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.
To quote the philosopher Paul Stanley, “Anyone in Ratt can be replaced – even me.”
“anyone in ratt can be replaced- with folgers crystals.”
As a lifelong Deep Purple fan, I fully support Juan Crozier’s Ratt Experience and welcome them to the musical community.
My reasoning is thus: Eleven years after original vocalist Rod Evans left Purple, he gathered a group of musicians, including a Blackmore lookalike, to tour, perform and record – as Deep Purple.
A lawsuit ensued. Disclaimers in newspapers appeared. Riots broke out at performances. The band was usually on stage for twenty minutes or so, before running for cover.
Alas, I never got to see them, and no recordings were made. What, I wonder, was all the distress about?
I don’t know if you can deliver the Ratt Experience, Juan Crozier, but I’m pretty sure we will witness the Rod Evans Deep Purple Experience for a new generation. Bring it on!
Hey Bobby…NOBODY GIVES A RATTS ASS!!!
What is it with these old, L.A. Sunset Strip bands? They’re stuck in the past. They keep breaking off and forming their own versions of the band they once had success with 30 years ago. How many of them have two or more versions of the same band? Ratt, L.A. Guns, Great White…It’s stupid! They should have a reality show battle of the bands and let people vote for the best version and that be it.
On a happier, cooler note, I heard a song from the upcoming album by THE SWORD and it’s great! I’m a big fan of that band. They make great music, put on great live shows and they’re from Texas!
I don’t want it to sound like I hate all the old school Sunset Strip hard rock bands. I like some of them and bands like Ratt and Dokken, from a guitarist view, had amazing guitar players. I saw Dokken open for Dio in 1984 and George Lynch was a monster on guitar. And those types of bands shows were cool to go to because that’s were all the hot girls would be. But I was so into the heavier bands, like Maiden and Priest (my all-time heroes) and the first wave of thrash bands, like Metallica, Megadeth and Overkill and the classic bands my older cousins turned me on to, like Sabbath, Rainbow, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, and so on, that the L.A. Glam scene didn’t really appeal to me that much. I don’t know if it was because of the image of lot of them had, some with the makeup and poofy hair, or that the songs at times sounded a little generic, especially the last wave of those bands. But a lot of those bands had some great songs and there’s no denying how huge some them got, like Ratt. It’s actually sad that these guys have ended up in the shape they’re in, with diluted lineups, lawsuits flying back and forth, and so on. If sheds a lot of light on the state of these bands’ reality: They may not be on top of the world as they once were, but they have to make a living and having multiple versions of the same band can hurt any potential income and gigs they may be able to get.
I’ll get off my coffee influenced soap box now, cause my lunch break at work is over. Have a great weekend everyone and, most importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDDIE TRUNK!
The Sword is awesome.
I’m not sure why Ratt is even relevant anymore. If you’re getting the original guys and doing the nostalgia tours, sure, milk it for all it’s worth, but these splinter bands are just a huge joke, that in turn craps all over the original material and band.
But then, Foreigner milks it with one guy in the band, Quiet Riot, etc…
I can’t remember another band who’s name fit them so well.Now scurry away .Nobody cares anymore.