RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy shares his favourite albums with AOL Radio Blog - the list plus excerpts of his comments can be read below:

10) VAN HALEN: Van Halen - "Great band, and an amazing debut. Next thing you know a few years and their headlining the US Festival, mutha fuckers!! Great to be a part of that and learn from them about their presentation of rock.'

9) BLACK SABBATH: Black Sabbath - "We learned a lot opening for Ozzy, of what to do and not do to survive on the road when we first got a taste of arena touring. It's called, hang on to your seat, take a ride on that crazy train!!!!!!"

8) SWEET: Give Us A Wink - "This record I loved from the get go. I still listen and practice to it to this day."

7) DAVID BOWIE: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

6) GOLDEN EARRING: Moontan - "People only know this band from the song 'Radar Love'; fact is they have plenty of great songs."

5) BLUE ÖYSTER CULT : Career of Evil: The Metal Years - "Great band and great music. Ratt recently did Sweden Rock with them in '08; huge festival, and of course I was standing on the side of the stage, stairway to the stars!!"

4) JUDAS PRIEST: Screaming for Vengeance - "My favorite band, I still play a Priest song when doing a solo show, I'm a big fan to this day and can never get enough of the metal gods."

3) ALICE COOPER: Love It to Death - "Used to scare the shit out of us back then, snakes, hangings, chopping his head off, when you saw Alice you got a show!"

2) AEROSMITH: Rocks - "I got my wings from this record. Love the band to this day."

1) LED ZEPPELIN: Presence - "I'd practice to Zeppelin for hours a day. I was very influenced by them although it's not so evident in Ratt music."