After stepping away from the chaos that had become daily life in RATT, frontman Stephen Pearcy wasted no time chasing a vision that had been simmering for years. The result? His dream project — ARCADE — a pure shot of rock ’n’ roll adrenaline unfiltered by the politics of a multi-platinum machine. “I had songs I’d been sitting on for years,” Pearcy has said. “But inside the RATT machine, getting them out was impossible at times. Too many cooks in the kitchen.” It’s worth reme