Jim Faraci on RATT's Robbin Crosby, "The pressure of being a rock star started to get to him"
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- This excerpt was taken from a full in bloom interview with producer/engineer Jim Faraci.
Jim talks about Robbin Crosby, Out of the Cellar, Invasion, Dancing, Warren DeMartini, Beau Hill, and baseball.
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Never knew he was drafted by the Dodgers. That is awesome. RIP, King.
Robin and I crossed paths a few times and he always had a smile on his face. I never knew about the baseball though, that’s awesome. Very sad when he passed.
Steven book was wonderful and really loved Robin
@@paulthompson8642 Mr. Pearcy needs to write another book:)He's got great turns of phrase like "the Emulaters & Schematics..":)
Тоя страхотен красив човек какви проблеми е имал че е посегнал към наркэтиците не мога да разбера. Красив талантлив емал е пари и гаджета безброй...Много те обичам Робин почивай в мир.
“Crossed paths”
You get stuff out of interviews that no one else does. Great stuff!
Bobby Blotzer said a lot of stuff that happened with the band the last 20 years would of never happened if Robin hadn't died. Robin kept the band together.
*would have
He was the "mediator" and All bands need one, just as all bands need a "leader".. It's clear that when Robbin's addiction began to take hold and he "took a step back" from the songwriting and mediating the (never-ending) drama that has always been a part of this outfit took hold the band fell like "a stack of cards!"….Every band needs that one guy to smooth out the edges and keep it all together, lest the band falls apart!. Robin was also a "key songwriter" who got demoted due to both his troubles and Warren being a "flashier player", which is all fine and good, but songwriting has NOTHING to do with Technicality and often the biggest hits are the simplest of songs and in no way am I stating Robbin wasn't a good guitarist, just the less involved he became in the songwriting, the worse the albums did commercially and the more RATT began relying on outside songwriters and lost a bit of that "magic" they had on their earlier releases, where Robbin contributed more to the songwriting!
It warms my heart to hear stories like this about Robbin! Hadn't heard the Dodgers story before. The guy was just loaded with talent! Thanks for the upload! Love you, Robbin "King" Crosby!
I remember I was at a summer concert in Dallas in June 2002 with Dio, Scorps, and Deep Purple, and Ronnie James announced Robbin’s passing. It was maybe a couple of days after he passed when news still traveled a little bit slower. I just couldn’t believe it. Took me back to 84 when out of the cellar was released. I was 18, first job, first nice car, and that album cranked up to 10. Those were great times. Thanks for telling us more about Robbin. What a good guy. Drafted by the Dodgers…Wow
Robbin Crosby was the KING, I even have a Black Jackson Firebird with reverse headstock and inside out Jackson logo just like his! RIP KING
Very cool guitar man. I always wanted one. Was a huge Robbin fan because he had the coolest Jackson's.. ♥️
@@hoosierdaddy2308 - Double Rhoads, King V’s & Firebirds all day long! 🤘🏼
@@damionchrist 🤘🤘🤘
I play Jackson because he did! Rip king
The King was furious while in Ratt. Larger than life present.
Hard to believe 2022 marked 20 years since Robbin passed. His riffs and songwriting were the heart and soul of Ratt.
Great episode, I really connected with Robin!
Hi all the way from New Zealand..ratt was not ratt after he left and his sad passing..still remember seeing him and ratt live on tv in 1986..magic times and just can't recreat the past...kind regards..
I can’t tell from the credits who wrote or played it but the lead guitar part on Lay It Down has really stood the test of time for me. I’d put it easily in my top ten favorite solos ever. It’s cleverly melodic, has awesome tone and fits perfectly in timing and melody of the backing chords. It’s an amazing example of what a person can do on an electric guitar and after all these years it still makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.
The Lay it Down was Warren DeMartini. It’s a fantastic solo and the opening riff itself is one of the most catchy hard rock guitar riffs of the ’80s. As an author, the entire band is listed, so I don’t know for sure who wrote the riff or where the basic idea came from - possibly from Warren because his name is the first in the author line -, but the solo was written and played by Warren.
It makes even more sense that Ratt didn't suffer sophomore slump with their equally phenomenal second album hearing how key Robbin was all around. That's extra special also that Robbin tried out for the Dodgers at the Dodgers practice camp in Vero. And that he passed on his residuals to his nieces and nephews so they could have an even better life. What a great, great human being. One more thing: letting Warren handle the guitars willingly when Robbin knew he had to do the right thing for the band regarding his further participation. One of the most stellar players ever: Warren DeMartini.
