RATT guitarist Warren Demartini will be a guest on the Turn It Up radio show on WSCA 106.1 FM in Portsmouth, New Hampshire today (August 1st). He will call in at approximately 7:00pm EST. Fans will be able to stream the broadcast live via www.wscafm.org.

For more information on Turn It Up go to this location.

As previously reported, 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:

August

2 - Allentown, PA - Crock Rock Festival
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