RATT singer Stephen Pearcy and his solo band will take part in a live stream concert on Friday, April 2 at 7 p.m. PDT on the Sunset Strip.
Asked in a new interview with 80’s Glam Metalcast who the “special guest” is that will be making an appearance with him, Pearcy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):
“Well, I kind of put it out there that my drummer from RATT, Bobby Blotzer, might be showing up, so we can count on that, probably.”
During the same chat, Pearcy confirmed that he will not make a new RATT album unless all the surviving members of the band’s classic lineup are involved: Blotzer, guitarist Warren DeMartini and bassist Juan Croucier.
He said:
“I will not do another record [unless it’s with the original guys],”
“There’s no way in hell. I’ve given DeMartini and everybody courtesy. Why would I do that? There’s no reason. We tried with [RATT‘s 2010 album] ‘Infestation’. People go, ‘That’s a great record.’ I’m, like, well, that’s because it was the only thing that we were able to give you. If there was Juan in there, if there was Robbin [Crosby, late RATT guitarist] in there, if there was the original guys — the nucleus — you would have gotten a better record. It’s just the way it is; that’s just the way it works. Because as dysfunctional or functional as we are, that’s what makes our music.
“Look, Carlos Cavazo [former QUIET RIOT guitarist] was in the band for a bit. We wrote the first two singles [from ‘Infestation’], Carlos and I. So there you go right there. It wasn’t even really a true RATT record. No disrespect to the guys that played on it. But I just wouldn’t do that to RATT, to the brand. It wouldn’t work. So we will see what happens. But I will not do another RATT record, no, unless [it’s with] the original guys. I put the feelers out there. Who knows? Maybe the doorbell will ring. I ain’t counting on it. But who knows?”