For no earthly reason, I am anointing RATT as the rock band of the day. I was going through some old CD's this afternoon, and came across their greatest hits album; "Ratt and Roll 81-91", which makes my face melt. Is RATT glam rock? Yes. Does RATT wanna make me lift heavy things? Yes. Does RATT wanna make me throw rocks through windows. Fuck Yes.
Lets run down the list of songs that make me wanna jam out with my clam out.
"Tell the World"
"You Think You're Tough"
"Round and Round"
"Wanted Man"
"Back for More"
"Lack of Communication"
"Lay it Down"
"You're in Love"
"Slip of the Lip"
"Dance"
"Body Talk"
"Way Cool Jr."
"I Want a Woman"
"Lovin' You's A Dirty Job"
"Shame Shame Shame"
"Givin' Yourself Away"
"Heads I Win, Tails You Lose"
"Nobody Rides For Free"
Some little known facts about RATT:
The co-lead guitarist Robbin Crosby was banging Tawny Kitaen before Tawny was ever draping herself on top the hoods of Jaguar's. They were fuck buddies in high school, and RATT helped her make it. And by "making it" I mean that she decided to "marry" David Coverdale of Whitesnake. Thats what we in the business call, a lateral fucking move.
The bassist Juan Croucier was in Dokken before RATT, and briefly with Quiet Riot afterwards. Who the fuck has a bassist named Juan that isn't in Los Lobos?
Upon further review, folky, reggea singer Ben Harper has a "Juan" bassist in his band.
Robbin Crosby (full name of Robbinson Lantz Crosby. The fuck?)has to be one of the biggest fucking guitar players of all time. He was 6'6, and weighed around 250 lbs when RATT was in its heydey, which is much much bigger than your normal band guitarist of the glam band era. Then of course RATT's career ended like most hair bands when Nirvana broke onto the scene with their fucking flannel shirts and grungy attire. (Don't get me wrong, I love the grunge/alternative sound. I just don't understand why the two couldn't coexist?) Robbie sunk into a heroin induced lifestyle which lead to contracting AIDS and died on June 6th of 2002. He was reportedly over 400 lbs at the time of death due to pancreatic problems. Or probably just from the weight of Aids boils and heroin scabs all over his 6 foot 6 inch frame. That's what I call livin people.
There is absolutely nothing close to interesting about RATT's drummer Bobby Blotzer, or lead singer Stephen Pearcy. Nothing.
The movie "The Golden Child" featured the hit song by RATT, "Body Talk"
The greatest song (in my estimation) ever recorded by RATT was "Nobody Rides for Free" This is a fact and is indisputable (in my estimation). The song was never released on any album other than the "Point Break" soundtrack, and RATT previously mentioned greatest hits album. This song was also the last song ever to be recorded by the band. Which of course means that they saved the best for last, then, inexplicably allowed it to be in used in a soundtrack for that idiot Keanu Reeves. Whoa.
Enjoy.
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3 comments:
the dude in the black and white wins the gayoff!
I disagree. I'm going with the guy in the blue. Look at his eyes. And his roots, clearly a dye job.
At first I totally agreed with Tiff. Totally, but then it dawned on me. That dude ain't gay, he's a tranny. He seriously has the chin of Sharon Stone. In fact I'm voting that it is Sharon Stone. And we can't say that just because someone is a tranny that their gay. That would be morally wrong. (Other than obviously basically calling people cocksuckers based soley on a picture)
While I also tend to agree that the other dude in blue has been eyeball to eyeball with a bunch of cocks, I'm not convinced that he is as gay as the lead singer (Stephen Pearcy) on the far left, or Chris DiMartini on the far right. C'mon, the dude on the right has a GAY outfit. The second gayest outfit in the picture, other than the pre-op Sharon Stone dude outfit. Yup. Guy on right wins my gayoff.
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