In 83', I heard the opening riff to You Think Youre Tough, and my world stopped, I was 13 at the time. Ever since that moment I was a HARDCORE fan. HARDCORE. Bought the records, went to the concerts blah blah blah.

I gave RATT alot of hard earned money, and yes, I received entertainment for it. But again, I busted my ass for the money I forked over to them and for that reason and that reason alone, Im going to have my say............

Lets look at Crue for a second. Its just goddamn sad what that band is doing, and yes, I like the Crue. But you can tell its totally about the money these days. They remind me of KISS, which will sell Meet and Greet experiences for close to one thousand U.S dollars. The music has become a shell of its former self, and they will just play the classics in order to get your ticket money and shirt concessions. I wont go near a KISS or Crue show, or purchase a new album. Paul Stanley will break a guitar on stage for you and sign it for 5 thousand five hundred dollars. True story.

Now, with Ratt, I dont get that same vibe. Obviously, Infestation was an epic record, the best since Invasion.. You can tell they put alot of effort into it and because of that it was succesful. That tells me one thing, THEY STILL HAVE TALENT AND THE DRIVE NECESSARY TO SUCCEED IN THESE TIMES. Of course, thats only IF they can put the shit aside and carry on... Of course, money is a huge factor and reason why theyre putting up with each other and touring, but its NOT ENOUGH OF A FACTOR TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER after they meet their tour requisites.

For that reason, this makes Ratt a better band. Perifuckingid. Yes, Stephen has L.S.D.( lead singers disease), and if he didnt have it, he wouldnt have the charisma and swagger to lead that band they way he did for over a decade. So you deal with it. You fucking deal with it. Eddie deals with David Lee Roth, and so on and so forth.

Warren being the stand up guy that he is, has taken a back seat FOR YEARS electively to keep things running smoothly. Props to you Warren.

Carlos has shown hes a force to be reckoned with as a writer, who woulda thought it, aye? Nice job Carlos.

Crane does what hes told, as I would if in his position.

And last but not least Mr.Blotzer. Who stood up and actually wrote some songs and took a leadership position as of late. The first time hes done so. Again, props to Blotz. But, and this is a big BUT,( J LO size) the book is/was a catalyst in bad vibes. IM NOT SAYING ITS HIS FAULT. Releasing it along with the record is just good business sense. But a bad call personnel wise. Obviously, it provoked hostility amongst the band members.

So, what we have is a problem between Blotz and Pearcy. A pissing contest, a whos schlong is bigger. And because of that, we have an explosion, rather, an IMPLOSION of an epic band who im proud to be a fan of......................And this problem will NEVER be resolved. Guaranfuckingteed.

So whats the moral of the story here, boys and girls? Get the fuck out while your on top, like Juan, and leave something to the legacy. Have some class, some HONOR, and get over yourselves.

Because like it or not, RATT is bigger then both of you Blotz/Steph.......And always will be..... Now have some fucking class and walk away AS MEN, as former bandmates that SHOOK THE WORLD.

/end rant..........

Btw, have you guys seen that chick Nikkis hitting, that tattooed diseased hooch? My god, how the mighty have fallen......hehe.... :)

Ever since The Dirt by the Crue came out a few years back, ive been waiting for Stevens book to hit the shelves. Bobby's came out and I purchased that. But shit, I want to hear the stories from Pearcy's life...

I think from a business stand point he missed a great opportunity with the release of this record. It could have coincided with it. The longer he waits, the more drop off from potential customers is going to happen. The further away from the launch of this album, the worse it gets imo.

If anyone read Anthony Kiedis' book SCAR TISSUE, I think they would agree that was a masterpiece. Just an outstanding book.

So lets go Pearcy. What the fuck you waiting for dude?

The hardest of the hardcore fans on this site, RATT-N-ROLL, from Oklahoma City has a number of 79 thousand blah blah blah.

Most of the rest of us fans have numbers in the 80k.....(not sure how to pluralize that)...I havent seen anyone with a 30k number or 40k for that number....Did the numbering system start at 79k? Not that it matters, but having a low number would be great for my RATT "epeen".......

(if I send one of the mods a twenty spot, can I get a super low number?) :)

After listening to the album, gotta say its fkng sick...Just absolutely sick. Eat Me Up Alive has that Judas Priest vocal sound going for it. Anyone else hear that influence?

Also, Best of Me having been written by Carlos C just sounds like vintage Ratt. Its weird that he wrote it and it fits in with them so well. Who knew Carlos was a major writer like that? Props to you dude. Nicely done.

Now, time to wait for the Temecula show. Looking forward to shaking Carlos' hand and telling him good job. I also wanna ask Robbie about his porno days working in sound heh....

Ratt N Roll ......

First of all, a HUGE shout out to all my RATT brothas and sisters on these boards. You guys, imo, are the true fans. Glad to be a part of this board. Looking forward to getting to know all of ya..

I just wanted to say its about flippin time Ratt puts up a message board where we can post etc. I mean shit, its 2010 and one finally goes up? I think Juan had one up some time ago, not sure what happened to it. And hell, Crue has had a message board up forever..I love going on to that site and trolling those fans. If your bored, go there and post something to the effect that theyre all about the money now, and watch them go ballistic...

Anyways, props to the RATT fans here, and its about GODDAMN TIME a board is up.....