Roadrunner Records reports:

When we spoke to RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy, the anticipation to release his band’s first album in over 10 years, Infestation, was still growing. The band had just revealed their return-to-form single 'Best of Me', which fans ate up alive (pun intended) and the rave reviews began to pour in. Now, with the album out this week, we’re looking back on Ratt’s reunion, how the addition of guitarist Carlos Cavazo aided in the making of Infestation, and how the album ultimately fits into Ratt’s early days coming up on the Sunset Strip.

The following are a couple of excerpts from the interview:

Q: Where did the title for ‘Infestation’ come from?

A: "I don’t want to pat myself on the back on that one, but we were going back and forth on all these titles, and I’m usually spearheading a title, and everyone was asked to come up with titles, and nobody was agreeing on anything. I had some cool ones, and out of the blue, I just thought, 'Fuck, our first tour was called the World Infestation Tour. Infestation.' I brought it up to everybody and it just clicked."

Q: What do you ultimately hope to achieve with this new record?

A: "What I hope to achieve is to kick everybody in the ass and say, 'Here, this is called Ratt and roll, how ‘bout it?' Like it or don’t like it, we love it."

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Ratt were guests on the US nationally syndicated radio show Rockline, with host Bob Coburn, on April 21st. The show is currently streaming at this location.

Ratt have announced that pre-sale and VIP ticket packages are now available for all of the band's May record release party and performance dates. Go to this location for ticket links.

The band's schedule is as follows:

April

20 - The Key Club - West Hollywood, CA

May

6 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
8 - The Theatre of Arts - Philadelphia, PA
10 - Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza - New York, NY

12 House of Blues-Cleveland - Cleveland, Ohio

13 - Cubby Bear - Chicago, IL
14 - Medina Entertainment Center - Medina, MN
15 - 7 Flags Events Center - Des Moines, IA
16 - The Cotillion - Wichita, KS
18 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
19 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
20 - Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium - Idaho Falls, ID
23 - Pima County Fair-KLPX Radio Music - Tucson, AZ

June

5 - Wendover Road Ride - Wendover, NV

July

10 - Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, TN **
15 - 37 Main - Buford, GA
16 - Bayfront Park Amphitheatre - Miami, FL **
17 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, FL **
23 - Nokia Live Theatre - Grand Prairie, TX **
25 - Zoo Amphitheatre - Oklahoma City, OK

August

20 - Northwoods Rock Rally - Glen Flora, WI

September

4 - Speaking Rock Even Center - El Paso, TX

** with SCORPIONS

Ratt want to ensure that loyal fans get to buy their tickets to their shows first. For most headline shows, the band themselves will be offering tickets before they go on sale to the general public, as well as offering special VIP packages.

For the LA rockers' CD Release Party at The Key Club in L.A. on April 20th, the band is offering a limited amount of very special VIP Packages in addition to regular tickets. Get all the info on what bonus extras these entail right here.

For non-LA-area Ratt n' rollers, there will also be a VIP package available for the Reno, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago and Medina shows which includes:

- 1 GA Ticket
- Hand-signed Tour Poster
- Infestation Tour T-Shirt
- Meet and Greet with Ratt before the show
- VIP Laminate

Ratt are offering a special edition of Infestation, only available on iTunes, which features four new songs not available on the regular retail release including: 'Scatter' (the Japanese bonus track as well), 'You Think You're Tough' (live from the Rockline Studio), 'Tell The World' (live from the Rockline Studio) and 'Way Cool Jr.' (live from the Rockline Studio).

Head to to pre-order the special edition.

Infestation was produced by Elvis Baskette (CHEVELLE, ALTER BRIDGE) in the helmer’s Virginia studio, marking the first time the band has recorded outside of Los Angeles. The regular version tracklisting for the album is as follows:

'Eat Me Up Alive'

'Best Of Me'

'A Little Too Much'

'Look Out Below'

'Last Call'

'Lost Weekend'

'As Good As It Gets'

'Garden Of Eden'

'Take A Big Bite'

'Take Me Home'

'Don’t Let Go'

'Scattered'

BraveWords.com's glowing review of Infestation can be found here .

Ratt 2010 features singer Stephen Pearcy, guitarist Warren DeMartini, drummer Bobby Blotzer, bassist Robbie Crane and new guitarist Carlos Cavazo (ex-QUIET RIOT), engineered Hollywood’s much-heralded Sunset Strip sound in the 1980s.

“We wanted this to be like something that we would have written right after (1984’s) Out Of The Cellar," Pearcy stated recently. “We definitely went back to basics with the mindset of a band with a lot of excitement and some great songs to get out.”