@@leticiabromley6013RATT really started rolling in 84 when I was 16 in highschool still one of my favorite bands of all time, Warren is a guitar god absolute LEGEND. WARREN will go down in history someday as one of the best to ever play guitar LEGEND...... peace
@@tommcdonough6086 I agree 💯. IMO, the two best guitarists for the eighties: Warren and George Lynch.✌️🎸
He probably didn’t write every note in the song, but the main guitar riff on Lay It Down was conceived by Warren. Producer Beau Hill tells a story of Warren visiting him when they were on tour to play him a rough demo of the song he had been working on. And yeah, the solo is Warren too.
R.I.P. Robbin Lantz Crosby
That’s awesome to share about Robyn. Thanks :)
Imagine Robbin making it in baseball and staying with Tawny. Charmed life either way, but maybe alive, happy, and healthy today.
if he stayed with tawny she would have ruined his life
@@BRIANDER100 Maybe not if she was a baseball wife. Maybe she would have stayed cleaner.
@Whamsie! She was a baseball wife. Her husband was pitcher for the Angels
@@itsonlynatural1 I forgot about that!
@Whamsie! Chuck Finley
I saw Ratt I think was the end of their first World Tour a few days after New Years in Honolulu and they were monster! Robbin's acoustic opening of Back For More was till this day unforgettable! Just a shimmering chorus effect I never heard before moving the air around the arena. Warren's solo was stratospheric...just watch out for this guy, every note was an Alien symphony not from this earth at UFO speed zig- zagging defying G-forces! All together they were just stunning and tight!
Now the sad thing about Robbin's later predictability is documented on A&E about his downward spiral drug dependence where he would be playing the wrong song many times and the Band has to tolerate his actions before a live audience and as this escalated his spending was taking him to the gutter...he would constantly ask somebody (can't remember the name) but since it's documented it's retrievable from a studio engineer often needing money for a $500 dollar fix three or four times a day. He would justify it saying 'come on you know I'm good for it.' What an end to a brilliant and gifted musician and future baseball in waiting sport star! A short clip of they're young up and coming force is on a video 'live' at the Rock Palace before all the fireworks and pyro stage effects were in use for every band in the future. It's a nice 4x song and the sound is great considering it was vhs!
Thank you
Wish I could have met Robin. Everyone i met who had met Robin said their was not a mean bone in his body. Robin they said was a very talented likeable person.
Great channel! Please keep it coming.
I love this channel.
Robin Crosby aka King!! King V Jackson 😎🎸🎸🎸🎸
I LOVE Robin. I remember when I first met Frank Levi in the early 80s. It was just after he got off the road w/ RATT and working & moddin' Robin and Warren's Marshall Heads. King would call him all the time to talk. I can never forget how Frank used to talk about how he loved Robin. He used to tell me great stories about the many days/night they spent on the road and how he was the real deal yet he was a sensitive / kind person - not your typical rock star. He really was great person all around and deeply missed. Plus I ALWAYS loved it when he solo'd and wanted more. Honestly I just got tired of Warren...
This a GREAT channel!
Can u do an interview with Jim Faraci about one of the Lizzy Borden albums?
Robin stepping out of the way and knowing Warren was better reminds me of the Eagles. Frey stepped out of the way and let Don Henley sing most of the songs because he knew Don was better
Did not know about his baseball ability
Theres a few people in L.A. that when you cross paths with them you knew it was because they wanted to be with you or it was to help you out. Very few angels lime Robin left in that city
Why do the good ones go early? :(
If you listen to Robbin's last interview, with Mitch Lafon, he talks about how he didn't do a lot of the BS that some of the other Ratt members did, and instead just wanted what was best for the band, and just have a good time and get along with everyone in the biz, including other bands.
Tawney spent time with Robin near the end of his life.
So sad to see what drugs Can do to a person.
Too bad he went down that path and couldn't get off it.
Sadly, I looked up the draft history of the Dodgers... unless his real name is not Robin Crosby, this guy is FOS.
There's probably some truth to it, at least. Maybe he went to an open tryout; those weren't uncommon.
Going to an open tryout, and getting drafted are two VERY different things.
