EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT RATT
- TFE
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
When it comes to RATT tales and adventures, there are only a handful of people who have seen it all from a perspective from within but of whom aren't the infamous Stephen, Warren, Robbin, Juan, or Bobby.
Robbie Crane and Erik Ferentinos have a particularly interesting view of the famed drama that swelled up within the band for years. Each have a separate place in the bands history, but each have stories that have never been heard by anyone other then those who lived it.
Recently, YouTubes The Hair Metal Guru captured interviews with both RATT historians for what turned out to be one of the best compilation of stories that details the full history of RATT N' ROLL and the creative force behind Stephen Pearcy's band.
Erik Ferentinos has been a cornerstone of Stephen Pearcy's solo career since October 2001. Nearly three decades, he has served as lead guitarist, backing vocalist, co-writer, and trusted musical partner. Ferentinos has appeared on several key Pearcy releases, including Fueler (2005), Under My Skin (2008), Smash (2017), and View to a Thrill (2018), while remaining a constant presence in Pearcy's live lineup. As of this writing, he is steadily in studio production writing on Stephen's 6th solo album "The Dogg Mobb". Erik is here to stay.
Role: Lead guitar, backing vocals, co-writer.
Follow Erik Ferentinos on his Behind the Scenes Tour Diaries: https://www.youtube.com/@ErikFerentinos
Robbie Crane's journey with RATT spans a significant era in the band's history. Serving as bassist from approximately 1996 through 2012—and briefly returning in 2016 with Bobby Blotzer's version of the band—Crane contributed to Collage (1997), Ratt (1999), and Infestation (2010). Joining after original bassist Juan Croucier's departure, Crane experienced firsthand the band's post-classic era, including many of the internal tensions and power struggles that shaped its later years.
Both musicians are enormously talented in their own right, but what makes these interviews so captivating is the bird's-eye view they provide into the decades-long saga of one of rock's greatest cautionary tales. Few bands achieved the heights RATT reached during the arena-rock era. Yet few bands also demonstrated how internal conflict, competing visions, and personal battles can slowly erode the very foundation that created their success in the first place.
Remarkably, the drama continues even today.
As of mid-2026, the battle surrounding the ownership, control, and future use of the RATT name remains unresolved. More than four decades after the band's rise to fame—and well beyond what many would consider retirement age—the future of the RATT brand still hangs in the balance.
For longtime fans, these interviews serve as both a history lesson and a reminder of what made RATT special in the first place. They offer rare insight into the personalities, creativity, conflicts, and chemistry that fueled one of the defining bands of the Sunset Strip era.
Take the time to watch both interviews. They're among the most honest and revealing conversations ever recorded about the band's history.
And who knows?
Maybe by RATT 2085, the band will finally find a way to reclaim its place alongside its arena-rock peers once again.
Stranger things have happened.
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