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6 сен 2025 :	RATT's STEPHEN PEARCY On Being Called A 'Hair Metal' Band: 'It Doesn't Bother Me In The Least'
16 май 2025 :	RATT Shares Music Video For Previously Unreleased Song 'Reach For The Sky' From 'Out Of The Cellar' 40th-Anniversary Edition
21 ноя 2024 :	STEPHEN PEARCY Doesn't Think MÖTLEY CRÜE 'Would Want To Play' After RATT On Hypothetical Joint Tour
12 окт 2024 :	RATT Shares Previously Unreleased Song 'Reach For The Sky' From 'Out Of The Cellar' 40th-Anniversary Edition
21 сен 2024 :	RATT Announces 'Out Of The Cellar' 40th-Anniversary Edition With Previously Unreleased Track
8 июн 2024 :	RATT’s Stephen Pearcy Remembers The Atlantic Records Years - “F*ckin' Eh!, This Is Where LED ZEPPELIN And THE ROLLING STONES Are At; I Think We're Happy!”
11 апр 2024 :	RATT - Upcoming Rarities Album Features Vintage Demos, Live Recordings, Alternate Version Of "Round & Round"
18 мар 2024 :	WARREN DeMARTINI Performs RATT Classics At Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp (Video)
27 июл 2023 :	JUAN CROUCIER Says 'Band Psychology' Plays A Part In Why Certain Rock Groups Never Reach Their Full Potential
14 июл 2023 :	STEPHEN PEARCY On RATT's Classic Lineup: 'Maybe We Were Only Supposed To Be Around 10 Years'
24 июн 2023 :	JUAN CROUCIER: 'RATT Took A Lot Of Pride In Being A Really Good Live Band'
10 июн 2023 :	STEPHEN PEARCY: RATT And 'Only A Handful' Of Other Bands Kickstarted Early 1980s Sunset Strip Scene
23 май 2023 :	BOBBY BLOTZER Says His Comment About RATT 'Always Crushing MÖTLEY CRÜE Musically' Was 'Blown Out Of Proportion'
22 май 2023 :	BOBBY BLOTZER Says His Comment About RATT 'Always Crushing MÖTLEY CRÜE Musically' Was 'Blown Out Of Proportion'
9 май 2023 :	BOBBY BLOTZER: 'RATT's Always Crushed MÖTLEY CRÜE Musically'
10 апр 2023 :	RATT's Classic Albums Compiled On 'The Atlantic Years: 1984-1991' Limited-Edition Box Set
14 мар 2023 :	RATT - Multi-Cam Video Of Entire Back For More 2017 Show In Portland, Maine Featuring STEPHEN PEARCY, WARREN DEMARTINI And JUAN CROUCIER Streaming
6 сен 2022 :	BOBBY BLOTZER Says Classic RATT Lineup 'Owes It' To The Fans To Reunite Once Again
6 сен 2022 :	STEPHEN PEARCY Regrets Playing RATT Shows With JUAN CROUCIER As Only Other Member From Classic Lineup
12 июн 2022 :	STEPHEN PEARCY Says Classic RATT Lineup Was 'Supposed To Do A Big Summer Tour This Year'
5 май 2022 :	STEPHEN PEARCY Says A 'Lucrative' Opportunity For Classic RATT Reunion Was Recently Presented
24 фев 2022 :	Early Recordings From METALLICA And RATT Featured On 'Metal Massacre Volume One' 40th-Anniversary Vinyl Reissue
14 янв 2022 :	JOHN CORABI To RATT: 'Check Your Egos At The Door' And Get Classic Lineup Back Together
2 янв 2022 :	STEPHEN PEARCY Doubts RATT Will Ever Get Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
24 дек 2021 :	STEPHEN PEARCY Would Still 'Love' To See Classic RATT Lineup Reunite One More Time
23 авг 2021 :	RATT Singer STEPHEN PEARCY Says He Has Been 'Indirectly' In Contact With WARREN DEMARTINI

9 май 2023

BOBBY BLOTZER: 'RATT's Always Crushed MÖTLEY CRÜE Musically'

