Warren DeMartini recording solo for new RATT song

Warren DeMartini recording solo for new RATT song: Lost Weekend. Virginia Beach: June 2009; with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette
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[310stanger]

imo Warren is one of the most underrated guitarists in all of metal. His guitar work in Ratt never got the credit it really deserves because they are considered a hair band. The difference between Ratt and the other bands in my eyes is that they not only wrote catchy songs but were talented musicians. Its unfair to compare a band like Ratt to Poison for example. The talent level was night and day.

[PDXguitarfreak]

Warren rocks - I always thought his style was a mix of Joe Perry and EVH - blues based licks with smooth legato. And he played with great feel, not just flash... one of the best of the 80s

[believer06]

@HurricaneTBag Drummer from Anthrax.Bad spelling on my part. I never met him. His cousin moved here (near Chicago) in the early 80s. Met him thru my bass player. Really nice guy as well. He plays drums as well, but not as good as his cousin unfortunately. Anyway, I dig hair metal as well as thrash. Really melodic. Very fun to solo over. When it's too complex, many tend to become too repetitive.

[HurricaneTBag]

@believer06 I like Warren De Martini, think he's a good player just that his band sucks. Good musicians can make bad music. Charlie Benati, or Charlie Benante the drummer from Anthrax? I met Charlie at LaGuardia after The Big Four show, I was we were on the same flight to Chicago, I just mentioned to him that they rocked at Yankee Stadium...he was with his wife and daughter so I didn't want to bug him. Beautiful family and a great drummer.

[believer06]

@HurricaneTBag Since youre not a fan of Ratt, why are you here on this video? Certainly spending alot of time on something you dislike so much. My friend's cousin is Charlie Benanti BTW

[flosscal1]

@HurricaneTBag well said

[HurricaneTBag]

@believer06 Nope. I liked real 80s Metal tunes like Battery, Raining Blood, In My Darkest Hour, Madhouse, Into the Pit, and others. None of this Gay LA Metal stuff.

[believer06]

@HurricaneTBag So you didnt like "Nobody rides for free" "Lay it down" "Back for more" "Wanted Man" "Lack of communication".... Well, that says more about you than 80's Metal

[HurricaneTBag]

@believer06 Outside of Round and Round I can't think of a single Ratt song that I like. Outside of MSG and Racer X I don't really think the 80s shred-rock stuff was every really done all that well.

[HurricaneTBag]

@flosscal1 Steely Dan was probably unfair to put there, they've had some pretty cool songs that can grip a wide variety of audiences. I like Dream Theater, but can they write a song that's four minutes long and hooks the listener? No. You have to like eleven minute songs with eighty different time changes in order to like Dream Theater. No one's ever going to say "Hey throw some Dream Theater on the juke box" at a bar or anything.

[flosscal1]

@HurricaneTBag i think this is the dumbest thing ive EVER read...its great to see your musical diversity knowing steely dan from dream theater, however lacking in song writting?..WTF lol..funny

[believer06]

@HurricaneTBag WTF are you talking about? Ratt were (and are) a great band. Awesome tunes. Very melodic, catchy and original. All the dudes n the band were vital to their sound. Getting a great band together isnt as easy as getting a bunch of virtuoso musicians together. Bands like Ratt, Dokken and the like had the right people on the right instruments who all contributed something special to the music. It's not science, it's magic.