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 ...

In a new press release, it's revealed that Blotzer has emerged victorious in court for the second time, as a Los Angeles federal court overturned DeMartini's attempt at gaining an injunction. Earlier ...

Demartini voiced his displeasure in a statement to Blabbermouth, saying Blotzer phoned him earlier this year and informed him of his plans to take what Demartini describes as "a Ratt tribute band" on ...

Along with Mötley Crüe and Quiet Riot, Ratt helped spearhead the golden age of hard rock in the early '80s. Their 'Out of the Cellar' debut remains one of the most celebrated and best-selling albums ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Everything that’s happened to us has been like something out of a fairy tale.” Those were the words of Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby in a 1984 San DIego Union interview, as the San Diego native ...

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 ...