Point is he was a good player..but yeah not as good as this guy recalls..otherwise he would have been in baseball and not music.
Maybe he got confused and actually Robin Crosby had _dodged the draft_ instead?
You are correct. Was never drafted by the Dodgers. Never tried out for the Dodgers. Never played ball seriously after High School. Guy completely made the shit up to try and sound interesting.
I saw them three times in south Florida during the 80's ...all three times he was faking playing his guitar and just jumping around making rock star moves. He was a fake and a clown. Warren was the real deal and the driving force of RATT
The way people that worked with him talk about him?Cat must've been the sweetest in showbiz,ever:)Sad end-God Bless His Soul,Forever:)
I never stop feeling sad for Robin. It's so tragic. Randy too.
Робин е лъвче а те са прекрасни хора.Имам приятелка лъвче уникален човек.
Dang, Robin was drafted by the dodgers and went to spring training in Vero Beach. That's totally cool.
Blasted Out Of the Cellar in my car the last few days.
I loved ratt and still do
When I was a kid they released out of the cellar and I loved it so much
The sound on that record is still my favourite of all time
I’m now 50 and think what a great time to be a teenager
Love the band and the great musicians that changed my world
Cheers
"I live the life of 10 men...dont feel sorry for me"
Tremendous quote. Just epic.
I know some of that shit is hard to play on guitar. It took me the longest time to learn that main riff from "Lay it down". They did him real dirty when he went down. Makes me sick!
I saw all the 80s rock bands in concert...RATT were fantastic live, tight, powerful with swagger. Robbin smiled throughout every gig even when I saw them last on the Detonator tour when he was having issues offstage. I loved being a kid in the 80s. Golden era. I love you all. X RIP KING X
wow he passed twenty years ago today. He seemed like a good man
how did he Pass? I saw RATTin 1984 thanks from California
Nice catch!
@@stuzworldz AIDS
Might of been od. He had full blown aids! He was doing heroin.
@@stuzworldz I believe his death was due to complications from H.I.V./A.I.D.S. He was a long time addict & shared needles, unfortunately. Sadly, Robbin was a sweet man, but an absolute mess physically the last decade of his life. You can find his last interview here on TH-cam and he talks about his organs starting to shut down, plus he looks extremely bloated in it. Doesnt even look like himself at all. It really was tragic. Addiction is no joke.
Phenomenal interview with an insider.
Great perspectives shared that lends a much clearer picture of the band's inner workings.
Confirms how Robbin played a huge role in shaping Ratt's signature sounds which for me really stood out.
As much as all of the great melodies, rhythms,hooks,solos and vocals. The lyrics were often written from a second person narrative which is very different from the usual approach..
Its very noticeable,for instance,"maybe you were there and this is what you may have seen and done as well,or did",making the listener more a part of the story in the lyrics..
Anyway great tribute to Robbin and the band in the interview here!
Says a lot on how Robin knew warren was becoming and stepped aside. Also says a lot on how they left him when he needed them the most. The baseball angle is so good. It makes sense now. Great Bit. Thanks for what you publish. It’s such a cool perspective!!
Warren was the more talented guitarist of the two. WARREN is a guitar god, absolute LEGEND. To bad Robbin self destructed, but it is history now, RATT really started rolling in 84 when I was 16 in highschool still one of my favorite bands of all time. Those first three four albums pure gold to me. For nostalgic reasons I wish WARREN would get back out there with Steven, Bobby, and Juan, and grab another guitarist, for one more tour with original members. Wishful thinking. Go in a heartbeat, Warren absolute LEGEND. Peace........
I don’t even really like some of these bands but Full In Bloom is so on it I usually listen. Great reporter/interviewer.
Ratt was a band of Rats. When they saw Robin hurting and struggling, they did NOTHING to help, they just went and got a hired gun and left him. Def Leppard's drummer LOST AN ARM and he's still playing drums in the band...let that sink in. The band was a bunch of self centered guys all on the take, money was all it was about. Once Crosby was gone, it was all over. To think they didn't even call him for any of the reunion stuff...they just built a case against him and then used that to justify all they did to him.
I always liked Robin. I caught a towel he tossed at the end of the Invasion of Your Privacy show in Nashville. I always loved baseball as well so that made the story even better. Great story as usual.
