Stephen Pearcy

Founder, frontman - RATT.

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Before “Round and Round” was an MTV mainstay, Stephen Pearcy was already making a name for himself on the Sunset Strip. He hit the L.A. club scene in 1980 with streetwise swagger and a look that helped define the fashion of the 1980's Sunset Strip metal scene. His knack for writing lyrical hooks alongside hard hitting guitar riffs propelled his rock n' roll star higher then his over head kicks! Mickey RATT, the band he founded as a teen, evolved into RATT, and by the time Atlantic Records released 'Out of the Cellar' in 1984, you could recognize that the bands iconic sound was here to stay!

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“Round and Round” catapulted RATT into heavy metal orbit. While “Wanted Man,” “Lay It Down” and “You’re in Love” kept the momentum going as RATT moved from clubs to arenas worldwide, making the Sunset Strip the center of American hard rock. With albums 'Invasion of Your Privacy' and 'Dancing Undercover', the band went on to sell more than 20 million records worldwide. 

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Pearcy kept writing and recording beyond RATT, forming ARCADE with Cinderella drummer Fred Coury and launching his solo career with Social Intercourse in 2002. He told his own version of the Strip years in his N.Y. Times Bestseller,  'Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll - My Life in Rock', a memoir that takes readers from the club circuit to the chaos of life on the road.

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Pearcy's solo music and the RATT catalog continue to find its way into new places. GEICO’s “RATT Problem” campaign sent “Round and Round” back onto the Billboard charts in 2020. Ti West brought the band’s darker edge to A24’s 'MaXXXine' with “I’m Insane.” And in 2025, “Round and Round” roared through 'F1' The Movie, starring Brad Pitt, and helped open Apple’s WWDC25 keynote conference.

'Stranger Things', 'Cobra Kai', & 'The Goldbergs' have also enjoyed the riffs of RATT to pull storylines together. 

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More than four decades after making his name on the Sunset Strip, Stephen Pearcy is still looking ahead. The founding frontman of RATT spent much of 2026 writing and recording The Dogg Mobb, his sixth solo album, due out in February 2027. Joined in the studio by a lineup of legendary guests, Pearcy calls it some of the most authentic music he’s ever made.

 

He’ll spend 2027 on the road, bringing new songs to the stage alongside the RATT hits fans still sing word for word. Come for the songs that take you straight back to the ’80s Sunset Strip and hear where Pearcy is taking that sound next.

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