RATT had great hooks and catchy melodies. People forget how huge they really were. Kinda shocked they can't pull off a arena tour with the 4 of the 5 main guys. Robin RIP. One of the coolest rockers ever.

Rip king 👑 As soon as he wasn’t In the band it was never ever the same ‼️

I was a huge RATT fan from 1984 to around 1991. They had such a unique sound.

RATT N’ ROLL for life…..they were my top Glam/Hair Band along with Crue and Dokken they were my big three….51 now, I still slap on RATT the neighbors in the country club community here in SWFL look at you the same way the adults did in the 80’s …like WTF ..but now I own a business and live in the same spot so they just have to deal…tennis anyone….lol

In one of robins last interviews he said “If you want to hear the real ratt,listen to the EP”‼️He said after that they became too polished‼️RIP KING 👑

R.I.P ROBBIN

Hell yeah! Ratt and Roll brother!!!

I’ve met Jake E. Lee numerous times and lives here in Pennsylvania. My buddy owns a guitar shop in downtown Harrisburg and he set up all of Jake’s guitars. I’ve gotten pointers from Jake on things cause I “Just Happened” to be in my buds store when he came in.....lol. Jake’s not big but he has huge hands and his reach is STUPID. He’s fast to and accurate. Dude is good...anyways that’s my story. Great video...

I've been a fan from the 1st note I heard them play and I still love them.

The look was a cross between Van Halen, Adam Ant and Aerosmith, according to an interview with Pearcy 👍

The best “hair” band in my opinion… but more importantly, one of the best bands of the 80s and of all time. Just a fun hard rock group to listen to

Ratt n roll forever

Thanks for this video, RATT is one of my most favorite bands ever.

Love the channel Man, Warren was my sole guitar influence and the way you break down the band's overall sound is spot on.

Ratt there albums and songs are in my favorite top 1000 of All-time

Good stuff here, brought back a lot of memories, thx!

Great job and thanks for the upload!.. I don't know how common knowledge this is, but if you watch early live videos of RATT you'll see the same drum riser at 9:05 (which the band painted red) which was either given or sold to the band by Motley Crue..

I wish I could’ve lived through the sunset strip late 70s early 80s rock life

RATT was certainly heads and shoulders above the rest in their day. Honestly, the band is still playing and I've been lucky enough to see them 3 times within the past 4 years or so. Always hoping to catch 1 more show.

you can’t sneak a piece of 🧀 cheese by a hungry 🐀 RATT 💩 💩💩💩💩 nice work on this video ace.

This is great, keep them coming.

Thanks for sharing :) Love Ratt! God bless you and savior Jesus keep you safe always!

Core of the band was Robbin Crosby’s talent his guitar playing, his writing much of the great songs, great stage presence and a beautifully humble human being,,, RIP🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Now Steven Percy wasn’t exactly a stellar singer ever, but all together it worked.

Awesome research and content!! Well done and thanks!

Great job man!😂

Real,interesting story. Thank you.

Awesome series man! Love RATT very nice job on these vids 😎👍👍

Dude, hell yea!! keep this up, very entertaining!!

This was pretty cool. Do I hear a Cincin accent? Lost a family friend recently with that accent is why. Been on a Crosby/Ratt binge. Fun to watch vids of them, especially now after playing guitar for over 40 years and can pick the music apart better than when it came out.

Really cool video. Can’t wait to watch the others. Be well my friend.

Robin and Warren were friends way before Ratt. Robin played guitar at Warrens 8th or 9th grade party. That was before Warren even played guitar

I did hear that after jake left he recommended warren‼️

Ratt was a great band. I consider Out of the Cellar a perfect album.

Amazing video

The EP is my favorite one. I just wish it was a full length LP with re-records of Railbreak, Driving on E, Top Secret..to name few! It would have given Too Fast For Love some stiff competition!

I just discovered your channel. I love these Ratt videos! Great information, footage, and pictures. Thank you.

Interesting

Ratt and Roll, forevermore...;€

Too many good songs from RATT but my fave was probably She Wants Money,Round & Round.Your in Love , Lay It Down, I Want A Woman, Dance, Slip of the Lip. 👍❤️

So grunge came along and mistakenly believed that it had killed off all of these bands give me Ratt and Poison before that shit any day of the week.

Bought the E.P on first release in the U.K around the time of release . I don't think it was an Import as it has a UK sticker on top right. I was all over this!!

Great stuff a Rattrospective

you did your homework,great job

The 11th Commandment - Nobody Rides For Free

Ha! The Bathory album on the floor. I have the original first run (yellow cover) of that album 🤘🏻

Great vid man! Keep it up

I liked your video very much, thanks

Really appreciate this vid. I was lucky to see them once as a teen open for Bon Jovi in Seattle.. around 1984-5...while standing in line outside the Paramount...this Brady Bunch station wagon pulled up between us to get down the alley. It was full of banana yellow colored Ludwig drums...very last minute..it wasn't until we were seated that we realized it was the Blotzes drum kit. Talk about last minute sound check!!! Fun times.

