Yet another version of "Ratt" hits the road

http://www.rattsjuancroucier.com/

Juan Croucier (RATT), Pete Holmes (Black N’ Blue), Mike Moore and Toni Aleman have formed a new group. They will be performing as, RATT’S JUAN CROUCIER. The band will be playing songs from the RATT catalog, exclusively.

"The Other Voice of Ratt?" Seriously?

If these guys went on tour with Bobby Blotzer's RATT Experience, together they *might* sell enough tickets to fill a Chuck E. Cheese.

Fat Freddy wrote:

"The Other Voice of Ratt?" Seriously?

If these guys went on tour with Bobby Blotzer's RATT Experience, together they *might* sell enough tickets to fill a Chuck E. Cheese.

Don't forget the "real" voice of Ratt Stephen Pearcy is also on tour. You could potentially see 3 different versions of Ratt performing in the same dive-bar area.
http://stephen-pearcy.com/home/blog/back-for-more-san-diego-sycuan-casino-el-cajon-ca-new-dates-posted

Serious question, I'm not up to snuff on all things Ratt-related. Was Juan Croucier an essential part of Ratt? Did he write the music or lyrics and provide vocals, like Jeff Pilson did in Dokken?

Fat Freddy wrote:

"The Other Voice of Ratt?" Seriously?

If these guys went on tour with Bobby Blotzer's RATT Experience, together they *might* sell enough tickets to fill a Chuck E. Cheese.

 Ratt @ Chuck E. Cheese......................

A quick perusing of liner notes from the first five albums give him writing credit on approximately 50-60 percent of the songs... so, I don't know. I don't have the feeling he was as essential to Ratt as Jeff Pilson was to Dokken; but maybe he over values himself?

assault_attack wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

"The Other Voice of Ratt?" Seriously?

If these guys went on tour with Bobby Blotzer's RATT Experience, together they *might* sell enough tickets to fill a Chuck E. Cheese.

 Ratt @ Chuck E. Cheese......................

They could book all three versions to play on the same night 

Although I think that the ad "Come to Chuck E Cheese, we've got Ratts!!" might be offputting for some people 

My first shock - with RATT - was : "You Think Your Tough".
Juan C - actually sang the entire mid chorus lines ! - surprised -
I thought Juan C was great in RATT - in the 80's - his look - glam
Jeff Pilson seemed much tougher - and scowled way more.
I DO NOT want to see any photos of them in 2015 concert action
Who talks these people back onto the stage ?
"And your back - back for more "

Let the fighting begin...

RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer has slammed the band's bassist, Juan Croucier, for using the RATT logo to promote his new project RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER.

RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER, which features Croucier alongside Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE), Mike Moore and Toni Aleman, announced on Tuesday (August 4) that it embark on a series of U.S. dates in late September where it will exclusively play songs from the RATT catalog.

A few hours after RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER's formation was announced, it apparently caught the attention of Blotzer, who, along with RATT guitarist Warren DeMartini, owns the RATT name and logo.

According to KNAC.COM, Blotzer posted the following message on his Facebook page (reposted with all the original misspellings and grammatical errors): "Juan Crucifer, uh oh, trouble ahead. See that logo /trade mark on your press release, opps, it's owned , by me . Get that check book out my attorney not happy or price friendly for you. Ask Stephen, he can't remember much, but he can that. dumb and dumber remain, well, Dumber. Sorry Ratt fans!" (Note: This post has since been deleted.)

A few hours later, Blotzer once again took to his Facebook page, writing: "Hey ya know what, yea I was nasty, I was coming from a mean place. And I still am. Imagine, Warren and I own the trade mark. Did I use it for my band bobby blotzer Ratt Experience? No! But he just up and breaks the law and uses it? Come now, you would do what in my shoes? Today is not going to be fun in his world. I kept that logo for US 4 TO USE. PERIOD. Look at this. The drummer even copping my gig. It's pretty ballzy. I've exausted so much energy trying to get these kids to get along and play on the playground."

After people started commenting on Blotzer's last message, he added the following statement below his post: "I for the record, was extremely against Juans return, and it was behind my back excicuted by Steve and warren. I gave it a try. But I also gave them this warning, you guys are forgetting what a trouble maker juan was from day one. " he will break the band up" and that he did. I and Stephen actually got on really good. His problem was issue in ownership, or lack thereof that warren wouldn't bend on. Juan used his Jedi mind tricks, played double agent to gain ownership of the name for he and steve. Didn't work".