Vito Bratta has to be the most unrecognized super talents from the rock 80's/90's, No one can play like him!

Vito Vito Vito.....so very few greats have the shredding, the tone and the melodic ability of Vito. One of the best of all time. The solo of "Little Fighter" is incredible.

Vito was one of the greatest guitar players of all time, I respect what he did taking care of his family .

IF VITO BRATTA COMES BACK I WOULD DECLARE IT A NATIONAL HOLIDAY THE DAY IT HAPPENS! VITO VITO VITO!!!

I wrote an email to Mike probably 20 years ago and told him how during my time in the military (Gulf war) We would use his music as motivation. Especially the remake of Radar Love. To my surprise, he wrote back Thanked me for my service and explained how Vito didn’t want anything to do with music, at that time. It was a super cool thing for him to respond. 👍🏼👍🏼

Randy Rhodes, Vito Bratta, Eddie Van Halen.. All the greatest at their craft, and will live forever as inspiration to future generations of guitar players..

Mike Tramp has been one of my fav singers since the 80s. I loved his voice then and now too.

Greg D'angelo is an absolute monster drummer! BEAST!!

I'm glad that Mike and Vito are still friends. I hate when bands split and there is a lot of animosity and they run each other through the dirt.

I would love to see and hear Vito play again!

I spent a few minutes visiting with Mike a 2-3 years ago @ The Debonair Ballroom in NJ. What a great show , and what a fantastic singer songwriter over the years

Loved White Lion from the start. Main Attraction, Pride, Big Game, 💞♥️💞

Mike is such an interesting guy! Very intelligent and well spoken. It’s cool to listen to his take on all these issues.

Great interview. Thank you Mike Tramp and Vito Bratta for the amazing White Lion music!

Shame I will never be able to see Mike and Vito on the same stage together 😢

Love it---Vito has investments in hotels and real estate--- he does not have to do this. He was so smart in the business sense to know what was going to happen. The 1987 cd was phenomenal....period. Thank you so much for the memories. Michael W produced those cds and they were perfect--- no doubt about it. In closing, we were so blessed to have grown up in this era. Now we have Lizzo....just saying.

One of the most entertaining and interesting interviews I've heard in awhile.

Great interview and stories. Glad to see Mikes still doing what he does best.

White Lion never became a soap opera joke.Their legacy's intact:)

It's too bad that White Lion couldn't have did the long haul like Extreme. Now that King Edward is gone the door is open for Nuno and Vito could come back and just blow a lot of people's minds big time.

Still listen to them daily. Never old.

I know mike said that he couldn’t sing like in the white lion days! Which is totally understandable! If Vito can play and is able to get back in the game! White lion doesn’t have to be that 80’s band! With the classic line up! They could be a new white lion for this era! Get together and write some music and see what comes out! It’s very possible ! It would be a new era for the lion🤘🤘🤘

Mike rules and i love white lion but really respect him for telling it like it is. He is an artist and artists grow and change over time as we all do and i respect him for going with his heart and staying true to where he is today as an artist. The great thing is he continues to make art and music today that we can all enjoy. 😊

Vito is easily one of ( if not ) the best guitarist in this era. Nuno to me has that top spot

Right now James Lomenzo is busy in Megadeth. He was White Lion's bassist back in the day - I never even knew that. I saw Megadeth in September 2022 with James and I went to the VIP where they took some questions (pre-screened) and then I told him I used to play bass a lot and I looked down for a second and he placed his guitar / bass pick in my hand!! Then all of a sudden they were out of there! Next week I have an audition for a classic rock band and I look forward to at least jamming.

A Great Interview! Mike Tramp Tells It Like It Is, A Definite Stand Up Musician. White Lion Was An Incredible Band And I Seen Them Back In 1989 When They Opened For Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy Was In Support For "No Rest For The Wicked" Tour '88 - '89 And It Was Held At The Irvine Meadows Amphitheater In California. I Also Met Vito Bratta At The 1989 NAMM Show In Anaheim, CA. He Was Humble And Modest, I Have The Photos As Proof.

Vito, had he never had the hand injury, and ended his rock n roll journey, would be touring with Satriani right now. He would be collaberating with lots of elite guitarists! I wish he would get back into wowing the world with his guitar prowess!!!!

Thank you for keeping up with Mr. Tramp and creating a great interview. He deserves to be heard.❤

Vito is the man!!! I miss that guy!!

I like how Mike is HONEST..not like other 80's bands spokes people.....

I wish he would have had more success since white lion, he's a talented hard working guy. He should be doing these festivals that Pearcy and all these other acts are doing

I always imagined that Vito declined the “crossroads” deal and had to exit the scene, and *poof he was gone

Its all about Vito man, youve got to get him back.................BEG HIM if you have to..........THose riffs and solos off the pride record are LEGENDARY......Ive never hear more beautiful melodies and solos from a guitarist.......Vito is a Unicorn man...so rare

Thank you for this incredibly honest interview. Mike your an amazing artist, frontman and musician. Every front/singer knew how you set the bar very high just like DLR. much respect and continued success! Peace

I would embrace my past success. Its so rare, so precious. Time is short, and the quality was great.