😉👍 Wow, so you were like the kid in the Mean Joe Greene Coke ad, except with Robin Crosby instead of Mean Joe Greene!
You probably said, "Hey, Robin, you can have my Coke". He then said, "here you go kid", and tossed you his towel. You caught it, and said, "wow, thanks Robin"!
I just hope you washed it at some point. 😁
Robbin was AWESOME....Ratt had the BEST sound out of all the "hair bands" back then IMO.....the dude could play and he definitely was "King" Robbin.....love Ratt
Great guitar sound, vocals less impressive...
@@dududu5189 better than vince Neil that’s for sure
I've always thought Robbin Crosby was a very underrated guitar player. Good song writer. Good lead player.
Underrated!!! 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
NOT Omg where do you people come from
Absolutely was.
Had no idea he was drafted by the Dodgers.
The closest other rockers could get is _dodging the draft!_
Because he wasn't. Good ball player. Not drafted by the Dodgers.
RATT N ROLL. All interviews I've heard about Robin are all positive. Everyone one agrees, he was a great man and quitarist.
He did play a few solo's on Dancing Undercover, i believe.
Drive me crazy & Looking for Love.
I always thought "Dancing Undercover" was so under rated.
Some killer songs & playing on there.
Even Pearcy has said he knew that Ratt was over when Robbin died.
The amazing baseball story, never heard it before. Not only was Robbin a very talented musician and songwriter, an aspiring baseball player as well. RATT, one of my favorite bands ever since their inception. Allegedly, Robbin experienced economical hardship after not being in the band, having to borrow money to eat while barefooted, unreal. And yet, he had the immense heart to leave the royalties to his nieces, et al. He is truly missed. R.I.P. King.
That’s why my mutual (friends with Robbin) both told me. They used to buy him smokes. Sad to see a good guy suffer so much.
I don't think people really appreciate just how rare it is to get attention from professional baseball scouts , much less get drafted. That is a skill set that damn few people have . You can sometimes take a great athlete , if he's big , strong or fast , and make them into a football player , but baseball is skill set you have to start learning from the time youre a little kid and sharpen through repetition. If you want to make a great athlete look ordinary, put him in the batter's box against a professional pitcher, or stand him at any position and let pros hit line drives at him. I was a good baseball player in highschool and then played American Legion ball , sometimes against future professionals . I thought I was a ballplayer until I saw my first 80 plus mph slider coming toward my face and then breaking into the strike zone. I have massive respect for anyone who can play baseball at a high level
20 YEARS ago today ROBBIN CROSBY passed away at Age 42.
:( (R.I.P.)
Nice catch on the dates. 😎 So many good die young.... (Nice profile pic too) F..kin SLAYYYYYEEERRR!!!🤘🔥🎸🥁😡🤘
@@jamescon55 I miss Jeff Hanneman too. I seen SLAYER 8 time's. Dave Lombardo is the best drummer imo
@@garrettgrant6049 🤘 Hell yeah, my friend! I've seen em about 6 or 7 times (lost count currently lol.) starting way back with the Clash of the Titans tour when I was in H.S., up to my last time a few years ago (the 1 time with Holt) as they only did the Seasons and older 80s catalog (amazing!), with the Seasons tribute tour (with Dave) before that (also REALLY killer as I got to see Lombardo AND Bostaph the same night on stage as Bostaph was doing Testament). And YES, being a now retired hard rock/thrash/death metal drummer (back problems forced early retirement 6 years ago), LOMBARDO WAS and WILL ALWAYS BE "THE GODFATHER" as he IS/WAS MY biggest inspiration for metal drumming! 🥁 I DO love what Paul did on DIVINE INTERVENTION (despite lotta others opinions) and that record too, and as for me? That is the last solid SLAYER album. I also like quite a bit of World Painted Blood and a hair bit of Christ Illusion but their other latter stuff? Not really, at all😒. Anyways, horns up and out brother! 🤘🔥😡🥁🎸🤘R.I.P Hanneman
