CREEM SHOWCASE
Ratt shot out of the Los Angeles heavy metal scene with a burst of power guitar that blew a hole in the music charts and pulled in a legion of fans. They were young and hot, but they had chops, guitar chops that cut a clean slice of musical pie with adept, blistering solos racing over a layer of power chords supported by a heavy, driving rhythm section.
CREEM SHOWCASE
RATT’S ROBBIN CROSBY CUTS METAL CLASS
Bill Stephen
Ratt shot out of the Los Angeles heavy metal scene with a burst of power guitar that blew a hole in the music charts and pulled in a legion of fans. They were young and hot, but they had chops, guitar chops that cut a clean slice of musical pie with adept, blistering solos racing over a layer of power chords supported by a heavy, driving rhythm section.
Ratt, though, was attempting to carry on and add to a heavy metal legacy, and it was not an easy row to hoe; it was made partially easier, however, with a long stint as the house band at the Whiskey A Go Go. It was there that the band tightened its act. For Warren DeMartini and Robbin Crosby it was the stage for polishing their dueling guitar lines and their manic approach to firework performances. The result is a band that has, in all the cliches of heavy metal, managed to forge an individuality that would have seemed dubious at best. The core of this brash and boisterous rock ’n’ roll are its lead guitarists, in particular, Robbin Crosby.