Singer Stephen Pearcy On New Album - "It’s RATT Circa ’84, ’86"
July 19, 2009, 14 years ago
RATT singer Stephen Pearcy spoke with Ryan E. Smith from Toledoblade.com recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
Toledoblade.com: Ratt has a new album coming out. Is there going to be any kind of different sound or anything that you think fans will notice?
Pearcy: "Well, it’s going to be Ratt music, but it’s going to be back to basics. Very happy with it. No outside writers, and it’s Ratt circa ’84, ’86. It’s exactly what everybody’s going to want but a lot more."
Toledoblade.com: Who is your audience today and how do you think that compares to back when you guys got started?
Pearcy: "Our audience today is quite variable. Even like last night’s front row, there’s got to be this kid, must have been like 12 years old or 13 or something. I mean, my daughter, she’s 13. It’s the youth and it’s our fans from 25 years ago who are now probably 45, 50, who knows. Our audience is a wide range, which is good. We’re in all these video games and things, so the audience is a wide margin now."
Toledoblade.com: What do you think attracts [kids] to that kind of music these days.
Pearcy: "I tend to think it’s the same thing that attracted them in the beginning. It’s colorful. It’s exciting. It’s dangerous. It’s all these elements that make rock entertaining."
Read the entire interview here.
The Ratt 2009 Tour is in full swing with EXTREME. Tour dates are as follows:
July
19 - Anaheim, CA - Grove22 - Denver, CO - Ogdon Theater
23 - Kansas City - Crossroads
24 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
25 - Toledo OH - Harley Davidson-LOT **
26 - Cheswick, PA - Ches-a-rena
28 - New York, NY - Nokia Theater
30 - Westbury, NY - Westbury Theater
August
2 - Allentown, PA - Crock Rock Festival5 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx ***
6 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
7 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
8 - Clearfield, PA - ClearfieldCountyFairgrounds **
15 - Sky City, NM - Sky City Casino **
29 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino **
** - Ratt only
*** - Extreme only