In a new interview with the "This That & The Other With Troy Patrick Farrell" podcast, RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer was asked if he thinks the band's classic lineup will reunite to celebrate the upcoming BMG/Rhino Entertainment release of "The Atlantic Years: 1984-1991", a limited-edition box set celebrating RATT's massively successful period where all five of their studio albums were certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, that's a longtime golden question, isn't it now? Fuck, I don't know, dude. I'm always hoping that this is gonna go down for my own peace of mind and my sleep at night. The 'RATTmares' that I was having for eight years during the litigation were pretty disturbing. It's better now, 'cause it's all over, that bit of it. So now that it is over, that is where it should… Everybody should just brush it off. If we can have a war with Japan and then sell their fucking TVs 10, 15 years later, I think RATT can get up there and shake their butts, make some money, make the people happy, the kids come out, et cetera.

"We're talking," Bobby continued. "Me and Stephen [Pearcy, RATT singer] talk about it all the time. We're trying to get hold of Warren [DeMartini, RATT guitarist]. We have somebody in our ring, in our corner, who's hopefully gonna work with us, for us and with us, on a managerial level, and he has reached Warren via the telephone, which we haven't been able to do. It's okay — if he doesn't wanna talk, he doesn't wanna talk. But I think he knows that me and Stephen wanna do it.

"There's some complications, and I don't wanna speak for Stephen and stuff, but him and his partner, Mr. [Juan] Croucier [RATT bassist], have some sloppy ends to tie up before this happens with or without… It's just too vague right now to speak of," Blotzer added. "It has to happen, though. If it doesn't happen with this new release… We've had other greatest-hits [releases] — probably, like, five or six of 'em; I don't even know. I don't keep count; I just look at what's on the check when they come in. But this was the big one. So it would be great if we were doing this. I would we would do it next year. Obviously, it's late in the year now — getting to be late in the year. It's too late to mount a tour, which is generally booked the year before, around September the previous year. Next year [will be] 40 years since [RATT's debut album' '[Out Of The] Cellar' came out, so that's when I hope we do it then. I feel like it's inevitable, but… I don't know. I think everybody's gotta realize the fans wanna see us one more time up there in all the glory."

Bobby also addressed the fact that bands like MÖTLEY CRÜE and JOURNEY have seemingly been able to put aside personal differences between their various bandmembers and continue touring, performing at arenas and stadiums around the world.

"RATT's always crushed MÖTLEY musically," Bobby said. "I think they got more press — [they were associated with] movie stars, explicit sex, murders and shit… so they were always in the magazines. And you know what? They deserve what they got. I don't think they'd wanna go toe-to-toe with us, that's for sure."

As for JOURNEY, whose inner-band squabbles have been in the headlines in recent months, he said: "Listen, you would never think that someone as huge and widespread as JOURNEY would succumb to this kind of Internet babble. I know that I was on the Internet quite a few times, and I was airing dirty laundry, man, 'cause I was not letting certain people like Stephen and that sort, 'I'm quttin' the band. I'm going out and playin' the tunes', it's not gonna go without somebody understanding that this isn't reasonable to us, the other guys in the group. Either way, I wish I would have, in hindsight, not spoken up."

Pearcy is the only member of RATT's classic lineup who has been actively touring, performing many of the RATT's hits with his solo band.

In April 2021, Pearcy was joined by Blotzer during the RATT singer's livestream concert from the world-famous Whisky A Go Go on the Sunset Strip.

RATT — featuring Pearcy, Croucier and DeMartini — played a number of shows in 2017 after reforming a year earlier in the midst of a highly publicized legal battle with Blotzer over the rights to the RATT name. They were joined at the gigs by guitarist Carlos Cavazo, who played on 2010's "Infestation" album, and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, who previously played with Y&T, WHITE LION and MEGADETH, among others.

Addressing his legal disputes with the other members of RATT's classic lineup, Bobby said: "It's taken the life out of me as far as the love of the game here. I'll come back with the mothership, RATT, but I'm not really set up to go, 'Hey, let's put something together, Keri Kelli and Robbie Crane,' or whomever. I went through so much in that litigation. And that wasn't the first one, because we were at it with Stephen in 2002 for two and a half years in federal court. It was intense and it was costly. And just what it cost you in your spirit and your heart and your soul, that's where it broke down for me. So right now I'm kind of retired. I know I can go out and rock and tour, but it would have to be starting with RATT, I think. That's the level I wanna do it at."