@@jamescon55 Divine was their last GREAT album, after that each LP had maybe 3 great songs tops. Lombardo is the king, I'm a drummer too & for double kick drummers he's the king, ERIC CARR was another influence (Watch his Drum solo on KISS Animalize Detroit'84 show or go listen to "CARR JAM'81" then comeback lol unless you already know of his greatness). I saw every tour from Clash of Titans'91 till the final tour. My fav Slayer LP is Show No Mercy and the Era I would have loved to see live would have been the SHOW/HAUNTING/HELL AWAITS (1983-1985) era. Fuck can you imagine seeing the back then in a big NightClub/Bar/Theater, awesome 👍 what's yer fav Slayer LP n era
@@garrettgrant6049 You and I share pretty darn near the SAME tastes in SLAYER music, and the era of when I wish I could of seen em in the Show/Hell Awaits era too 🤘 Lol. And even though I wasn't a big Carr fan back when necessarily (in that era), ANIMALIZE IS STILL my personal favorite KISS album! LOTTA people swear by Creatures (and it's amazing) but..? IDK, maybe it's just a nostalgia thing as ANIMALIZE hit huge with ALL the other early to mid 80s Metal stuff back when as a kid, growing up submersed by it (thanks to my older sister 😏 lol.) And YES! I did, and have discovered Carr in my return to drumming in the mid to later 90s (especially with my old drum buddy John Longstreth being a huge fan of Carr.) And yeah man, my favorite actual SLAYER album..🤔 That is pretty difficult to pin down for me as they are probably my favorite band (IF such is possible lol.) and I love the early Show/Hell Awaits stuff for ONE era and category obviously as Show No Mercy and Haunting the Chapel WERE my 1st cassette purchases long after Hell Awaits hit. And? Of course, it was REIGN IN BLOOD not long after it's debut and my best friend (R.I.P.) called me over to his place to check it out and...😬 I was obviously blown away lol. And that's their "classic" for LOTTA people obviously but, I am STILL gonna say SOUTH OF HEAVEN IS probably my personal ALL TIME FAVORITE SLAYER ALBUM, with SEASONS coming up right up close on South's azz. 🤘😡🤘 I think Lombardo's drumming was at a peak during THOSE albums and again, maybe 🤔 it's the nostalgia thing too but, yeah, I LOVE ALL THE 80s SLAYER catalog! 😎🤘And of course awhile after DIVINE hit, and I had gotten BACK into playing drums and I seen the LIVE INTRUSION VHS tape, I was again, just floored, and it was THEN, that I decided just what REAL direction to take in my drumming on my return to drumming as I was/am self taught. I did take snare drum 🥁 in 4th n 5th grade, in school band, learned sheet music, and in band concerts? The teacher ALWAYS put me on the big BASS drum as I would just REALLY get into SWINGING that bass mallet with my long slim monkey arms and make er go BOOM. (According to the teacher, students, and audience 🤣 LOL!) ALWAYS a sucker for THEM KICK 🦶 DRUMS, dude! Ha ha ha. Anyways, I can literally talk DRUMS from here to eternity (as ya read) so yeah....Fuckin SLAYER, KEEP IT METAL and ROCK THE FUNK ON!!! 🤘😡🔥🥁🎸🤘
My favorite Ratt 🤠
man he was and still is so important to me. he's sound, his swagger and just how he was. ratt was in know way anything without the King. was such a cool dude. rip
My personal fav rockstar.... the King
RIP Robin Crosby. You will always be a rock and roll icon and you'll never be forgotten
Robin would have pitched for years in MLB ,he was just that good . He was one of those Pitchers that could hit 350 and pitch 6 innings
It’s like hearing that Danny Ainge was a baseball player -
before the Celtics. You just never know.
Maybe if he’d taken that route he wouldn’t have fell into addiction and die of AIDS. But maybe he wouldn’t be as happy as playing music.
@@seagullpoet An All state quarterback, also. A tremendous athlete.
Yea, I wanted him to go to play college ball ..he wanted to be a rock star tho ..yea he played alot of sports when he was you ger
@@seagullpoet he played for the Toronto Blue Jays while also playing for the Celtics for several years I think? I had heard about Robin being drafted by the Dodgers back in the 80s, but had forgotten about it!
WOW! ROBBIN'S BEEN GONE 20 YEARS AS OF YESTERDAY! R.I.P. "KING"
I met him at the sabbath Ratt Heaven tour, I was a little fat black rocker kid, and he treated me like a bro, he was such a cool cat, great player and had the baddest hair in metal.
Have not had a drink since 1996 but hearing about them finding the keg gave me some euphoric recall …. Ugh 🤣
KING !!!
