Ratt
Discuss.
Posted on 10/21/2020 7:09:04 PM PDT by DoodleBob
In a new interview with Metal Hammer magazine, LINKIN PARK's Mike Shinoda spoke about how the band's debut album, "Hybrid Theory", which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, defied easy categorization and helped diversify metal's appeal beyond its core audience with its blend of hip-hop swagger, screaming, irresistible pop hooks and circuit-bending.
"At the time, if you asked somebody what they were listening to, they'd say... 'Rock. I listen to hip-hop. I listen to jazz,'" Shinoda said. "It wasn't until five years later they'd say, 'Everything.' 'Hybrid Theory' did some of that work. It was part of the progression towards breaking down boundaries between styles of music.
"I listened to 90% rap music, then I'd look at a lot of rock bands and I'd be like, 'There's something too white [about it],'" he continued. "That was one of the things that turned me off, especially hair metal. Hair metal felt like very white music, and I was growing up in a very diverse city, so I didn't gravitate to it. That didn't resonate with me. And it wasn't just about race. I don't mean the color of skin. I just mean the culture of it. When nu metal started at the very beginning, it was a very diverse place."
One musician who quickly reacted to Shinoda's comments is Stephen Pearcy, frontman for 1980s California rockers RATT, widely considered one of the most successful acts of the Sunset Strip glam metal scene. Pearcy tweeted out a link to Mike's "Hair metal felt like very white music" quote, and he included the following message: "Lol, Didnt know rock music had a race. wtf, I didn't know what hair metal felt like. Thanks. all music to me"
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Ratt
Discuss.
Twenty years later KantSpel Park still suck.
Fred Lincoln Wray.
Now that guy could play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVb9jtxnTQA
It sounded like sucky music.
Show you right
Ratt wears mascara. By brother’s club band opened for them on night, and he said they were dicks and prima donnas.
>>helped diversify metal’s appeal beyond its core audience with its blend of hip-hop swagger, screaming, irresistible pop hooks and circuit-bending.
Link Wray, American Indian
Rob Halford, Gay leatherboy
“diversity” for the sake of “diversity” sucks. Go out and rock and if you have it in you. Others have.
Linkin Park started out ok but they turned into a crappy commercial music band.
Happens to most bands. Especially the front man who end up so full of themselves. Like Shinoda.
And “rap metal” had been a thing (and a bad idea) since the late 80s.
“Discuss”
They both suck.
L
They say core audience like it’s a bad thing
HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBryTebK2Og
Linkin Park? Ha! What garbage.
“That sucked more than anything that has ever sucked before.”
I liked RATT. I saw them 4-5 times live. Music isn’t always about the most talented or best lyricist. Sometimes it is just a fun night out. Back for More and Dance were two such songs.
It is worth noting, that Frank Zappa commented favorably about Warren DiMartini - "And this guy in Ratt, Warren DeMartini, he's pretty unbelievable too" - and that blew Warren away. They got to know each other before Frank died. Warren said....
I’ve never received a Grammy, but if I did, I seriously doubt the feeling would exceed the feeling of getting a call from Frank Zappa.
I did not know that. And I’m a huge Zappa fan. Saw him 5 times. Most amazing musicians ever.
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Where are all the Afro bands? What do they have to say about it?
-PJ
Thanks, I’ve heard it and seen the documentary but missed getting to see the reunion shows/tour by the band.
Trailer 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDPDm9_nX0o
In 2008 another Detroit band covered it for a tour single.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KfIasZ_WXg
Kind of like when REO Speed Wagon played for a Wal-Mart opening years ago.
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