Blotzer posted on Facebook, giving fans of his lineup of Ratt an update on the legal situation as well as offering some commentary on the recent performance led by the three classic-era Ratt members ...

After the 2014 exit of vocalist Stephen Pearcy, DeMartini chose not to move forward under the Ratt name without the vocalist involved. Meanwhile, Blotzer wanted to tour and record. Eventually, the ...

Portrait of the band RATT, left to right, Warren DeMartini, Robbin Crosby (1959 - 2002), Stephen Pearcy, Juan Croucier and Bobby Blotzer at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, ...

One classic rock drummer says Metallica stood out from other up-and-coming bands long before the group became one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stephen Pearcy , the driving force behind emblematic glam metal rock band RATT, formed the band in 1982, bringing the genre to the ...

The longtime rock frontman helped define glam metal's 1980s rise, and his voice remains tied to some of the era's biggest songs.

When an attorney calls me for this story and says he represents Ratt, I ask what version of the band he works with. The attorney, Stephen Doniger, chuckles and replies, “That’s sad you have to ask ...

Bobby Blotzer has fired back at Warren DeMartini's plans to stop the drummer from touring as Ratt. In a new interview, Blotzer defended his decision, saying that, as half-owner of the name, he can do ...

We mostly associate glam metal, also known as hair metal, with the latter half of the 80s. But a Los Angeles band named Ratt helped to kick off the craze a little bit earlier than that. Their single ...

Back in the late 1970s and early ’80s, rock band Ratt helped establish a Los Angeles music scene that became known as “hair metal” because of the purveyors’ teased coiffure and screaming guitars, ...

Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy discussed the band he nearly formed with Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee of Motley Crue. Along with late Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby, they rehearsed several times around 1981 ...

The story is as old as time itself: (1) Band gets famous. (2) Band breaks up. (3) Two different incarnations of band start performing. (4) Everyone gets confused. Take the recent Whisky A Go-Go ...