Well after almost, maybe, etc RATT is officially DOA IMO

[Rock Bodom]

I can't imagine Ratt at this point without either Pearcy or DeMartini...much as I'm a huge Warren fan like a lot of guys here, Stephen's voice IS (rough as it may be at this point) the sound of Ratt.

I hate side bands...I want the originals up there, including Blotz and Juan. I don't care "how good" the fill-ins sound, it's a cover band, it's not the same. Yeah, Warren could get a side band with a decent singer, and they could play their little tiny venues and we could all show up and stare at his fingers the whole time like a mini G3. Forget it...I don't want "quality", I want the real thing, warts and all!!!

I want to relive my youth at a full-up Ratt show with my wife by my side, telling her the whole time all the different shows I saw these guys at when I was this amazing cool kid back in the 80's. And then she asks me "when are they going to play Home Sweet Home". And then she recognizes "Round and Round" and goes, "oh, those guys!! I remember this song!" And we laugh.

Yup, that's all I'm really asking for at this point. Bar ain't set high...let's just get everybody to the same gig at the same time and work from there.

 

[Hamer95USA]

Pearcy’s voice sounds like a nuclear fart...
Without Warren I’ll pass

I saw the Warren version in the early 2000s, when he had the singer from Love/Hate fronting and The Scream singer playing rhythm guitar. Very impressive, the singer did a better Pearcy than I heard Pearcy do himself back in 87. Lol

The Jizzy Pearl/ Robbie Crane/ John Corabi version of Ratt was one of the best sounding & consistent lineups that I've seen in concert. Jizzy is a talented & underrated vocalist as is John Corabi. I've also seen Ratt as a 4 piece with Pearcy/Crane/Blotzer/De Martini also. I'm hoping as a fan of their music that they could put aside their differences (legal & financial), continue to tour together as the original lineup, and make a great CD rather than Bobby Blotzer's version of Ratt, the original version of Ratt, and bring back De Martini. It's bad enough that Robben Crosby, who wrote most of their songs, is dead. I agree Pearcy isn't the best vocalist of the '80s, but to the hardcore fans, is the vocalist that the fans relate to when they hear & see Ratt.

Guitar George

 

[tlingen]

I really hope Warren and Bobby put together their version of the band with Carlos. Pearcy sounds like crap on most video's I see.

 

[romanianreaper]

The funniest thing here is that anyone thinks there is a RATT without Warren. Warren is RATT. His riffs, his rythms, it's all him.

Yep, exactly. I agree that he is RATT!

 

[romanianreaper]

And then she asks me "when are they going to play Home Sweet Home". And then she recognizes "Round and Round" and goes, "oh, those guys!! I remember this song!" And we laugh.

LOL!

My friends at work who are younger than me say stuff like that all the time. "Hey man, who did that song 'Rock You Like a Hurricane'? That was Slaughter right? Because this a-hole over here says it's Tesla", and I'm like all of you get the hell out of here.

 

[Rock Bodom]

And then she asks me "when are they going to play Home Sweet Home". And then she recognizes "Round and Round" and goes, "oh, those guys!! I remember this song!" And we laugh.

LOL!

My friends at work who are younger than me say stuff like that all the time. "Hey man, who did that song 'Rock You Like a Hurricane'? That was Slaughter right? Because this a-hole over here says it's Tesla", and I'm like all of you get the hell out of here.

 

[legend71]

I thought Infestation was a pretty solid record

 

[zz666]

I thought Infestation was a pretty solid record

It was great, so was their '99 self titled album.

Warren got fired cos he didn't wanna tour, I'm sure he'd be up for an arena tour, but catching 3 planes and driving for and hour to earn a few grand probably doesn't cut it anymore. He's a trust fund kid and doesn't need to do jack squat, plus he's getting on and his hearing is not what it used to be.

They should just put Ratt to rest it's pathetic!

 

[Kevin11]

And then she asks me "when are they going to play Home Sweet Home". And then she recognizes "Round and Round" and goes, "oh, those guys!! I remember this song!" And we laugh.

LOL!

My friends at work who are younger than me say stuff like that all the time. "Hey man, who did that song 'Rock You Like a Hurricane'? That was Slaughter right? Because this a-hole over here says it's Tesla", and I'm like all of you get the hell out of here.

Oh man, a few of us living parallel lives here! Too funny!

Huge WD fan here. Was sad to see him go. I thought he and Carlos made a pretty awesome team and was looking forward to some new material from them. Infestation was a really solid album.

 

[romanianreaper]

I thought Infestation was a pretty solid record

Oh yeah! This song rocked:

 

[riffermadness]

Yep big fan here too..I remember when Out Of The Cellar came out it was totally rocking,then a few more albums came out and they were pretty good,then I just kinda didn't hear anything about them,,i still listen to She Wants Money and all the rest of the first 3 albums.

 

[sytharnia1560]

according to facebook you guys are all wrong. I posted they need to hang it up and that hopefully American fans don't hand money over to see this "version" of Ratt and I have been ATTACKED by heaps of idiots

The sad truth is most non musical morons don't give a shit who plays guitar, they just think the singers the original guy so it's Ratt

 

[romanianreaper]

according to facebook you guys are all wrong. I posted they need to hang it up and that hopefully American fans don't hand money over to see this "version" of Ratt and I have been ATTACKED by heaps of idiots

The sad truth is most non musical morons don't give a shit who plays guitar, they just think the singers the original guy so it's Ratt

Are people completely insane??! I mean what are these people expecting to see at these shows? Pearcy's voice is not where it was and Juan is plucking on a bass. Is that really a wall of sound coming at you that reminds you of days gone by? Man, people are nuts.

 

[sytharnia1560]

Are people completely insane??! I mean what are these people expecting to see at these shows? Pearcy's voice is not where it was and Juan is plucking on a bass. Is that really a wall of sound coming at you that reminds you of days gone by? Man, people are nuts.

yeah man ... I gave up trying to talk sense into them