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Doesn't sound too bad at all. A good cross between the Reach For The Sky and Detonator albums

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Of-Me/dp/B00359REVQ

Me likey.....

Not really one to look forward to aging hairbands new music, but this and Dokken interests me. Sounds good.

Warren as always is top notch.

Sounds pretty good!

Pearcy sounds good, and he's not a young guy (50 years old or so now). Hopefully this isn't something that's been ProTooled to death.

Starrider wrote:Sounds pretty good!

Pearcy sounds good, and he's not a young guy (50 years old or so now). Hopefully this isn't something that's been ProTooled to death.

His "vocals" always had studio help. Didn't care though, it was part of the "Ratt sound".

JSS Rocks! wrote:

Starrider wrote:Sounds pretty good!

Pearcy sounds good, and he's not a young guy (50 years old or so now). Hopefully this isn't something that's been ProTooled to death.

His "vocals" always had studio help. Didn't care though, it was part of the "Ratt sound".

I asked one of the band members a few years back if the story was true they had to triple-track Stephen's vocals back then, and he confirmed it. If you listen to his voice on his "Stripped" unplugged album from a few years back, it's night-and-day different. Here are some samples:

http://www.amazon.com/Stripped-Stephen- ... B000F4RHCK

I think I remember "Back For More" was particularly rough, but that sample doesn't have his vocals (maybe by choice). Listen to "Lay It Down" instead.

I really like the new sample though, and it's the first decent thing I've heard from RATT since Detonator. Collage and the 1999 S/T album SUCKED. This, however is pure gold! Hahahahaha!

Rip Rokken wrote:

JSS Rocks! wrote:

Starrider wrote:Sounds pretty good!

Pearcy sounds good, and he's not a young guy (50 years old or so now). Hopefully this isn't something that's been ProTooled to death.

His "vocals" always had studio help. Didn't care though, it was part of the "Ratt sound".

I asked one of the band members a few years back if the story was true they had to triple-track Stephen's vocals back then, and he confirmed it. If you listen to his voice on his "Stripped" unplugged album from a few years back, it's night-and-day different. Here are some samples:

Yea, you can tell Pearcy's vocals are multitracked but, like someone else said, THAT is the Ratt sound. So he's not the greatest siinger... Who cares. Pearcy's "3-4" voices sounded pretty bad-ass back in the day.

Here's the FULL track streaming from the blabbie site

Scroll down a little and click play on the player...

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=134459

Carlitto H@kk wrote:Yea, you can tell Pearcy's vocals are multitracked but, like someone else said, THAT is the Ratt sound. So he's not the greatest siinger... Who cares. Pearcy's "3-4" voices sounded pretty bad-ass back in the day.

It's absolutely the RATT sound, and I wouldn't want it any other way! They always had him sounding killer at every RATT/Pearcy show I've seen, too. I'm for WHATEVER it takes in the studio to make good rock tunes. Except for AutoTune -- I'm so sick of hearing that robotic-sounding crap on every single pop tune these days I avoid radio like the plague.

I love vanilla!

Rip Rokken wrote:

Carlitto H@kk wrote:Yea, you can tell Pearcy's vocals are multitracked but, like someone else said, THAT is the Ratt sound. So he's not the greatest siinger... Who cares. Pearcy's "3-4" voices sounded pretty bad-ass back in the day.

It's absolutely the RATT sound, and I wouldn't want it any other way! They always had him sounding killer at every RATT/Pearcy show I've seen, too. I'm for WHATEVER it takes in the studio to make good rock tunes. Except for AutoTune -- I'm so sick of hearing that robotic-sounding crap on every single pop tune these days I avoid radio like the plague.

True. And that's the big difference between to of the big LA band singers:
Vince Neil, not a great singer at all, multi-tracked but Autotuned to death in the studio.

Stephen Pearcy, not a great singer at all, multi-tracked 2, 3, 4 tracks per song and just about
every one of them is a little off-key or out of tune and it just meshes so well

Sound pretty good to me

Carlitto H@kk wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:

Carlitto H@kk wrote:Yea, you can tell Pearcy's vocals are multitracked but, like someone else said, THAT is the Ratt sound. So he's not the greatest siinger... Who cares. Pearcy's "3-4" voices sounded pretty bad-ass back in the day.

