Posted by Metal Insider on March 19, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. 31 years ago today, one of metal’s most gifted and promising guitarists was killed in a plane crash. Randy Rhoads was only 25 years old when he passed, but having played in Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band as well as Quiet […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 19, 2012
Until this week, the only record that Ozzy Osbourne fans had of the vulnerable time in between the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee’s time in the band that started with 1983’s Bark at the Moon was the now-out-of-print Speak of the Devil. The 1982 double-live album, which featured Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis, […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on October 18, 2011
Crack open a bottle of Ratt-N-Roll wine, because fans of the ’80s metal mainstay have reason to rejoice. In an interview with Rock Music Star, drummer Bobby Blotzer revealed that not only was the same lineup that recorded 2010’s Infestation still together, but that Ratt is already in “writing mode” for a new album. When […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 27, 2010
While other members have alluded to RATT going on hiatus, frontman Stephen Pearcy recently confirmed it during a radio interview with Philadelphia’s WYSP. “I’ll be taking care of some solo stuff until Ratt takes care of its business, and then we’ll probably or hopefully start working on another record,” Pearcy said. “We’ll go on hiatus […]
