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Drummer Bobby Blotzer says he’s “ready” to “fling Ratt N’ Roll” with the classic lineup Of RATT

Blotzer recently commented on the status of a tour featuring the classic lineup of RATT, featuring himself, singer Stephen Pearcy, guitarist Warren DiMartini and bassist Juan Croucier, in a social media post from earlier today (September 2, 2022).

“You guys want a RATT OG TOUR, email Warren he’s locked in his (rose) garden” the drummer posted. “Juan is locked in his house somewhere but him and Stephen, whew not good. Stephen and I great and ready to fling Ratt N Roll”.

After a number of his followers asked him to “make a reunion happen,” Blotzer posted once again, writing: “I really believe and I’ve said this to the band , We owe this to them. You guys were the ones who fuels the RATT tank from the get go.”

As for how he has been spending his time, Bobby wrote: “I’m cool , Sort of in retirement lol just been playing golf working on my Suntan, my swimming pool helping raise my girlfriends two kids raising my dogs and cats I’m bored at the same time lol I want to play.”

Bobby went on to explain why he thinks a classic RATT reunion hasn’t happened. “Everybody lives very comfortably and doesn’t really have to go on tour,” he wrote. “Some of us are just tired of the way things get run and not having the power to change it. When you have five seasonal Indians running around that’s what happens. For me I don’t want to hear about any old stuff why do you do this why did he do that etc. all I wanna do is rehearse for the tour and get on the road and entertain you guys. That doesn’t mean we can’t be friendly to each other I just don’t wanna at this point fight about anything.”

He continued: “We have one of the best catalogs in arguably at least a big part of rock history and it’s a shame that we’re not out playing it. But it still sells like crazy and brings a hell of a lot of money and so people are still enjoying it and buying it planet download it and all that other kind of stuff. If you can read between the lines are I think you understand what’s in certain peoples minds”.

Two months ago, Stephen Pearcy told Atlantic City Weekly that RATT was supposed to do “a big summer tour this year. “I initiated doing something if the [surviving] guys [from the classic lineup] would get together,” he said. “But there is no reason for them to do it or a need for them to do it, so I decided to just go out solo. And I am better off. Some of these guys [in my solo band] have been with me 18, 20 years. So if you want to Ratt & Roll, come see my shows.”

Back in April of last year, Pearcy was joined by Bobby Blotzer during his livestream event from the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California, fueling the rumors of a reunion of the band’s classic lineup (without late guitarist Robbin Crosby obviously as we lost him back in June of 2002 due to complications related to AIDS).

Pearcy also made a recent appearance on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk” where the singer was asked what the relationship was currently like between him and the other members of RATT‘s classic lineup. Stephen said: “It’s all business, pretty much. There’s no business in the RATT, unfortunately, camp, and that’s unfortunate. But that’s why I do my thing. I talk to Bob every now and then. That’s about it. Warren, I guess, chooses to just be laid back, from what I gather. And that’s all cool.”

Pearcy did acknowledge that “it would be great if we all pulled together” and reunited all the surviving members of RATT‘s classic lineup, but he admitted that “it’s not gonna happen. You’re dealing with a lot of ego,” he said. “Who knows? I don’t know. I don’t give a shit, actually. This is where it starts and this is where it’s gonna end, and that’s with me. And I’m out there just doing what I do.”

Pearcy and Croucier had spent the last few years touring under the name RATT with a lineup which also featured drummer Pete Holmes (BLACK ‘N BLUE) and guitarists Jordan Ziff (Marty Friedman) and Frankie Lindia (David Lee Roth), however fans continue to adamantly request a reunion of the band’s classic lineup.

Personally, we would really dig seeing that too.

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