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Ratt
US rock band
Formed in 1976
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Ratt (stylized as RATT) was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum and multi-platinum by the RIAA. The group is perhaps best known for hit singles such as "Round and Round" and "Lay It Down", tracks that ranked on Billboard's top 40 at No. 12 and No. 40, respectively, as well as other songs such as "Wanted Man", "You're in Love" and "Dance". Along with bands such as friendly rivals Mötley Crüe, Ratt has been recognized as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles glam metal scene, also known as "hair metal" or "pop metal".
The band toured and recorded sporadically from the 1990s to 2021, with many extended breaks and line-up changes. They released their final studio album, Infestation, in April 2010.
In 2020, Jeff Mezydlo of Yardbarker included them in his list of "the 20 greatest hair metal bands of all time".
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Ratt est un groupe américain de glam metal américain, originaire d'Hollywood, en Californie. Formé en 1977 sous le nom de Mickey Ratt, c'est en 1981 que le groupe adopte le nom de Ratt. Il connaît un succès commercial important durant les années 1980, leurs albums étant certifiés disques d'or, disques de platine, et multi-disques de platine par la Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Le groupe est notamment connu pour ses hits Round and Round et Nobody Rides for Free figurant dans la bande originale du film Point Break avec Keanu Reeves et Patrick Swayze. Avec Mötley Crüe, Ratt est reconnu dans la scène glam metal de Los Angeles, aussi appelée « hair metal » ou « pop metal ».
Le groupe continue ses tournées, malgré les nombreuses pauses et changements de formation ; leur dernier album, Infestation, est publié le 20 avril 2010.
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Discography
Albums
- 1984 Out of the Cellar
- 1985 Invasion of Your Privacy
- 1986 Dancing Undercover
- 1988 Reach for the Sky
- 1990 Detonator
- 1999 Ratt
- 2010 Infestation
EPs
- 1983 Ratt
- 1985 The Video
- 1990 Detonator Videoaction 1991
- 1990 Lovin' You's a Dirty Job
- 1999 Ratt / Great White
- 2007 The Early Years
Singles
- 1980 Drivin' on E
- 1983 You Think You're Tough
- 1984 Lack of Communication
- 1984 Round and Round / The Morning After
- 1984 Round and Round / You Think You're Tough
- 1984 U Got It
- 1984 Wanted Man
- 1985 You're in Love
- 1985 Lay It Down
- 1986 Dance
- 1986 Slip of the Lip
- 1986 What You Give Is What You Get
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- 1987 Round and Round / Wanted Man
- 1987 Body Talk
- 1988 Way Cool Jr.
- 1989 I Want a Woman
- 1990 Givin' Yourself Away
- 1990 Shame Shame Shame
- 1990 Lovin' You's a Dirty Job
- 1991 Nobody Rides for Free
- 1991 Nobody Rides for Free / I Will Not Fall
- 1997 Hold Tight
- 1999 Live for Today
- 1999 Over the Edge
- 2007 Round & Round / Tell the World
- 2010 Eat Me Up Alive
- 2010 Best of Me
- 2022 Dancing Undercover
- 2024 Reach for the Sky
