANGRY AND YOU ARE DEAD MEAT, WHO GIVES A FUCK IF KELLI CHARGES MONEY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, YOU ARE JEALOUS OF RANDY RHOADS AND KELLI IS LIKE HIM, KELLY RHOADS IS RANDYS BROTHER YOU FUCKHEAD YOUR DEAD MEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHOEVER YOU ARE YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT KELLY GARNI AND HE COULD KICK YOUR ASS IN A FLASH SO BIG MOUTH IF HIS FRIENDS FIND YOU, YOU KNOW THE REST BUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow…
I just lost my only brother in the Reno air races and it’s hurts so badly…I would like to see a lot more love in the world for those of us left behind to carry on the good fight after losing some of the best this world had to offer…The music is the gift….Lets just suck up and carry on…Heres to the love of brother and friend…I think it’s a good day to let the past go…I will forever strive to be a better person,set examples and honor those who one day I will see again…Rock on…
Laurel
Leave Kelly alone all you kelly bashers.Remember it was Randy and Kelly that started qiet riot. Kelly is a good guy in alot of peoples books so all you bashers can fuck off!!
Garni is a top notch asshole ! And he does talk badly about people (and friends) behind their backs.
OMGosh the hatemongers!
I knew Randy and Kelly in the 70″s and to say Kelly was part of QR for a second? Randy never went anywhere without Kelly-they were like twins and in the 70’s and first partof the 80’s Randy would not have been in a band that Kelly was not part of.
So what if he has a lot to share about a brother-I believe Randy would be applauding this!
Kelly Garni My Side Of The Story By Jon Holtz
Everything that you will read below is the truth and it is backed up by documented evidence which now rests in the hands of the Rhoads family, my Corporate Attorney and the Authorities. The evidence of which we hold has not been tampered with and/or manipulated in any way and that can be proven as well. This is my side of the Kelly Garni story and the choice to believe it or not is ultimately up to each individual reader to decide for themselves. The only thing I have to gain from this is a chance to defend myself and set the record straight.
Once Kelly Garni found out that I had some money he approached me to finance his take over of the Randy Rhoads trademark and right out from under the noses of the Rhoads family. As it stands now, there are no registered trademarks for Randy Rhoads and Garni knowing this wanted to waste no time in capitalizing on it by trademarking Randy Rhoads name in several International Classes for GOODS and/or SERVICES, i.e., CD’s, Posters, T-Shirts, Kelly’s Book about Randy, RR Merchandise, etc. This was only a small part of a much larger and more elaborate plan that Kelly wanted to put in place in order to have an upper hand on the Rhoads family in the event that Mrs. Rhoads did not recover from her illness.
In addition, Kelly offered me a very large percentage from the trademarks and from everything that would be sold thereafter if I would only help him by financing 100 percent of the venture and keep my mouth shut about it. I told Kelly I was not interested in the offer and turned him down. Up until this point I had a tremendous amount of respect for Kelly and was very excited to be working with him.
All of Kelly Garni’s illegal plans to obtain Randy Rhoads trademarks were documented and the evidence now rests in the hands of the Rhoads family and my Corporate Attorney.
Garni also tried to get me to finance the production of unauthorized RR and Quiet Riot merchandise which he wanted to have sold through his connections within the bootleg market. He shipped me a QR1 poster that he said he owned the rights to as a photographer and that he wanted me to pay to have the poster mass produced so thousands of copies could be sold for financial gain. However, after having our attorneys look into the matter it became obvious that Kelly held absolutely no rights whatsoever to the poster. When I confronted him with this and told him that the only way the poster could be re-produced legally and/or I could be involved with it was to have the Randy Rhoads estate, Kevin DuBrow estate and Drew Forsyth sign off on it. Kelly said, no one was going to stop him from selling the poster, that he had many connections within the bootleg market to get things like that sold, that he had done it before and that the Rhoads family were to stupid to know what was going on or who was doing what on the Internet because the Internet was such a great place to hide especially since the Rhoads family barely ever ventured there.
In addition, Kelly said, “fuck Drew Forsyth, he doesn’t need the money and Kevin DuBrow is dead now so what can he do about it”? “The record company that originally put out the poster is no longer in business so they won’t say anything about it?” I then explained to Kelly that I would never be a part of something like that, that I had too much respect for the Rhoads family, Mr. Kevin DuBrow and Mr. Drew Forsyth. Kelly said, “it sounds to me like you’re a pussy always afraid of what the Rhoads family might do to you”. “I’m talking about making some fucking money for you and for my favorite charity ME, so who fucking cares about selling the poster legally”? “I don’t care about selling the poster legally I’m a fucking bootlegger, that is what I do”. I told Kelly that the only way I would do the deal was if everything was done aboveboard and straight up. Kelly said, “unfortunately there is no being straight up where Randy is concerned because Mrs. Rhoads will never agree to allow me to make money off Randy’s name while she’s still living”. In addition, Kelly said, “so you’re telling me that you’re not going to do what thousands of other people are already doing and make money off of Randy by bootlegging some of his merchandise to the fans”? I said NO and just because other people were doing it doesn’t make it right for them to do so nor does it make it right for you or I to do so either. I asked Kelly, don’t you feel bad about making money off Randy’s name in that way”? Aren’t you afraid of what people will think of you, what about the fans? Kelly said and I quote, “FUCK THE FANS!, they’re the same dumb motherfuckers that complain about shit like that and then go out and buy the fucking shit”! “FUCK THE FANS, if they don’t like it because I’m selling illegal Randy Rhoads merchandise FUCK ‘EM! The only thing I care about with these FANS is getting their money in my pocket and that’s all you should care about too”!