I'm digging a lot of White Lion, lately. This interview is one reason why I will truly understand Mike Tramp's version of music! I am a hard-working man and a music-lover totally getting back to my musical-roots. My all-time favorite tune from White Lion being "Little Fighter"(which version is hard to choose) from years after the original recording__ your heart is where it should be good S#!t!!!

The best thing about white lion was vito being so accurate, he started and ended every note in perfect timing

Great interview clip! 🤘

Great interview

As a musician - how can I NOT love the 80's ?!?!?!?! I not only grew up and was inspired to play guitar by 80's "hair" metal...the song quality and musicianship STILL stands up...AND the music is still A LOT of FUN !!!! Even my parents and a LOT of young people today are jamming 80's songs in their cars right to this very day...there is NOTHING to stigma the 80's about !!!! In closing - Vito has a sense of melody , feel , speed and technique that is simply STUNNING...not only is it VERY difficult to play his solos - few players have been able to compose such masterpieces of melodic metal in all the decades since !!

I really hope Vito can play enough to satisfy himself!! As a musician myself, I messed up my whole future musical ability while working for an unscrupulous employer. Lots of repetitive trauma diagnosis ruined my world. Along with corrupt/inept OSHA reps, corrupt ball-playing and inept physicians & attourney, I lost my whole life. I am now forever resolute!! I BEG ALL MUSICIANS; if you have kids, DON'T EVER let them work in an environment doing ANYTHING repetitive. It's Russian roulette. The system will not be on their side!!

I ❤️ love Mike Tramp, great song writer and fantastic front man! And so gorgeous! Ladies you know what I am talking about. Listen to White Lion every day and night! I am 60 years old and I am so into late 60's,70's and 80's music. Best time of my life. It was a magical time. Long live White Lion and Mike Tramp-Mike keep writing songs and singing! Love ❤️ you always!

Lav = Love As in wait I never got a chance to LAV you, I only want to say I LAV you.

Great interview once again, I sometime think that i'm the only one that is still interested in this music but I see that it's not the case :)

Great interview style as always

I've learned easy chords and ruff chords from guitarists through the years. But, when I really started{ [1984] @12} learning to keep it simple with 3 chords I'd practice twenty-minutes on Tuesday(non-stop)! Any who ; five years after was when I got to see White Lion(missed V|xen), and Ozzy Osbourne at the Ft. Wayne Colosseum. That was the best $14.00 my younger cousin spent on me, and I'll never forget the light above the drum-cage, or those awesome solos from Vito Bratta. Four years later was when I could play Whit Lion- When The Children Cry. So many songs in one's catalog, and another reason to play the last song you learn up to the very first song you have learned. Thank you, Mike Tramp for this interview. Now, I remember that you Rock. Rock on, man!!!

Vito is such a an amazing talent. He should be talked about more in the discussion of greatest.

Thank u

Awesome 1 of the Best🤘😊

Mike Tramp really sounds down to earth & a much cooler guy then I would have assumed if not heard this. He seems to “get it”.

I really enjoyed this Interview.

Mike is so honest about the voice not being there after all this time. Very modest guy and very open about himself and the White Lion past. 👍

Always Loved These Guys.

I just remembered! How good is the re-make of Radar Love!!! Vito's playing and tone on that version is Insane, blows the original away. O and I think I still listen to Lighs and Thunder at least 5 times a month. Again, absolutely brilliant, I have to give the whole band props on that song...... Go ahead crank up either song and thank me later..

September 2nd, 1991 the day I was going to see White Lion for the first time... Also the day they broke up... Man that night sucked!

Lomenzo had that surprising resurgence with Megadeth.

Smart, introspective man. Great interview.

Vito is such a superior musician!

Good for you Mike. Good for you. Stay strong. I love white lion and vito, james and Greg . Miss you all ...... but keep going! ,❤

I was a big white lion fan. My view on vito is that he knew when to take the money and run.

Seen ya;s at the great L;Amoures in Brooklynn! Rock on guys .

I was Mike's Tour Manager in 2007...Mike is such a great guy

White lion handsome great songs and Vito is a great guitarist and he has such a clean sound and can really play solos

could you imagine playing a gig every single day of the week, months on end? That's some dedication

Tramp's voice... Oh man... Gnarly. Can barely hang in and listen to it.

I love the White lion live show at the Ritz in New York. I just wish the audio was better it kept fading in n out

Yes 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟white Lion 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️👂👂👂

I realize he is from Europe, but his talking voice is hilarious. The guitar from Vito will always be legendary.

