Ratt nominated for a grammy
 

I put it here, even though "metal" evolved to mean something else.

Calling themselves "fashion metal" was embarrassing.

But still, Ratt nominated for "Best of Me."

Let's see, they were huge, then fell apart. Went through scab versions.

Came out with a decent line up.

Made an album

Drummers book comes out talking smack about everyone else

Band falls apart

Then get's a grammy nomination.


Anybody still listen to that crap?

First 3 Ratt albums are great cheesy Metal :) As for a grammy, I take no notice of those things anyhow.

Ratt? RATT?

My god, WHY???

awww poor Ratt... im gonna stick up for em, i still listen to that "crap" and Best of Me is the best song they've released since "Nobody Rides for Free" as long as Stephen Pearcy is singing i will forever listen to that "crap" :)

Kudos to the Grammy committee for their superior efforts in keeping with the times.

They have other songs than "Round and Round"?

I know this was necrobumped by a spammer, but by some kind of supernatural synchronicity, I am listening to Ratt.

You could do far worse than Ratt.

For now...

We'll just go...

ROUND AND ROUND!!!!

You're way cool, Jr.

All those ladies will be moving, In Your Direction...yeah, you're Way Cool, Jr!

hahahaha...too fun.

I saw RATT open for Cinderella in 2006 or something. Unfortunately, I don't remember if any of the original members were even still in the band. Maybe Blotzer. I know Pearcy wasn't there, and that right there basically means I saw a cover band.

It was John Corabi on guitar and Ji z z y Pearl on vocals. That is an awful name.

I didn't know they were nominated for a Grammy. I'm reading Pearcy's book now.

Dude, Jizzy Pearl is awesome.

That intro at :30 and Guitar solo at 2:50 are money. Warren DiMartini was a beast.

It isn't like Ratt had bad music, in fact I listened to Out Of The Cellar when I was a kid a lot. I loved the riffs the band had, catchy, and super tight playing. They had other songs from other albums before the original line up dissolved that I liked, but...yeah.

They really have a Grammy nomination? That is a bit hilarious. I never thought I'd see the day that Ratt would be in the same sentence as Grammy, not in this day and age.

People actually like Ratt? Jesus, I guess I'll quit making fun of my dad so much for it.

Well it's kind of hard to do air guitar to "4'33".

Ratt >>>>> Pointless jazz noodling

I think it's funny that a surprising number of music elitists seem to rate select hair bands over a lot of grunge.

I'm probably less inclined to think of it as pointless. I'm just not a fan of cheesy music. I like stuff like this:

How can you be against cheesy music with that mustache?

It's all the cheesy I can take, I don't need any more.

Ratt isn't so bad. Everyone likes to make fun of certain genres, like hair metal and disco, but they're actually pretty fun. In the end, if you critically examine something close enough, you'll find flaws. The same holds true for every genre of music, as well as every band. So listen to the bands you like and stop acting like you're all superior because you listen to something you consider intellectual/exclusive.

I was legitimately surprised that people like Ratt.

Why? They're one of the best hair metal bands.

The only Ratt fan I've met is my father, and that includes friends of mine who like Crüe and the like. Nothing wrong with it, just sir praised as I haven't seen it before and I'm clearly not a fan.

Well, Ratt were one of the best hair metal/glam bands from the 80's. Doesn't bother me if others don't care for them. My time of being really in to that music has passed. I only listen now if I hear it on my Pandora account.

Now you've met two.

Warren DeMartini is a monster and one of my fave players from that era. And the band reveled in the whole 80s hair metal wave with some great songs.

How can you not dig this?

I love this song and video so much. Great memories and better times to be had.

One man's cheese, another man's heroin. Or something like that :D

I dig Ratt, I just listened to Way Cool, Jr. and Lay it Down again, awesome stuff.

As Ladyislingering posted that Ratt song is one of the best hair metal tracks ever put out, it's so friggin addictive.

Indeed it is.

Ratt was one of the very best bands of the hair metal days, they had some pretty great musicians. They were widely successful, but I feel they deserved more recognition still. Round and Round, I think I listened to that song way too damn much as a kid. I still listen to it, but only if it comes on Pandora. It is a timeless song, in my own opinion.

Out of the Cellar is a timeless record.

Given this thread is about 4 years old I'm assuming they didn't win this grammy then.

I guess not, but an article from 2011 also mentions that Dokken were nominees as well.

Apparently they lost to Iron Maiden. Never knew they were Grammy winners. I guess the Grammy's have done one thing right at least.

In 2011 Iron Maiden won best metal performance at the Grammy's but I didn't see Ratt in contention.

Or are you talking about the 'Hall of Fame'?

You said Dokken were up in 2011. I don't know who may or may not have beaten out Ratt.

... Just checked, and Dokken were nominees in 1990 (lost to Metallica), while Ratt have never been nominated. So, this thread is bogus. And yes, Maiden won in 2011.

I've looked into it.
They were on the shortlist for 2010 but didn't make the final ballot.

Oh, well. No grammy for them, then. "Out of the Cellar" is fun, but I think "Tooth and Nail" by Dokken is probably the quintessential hair metal album, because it has held up pretty well. People still love it when it comes on, even people who hate hair metal.

So then the thread is bogus, as Ratt didn't even make the shortlist.

Blech on Dokken. Their music is so middle-of-the-road and inoffensively boring, but their singer is just awful. That band just has no personality. Motley Crue's Too Fast for Love is the quintessential glam metal album.