Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy appeared in a new interview with ‘The Hook Rocks!’ podcast, where he was questioned about the extent to which it troubles him that he and the remaining members of the band’s original lineup cannot come together once more to stage a performance for their fans. Resembling the lineup of his band to Mötley Crüe’s, the rocker said:
“When we released the box set [‘The Atlantic Years: 1984-1991′] last year, it was so cool. Besides looking great and it’s a great fucking package, it was due. It was about time, ’cause that’s it — that was the real Ratt right there. ’84 — well, the EP could have been in there — but ’84 to ’90, ’91, that was it. After that, no matter who we had in the band, it just wasn’t Ratt without Robbin [Crosby]. And it wasn’t gonna be, whether it was [Michael] Schenker or whoever. It wasn’t gonna be. And that’s why it never really flew the second time, although it could work now.”
Without one of the core members, the band is not the original band, thinks Pearcy:
“But you don’t have all the elements, the proper elements. Like, say, Mötley bringing in John 5 — no disrespect — that’s not Mötley Crüe. Ratt without Robbin — I said it when he wasn’t playing, ‘This isn’t gonna work. We can do anything we want, we can try as hard as we want. It’s not gonna be the same.’ And it never was, and never will be.”
Pearcy Doesn’t Think A Reunion Is Easy Work
Throughout their career, Ratt has both broken up and members have quit the band. As a result, Pearcy tried to get the band back together, which failed many times. As the frontman says, there does not seem to be much anymore since no one in the band returned to his calls.
In addition to this, Pearcy is aware that the decision to reunite is up to the rest of the members. In an interview last year, the rocker was asked about his plans to reunite with the band, to which he stated:
“This won’t come back and bite me in the a– either because I put it out there. I’ve asked the other guys, as did one of the original members, let’s get together, try to figure this out, and do some business. Because that’s what it is. And if somebody doesn’t [wanna do it], they don’t.”
You can listen to the podcast episode here.
