Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life in Rock
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Celebrating my dad’s birthday. It was the last time I ever saw him.
Recuperating in my ’70s bedroom with two broken legs.
My first-ever band, Firedome.
Custom-made Explorer and Les Paul, loaded with Bill Lawrence pickups.
I dug my grandma Betty so much.
Mickey Ratt gig, 1978.
Jamming with Mike Hartigan in Culver City, circa 1977.
Gazzarri’s gig, circa 1981.
Most guys were strictly Budweiser. I was versatile.
Custom-made spandex pants. Early glam, Hollywood, 1981.
A moment of peace.
Me and Johnny Gehring, our first-ever roadie.
Me and Warren DeMartini at one of our first gigs as the real Ratt, at UCLA in 1983.
Dave Jellison, Mickey Ratt.
Bobby Blotzer’s enthusiasm was never in question.
The boys on the bus.
Original set list, July 1983.
MTV’s Martha Quinn braves the Rolling Hilton.
When Robbin was happy, he was really happy.
Warren and Bobby preparing for a show.
Backstage with the boys from Mötley.
Bob and his new buddy, a Wisconsin state trooper who had boarded the bus to check us for drugs.
Me and the Prince of Darkness.
Billy Squier and me, early 1985.
New Year’s Eve, 1984. Celebrating the survival of a hellaciously long tour.
The boys in Hawaii.
With Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.
Terri Nunn came backstage and wrote on our mirror, GOOD LUCK, BOYS, TERRI NUNN. FUCK YOU.
Me and Warren backstage.
Me, Chris Hager, and Matt Thorr.
Robbin, in Miami Vice mode.
Robbin’s Halliburton suitcase contained an ounce of weed, an ounce of blow, heroin, and a handgun.
Steven Adler, me, and Fred Coury in some Hollywood hotel, 1987.
Bret Michaels said he’d give me a platinum album one day if we’d let Poison open for us. I’m still waiting.
With Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick.
Backstage after a taping of Married . . . with Children, with Christina Applegate, 1987.
Warren, Jon Bon Jovi, and me, 1989.
Tit-Weighing Contest, Detonator sessions with Joe Anthony (right).
Whoopi and me, talking metal.
Holding the girl who changed my life.
Dave Grohl, Jewel, and me.
Jewel and her grandmother Joanne.
Still rockin’, 2012.
PHOTO CREDITS
Page 1: Photos 1-6 courtesy of Joann Largent.
Page 2: Photos 1 and 2 courtesy of Stephen Pearcy.
Photos 3-6 courtesy of Phillip Schwartz.
Page 3: Photos 1-2 and 4-6 courtesy of Stephen Pearcy.
Photo 3 courtesy of Phillip Schwartz.
Page 4: Photos 1-4 courtesy of Stephen Pearcy.
Photo 5 courtesy of Phillip Schwartz.
Page 5: Photos 1-7 courtesy of Stephen Pearcy.
Page 6: Photos 1-5 courtesy of Stephen Pearcy.
Page 7: Photos 1-5 courtesy of Stephen Pearcy.
Page 8: Photos 1-2 courtesy of Stephen Pearcy.
Photos 3-4 courtesy of Jewel Pearcy.
STEPHEN PEARCY is the founder, lead singer, and songwriter of the multiplatinum-selling metal rock band Ratt. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pearcy, Stephen, 1959–
Sex, drugs, Ratt & roll : my life in rock / Stephen Pearcy with Sam Benjamin.
pages cm
1. Pearcy, Stephen, 1959– 2. Rock musicians—United States—Biography. 3. Ratt (Musical group) I. Benjamin, Sam. II. Title.
ML420.P369A3 2013
782.42166092--dc23
[B]
2012045962
ISBN 978-1-4516-9456-7
ISBN 978-1-4516-9457-4 (ebook)
CONTENTS
Intro
You’re Talkin’ to Me
The Young and the Damned
Drive Me Crazy
All Tied Up
Lay It Down
Monkey on Our Backs
Out of the Cellar
All or Nothing
The Gladiators
All for One and One for All
The Three P’s: Pussy, Party, and Paycheck
No Guts, No Glory: A Fistful of Platinum
The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Monkey on Our Backs
Outta Sight, Outta Mind
Welcome
Acknowledgments
Photographs
Photo Credits
About Stephen Pearcy