Tour Taking Shape
March 26, 1999
Gary Levelius :: FIELD REPORTER
With SONY planning a June 15th release of the new,
as of yet untitled, RATT effort, the Summer tour is
beginning to gel. It appears that the tour will launch
over the Memorial Day weekend, with L.A. GUNS
joining the previously announced lineup [see below].
Among the first dates confirmed are Cleveland on
5/29, and Detroit on 5/30. The full itinerary will be
listed on the tour page once it is made available to
us. PLEASE don't e-mail us requesting specific tour
information as we will make it available onsite just as
soon as we get it.
Unfortunately, we have some bad news to report on
the international front. It now appears that an
invasion of Japan is not in the cards this go 'round.
Rhythm Guitar Player Added For Tour
March 25, 1999
TracyTracy :: Via Management
The band has decided to bring a rhythm guitar player
out for the tour...yes...he's a fantastic player...but
no...he's not Robin [sic]. The album has a ton of
guitar parts on it and Warren wants it completely
duplicated...so Mr. DeMartini will share some stuff
with "the rookie".
8191 Goes Gold
March 23, 1999
RATT'S "Best Of" collection, "8191" went gold this
month and continues to rack up sales at the rate of
1600 units per week. "8191" was released in 1991 on
the Atlantic Records label [catalog number 82260-2].
The album also includes the never before released
[by RATT] title "Nobody Rides For Free" from the
motion picture soundtrack "Point Break".
RATT's catalog as a whole is showing a healthy 50%
sales increase over the past two years with an
average 3700 units being scanned per week.
New RATT CD Progresses
March 20, 1999
Gary Levelius :: FIELD REPORTER
"Over The Edge" is now in the final mix with Mike
Shipley at the controls and John Kalodner paying
close attention. Other titles that will be featured on
this first RATT studio effort since 1990's Detonator
are: "Dead Reckoning", "All The Way", "Live For
Today", "Luv Sick", "Breakout", "It Ain't Easy", and
"We Don't Belong".
RATT Gives SONY A Preview
March 15, 1999
RATT played most of the new album for SONY on
March 3rd. The SONY execs were extremely pleased
to say the least [they FREAKED!]. In particular, a
new song called "Over The Edge" had them
salivating!!! The place was rockin'!! The Rodents
were a happy pack!!!!
With the record all but finished, SONY is frantically
scrambling to put together an earlier release. The
boys will join Poison in a co/head summer shed tour
beginning on memorial day. The lineup will be
Poison,... RATT,... Great White,... and an opener to
be named soon. Cinderella was going to be part of
the package, but has decided instead to get in the
studio in order to get their album finished and
released by the early fall.
Invasion Is Going International
March 15, 1999
There are lots of plans in the works. After the
summer tour, the Rodents will make their way to
Japan, Australia, and MORE. And then, the fall is
shaping up nicely with what appears to be a really
HOT bill. More on this later.