All of Kelly Garni’s illegal plans regarding the aforementioned were documented and the evidence now rests in the hands of the Rhoads family and my Corporate Attorney.
Kelly also made some very disrespectful remarks regarding Randy’s mother while she was ill with respect to him looking forward to the day that she would be out of his way once and for all. These remarks also included very repugnant description regarding Mrs, Rhoads and the Rhoads family which are too repulsive to repeat.
On another note regarding Kelly Garni’s so-called generous Charity work. On the surface it would appear that Kelly Garni cares a lot about all the poor little kids in the world that can’t afford a decent guitar to play, but the truth of the matter is, Garni made several very angry and very racist statements about the first young man that was the Winner of the “Little Kids Rock” Guitar Contest. The people at “Little Kids Rock” know about this and are very embarrassed by it. They are praying that the parents of the young African American boy who won the Contest will not catch wind of this and/or receive a copy of the evidence because the legal ramifications that would be sustained by this would be devastating.
In addition, as if all of the aforementioned is not enough. I am now involved with an on going criminal investigation where Kelly Garni will be facing some very serious Felony charges for “Conspiracy To Commit Murder”. And that is what I meant by my statement at the end of the KG YouTube video wherein I stated, “if things continue to escalate I will be forced to release the information regarding Kelly Garni’s dismissal from RR.us.
Kelly Garni tried to offer me money to kill someone for him. When I declined the offer and he saw that wouldn’t work he then threatened my life and threatened the lives of my family if I did not go and kick someone’s door in for him and blow their brains out.
Kelly even went as far as to leave several detailed life threatening messages on my cell phone where he goes on and on about how he is coming to Tennessee and I would soon become a casualty. He also left several messages where he would say something like “This is what is going to happen to you”. And then he would play a clip from a movie where you could hear someone in the background screaming for their life as they were being beaten to death or you would hear several gun shots being fired at the same time and people screaming and begging for their lives. This is absolutely one of the most asinine and incriminating things anyone could possibly do to someone especially if they plan to try and lie their way out of any wrong doing afterward. At that point I was very concerned that my life was in danger and I realized that this guy is out of his F-N mind.
Once again, there are very detailed records of evidence which proves everything that I am tell you is true and factual and this evidence proves everything beyond any reasonable doubt.
Garni seems to be under the misconception that the evidence against him was obtained illegally in someway and that somehow makes the evidence inadmissible in court. I can assure you that I have consulted with my attorney and the means in which the evidence was obtained is perfectly legal within the state of Tennessee as well as the state of Nevada.
Garni was never the owner of RR.us and while he was there he never once contributed to the site and/or helped do anything for that matter that did not involve him making money from the members. He only used the site to further his own agenda by bartering deals with some of the Asian members in order to line his own pockets.
Kelly Garni had absolutely nothing to do with setting up the Live Chat with Kelle and Kathy Rhoads, I did that myself as I am good friends with the Rhoads family. After the fact of the evidence being presented to the Rhoads family of which they asked to have sent to them, they offered to do the Live Chat in order to let everyone know that they are still involved with the site so Kelly Garni could not manipulate everyone into believing otherwise.
In Closing: For those that would judge me harshly and can not appreciate the position that Kelly Garni placed me in with all of this. Please consider the following. When some psycho calls you up and offers you money to kill someone and then starts making serious threats to kill you and your family if you don’t do what they say, what lengths will you be willing to go in order to protect yourself and your family?
Yeah he is that dumb ? NOT!
Do you believe that 9/11 was caused by the jews ? I bet so .
Major Tom to Major Stupid .Negative push over Major stupid .Negative Banjoule . Negative ATO Major Stupid . Can ya hear me major stupid ? is there anyone there major stupid .Can ya hear me major stupid -there is not one major dumb .Can ya hear me major dumb ? Can ya heaaaaarrrrrr .As your sitiing in your tin can . Tell my wife I love her very much —SHE KNOWS!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope & pray for you bro .You have much hate in you
Pastor John Schitt of Head East prays for you as do I / You are too cruel . Why Major Dumb ?
Major Dumb ass
Houston control -press meco 109 enter now ! Neg ATO ? You are not even qualified to play in MAX-Q the ASTRONAUT BAND! MR GARNI is qualified so is Mr Banelli .How bout you MAJOR DUMB? CRIT-1 failure Houston .You deserve this from every human .Picking on these persons .What a moron .Randy is gone so is Kevin let it be . These are great humans —-so much for you . Sorry you crash&burned .
Obvious a major malfunction Houston .
CFS!
Obama was an inside job too ? Correct . MJR idiot ? NEyt boron -las moron -da hoto en casa .Neyt Boron -moron .Negative alpha -juipe-bangriere 102 enterp[Now or crash over the cliff you moron] .Captain Dumb .You were just demoted three fag points for being gay .Sorry Nasa decieded this one .You are not qaulified to go backstage anyway .You are the one who left that [ Mockba -Pyccknn ] ? In hybay 3 o.p.f. ? I bet that is you . I bet you are related to Jeff the Cheif Dalhmer ? You follow that profile .Google Frootloops .You should see your pic there .
God speed
Nutjob.
You are an idiot. Kelly is one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met. I have spent a little time getting to know him, and when I was in Vegas with a friend and we didn’t have anywhere to stay he welcomed us in, barely knowing us. He is a truly nice person.
Kelly Garni Rocks…He’s an amazing person, great photographer, and a legend in rock music history. No one can never take that away.