RATT ARE INFESTING MY EARS IN A SERIOUS WAY WITH NEW ALBUM

Exactly two people will be really psyched to know that MetalGF and I celebrated Ratturday in full force this past weekend whilst riding in the Vincemobile, a ravishing 1988 Honda Accord (for full mood effect… yeah… that’s the reason for the shitty car…). The rest of you should join in on the party. It’s really easy; just listen to Ratt on Saturday!

Unfortunately we had to make do with Ratt’s greatest hits collection 8191. Not that that’s so bad or anything but ya know, “Round and Round,” been there done that. What I really wanted was to listen to Ratt’s latest masterpiece Infestation which the kind folks at Roadrunner Records have bestowed upon me as a stream I need to sit in front of my computer to listen to. I’ve been tweeting about Infestation for the past couple of weeks, but please allow me to reiterate for the non-Twitterati:

Ratt’s new album is easily the best release by a hair metal band in the past 15 years!

Why 15 years? I don’t know… seemed like a good number… and Subhuman Race came out that year so I’m covered. But seriously: this album is THAT GOOD! Longtime readers of this site should know full well that Axl’s and my love of hair metal is completely unironic; when we say we love something it’s not in a “funny funny ha ha” kind of way… we really love it. Infestation just delivers the goods; tasty DeMartini licks, Pearcy in top form, and most importantly good songs. Where most bands whose prime has long since passed try but fail to recreate the magic of their glory days, Ratt have actually done it.

I wish I could share the album with all of you to prove my point but I don’t think Ratt would like that very much. Instead you’ll just have take my word for it and wait until the April 20th release date while listening to lead single “Best of Me” in the meantime and imagining that the rest of the record is just as good.

-VN