Ratt drummer Bobby Blozter has slammed former bassist Juan Croucier on Facebook, claiming that he is using the Ratt’s logo, without permission, for his new band, Ratt’s Juan Croucier.
Blozter reportedly posted the following:
“Juan Crucifer, uh oh, trouble ahead. See that logo/trade mark on your press release, opps, it’s owned, by me. Get that check book out my attorney not happy or price friendly for you. Ask Stephen, he can’t remember much, but he can that. Dumb and dumber remain, well, Dumber. Sorry Ratt fans!” (Note: This post has since been deleted.)
A few hours later he is reported to have posted the following:
“Hey ya know what, yea I was nasty, I was coming from a mean place. And I still am. Imagine, Warren and I own the trade mark. Did I use it for my band Bobby Blotzer Ratt Experience? No! But he just up and breaks the law and uses it? Come now, you would do what in my shoes? Today is not going to be fun in his world. I kept that logo for US 4 TO USE. PERIOD. Look at this. The drummer even copping my gig. It’s pretty ballzy. I’ve exhausted so much energy trying to get these kids to get along and play on the playground….I for the record, was extremely against Juan’s return, and it was behind my back executed by Steve and Warren. I gave it a try. But I also gave them this warning, you guys are forgetting what a trouble maker Juan was from day one. He will break the band up and that he did. I and Stephen actually got on really good. His problem was issue in ownership, or lack thereof that Warren wouldn’t bend on. Juan used his Jedi mind tricks, played double agent to gain ownership of the name for he and steve. Didn’t work”
Bobby Blotzer’s Ratt Experience is: Bobby Blozter, Josh Alan (Sin City Sinners), Scotty Griffin (ex-L.A. Guns), Doc Ellis (Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate) and 21-year-old guitar hero Blaze.
Ratt’s Juan Croucier is: Juan Croucier, Pete Holmes (Black N’ Blue), Mike Moore and Toni Aleman.
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This is also the definition of lame.
WOWIE KAZOWIE! That was the most literate intelligent thing that I’ve ever read. To think, this guy “outsmarted” the other 3 or 4 or whatever into legal rights to the name RATT. From that dissertation, I guess he dislikes Croucier somewhat. You should hire all those guys back Mr. Blozter, I question your ability to write lyrics going forward. What is the RATT logo worth these days? 2 WHITE CASTLE burgers and a used REACH FOR THE SKY CD ( I actually like that one) . You guys are acting very silly. Nobody cares about RATTs bassist and drummer at all ever. PROOF: It was wrong when Sharon replaced Daisley and Kerslake on those classic OZZY albums but the truth is that I cannot tell the difference and neither can anybody else.
This reminds me of the time my old friend (now nemesis) and I fought tooth and nail over an old left shoe we found on the street. No one wanted it. No one cared. No one even knew it existed. But we sure fought hard over it.
he said “tooth and nail” working a little dokken into the story. nice.
Furthermore, Daisley and Kerslake are top musicians playing on all time great albums and intelligent people chose to remove their work for malicious purposes while leaving the actual sound quality unaffected. My point, Croucier and Blozter are not Daisley and Kerslake ( not by a longshot, in fact the 2 replacement guys Trujillo and Bordin are much better as well) and RATTs best outputs are inferior to OZZY’s worst. I think of RATT, I think Percy and Robbin Crosby not these 2 FACEBOOK warring guys talking about logos and lawyers.
The world just isn’t big enough for three separate acts playing WAY COOL JR. on a nightly basis. So please stop. In the words of Abe Lincoln: a RATT divided can’t stand.