It's absolutely the RATT sound, and I wouldn't want it any other way! They always had him sounding killer at every RATT/Pearcy show I've seen, too. I'm for WHATEVER it takes in the studio to make good rock tunes. Except for AutoTune -- I'm so sick of hearing that robotic-sounding crap on every single pop tune these days I avoid radio like the plague.

True. And that's the big difference between to of the big LA band singers:
Vince Neil, not a great singer at all, multi-tracked but Autotuned to death in the studio.

Stephen Pearcy, not a great singer at all, multi-tracked 2, 3, 4 tracks per song and just about
every one of them is a little off-key or out of tune and it just meshes so well

Vince sounded pretty damn good on the last tour.


Love the new Ratt tune!!!

Rip Rokken wrote:

JSS Rocks! wrote:

Starrider wrote:Sounds pretty good!

Pearcy sounds good, and he's not a young guy (50 years old or so now). Hopefully this isn't something that's been ProTooled to death.

His "vocals" always had studio help. Didn't care though, it was part of the "Ratt sound".

I asked one of the band members a few years back if the story was true they had to triple-track Stephen's vocals back then, and he confirmed it. If you listen to his voice on his "Stripped" unplugged album from a few years back, it's night-and-day different. Here are some samples:

http://www.amazon.com/Stripped-Stephen- ... B000F4RHCK

I think I remember "Back For More" was particularly rough, but that sample doesn't have his vocals (maybe by choice). Listen to "Lay It Down" instead.

I really like the new sample though, and it's the first decent thing I've heard from RATT since Detonator. Collage and the 1999 S/T album SUCKED. This, however is pure gold! Hahahahaha!

Ouch. Those vocals on "Lay it Down" are wretched.

The vocals on the new track sound great, quadruple-tracked or not. The lyrics could have used a little work.

Carlitto H@kk wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:

Carlitto H@kk wrote:Yea, you can tell Pearcy's vocals are multitracked but, like someone else said, THAT is the Ratt sound. So he's not the greatest siinger... Who cares. Pearcy's "3-4" voices sounded pretty bad-ass back in the day.

It's absolutely the RATT sound, and I wouldn't want it any other way! They always had him sounding killer at every RATT/Pearcy show I've seen, too. I'm for WHATEVER it takes in the studio to make good rock tunes. Except for AutoTune -- I'm so sick of hearing that robotic-sounding crap on every single pop tune these days I avoid radio like the plague.

True. And that's the big difference between to of the big LA band singers:
Vince Neil, not a great singer at all, multi-tracked but Autotuned to death in the studio.
:

There was no such thing as Autotune when Motley Crue made most of their records. Vince achieved his vocals the old fashion way, a billion takes until he got it right. He is not a good singer. He only sings a third of the lyrics in concert.

Starrider wrote:The vocals on the new track sound great, quadruple-tracked or not. The lyrics could have used a little work.

That's actually what makes them authentic RATT lyrics -- pretty thin in content and never deep. It works!

Rip Rokken wrote:

Carlitto H@kk wrote:Yea, you can tell Pearcy's vocals are multitracked but, like someone else said, THAT is the Ratt sound. So he's not the greatest siinger... Who cares. Pearcy's "3-4" voices sounded pretty bad-ass back in the day.

It's absolutely the RATT sound, and I wouldn't want it any other way! They always had him sounding killer at every RATT/Pearcy show I've seen, too. I'm for WHATEVER it takes in the studio to make good rock tunes. Except for AutoTune -- I'm so sick of hearing that robotic-sounding crap on every single pop tune these days I avoid radio like the plague.

+1.000

Carla777 wrote:+1.000

Hola, la niña Carliña! ¿Cuál es tu canción favorita RATT?

My favorite RATT song, but certainly not this rendition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ImgMQvAB0

Anyone else ever hear of Whitecross? They were considered to be a Ratt soundalike. I think their vocalist was actually a better singer than Pearcy, though, and, believe it or not, their guitarist, Rex Carroll, was/is a better guitarist than DeMartini.

conversationpc wrote:Anyone else ever hear of Whitecross? They were considered to be a Ratt soundalike. I think their vocalist was actually a better singer than Pearcy, though, and, believe it or not, their guitarist, Rex Carroll, was/is a better guitarist than DeMartini.

LOVED Whitecross, and agree on both points. I think Equilibrium, even without Rex, was a near perfect album and probably my favorite.