Here Today... Gone To Hell!

anyone like this band? I really got into them.. used to think they were a 1hit wonder, but my god all their cds rock!! Warren demartini is such a virtuoso guitarist also..

out of the cellar is a great cd..

i love the EP, celler, and detonator.

dancing under cover is alright, i do not like reach for the sky though.

I posted a thread on them a while back. Its a shame they can never get back together as the original line up.

ya never know

http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1454&Itemid=42

Yes these guys rock.

To bad about Robin Crosby he was a real good guitar plater.

I seen them back in the mid 80's and they kicked ass.

I heard Jizzy Pearl is getting back together with Love/Hate and Steven is getting abck with RATT

After checking out juans site, i highly doubt he will have anything to do with them.

why?? juan is a quiet guy...he doesnt tell stuff until its official.. im pretty sure if it happens juan would be involved.. well see though

no i mean reading over his site, he seemed quite hurt by them in articles he has there.

Yeah i hope they can all put there differences aside and get back together.

Did you ever see behind the music with RATT

well if they do reunite they'd have to find some one to replace Robin and have Steven not be an ass and quit when shit dosen't go his way.

and i like RATT too, i think they kick ass but there "behind the music" thing on VH1 made me think, ya know its just one of the saddest storries
in Metal/music i've ever heard.  :'( 0

\m/ RATT & ROLL \m/  :smoking:

i havent seen there behind the music, any links?

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/behind_the_music/98597/episode.jhtml

i think thats it idk i just googeled it, and it said my computer wouldn't except there "Vspot" thing what ever that means

enjoy :beer:

dont work for me, just refreshes the page when i click it haha

The behind the music of them was pretty good. It is sad to see how Robin went down hill from drug abuse and no one eventried to help him out. I will look for the link  for you and post it.

Do you live in the US?

no, i live in england.

I got Invasion of Your Privacy at Tower Records for $1.50.  I was blown away by how good it was.

I spent an evening drinking with the guys from RATT earlier this year.  Apparently we will hear new stuff real soon.  Whilst we were talking I was saying how my friend had stayed in the hotel cause he had sun stroke after we walked 12 miles in the midday sun.  They all started going crazy saying "12 miles in the midday sun is the best song title ever!!" they wrote it down and asked if they could use it.  Would be really funny if they did actually use that! 

Thought you might like that little story

cool..when did you hang out with them??

That was in July during the Summer NAMM show in Austin, Texas.  I was out there working, but on a night there are loads of parties around Austin and they were at the Diamond Amps party where I was hanging out.  We hung out drinking for a while and talking about music etc.  Cool guys.

No Juan for the Ratt reunion. Looks like I'll be skipping this half-assed cash grab.

Ratt is/was an awesome band.

I think the best of is a great album, it has 17 or so great songs.

The best of is a good damn album , especially  on a road trip. Course it is the  only album by these guys that I own. thought about getting some more but have never gotten around to it.

I always thought Robbin Crosby died of AIDS, but on the behind the music it claimed he died of heroin, and since then I've read that too. What did he die of?

heroin overdose , I forgot that dude was said to be 400lbs when he died.

I read that his bloat (in an interview with Crosby no less) was a reaction to his HIV drugs. ....Always read AIDS until the BTM. Really odd.

Robbin Crosby Last Guitar Solo Ratt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NGValtcPLI&mode=related&search=)

it is odd cause I remember hearing that is was aids too .

I went to see Ratt in 1986 with Poison , and they were REALLY good
live , I think that says a lot for any group now a days.

Too bad the original 4 living members will never see the stage together anymore.

Wow , just caught this http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70814

Robbie Crane (bass) John Corabi (guitar) is playing with the
3 originals! (Pearcy,DeMartini,Blotz) I didn't realize hell has
frooze over again!

they really wanted Juan for the reunion, dont believe everything you read from him...

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IS BACK FOR MORE!
NEW ?BEST OF? CD AND DVD FROM ?80S METAL FAVES DUE THIS SUMMER FROM RHINO RECORDS

BAND?S NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH POISON BEGINS JUNE 13

LOS ANGELES?After much speculation and anticipation following the airing of their ?BEHIND THE MUSIC? episode on VH1 last spring, multiplatinum hard rock act RATT with vocalist Stephen Pearcy, guitarist Warren DeMartini and drummer Bobby Blotzer will grace the stage together for the first time since 1999. Plans for not only a U.S. summer tour but a full-fledged comeback are being mapped out now as the band prepares to hit the road with Poison. The band?s own tour dates will extend into the fall and may also include shows in Canada, Europe, Japan, South America and Australia. Joining the band onstage will be bassist Robbie Crane and guitarist John Corabi.

A full itinerary is still being finalized, but Poison and RATT will join forces for a summer trek that is scheduled to begin June 13 at the Bi Lo Center in Greenville, S.C., and wind around the country through the end of August.

The tour, which brings the two bands onstage together for the first time since 1999, will visit major U.S. cities such as Boston, Detroit, New York, Oklahoma City and Los Angeles.

The band has recently aligned with Carl Stubner, CEO of Sanctuary Artist Management (ZZ Top, Mick Fleetwood/co-manager of Fleetwood Mac, Tommy Lee/Supernova, Paulina Rubio, Jack?s Mannequin) and is booked by Jay Frey at Paradise Artists.

RATT made their mark in the early ?80s going ?Round And Round? with a string of hit songs, videos and four consecutive multiplatinum albums (over 16 million albums sold worldwide). Their arena-filling live shows set the standard for all bands to follow. Creating anthems for the youth of that era, their music and performances maintain a timeless quality to this day.

loive RATT.

anyone wanting to get into them. i suggest there debut album, and then invasion of your privacy, the under produced RATT EP is worth a shot too.

if you like those alot, then i suggest you get the other albums....they differ in quality.

dancing under cover is half good.

reach for the sky....commercial trash.

detonator, change in sound but really great album.

ratt 84-91 or whatever greatest hits is good

RATT self titled effort with different members....is...very different, country sounding, its ok but maybe it should have been done under a different name.

