There are plenty of rock ‘n’ roll fans and critics who can’t wait for the bludgeoning to stop, for heavy metal to play itself out and disappear. But those rock listeners are not paying attention if ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

When Ratt came crawling Out of the Cellar with their debut on March 27, 1984, that title may as well have spoken for an entire generation of brash, ambitious wannabe stars. Their desperate drive for ...

Stephen Pearcy , the driving force behind emblematic glam metal rock band RATT, formed the band in 1982, bringing the genre to the LA music scene. Pearcy's raw vocals, unapologetic songwriting, and ...

Five thousand heavy-metal fans came to the Allentown Fairgrounds last night to worship at the altar of the Los Angeles rock gods of Ratt. Ratt has written some dark, slick, wall-of-amplifier songs ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ratt’s world is a turbulent one – in 2005 it’s unclear who exactly is entitled to the ‘Ratt’ name ...

Ratt, of course, came first -- selling seven million albums in the U.S. alone between 1984-88, beginning with their triple-platinum debut 'Out of the Cellar.' The ...

Back in the 1980s, Ratt was the fun band in the hair metal scene: A group that didn’t take itself too seriously, wasn’t expected to have deep meaning to its music and simply provided a good time.

Rock resurgence is a winding road, so let’s get out the map. Here’s one route: If your band’s track gets played during the final scene of a prestige TV hit, a la Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” and ...

A lawsuit involving the 1980s hair metal band RATT has finally stopped going round and round. RATT’s original drummer, Bobby Blotzer, claimed bass player Juan Croucier had committed trademark ...

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 ...