Ratt singer Stephen Pearcy recently revealed if there has been any attempt to reunite the surviving members of the band’s classic lineup to tour in support of the “Out Of The Cellar” reissue or the box set from last year.
Stephen Pearcy opens up on the matter
In a new interview with Greg Prato of AllMusic, Stephen responded: “I had made those attempts. And some of my guys, they’re complacent and some of them… It’s not even a matter of not needing to financially. It’s a matter of… some of them don’t have the drive that I do. And without [late Ratt guitarist] Robbin Crosby — who was really important in keeping the band together and keeping us directed — he was the guy who pretty much directed us. I created it, he directed it. I made attempts.”
When Prato noted that some of the people he interviewed for one of his books, “World Infestation: The Ratt Story”, revealed that a reunited Ratt should have been included as part of “The Stadium Tour” in 2022, with Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett, and asked Pearcy if he agreed, the singer replied:
“Of course. But I’m not the one… If it was a vote, of course not — I don’t think Motley would want to play after us. And that’s how it would have settled up. We still have some kind of competition out there, y’know? We would consider it, like, ‘What? We’re going to open up for you?’ So yeah, we should have. It would have made sense. I mean, I don’t care if you put us third, fourth, whatever — our motto was, ‘Go out there and beat your ass, anyway.’ And if they know you’re playing first, they’ll come and see you first, second, third, or whatever.”
“It will go down again, and we’ll see. Like I said, I tried to get the original guys. We attempted it once, and it was just like, ‘Whoa.’ But you pretty much called it in the book. And it’s like, at the end of the day, I’m the guy left standing, going, ‘Okay, that’s cool. That’s the way it should be: 40-year anniversary.’ And what I’m doing [with my solo band] is playing the record live. The original band never even did that.”
