ALBUM REVIEW CREW EPISODE 71: "OUT OF THE CELLAR"
On the 71st Episode of the Album Review Crew of Shout It Out Loudcast, Tom, Zeus welcome back special guest, musician, actor, writer, producer, podcast host of ROCKTAILS, Ahmet Zappa, to review the 1984 classic hard rock album "Out Of The Cellar," by RATT.
Ratt was at the forefront of the LA hard rock/metal scene and Out Of The Cellar pushed them to the top. Let by charismatic frontman, Stephen Pearcy whose unique vocals stood out and the guitar attack of Robbin Crosby and Warren DeMartini. Juan Croucier was the bassist and Bobby Blotzer on drums.
Out Of The Cellar made it to #7 on Billboard album charts and eventually went 3 times platinum. Their videos and singles, Wanted Man & Back For More have stood the test of time. Their classic Round And Round may be a Mount Rushmore song of the era, especially their video which was all over MTV.
Whether it's called melodic rock, hair metal, glam rock or just hard rock, The album is considered of the era and has stood the test of time.
This was the Zeus' pick and the second Ratt album reviewed on ARC, after Detonator.
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Oh whose doing all that singing???