Well it took almost 25 years for Ratt to come back to Fresno, and man was I extremely happy to see them make a stop here on this tour following the release of their awesome,and I dare say,best album ever.
There was alot of excitement when the boys hit the stage with you're in love. the sound was a bit rough at first especially stephens voice(too loud) but they fixed it by the end of the first song. The crowd was into it and the band pumped out song after song and they sounded great. I gotta say Carlos Cavazo is a perfect fit for the energy of Ratt N' Roll and it is plain to see he is the driving force behind their resurgence, a true rock star. As always Warren is tearing it up lick after lick . Robbie plays his ass off, and Stephen is the ultimate frontman even though his voice is certainly not what it used to be, it would not be Ratt without him. The setlist was exactly the same as posted on the site front page (myrtle beach). Shuvelhead(Local band) and Jetboy opened and were both excellent. Thank You Ratt for coming back to Fresno.

That being said There was certainly a couple of disapointments I have to voice. First of all was Blotzer, I personally thought his playing was off,and I know sometimes these guys have off nights but the way he acted last night was childish from my point of view. somewhere in the middle of the set he complained (through Stephen) that the lights were not on him enough and then he proceded to give the finger in the direction of the crowd (maybe at the light guy I don't know) and as soon as they finished round and round he bolted from the stage without even acknowledging the fans as all the rest of the guys stood and waved and appreciated their fans. Blotzer loves to complain publically about his bandmates but from my point of view he is the true A**hole and couldn't care less about his fans. as another example go to the part of the web site where you can purchase the meet and greet with "Stephen,Warren,Robbie,and Carlos" can someone explain why Blotzer would not do a meet and greet with his fans(who pay an extra $100)along with his bandmates. I truly hope Ratt N' Roll keeps moving on, but does anybody really care if they dump this jerk and get a drummer twice as good and who would appreciate why he is there in the first place, The Fans. Anyway I know this will piss off Blotzer fans(if there are any) but that is my point of view.

The second dissapointment was no encore. The crowd was still pumped and loud after round and round and the house lights stayed off for several minutes setting it up. I know they did a encore in Vegas the night before(Eat me up Alive and Walkin the dog) Maybe Blotzer was still crying about the lights not being on him. Oh well still a great show and I hope the rest of the tour goes great. Thanks again for coming to Fresno!

HI. i do highly agree with you. We were told when we picked up our tickets that after the show we were to go to the stage.For a meet and greet. well we only had checkered wrist bands and the others had laminated passes. well as we were waiting for half an hour to hear something we heard the tour bus got broken into that night. maybe the reason they didnt do an encore. but what ever the reason there is no excuse. That was a disapointment to all fans while we waited they took the laminated people and forgot about us claiming that they had no idea what we were there for. It was a horrible dissapointment. And the drummer was very rude. and felt the percy was a little rude as he too was complaining about the lights.

Well I to was at the Ratt show last night, my fourth time seeing the boys and the last time was in 1987 at Selland Arena with Poison. I thought the show was great and the sound was good, I can't really say that I am a Blotzer fan but I am a Ratt fan and Bobby Blotzer is part of Ratt, I'm one of those fans that can't stand it when the originals are not with the band, however there is a difference when you have new members due to death compared to just not wanting to be there. Rest in peace Robin we all miss you and I know you haven't missed a show. Now back to Blotz, I honestly could care less about his little timper tantrum and I don't care if he wants to meet us fans, I did the meet and greet last night and he was the only member who did not participate and not one of his bandmates had anything bad to say, they did all seem a little distracted by the fact that their bus had been broken into, leave it up to good old Fresno to give them something to remember us by, but they caught the guy and I could tell they all just wanted to know if all their stuff was accounted for.

With that being said I think it was very cool of Stephen, Warren, Robby, and Carlos to do the meet and greet. I would have loved to have got to meet Blotz but hopefully there will be a day, it seems consistant that he does not do most of the meet and greets and my experience was not any less enjoy able with not meeting him to be honest I didn't even realize I didn't get to meet him until we where walking to the car. I chalk it up as Blotz had a bad night and all of us are in titled to have a bad day. The wrist band people, what was that all about anyways, why did you have a wrist band, Ratts security only wanted the Meet and greet passes and 105.1 the blaze radio station grand prize winner and even they didn't get to do the whole meet and greet thing, so to be honest I don't understand what the wrist band thing was all about, and if you wanted to meet Ratt you should have paid the extra $100.00 bucks the rest of us did, I am actually happy they didn't let people who didn't have to pay the extra enjoy the moment, nothing was stopping anyone from waiting out by their bus, when we walked out there was like maybe 10 people waiting out by the bus and I bet they all got lucky, but I just didn't understand the whole wrist band thing, sorry just sayin.

All in all is was a great night in my opinion and I hope I get to see the boys again, Blotz if you do actually ever read this crap your all right in my book just keep hammering the skins, Stephen don't leave again, Ratt isn't Ratt without you period, Warren thanks for being a great person and awesome guitar player like Steven your riffs are what make Ratt, Ratt. Robby thank you for letting us fans know how much you appreciate us and keep rockin, and last but defenitely not least Mr. Carlos Cavazos, thanks for keep Ratt alive, not just anyone could replace Robin but you sir fit like a glove, thank you and keep ROCKIN!!!!!

RATT come back to Fresno. I had agreat time and Blotzer, come back with a cooler attitude. I'm an awesome drummer....I may have to replace you! Lol! Thanks RATT! RATT AND ROLL> Thanks for writing that song for me: "Way Cool JR"!