I had that original 1st press ep... cant believe I lost it in the 90s

I was a huge fan of ep, out of the cellar and invasion. Eventually all songs just started sounding the same, like one long continuous song on each album. Pretty sure Beau Hill producing all albums for awhile played a role in this issue for me. (Way Cool Jr. was a refreshing departure from the "songs sound same" issue I had)

Concrete pirates!? Love it!

I’m friends with all of the guys.

An excellent retrospective. You could lose the entire album review section. You dont want to be seen anyway! Well done.

All for one and one for all! Such a sad tragedy of a band. Still too bad they aren’t HUGE like they should’ve been. Don’t stop w these Retrospective reviews. Please, this band deserves this historical look. Go through Invasion and Dancing pls! Ratt N Roll 4 Life!

Always loved Ratt, and also the album with "so good so fine" I know I'm most likely in the minority with this, but I think that is a very cool album it's a very different sound It was like they challenged themselves and I thought it was a very well put together album.

I wonder 40 yrs from now if grunge bands will have documentaries about how cool they were and if anyone will watch!!

I really enjoyed RATT and my wife could chew no FATT.

You have great taste, Sir. You make a great point about Ratt developing their own look which was copied and made cartoonish by all the shit untalented bands like Poison (a band I will never understand)

I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH BOB EISENBERG, THE DRUMMER, AND STEPHEN PEARCY, THE SINGER. I WAS WONDERING WHY BOB EISENBERG IS NEVER MENTIONED MUCH WHEN TELLING THE RATT STORY?

I have the same lightbulb that's in your lamp.

i went from a RATT shirt in the 7th grade, to a SLAYER tee in the 10th.

those are TAWNI KITAEN's legs on the cover.she was ROBIN's girlfriend.

👍👍👍

Robbin King Crosby was awesome, sad end because of the junk…

i like that jake e lee version of Never Use Love. That shit is so heavy. I dont care much for the compressed studio release of that song. I dont know who wrote it, but its got Jake all over it.

Ratt Wanted (and do without being derivative) to sound like Judas Priest/Van Halen with a pinch of Aerosmith but look like Duran Duran that was the impetus of Street Pirates/Fashion Rock.

Jake actually recommended Warren for the spot he vacated.

They had some great hits, and albums. Unfortunately drugs, dysfunction amongst the band, and a changing music landscape lead to a very short shelf life. It’s too bad, because they could have been doing arena tours with Motley Crüe, and the likes of them if they got their shit together. Instead, it’s just some cover band with Stephen Pearcy on vocals playing fairgrounds.

Believe it or not, I saw ratt in `85 w/none other than bon jovi opening,I kid you not?! It was both group's sophomore albums,ratt was huge already,BJ was on their way,OK? Now I liked the 1st 2 BJ LPS, sum of slippery when wet/new jersey were good,but after that,they just became super-duper commercial,whereas ratt stuck 2 their glam-metal guns,they were true originals,not copycats! Pearcy was into Duran Duran,so was I,he even covered girls on film,of which I need 2 cop? So he runs into Simon LeBon one day,and got dissed,what a ****(still dig `em,but that was uncalled for)? A lot of so-called alternative folks have problems w/classic/hard rock/metal in general,believing that it's demoralizing/sexist,it's no more pig-headed than any other genre,it's all in one's perspective,see? I/4/1 am super-duper progressive,loving all forms of beautiful musique,especially prog/metal,but whatever's clever,YO! Actually I had a 1st pressing of the ratt ep,but an ex-girlfriend got it from me,haven't seen an original copy since then(also saw live like @ suicide ep in a store,didn't even bother 2 cop it,then a year or so later,AFD came out,who knew that they'd 1 of the biggest bands in the world,along w/metallica)?!?!?! SP said that there will be a re-release of the classic ep,can't wait 2 cop another copy! There's a 5-cd boxset of the 1st 5 with the classic lineup,need 2 cop that as well, what the h3ll? About 2 jump off into part 2 of the RATTrospective,nice work,cheers baby! RATT`n`ROLL \m/

how did robin learn music he was really talented

Juan won them over with his repetitious stage moves.

How did you get the Ratt music without the lyrics?

Mickey Mousse

RATTrospective u mean

How can I get the no vocals tracks playing in the background????

You pronounced Juan’s last name right, but Stephen’s wrong 😂

Missed a trick not calling it a RATTROSPECTIVE

Ratt should have talked to VH first.

I was in 7th grade my freind got me a ticket we seen Ratt on there 3rd record and Poison opened up .The worst concert I ever seen both bands sucked only good thing was all the girls at the show Both bands sounded like crap live horrible.