Ratt: Videos From the Cellar- The Atlantic Years (DVD)

It's finally all here in one package, Ratt's VHS films The Video and Detonator, as well as some bonus material, which basically puts together all the videos the band ever made. In a time when MTV was in full swing, and hair metal was all the rage, bands like Ratt, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Dokken, Poison, and Winger, were all over TV and radio, and the videos, well, were as gaudy, sleazy, and cheesey as anything you would see on MTV at the time. As you watch the videos from Ratt, you notice how they evolved over the years and what became more imortant to them in the end as far as how they wanted to be percieved was image. Expensive, flashy clothes, make-up, teased hair, long earrings, and of course, being surrounded by scantily clad, cleavage bearing girls. In 1986, this was loads of fun, and videos like "Lay It Down", "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job", "I Want a Woman", and "Way Cool Junior" were some of the most watched and popular videos on MTV. Looking back on them now, depsite the fun factor, they were a product of their time, and the overindulgence, sleaze factor, and silliness of it all seems rather dated today. The earlier ones like "Round and Round", "Back For More", and "Wanted Man", which were done at a time when the band seemed heavier from a sound perspective and had yet to reach million selling status, sees a more serious band who had yet to reach superstardom and the years of debauchery that were soon to come. Despite all this, as you watch the interviews and tour footage here, it's obvious that members like Stephen Pearcy, Robbin Crosby, and Juan Crucier had definite star material, while guitarist Warren DiMartini was the musician in the band and on the shy side, and drummer Bobby Blotzer the 'loud and party hearty' guy who also played a mean drums. The combination of all of this made Ratt a mega band for a bunch of years. So, relive those years here with Videos From the Cellar- The Atlantic Years, and once again enjoy all that made the 80's so over the top and decadent, as well as ridiculous.

Track Listing
1.Wanted Man
2.You Think You're Tough
3.Back For More
4.Round and Round
5.Lay It Down
6.Shame, Shame, Shame
7.Lovin' You's A Dirty Job
8.I Want a Woman
9.Way Cool Jr.
10.You're In Love
11.Dance
12.Body Talk
13.Slip of the Lip

Added: August 28th 2007
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
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Language: english

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