This coming Wednesday, November 17th, tune in to roadrunnerrecords.com at 11AM to see the brand new Ratt video "Eat Me Up Alive." Marking the latest incendiary track off the band's long-awaited return to Ratt N' Roll form (and first album in 10 years) Infestation, the upcoming video features killer performance footage from the band's tour with the Scorpions this past summer. Don't miss it!

Ratt in Japan 2010

As you can well imagine from the pictures, RATT’s performance at this year's Loud Park Festival was nothing short of awesome. Writes a trusted Roadrunner Japan correspondent, "You cannot lose with RATT, can you?"

With their 55 minute set of 12 ripping songs, the band -- frontman Stephen Pearcy, guitarists Warren DeMartini and Carlos Cavazo, bassist Robbie Crane and drummer Bobby Blotzer -- totally overwhelmed a rabid crowd of 12,000 people at the Saitama Super Area outside of Tokyo, Japan.

In addition to their appearance at Loud Park, the band checked in with MTV Japan, SpaceShower TV and influential area magazines like Burrn!, Eat, and Young Guitar, and held a meet & greet autograph session with fans at the venue!

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.

With their record release party for Infestation taking place at the Key Club on the Sunset Strip just last month, Ratt remember the former establishment that held down 9039 Sunset BLVD: Gazzarri's.

"Gazzarri's is the place where The Doors, Van Halen, and Ratt started" laughs frontman Stephen Pearcy mimicking an old radio ad for the infamous LA club. And while the band did get their start there as Mickey Ratt in the early 80s, its only fitting they returned to the same location (now known as The Key Club) to commemorate their nearly 30 year career.

Watch the guys hanging out before the show reminiscing about the Sunset Strip, and watch some backstage footage of the band warming up along with some live action from the kick ass performance!

To document Ratt's record release show on the Sunset Strip and talk to the band about what went into the making of their killer, 11-track return-to-ratt-n-roll-form album Infestation, we had cameras on hand shooting the guys backstage, onstage, behind the scenes and much more. Watch part 2 of this 5-part webisode series from the event now!

Watch the first webisode of Ratt's Sunset Strip record release party for Infestation!