“Well, it just happened to be the right timing for Warren (DeMartini) too, to go, ‘Hey, why not? Let’s play again.’ And here we are.”
— Stephen Pearcy of Ratt

THE INTERNET — The Waste Some Time with Jason Green show has become a go-to podcast in recent years for hairband die-hards, music lovers and 80’s enthusiasts in general.

The show is hosted by Jason Green, who usually has a side-kick or two and often it’s guys like; Johnny Monaco (ex-Enuff Z’Nuff), Wednesday 13 (Murderdolls) or Sean ‘Malfuncsean’ Clark (Youtuber).

But during the latest LIVE episode of the popular show, Green‘s guest was Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy.

Pearcy talked at length about the latest news from the Ratt camp, with most of the interview focusing on the recent reunion between himself and Warren DeMartini.

DeMartini and Pearcy performed a show together over the weekend (Saturday April 5th) at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut for the first time in 7 years, and the reaction to their newly found reunion has been turning a lot of heads.

The exciting Ratt news has been headlines on all the major music sites including Blabbermouth which shared a few transcribed excerpts (seen below) from the recent interview with Pearcy.

“So what happened was, over seven years later here, we get a contact from a promoter at M3 [Rock Festival], and it was, like, ‘Well, I have this idea. Maybe we can get you guys back together and you can headline one of these nights.’ And I’m, like, ‘Okay. Yeah, right. Okay, well, let’s see what happens.’ So anyway, long story short, I said, ‘Hey, whatever it takes, I’m in. Let’s see if we can make this happen.’ Well, it just happened to be the right timing for Warren too, to go, ‘Hey, why not? Let’s play again.’ And here we are.”

“It was fucking amazing,” Stephen told Waste Some Time With Jason Green about the Mohegan Sun show. “And we kind of blundered here and there and it’s a given. We had a few rehearsals.

“The way Warren and I worked in RATT was we do like to be loosely tight,” he explained. “We don’t wanna be that technical out there when we play. So it kinda worked out the other day, like, ‘Okay, we got our feet wet. Now we know what’s happening.’ So, some of those songs you may never hear us play again, that we played.”

Regarding the fact that drummer Bobby Blotzer and bassist Juan Croucier, who were both members of RATT‘s classic lineup, are not playing with Pearcy and DeMartini at the current shows, Stephen said: “People are already going, ‘Oh, bring back the other guys.’ Well, I don’t really think they know how complicated it is or it would be, or if it even need be. Because the reason Warren and I are out here in the first place is to kick about the legacy of the music. Hey, we had great songs.

“It wouldn’t have worked [with the other members], nor would I think I would’ve… Of course if you’re really doing ‘business business’, you have to consider all aspects,” he added. “But do I wanna fuck with our fans or our friends and go out there and pretend it’s fucking cool and it’s really not? You know what I mean? I mean, look, it took seven years for Warren and I [to play together again], and it was, like, ‘Hey. Wow.’ I never thought it would happen, but now we’re talking about writing new music. So what the fuck?”

Green also doubles as a Tour Manager for Pearcy but has also worked with Winger among others in the past.

Check out the full episode of The Waste Some Time with Jason Green show below.

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