Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy says the band are hoping to release their tenth album this year to tie in with the band’s 30th anniversary.
With the help of guitarist Warren DeMartini, he’s trying to ensure that the follow-up to 2010′s well-received Infestation retains the feel of the glam metal band’s early material.
Pearcy tells Noize In The Attic, “Warren and I are spearheading the next record to be what it should be: a more Out Of The Cellar thing. Just real hardcore, basically. We’ve already recorded one track – and if this song is the only song ever released, I’d be way happy. We have so much good music we haven’t even tapped into. It’s good stuff.”
The vocalist says they’ve already hired a producer for recording sessions, which are due to commence in the next few months. “We’re trying not to do shows, even though there are some on the books,” he says. “We want a record out – that’s what we want. Our thirtieth anniversary and our tenth record.”
Ratt’s path to their next album has been plagued with the kind of political struggles fans have come to accept. In 2011 former bassist Juan Croucier accused them of poaching guitarist Carlos Cavazo from his band in order to get at him – then later rejoined himself.
In the same year drummer Bobby Blotzer described working with Ratt as like “rolling a snowball uphill” after having blasted his bandmates in his autobiography. Last year Pearcy said he’d learned lessons from Blotzer’s experience and didn’t hold any grudge over the contents of his book, saying, “We’re not the only band in history who were dysfunctional. Eventually and hopefully, you get your shit together and you grow up.”
additional source: classicrockmagazine.com
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While I do like classic Ratt, it is funny how often we get comments about how a band that has not sold well for many years (pretty much all of them these days unfortunately) plans to have a [fill in their most popular or best known album] sound on their next record. It’s a little sad but it is understandable. Even U2, who always made it a point that they were moving forward is now talking about this mix of the classic sound and something new, another popular thing to say. Not necessarily criticizing this but just an observation.
Of course they’re going for an Out of the cellar sound! What else does an aging rock band do when they need a little $$$, put out an album they say will be like they’re most successful to date. I think they should move forward and allow themselves to evolve and grow as a band.
Nobody Rides For Free!!!
Love the guitar on “Shame, Shame, Shame.”
Dana from EddieTrunk.com 🙂
Lay it Down! DeMartini’s best solo.
I love the old stuff from them.i should pick up some of the new stuff.I’m looking forward to the new album..
I love Ratt but hopefully Stephen will get his voice issues in order. From the live stuff I’ve heard I have my doubts.