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When did you first hear Ratt?

What attracted you to them and why?

Back in 1984, when I was listening to FEN (the Far East Network radio. It is called as AFN Tokyo for now - American Forces Network - which is broadcasted from U.S. Air Base in Yokota), those cool riffs caught my ears. Yes, it was Round and Round.

But, unfortunately, I couldn't recognize what the DJ was talking about, because it was in English (of course! LOL). I'd wanted to know what the band playing it was so badly.

A little while after then, a Japanese music tv show played the video of Round and Round. It made me figure the name of the band. I went to buy "Out of the Cellar" and fell in love with them at the 1st listening.

And, another point of them that have kept attracting me is (other than their great shows), they don't have "skippable" tunes in albums if you ever attracted by their music.

They've not had top 40 hits since Round And Round. However, the albums of most of the bands who have had big hit singles are like "a few catchy tunes and forgettables", like a pendant which has a big expensive gemstone as its head and strands it by a chain, if I speak figuratively. RATT's albums are like a single strand gemstone necklace... You know what I mean?

A/S/L?

?? / F / Japan

#1 RATT'N'ROLL

Enough Is Enough

...a perfect tune.

Favorite artists other than RATT

• Jake E. Lee (and BADLANDS!!)
• Alice Cooper
• Rainbow
• Saga
• Warrant
• Bang Tango (esp. their 1st & 2nd album)
• Atomic Swing (esp. their 1st album. I think I can keep on listening to it for 24 hrs.)
• ...on and on...