I am hoping for coming to a town near me! Would be happy to hear solo material or White Lion. Got to see White lion in the 80's. I would love to take my daughter to experience the songs of White Lion! 🤘🤩🤞 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Without Vito Bratta there IS NO White Lion. End of discussion as far as I am concerned.

White Lion rocks! White Lion rules! White Lion kicks ass!

Hell yeah that’s all you hear now a days in interviews how White Lion is no more since Vito retired because of the injury, but ya it’s always nice to get more details on what’s happened in the career in the past and stay in present

Nice ..

Great band

Electra records should have released Fight To Survive album. Out of the four studio albums it is my favorite. White Lion is one band that I would have definitely gone to see live if they ever reunited, but it doesn't look like they ever will. I was a little kid in the 80's, and by the time I was a teenager, they had already broken up. If Mike Tramp ever came near where I live, I would definitely go to his show. One of the most unique singing voices ever in my opinion. Excellent interview!

When I was a child in secondary school in England in the 80s a girl recorded white lion on cassette tape for me with the band Icon on another tape. She was not a typical rocker in her appearance it schocked me she was so posh.

TRES Cool

14 solo albums is pretty impressive.

Hilarious how these Danish guys sound so similar when they speak English. Lars still has that swing too... it's normal I know but it's an interesting thing to listen to.

My generation loves the hair bands

I believe Vito's injury to be quite true, years ago I also snapped something in my wrist and had the same symptons as to what he described as electric shocks when playing certain things on guitar and haven't heard anyone else ever describing it in that way, I had seen a doctor about it and it is carpal tunnel syndrome, was told it needs lots of rest as it is an inflammation of the wrist, surgery can potentially cause more damage from what I was told , as a result I only record whenever I can and haven't been able to play in bands for years, some days are better than others but to play in a band you have to be fairly consistent which wouldn't be fair to a band, so he's done the right thing.

I read somewhere years ago that Vitto said he couldn't play like he used to anymore. I don't know if because of the hand injury our just lack of playing over the years, but I doubt he would be ripping solos like he used to back in the day if he came out of retirement.

His accent is very unique. Sounds like a cross between Brooklyn and Scandinavian

Don’t know what he’s saying regarding Duran Duran not having a fanbase. They’ve been playing to thousands of ppl a night for 20 years since their reunion. Way bigger than any 80’s metal band except the Stadium tour which required two (or three) of the biggest names of the era to draw big numbers. But DD draws thousands every night all over the world.

love the accent. Saw them live opening for KISS back in the day.

Back in the day, Vitto was taking what Eddie did and made it his own. I really hope he will come out of retirement and play.....even if it is a "farewell" tour.....give us a lasting memory

Great White Lion Snake....😂

Seen this band open for AC,DC blow up you're video tour at Springfield civic center in Springfield Massachusetts. Was anybody else there. Metal rules

Amazingly underrated talented band. Everyone can totally hold their own against anybody. Would love if Vito put out anything new to hear some more of what he has to offer

Vito was the heart beat of the band

COME TO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 🇵🇷

Vito really left his mark. He propably would have made great career post white lion had he wanted that.

Mike 🧀 Vito 🤯

You would never think that voice was the same voice singing that song "Wait". His talking voice sounds weird to me.

People like to talk s*** about the 80s. the kids were much cooler than the 2020s .wait when the children cry are great classics

Prophet - Remember going to Ted Poley's house down the street from our high school during lunch with his younger bro Andy and banging away on Ted's set. Probably would've killed me if he knew that :).

I never wouldve guessed this is mike tramp. I didnt know he talked that way.

I have respect for Mike for how far he went on just work ethic alone, (plus looks I guess) Every SINGLE word Mike says in this interview was planned out. Notice how he doesn’t mention Van Halen when speaking about the great bands in 1984? Nobody was bigger than VH in 1984. White Lion was trying to be an exact copy. Even the Wait video reminds you of the Jump video. He also said every band was following the “blond lead singer and dark haired band” formula that MOTLEY CRUE started 😂. Search for the story when Mike Tramp was a liaison for Van Halen in 80 or 81. His band was called “Studs” when DLR told him everything he needed to do to be successful in America. You got to hand it to Tramp, he was an unstoppable force that knew what he wanted. The best thing to come out of White Lion musically was Vito.

I remember going to see Ozzy's band and thinking ' I wonder if his latest axeman is as good as all the hype is saying ' . I didn't expect the opening band to have a guitar player who I found more interesting than Ozzy's but that is exactly what happened My drunken idiot friend had mentioned something about it to me before the show but he kept calling the guy ' Corleone ' 😆 All the way to the arena it was " Hey check out that Corleone dude that plays Little Fighter ! "

Vitto had an ego....I remember the Bruno(danger danger bassist) about how he quit WL cuz Vitto told him he was a bass player...not a writer. Well that turned out to bite em...cuz Bruno wrote some killer songs in Danger Danger.