According to Bobby, RATT has already turned down massive money to reunite for one or more shows. "We've had some pretty huge offers," he said. "This is no joke — we had a million-and-two-fifty-[thousand] offer to open a new arena, and everybody turned it down. I was shocked. I was, like, 'Man…' These are the kind of decisions that chipped away at the infrastructure of doing business in the band. But I don't have any, really, grudges that I can carry around anymore with these guys; I just don't. It's not healthy. And I do love RATT, and I love the guys. I know if we all got into a room and we were looking eye-to-eye, everybody would start laughing and cutting up jokes. It would be a little awkward at first, but I've been there and done it with this. A band that's been around this long, we've done this — been there and done it. So I don't know why we can't do it when others, probably more salacious and dysfunctional, like a MÖTLEY CRÜE [can]. I don't know."

Blotzer went on to offer a "theory" as to why RATT hasn't been able to come back together for a tour when MÖTLEY CRÜE and JOURNEY have overcome their personal differences to play for their fans. He said: "My theory is you can't be a democracy in a band. It doesn't work. You've got too many people voting. You need a leader. And I think that's what MÖTLEY has with [bassist] Nikki Sixx and Allen Kovac, their manager, our old manager. Those two lead the charge. Nikki has always led the charge. And you know what? They listen. And they know where the big stuff is. And they still want it. Some of us, maybe, in this band don't want it. I don't know."

Pressed about why he thinks some members of RATT are not motivated by the idea of getting a hefty paycheck and performing for thousands of adoring fans again, Bobby said: "Like I said a few minutes ago, Warren has stated to somebody that, if we do this, is likely gonna be holding down the managerial position, and [Warren] said he was willing to get in and listen, which is way more than he has said… He's said nothing, really. I only hear tidbits from mutual friends that he speaks to. So I can't speak to… He just kind of sounds like he's done. I don't know if that's really where his heart is.

"See, we make good money sittin' on our asses at home," Blotzer added. "And it's been really a blessing that our royalties have grown in such a way that it's lucrative not going out. And then for the mind baggage that certain people think it's gonna entail, which history has proven that that happens, that might be the fear factor. I hope that that, if we can all get into a room and play, it would dissipate very quickly, in my opinion."

Last June, Pearcy told Atlantic City Weekly that RATT was supposed to do "a big summer tour" in 2022. "I initiated doing something if the [surviving] guys [from the classic lineup] would get together," he revealed. "But there is no reason for them to do it or a need for them to do it, so I decided to just go out solo. And I am better off. Some of these guys [in my solo band] have been with me 18, 20 years. So if you want to Ratt & Roll, come see my shows."

Image credit: 80's Metal Recycle Bin

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9 май 2023

BasterBaster

Что то, что другое вторичный шлак, с одним лишь отличием - у М.Крю есть "Доктор Фил Гуд" уж не знаю кто им этот хит написал, но написан он как раз тогда когда стало модным сотрудничать со сторонними авторами особенно у всей этой поп-глэм тусовки кисс, бон джови, аэросмит, ратт и т.д. Дезмонд Чайлд весь конец 80х вытягивал на своих хитах всю эту исписавшуюся братию, пока гранж не пришел) А таких как Дезмонд "гоуст райтеров", но калибром поменьше было не один и не два.

10 май 2023

Tomahawk

BasterBaster, 1) Мотли писали этот альбом "на сухую" - без наркоты, вроде, даже без алко - вот что трезвость животворящая делает.
2) Чайлд полжизни вытягивал лишь Боржоми, однажды Элиса Купера, плюс, подкинул пару хитов Аэросмит. А так, вся эта братия стала наполовину "нинужна" уже после дебюта Ганзов.

Я бы щас с удовольствием поднял тему, что глэм-метал совершенно беспонтовое, резиновое понятие, но чот не хочется.

9 май 2023

olly71

я как совершенно не фанат глема у Мотли могу вспомнить штук пять реально хитов у Ратт больше одной не могу . Всегда удивлялся как группа ( Ратт ) с таким безголосым певцов и без явных хитов могла добиться такой популярности ?

10 май 2023

Nord61

olly71, дело в том, что Ratt (вместе с Motley Crue, W.A.S.P. и Twisted Sister) стояли у истоков всей движухи на Сансет-Стрип, это была действительно влиятельная для hair-метала группа.

