Ratt & Roll 8191

Performer: Ratt
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: RATT N' ROLL 8191 includes one previously-unreleased track, "Nobody Rides For Free." Ratt: Stephen Pearcy (vocals); Warren DeMartini, Robin Crosby (guitar); Juan Croucier (bass); Bobby Blotzer (drums). All tracks have been digitally remastered. With the success of such L.A. pop metal bands as Quiet Riot and Motley Crue in the early 1980s, record labels went back to this musical 'hotbed' and signed a second wave of California rockers. Ratt became one of the most popular of the bunch. The band's pop metal revealed an affinity for party hearty, shout-along anthems, but Ratt focused more on its pop side (something Bon Jovi would explore as well). The nineteen track compilation, RATT N ROLL 8191, contains all the Ratt favorites you could wish for, such as "Round and Round," "You Think You're Tough," "Back for More," "Lay it Down," and "Way Cool Jr." If you were to own a single Ratt album, RATT N ROLL 8191 would be your best bet.

One of the key bands in the 1980s glam metal scene, Los Angeles's Ratt formed (as Mickey Ratt) back in the mid-'70s and had a brief, glorious tenure in the spotlight between '84 and '88. A widely praised (and purchased) debut album spawned the MTV hit "Round and Round," while a friendship with Motley Crue and the opening spot on a Billy Squier tour helped to raise their profile considerably. Fans continued to flock to their shows and buy their records, but critics were increasingly bored by the whole hair metal thing, and by the turn of the decade, the band had called it quits. A 1996 reunion found the band in a more sedate, bluesy vein, but this period ended sadly with the death of guitarist Robbin Crosby.

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