SINGER STEPHEN PEARCY QUITS RATT

pearcybookcover Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy has released the following statement:

“After 30 years creating the band Ratt and losing a real brother, Robbin, it’s time that I personally part ways with the band.
I am officially done with having anything to do with them due to the constant turmoil, unresolved business, personal attacks/threats in the public forum, and most of all, the disrespect to the fans.

I’m very content and proud of the legacy and the music I’ve created. This music will live well beyond any of our lifetimes.

I owe no one anything but a huge heartfelt thank you for coming to the party for the last 30 years.
With much respect, life goes on and the music I created will continue to be heard for years to come despite the dark clouds that have lingered for far too long.

I will personally continue to make music and perform live shows.
See you out there.
Sincerely,
SEPearcy”

Ratt’s last album was 2010′s Infestation.

312 Responses

    1. It ain’t worth the turmoil when ya got talent to burn. Fuck um and thanks for getting me laid backstage in little old Podunk Sioux City back in the 80’s. She was ripe, baby. I’m sure She made the tour bus after the show but during,,haha,,She made me a happy Ratt fan.

    2. Hey Eddie and some of your followers! From an 80’s girl point of view …. I met SP once. Yes, sadly, he was on the cocky side but I’ve met worse …. Ted Nugent was at top of the list. Anyhow, me and my BFF (as they call it these days) were innocents …. just at the right place at the right time. Autographs and pictures were just fine by us. However, for all the people disn’g SP and other Ratt members ….. keep this in mind …. you didn’t take any offense to them when your buying their albums or attending their concerts. If YOU ARE ON This blog, you’re already a f’g’ phoney …. otherwise, you wouldn’t know who SP was if he spit on you!!!! Another point…. These guys and the music of the 80’s are part of our younger years! After almost 30 years of ‘growing up’ I’d give anything to be in my late teens or twenties again. Listening to Ratt, Bon Jovi, etc brings those memories flooding back. I don’t care about what Ratt or the rest of them ‘grew up’ to be …. but I wouldn’t trade those memories for gold. So weather you’re military (hmmhmm …. speaking of cocky …. pot/kettle?), blue collar, white collar, rocker, sinner or saint …. again, if YOU ARE reading this blog…. you have NO room to criticize as YOU WERE a fan at one time! Keep your regrets and any pompous opinions to yourselves! Stephen, I sincerely hope you’re reading this ….. If so, I wish you all the best and hope to meet you again one day!

  2. Ratt… Ratt… Ratt? Oooohhhh… These guys didn’t get real jobs after their one-hit not-so-wonder?
    I thought they were working in the pool cleaning business with Axl Rose. I remember when they served drinks and puke buckets at a VanHalen concert in Boulder, CO… Served popcorn at a Billy Graham Crusade in Anaheim.

    1. You don’t last for 30 years without doing something right. What have YOU been doing all that time that people remember?

    2. Erm… 20+ years of active Military Service defending my country’s right to freedom?

      Now, what have YOU been doing all that time for people to remember?

    5. Ooooh, someone mentions military service and we’re all supposed to hit the floor and bow to our sworn protectors and saviors! I’m not anti-military, and the commitment to serve in the armed forced is certainly admirable in many ways, but let’s make one thing clear: The only thing you’ve been “defending” is the USA’s perceived “right” to make third-world countries safe for capitalism. I hope you resisted the urge to indulge in the poppie fields you’ve been helping to protect.

    7. You seem a little bitter since those photos of your mother on that U-Haul lift gate from the Dancing Under Cover Tour surfaced ….I’m guessing you still haven’t figured which backline tech is you REAL father ????? Well tell your mums Donna “Donkey-Punch” thanks from the Team .

    1. Um,, being a musician and a singer myself, I will just have to say that not ALL musicians are assholes.. Considering I have met, body guarded, and even played with some of these people, I will agree that SOME of them are, some not.. Depends on the PERSON, NOT the profession. Not really fair of you to judge someone for being a musician. Perhaps they are assholes to you because they can do something that you can’t?? Perhaps maybe they stole your girlfriend and all took a turn with her backstage?? Is that why you are so hostile about musicians?? Hey, here’s an idea,, pick up a guitar, learn to play it, get in a band, land a deal, make millions of dollars, deal with millions of idiots like you on a day to day basis and see what kind of person YOU turn out to be.. Just sayin..

  4. This is the first band I ever fell in love with. The Summer of ’85 I was 11 years old and I was floored by this band. I never saw anything so cool or attractive in my life as Stephen Pearcy. I saw them in concert one time and I felt like I knew them. They were so present in my life with their music. My best friend and I listened to them everyday and we bought anything they put out. She died when we were teenagers; Ratt was such a major part of our lives, anytime I hear or see them I think of her. This band was awesome and I loved them. I wish Steve the best of luck, I hope I see him again on stage some day.

  5. I saw Ratt with special guest Bon Jovi in ’85, with Kix and Helix in ’89, and again around 2000. I credit the ’89 show for me losing some portion of my hearing from 3rd row without earplugs. My ears rang for quite a while by standing in front of Warren for 90 mins of noise.

    They haven’t produced anything good in 25 years so it’s probably time to hang it up anyway.

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