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Having cancelled some European tour dates last month due to frontman Stephen Pearcy's urgent hernia surgery, Ratt are recovered, reinvigorated and back on the road with the Scorpions in the US this summer!

Pearcy tells Roadrunner, "Despite the forced break with my surgery, I'm feeling better and being out here on tour with the Scorpions is rehabilitating to say the least."

Check out the set list from last night in Myrtle Beach as well as a photo of the band performing in Nashville this past weekend below, and go RIGHT HERE for a full list of tour dates.

For information on how to meet the band and/or get the VIP treatment when they're heading to a city near you, check THIS LOCATION.



"YOU’RE IN LOVE"

"LAY IT DOWN"

"LACK COMMUNICATION"

"TAKE A BIG BITE"

"I WANT A WOMAN"

"SLIP OF THE LIP"

"DIRTY JOB"

"LAST CALL"

"BEST OF ME"

"BACK FOR MORE"

"NOBODY RIDES"

"WAY COOL JR"

"WANTED MAN"

"MORNING AFTER"

"ROUND AND ROUND"

Ratt's brand new album -- and first in over 10 years -- Infestation is out NOW! Pick up your copy of the band's return to Ratt n' Roll form right here!

Tackling a variety of subjects, Ratt's famed guitarist Warren DeMartini discusses his history with the Sunset Strip heroes, his guitar playing, the new album and a slew of other fan-submitted questions for Fret 12. Watch part 1 in the 6-part series below, and go right here to see the rest!

Infestation, the band's first album in 10 years, is out now. Pick up your copy of the killer album right here!

Ratt are offering special VIP packages for their summer tour that get you a chance to meet the band! Ticketless VIP packages are available for the band’s tour dates with Scorpions, and packages with and without tickets are available for Ratt’s summer headline shows.

All VIP packages include:
- Hand-signed Tour Poster
- Infestation Tour T-Shirt
- Meet and Greet with Ratt before the show
- Commemorative VIP Laminate
Go RIGHT HERE to see what offers are available in your area!

"Carlos Cavazo was at the epicenter of the ’80s metal scene," writes Gibson.com. "He undertook the daunting task of replacing Randy Rhoads in Quiet Riot, when Rhoads left to join Ozzy Osbourne. Cavazo proceeded to lead that band, alongside stentorian singer Kevin DuBrow, to the heights of popularity, with hits like 'Bang Your Head (Metal Health),' 'The Wild and the Young' and the Slade covers, “Cum on Feel the Noize' and 'Mama Weer All Crazee Now.' In 2008, he joined another legendary metal outfit, Ratt. The band released their first Cavazo/DeMartini-fueled album, Infestation, in April and have hit the road with a massive tour to support it. We caught up with Carlos on a rare day off in rain-drenched Cleveland."
Read an excerpt of the insightful interview below, and go right here to get the full Q&A.

The long-awaited return to Ratt n' Roll form Infestation is out now! Get your copy RIGHT HERE.

On how he came to join Ratt, Cavazo explains:

"Actually, Warren DeMartini ran into Vinnie Appice at a club in Hollywood — and Warren had known that I’d been playing with Vinnie off and on in different projects — and he asked what I had been up to. He got my number from Vinnie, and he called me. He had my number for about a year before he called me; I guess the timing just wasn’t right yet. He called me up one day, out of the blue, and I had missed his call and then I got the message, “Can you give me a call if you have a chance?” And I’m thinking either there’s a big party in town or they are looking for a guitar player and it ended up being the latter. I went down, and I knew they were working with a couple of people, as well, and I went in there and they liked what I did and it worked out."

On playing in a two-guitar band:

"Ah, you know, I’ll tell you, I’ve played with other guitar players in the past, in different projects, and it really wasn’t that much of an adjustment. Actually, a bigger adjustment was my sound. I’ve been using more of a modern set-up with digital processing kind of sound and these guys just hook into a couple of pedals (and then straight) into an amp. So I adapted to that, which I’ve done before. I prefer that myself. It’s more of a natural sound. And as far as our playing, mine and Warren’s styles are very similar in many ways and we were influenced by some of the same guitar players; so, it just kind of fell into place and it felt natural."

On the scene in the 80s:

"You know, everybody was friends. I think the press made it look like we hated each other. I mean, I’ve known these guys all of my life, since I was in my 20s. And oddly enough, I was friends with Robbin Crosby before I knew any of these guys. We used to hang out. He was the first guy in the band that I knew. Then I hung out with Stephen after that. I don’t think I ever met Warren until like the ’90s. I knew the guys in Mötley Crüe, Dokken… I hang out with all those guys. We were all friends. It’s just made to look a certain way in the press. You know, that battle against each other."

On his history playing Gibson guitars:

"The first time I got a Gibson was in, probably, the early ’70s, when I was about 15 or 16 years old. I bought it for $100. It was a double cutaway Les Paul Junior. A red one. And I loved that guitar. I bought it from a good friend of mine. We used to always trade and sell each other guitars back then. And that’s the first Gibson I had, and I’ve been sold ever since. And I started using Vs in Quiet Riot in the early ’80s. I acquired a V from some guy in Denver, Colorado, on the road. He sold it to me, that cream-colored one from the early ’80s. And I still have that V, actually. It almost became my trademark. Everybody liked me playing a V. Actually, one day, I came in with Ratt and I brought in a V and they all said, “Oh, I love you playing that guitar. Play that from now on.” So I’ve been using the Vs a lot with Ratt now."

Coming up on the Sunset Strip in the early 80s, Ratt spawned a huge following worldwide with their swagger, style and straight-ahead hits.

Fast forward to nearly 30 years later, and the band are continuing where they left off at their inception with their brand new crushing album Infestation.

To commemorate this feat, Ratt -- Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini, Carlos Cavazo, Robbie Crane and Bobby Blotzer -- have returned to the Sunset Strip, unleashing their one-of-a-kind Ratt N' Roll on The Key Club on April 20th, 2010.

We showed you some behind-the-scenes footage of the band getting ready to perform, talking about the new album, reminiscing about their early days, remembering their fallen brother Robbin Crosby and more, and now we've got the 5th and final installment in this series where we see the guys perform their classic cut "Way Cool Jr." and talk about how far they've come. Watch it below and if you haven't done so already, pick up your copy of Infestation RIGHT HERE.

Ratt got their legendary start on LA's famed Sunset Strip in the early 80s when hair metal was king. Then, (1983) it was frontman Stephen Pearcy, guitarist Warren DeMartini, bassist Juan Croucier, drummer Bobby Blotzer, and late guitarist Robbin Crosby, who sadly succumbed to his heroin addiction in 2002.

Harkening back to their olden and golden ratt n' rollin' days with their new album Infestation in 2010 -- an album which Stephen Pearcy says, "is dedicated to our brother" -- the band looks back on where they started as they play their famed record release show at LA's Key Club on Sunset BLVD. In the latest video in the 5-part series documenting the adventure, the band remembers the gentle giant they called "King," Robbin Crosby.