Rock resurgence is a winding road, so let’s get out the map. Here’s one route: If your band’s track gets played during the final scene of a prestige TV hit, a la Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” and ...

Stephen Pearcy has gone “Round and Round,” and then some, during the 38 years since Ratt first appeared on the Billboard charts. With assists from MTV, the Los Angeles group was among the most ...

"Hello there, I liked your article on Ratt. I am or was a big fan back in the day when they first started out in California at the Roxy and such, when they were with Joe Cristofanilli on bass. I ...

Ratt will commemorate the 40th anniversary of their star-making debut album Out of the Cellar with a new reissue featuring a previously unreleased track from the 1983 recording sessions. The album ...

There are plenty of rock ‘n’ roll fans and critics who can’t wait for the bludgeoning to stop, for heavy metal to play itself out and disappear. But those rock listeners are not paying attention if ...

Back in the late 1970s and early ’80s, rock band Ratt helped establish a Los Angeles music scene that became known as “hair metal” because of the purveyors’ teased coiffure and screaming guitars, ...

With my early musical nourishment obtained through music videos, my first exposure to Ratt was through such classic music videos as “Round and Round” and “Lay It Down.” These videos shaped my early ...