Oh hell yea! This is going to be great!

to the dude wondering how Robin died: he did have Aids, he got it from using a dirty needel then he kicked the habbit i think for a while then he decided before he had the chance of dying of Aids, he wanted to die on his terms so he injected a lethal dose of heroin.

And i heard that RATT got back together again on Blabbermouth for the....what 8th time? Any way i hope it lasts, i'd love to see these guys on tour with Poison and maybe Twisted Sister. God that'd be a hell of a tour : ok: :headbanger:


:peace:

Some people might want to check out their CD  "Collage"

It's got some wicked stuff on it , like some weird version

of  "Lovin' You Is A Dirty Job", I can't remember if it's

hip hop or techno....it was weird , and sounded cool. 

Yea, that had a funky remix by Skinny Puppy on it.

i can't even begin to imagine something like that :-\ i almost don't want to either  :confused:

RATT and hip hop and teckno? just doesn't make sence to me

Yeah Collage is horrible.

The EP-Never heard it, but know a few songs and they are great.

Out of the Cellar-One of the best rock/metal albums of the 1980s, a classic.

Invasion of Your Privacy-Not as strong as the debut, but good.

Dancing Undercover- I like this one almost as much as the debut, and this one is more interesting musically.

Reach for the Sky-Not their best album. A little formulaic, but a decent effort, a few gems.

Detonator-Sucks, sucks, sucks. Fucking horrible. Fuck you Desmond Child. As bad as Slaughter or Trixter.

Collage-Pretty cool.

RATT '99- Sucks major ass.

Ratt 99 was a VERY good cd. you just have to listen to it a few times. and then it grows on you

as for Detonator, I love the songs "top secret" and "shame shame shame" everything else, well Desmond Child pretty much fucks up every band hes worked with.!!

if you want, PM me ill send you files from the EP. its probably one of Ratts best stuff. even better than OOTC or Invasion

i think the majority of detonator is awesome.

does everyone here like the song "nobody rides for free"?

nobody rides for free was an amazing song. I wouldve liked to see what they couldve done with more songs like that had they not broken up shortly after.

same with motley crues primal scream

"Nobody Rides for Free" is great.

Detonator, however, just plain sucks. The band just sounds really, really tired. The album is full of nothing but worn-out cliches. Albums like Detonator made Nirvana's sea change in rock possible. The '99 album also blows.

I don't agree , Detonator was not the album that changed the face of music
but it wasn't that bad , and the only reason the Nirvana shit started was
it was time to start selling other crap,so they got all the publicity,but I don't
think Cobain killing himself was part of the plan for the music industry.That's
why all these promoters need to let the public pick the stars,and not push
these bands that turn out to be disasters on us.

Special thanks to Guns N Motley for hooking me up with the RATT EP. Got it on now, cool shit. I've heard a few of the songs from the 8191 CD, but it's great to hear the entire EP. It's short and sweet, and rocks hard.

http://therattgang.com/e/

i like that snakeskin patterned guitar in the live pics section!

cheers

I'm seeing them August 22nd with Poison. I hope they'll put on one hell of a show! :smoking:

THEY ARE DOING A TOUR OF ENGLAND WOOO


and playing right by me a civic wolverhampton.

check civics site, octber 21st civic hall under rock n roll music

O cool perfect place to discuss this , Bobby Blotzer actually moved down here to houston and opened up a studio. He is close with a band that we know , and I actually got to meet the dude and hang out with him. He got my band booked at a club , and really digged our style and shit so it was pretty cool. Anyways RATT kick ass

RATT fucken rocks i saw them live with  poison
they sounded good!!!



Peace

Anyone get the new best of CD? How is the new-old song?

the old greatest hits is way better to get.

Got the new CD, and saw Poison and Ratt live in Nobelsville, IN...

great show!!

I really want to see this show next week. Still not sure if I'll pull the trigger or not.

Should I? :beer:  ;D

I would, its cheap and a great show 8) the band is Tight, pearcys singing/performing great.

and warren demartini is AMAZING on guitar..plus you get to see John corabi 8)

I saw the Ratt/Poison tour. Ratt sounded good, but Stephen's mic kept cutting out. That sucked. Poison sounded tight, as usual.

Thought I would mention, RATT has a new album coming out next March called
"Infestation". Stephen, Warren, and Bobby are all on it with new guitar man
Carlos Cavazo (yea that dude from Quiet Riot) and Robbie Crane is still the
bass player. can't wait for this one......

Ratt's new album "Infestation" was pushed up to be released on April 20, 2010  :-\

but from judging by the first single "Best Of Me".....it will be worth the wait!  :beer:

check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI87oe3c7-E

Got free tickets to see them next week the day of their cd release  : ok:

the new albums pretty good minus a few tracks. Alot of oldschool RATT style stuff, nice metal riffs etc. Good times.

hell yeah, just got confirmation that I am photographing the red carpet and the show :D

I'm sorry to hear that....

hey if i want to photograph muse in September i gotta start from the bottom first and work my way up right  :hihi:

Only RATT are good and Muse are one of the most annoying  "rock" bands to come out in the last 10 years.

quote from Tom Morello on Twitter.

"Lakers then Ratt tonite. Excellent LA evening."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnfr87/sets/72157623906058926/

Looks like great photography skills has rubbed off on Tony since he's been seeing Jarmo's pictures all over the place.

Beautiful pics, Tony.  Thanks for sharing.