А насчёт безголосого певца - вспомни Van Halen. Лично для меня всегда было очень трудно слушать их альбомы с Ли Ротом. Зачастую не получалось уловить вокальную мелодию в их песнях, потому что её, бл*дь, не было нихера.

Я хз, какими там фронтменскими талантами обладал Дэвид (имхо, тоже очень на любителя, хоть американцам и вкатило), но это точно был один из наихудших певцов в роке. Он заикался, пыхтел, повизгивал, бздел и хер знает, что ещё делал - но только не пел. И группа (разумеется, благодаря гению Эдди) добилась фантастического успеха, даже несмотря на наличие такого-то бездарного утырка у микрофона. Вот и думай, откуда что взялось...

10 май 2023

Starbreaker

Nord61, twisted Sister вообще с другого побережья, никакого отношения к Сансет стрип не имеют.

11 май 2023

Nord61

Starbreaker, ну, в процессе записи "Stay Hungry" они таки перебрались в Голливуд, а то, что этот альбом стал одним из флагманов той эпохи - общеизвестно. Так что, TS вписались в тему, как родные.

А вообще, как верно заметил Klawd Air, ноги у Сансет-Стрип росли совсем из других регионов - от Элиса Купера, Kiss и New York Dolls с Востока Штатов, до иностранцев - тех же Hanoi Rocks, Scorpions и толпы британских групп - Led Zeppelin, Slade, Queen, Bowie, Sweet, T.Rex. В интервью все герои Бульвара Заката в один голос перечисляют именно этих артистов, как своих вдохновителей.

10 май 2023

Klawd Air

Nord61, на самом деле одной из самых влиятельных групп для глэм-сцены Лос-Анджелеса была Hanoi Rocks. С них многое и Мотли слизали, и все остальные стриперы. Но про Ханоиков редко вспоминают из-за того, что они финны, а не америкосы.

9 май 2023

Jack of Diamonds

Мотли никогда не нравились, а вот Ратт до детонатора включая - хороши

9 май 2023

Family Ghost

Ну Рэтт музыкально правда пожирнее были на своем пике, за счет более технически крепких музыкантов. Хотя суммарно что у тех, что у других в 80х было ровно по 2 безоговорочно мощных альбома - у Крю крепкий металлический 83 и сочный глэмовый 89, у Рэтт - разудалые первые два (ну и первая половина третьего). На остальных альбомах типа по 1-2 действительно достойных песни.
Мне кажется, невозможно записать в таком жанре слишком много крутой музыки, т.к. она сильно ограничена сама по себе. Для того, чтобы продолжать быть творчески успешными, нужно было удачно трансформировать свой саунд, развивать его. У обоих групп это не вышло, обе теперь легаси-акты, хотя Крю и значительно успешнее (Рэтт вообще типа не существует сейчас).

10 май 2023

Nord61

Family Ghost, "невозможно записать в таком жанре слишком много крутой музыки, т.к. она сильно ограничена сама по себе".

Как сказать... По-моему, Scorpions в период с 77-го по 96-й или Aerosmith с 85-го по 2001-й просто до херища крутой музыки создали именно в этом жанре (по крайней мере, процентов на 85 их музыка тогда прекрасно вписывалась в каноны глэма).

9 май 2023

Bumba Records

У Рэтт и М.Крю достаточно хороших альбомов. Я с них начинал прежде, чем прийти к Металлика, Сепультура и.т.д
Вся эта жанровая нетерпимость, ярлыки и высокомерие в гитарной музыке, по-моему, ерунда полная. Выдающиеся трэш дэт музыканты были фанатами Кисс и Аеросмит.

10 май 2023

Starbreaker

Bumba Records, а вне гитарной музыки нетерримость и ярлыки тип норм уже?)

10 май 2023

Bumba Records

Starbreaker, конечно! Рэп - это калл, например.

9 май 2023

gravitgroove

Какой еще классический состав без Кросби? )))
Lay it down - хороший трэк

9 май 2023

Klawd Air

Чистая правда написана в заголовке. Рэтт действительно поинтереснее в музыкальном плане, потому что музыкантов крутых побольше было, а в Мотли только Марс.