Year : 2007 (Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records Digipak Edition 2024)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 85 mb
Bio:
Ratt is an American Hard Rock band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is best known for songs such as "Round and Round," "Wanted Man," and "Lay It Down". Ratt has been recognized as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock and glam metal scene.The band continues to tour and record today despite extended hiatuses and lineup changes. They released their latest studio album, Infestation, on April 20, 2010. and are currently working on their next studio album.As the story goes, RATT helped pioneer Hollywood’s legendary Sunset Strip sound and scene. Created by lead singer songwriter Stephen Pearcy, the band played the clubs in and around L.A. releasing their own six song E.P. RATT in 1983.Signed to Atlantic Records in 1984 the band (Warren De Martini, Stephen Pearcy, Bobby Blotzer, Robbin Crosby and Juan Croucier) went 3x Platinum in 1984 behind the hit single "Round & Round".Since their inception the band has sold in excess of (15) million records in the US alone.The band returned sounding fired up and better than ever on their last record 2010 "Infestation", Ratt’s first studio album in years."Infestation", was a return to their heavy, riff driven roots. The band has reinvented their sound by rediscovering their strengths, shuttling listeners to a time when metal ruled the earth.Also releasing the best of CD Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt and their 3rd long form DVD, RATT Videos from the Cellar: The Atlantic Years.This year 2013 Rhino/Warner Music Group recently released RATT "Original Album Series, a (5) album box set with the albums "Out of the Cellar' thru "Detonator" for the rabid RATT fans to have something to sink their teeth into.“Our music is like it was in the beginning; it means everything to us,” Pearcy says. “It will be (30) years later in 2014, keeping Ratt N’ Roll alive.”When we play concerts now, there’s a new generation. We’re seeing kids of people who grew up with us, but the reaction is the same,” adds DeMartini. “It doesn’t seem to matter where we are in the world.”With all surviving original members; Pearcy, De Martini, Croucier, Blotzer and Carlos Cavazo (replacing original member Robbin Crosby) back in the Ratt pack, the band will again start work on a new studio record and tour for 2013.
Album:
Deadline Music / Cleopatra Records are releasing “Rarities“, a new RATT collection on Limited Edition Red Marble 12″ Vinyl and Digipak CD. From the ’80s metal vault comes this collection of vintage demos and live recordings of one of the American Rock scene biggest hitmakers, Ratt.Features the earliest known recording of the band’s signature hit, “Round & Round”, complete with alternate lyrics and melody, as well as vintage performances of classics like “Body Talk”, “Wanted Man”, the rare demo “I Want It All”, and more.
Line Up:
Stephen Pearcy – lead vocals (1977–1992, 1996–2000, 2006–2014, 2016–2022)
Jordan Ziff – lead guitar, backing vocals (2018–2022)
Frankie Lindia – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2021–2022)
Juan Croucier – bass, backing vocals (1982–1983, 1983–1992, 2012–2014, 2016–2022)
Pete Holmes – drums (2018–2022)
Tracklist:
01. Tell The World (Studio 1983)
02. Round & Round (Rehearsal 1982)
03. I Want It All (Demo)
04. In Your Direction (Live 1987)
05. Round & Round (Live 1987)
06. Body Talk (Live in Germany 1987)
07. Drive Me Crazy (Live 1987)
08. Wanted Man (Live 1985)
09. Love On The Rocks (Demo 1989)
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