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Ex-RATT Singer STEPHEN PEARCY: 'I'm Not A Complainer'

Mike Preston of Psycho Babble TV recently conducted an interview with former RATT singer Stephen Pearcy. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his decision to release each song individually from his forthcoming solo album, "Smash", to be...

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FRANKIE BANALI Says QUIET RIOT Likely Won't Release New Music Again

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali says that he will only release new music from the band if he has a good reason to do so. Banali revived QUIET RIOT in 2010, three years after DuBrow's death, along with veteran bassist Chuck Wright, who played on several of the tracks on the classic QUIET RIOT album...

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BOBBY BLOTZER Slams JUAN CROUCIER For Using RATT Logo To Launch New Project

RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer has slammed the band's bassist, Juan Croucier, for using the RATT logo to promote his new project RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER. RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER, which features Croucier alongside Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE),Mike Moore and Toni Aleman, announced on Tuesday (August 4) that it...

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RATT Bassist To Perform Band's Classics With Newly Launched RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER Project

Juan Croucier (RATT),Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE),Mike Moore and Toni Aleman have joined forces in a new project called RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER. The band will exclusively play songs from the RATT catalog. Having solidified the core of RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER (lead vocals, bass and drums),Juan and Pete s...

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FRANKIE BANALI Says CARLOS CAVAZO 'Shut Himself Out' Of Return To QUIET RIOT

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali says the band's former guitarist Carlos Cavazo "shut himself out" of a possible return to the group more than a decade ago. Cavazo was a member of QUIET RIOT during the band's most commercially successful period. After replacing Randy Rhoads in the 1980s, he remaine...

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FRANKIE BANALI Says QUIET RIOT Documentary Has Elevated Interest In The Band

Following the critical success of "Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here There's No Way Back", the feature documentary on the seminal heavy metal band QUIET RIOT, drummer Frankie Banali is enjoying a newfound appreciation both for his contributions to music and devotion to keeping the memory of his frien...

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Video: RIKI RACHTMAN Talks About Upcoming 'Cathouse Live At Irvine Meadows' Festival

Riki Rachtman's world-famous Cathouse will return to Southern California for one night of debauchery with Cathouse Live At Irvine Meadows, Saturday, August 15 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater (recently known as Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre) in Irvine, California. A new video interview with Rachtman a...

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FRANKIE BANALI: 'I Felt It Was Unfair For Me Not To Be Able To Continue' With QUIET RIOT

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali and the band's former bassist, Rudy Sarzo, were interviewed on a recent episode of "Talk Is Jericho", the podcast of Chris Jericho, the world champion pro wrestler, actor, New York Times best-selling author and lead vocalist of the metal band FOZZY. You can now list...

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Video: RATT Drummer BOBBY BLOTZER Debuts RATT EXPERIENCE In Las Vegas

BOBBY BLOTZER'S RATT EXPERIENCE, the new band led by RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer, made its live debut last night (Saturday, June 27) at Count's Vamp'd Rock Bar & Grill in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. BOBBY BLOTZER'S RATT EXPERIENCE is rounded out b...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist DIZZY REED: Only AXL ROSE Knows When Next Album Will Come Out

In a brand new interview with VerdamMnis E-Magazine, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus and keyboardist Dizzy Reed were asked if they will be involved in the songwriting process for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Chinese Democracy". "[We are] definitely going to be involved," Richa...

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Former RATT Singer STEPHEN PEARCY 'Can't Take It'

"I Can't Take It", the new video from former RATT singer Stephen Pearcy, can be seen below. The clip was filmed at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. "I Can't Take It" is one of three singles — alongside "Just One More Time" and "Recipe For Disaster" — that have been ...

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STEPHEN PEARCY Says 'It's A Little Too Late' For A New RATT Album

Former RATT singer Stephen Pearcy was interviewed by Canadian rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked if he thinks there will ever be a follow-up album to RATT's ...

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DEE SNIDER Slams 'Raiding The Rock Vault': It Is 'A Tribute Band Of A Bunch Of Add-On People'

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider has slammed the critically acclaimed Las Vegas production "Raiding The Rock Vault", calling it a "tribute band of a bunch of add-on people." "Raiding The Rock Vault" has been described as a "90-minute history of classic rock performed by members of some of the greate...

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THE DEAD DAISIES Tap BLACK SABBATH Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS For European Tour

THE DEAD DAISIES have spent the last week in Los Angeles intensively rehearsing for their upcoming European tour which will see them perform at the biggest rock festivals in world, as well as a play big run of arena shows with KISS. The DAISIES were joined in the rehearsal studio by Tommy Clufetos (...

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EXTREME, TOM KEIFER, SEBASTIAN BACH, DOKKEN, FASTER PUSSYCAT To Perform At 'Cathouse Live At Irvine Meadows'

Riki Rachtman's world-famous Cathouse will return to Southern California for one night of debauchery with Cathouse Live At Irvine Meadows, Saturday, August 15 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater (recently known as Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre) in Irvine, Califirnia. Riki Rachtman created the original ro...