It’s very sad about robin crosby it’s not Ratt with out him
Love hearing these stories about Robin. Just sounds like an awesome guy. Ratt were my favorite band back in the 80s. I used to wear their cassettes out
What happened to RATT... ???
When I was a young man I loved these guys and wore out several cassette tapes listening to them...
When I was a young man playing my drums in the music business I loved playing the music but I hated the machoism, the arrogance, the boasting egos that just destroyed the band and muted all of the energy, the happiness and the enjoyment out of playing music.
Now I know what happened to these guys and why they just abruptly disappeared from the scene...
Rush made it because in the beginning the three of them decided to split their earnings evenly three ways and they kept their egos out of the music.....
ACE FREHLEY and ROBBIN CROSBY are my Fav Hard Rock/Metal Guitar Players.
RATT is awesome and KING is still the man, RIP robbin. What a guy to leave his nieces/nephews his Publishing Royalties etc for them, I'm glad he put it in his will.
The King! The Jackson King V is a tribute to Robbin.
As soon as Robin passed and even before with his health issues, it's so clear that rat turned into that old saying,,,,, too many chiefs and not enough Indians..... That band is ridiculous to this day with all of the infighting
EXACTLY
Robin was one part leader, one part mediator and Every band needs a member (or members) to play these roles!. While Stephen may have been seen as the "leader of the band", Robin was the guy "smoothing it all over" within the band and Stephen's "right hand man!". Once the fame/money went to their heads and Robbin's role got diminished (partly by choice, partially due to drugs) the infighting, chaos, lack of direction, etc took hold as Robbin took a back seat in regard to the band dynamic, songwriting, etc and the band suffered because of it!.Robbin should have remained "front and center" and continued contributing songs, mediating the band and playing on the albums, but it seemed by this point Robbin had been "demoted" by the band and with an out of control habit, it's more than understandable why Robbin took a back seat and why the band "fell apart".and has Never been able to get it back together, nor rise to the level of some of their contemporaries like "Motley Crue!.. Unfortunately Robbin got caught up in addiction and addicted to the WORST drug of them all!. Heroin comes "First, Last & Always" and you will watch your band, life, career, family,etc go right down the drain and you'll STILL continue chasing the next high!. It has you by the b@lls and controls you through Fear and that Fear is the "sickness" the junkie is constantly trying to avoid!. It's a Terrible cycle to be caught up in no one is exempt from the hold of Heroin!.. RIP Robbin
Totally chokes me up
I find it ironic that it was said here that Robbin was the guy “to keep these guys in line”, and “wanted what was best for the band”.
He was my favorite out of the band he was so gorgeous and so talented. I just dreamt of him last night and I saw him in all his glory. He was surrounded by beautiful women and he was so cool and laid back in the dream. I never knew him or met him but it saddens me how he struggled and suffered whe the band went on without him it's awful to imagine.i swear if I had personally known him I would have helped him because he seemed to be a good person and cared about everyone he knew. I'll always be a fan RIP Robbin.
I was blown away with Ratts 2011 record Infestation.
Awesome album , I heard it on TH-cam and just had to own it. It cost me $83 but was worth every cent.
Came our in 2010 actually but yeah I agree 1000% a great return to form. Carlos did a great job with them and was a great guy to hold King's legacy down musically.
@@BLeeFAFO shame he absolutely suck live. It’s an absolute insult to Robbin having that guy on his side of the stage
Robin Crosby was a way way better rhythm guitarist than Warren, maybe Warren was more fanciful with his solos but Robin was tight and an awesome rhythm guitar player and lyricist
Another great person destroyed by opiates
I know……it wasn’t his fault at all.
Mean old opiates !
No..but once you start it's apparently hard to get back to normal otherwise more would do it. Never done heroin so just guessing.
@@barbaradascalos4411
Apparently, heroin is very moreish...
I'm not Stanford alumni but I think I'd choose the LA Doger paycheck
I discovered Ratt back in 1983 when I was between 7 and 8. I love the Hits "Sweet Cheater", " Round and Round"and "Body Talk" It's been a long time, but I know a beautiful woman's body talk when it's next to me. Party on, Metalheads!
So sad about Robin Crosby! The guy was an outstanding professional guitar player before he died. Believe me, I know how it feels to lose a loved one, but Robin Crosby will always live in our hearts and memories always.
Robbin reminds me of Izzy Stradlin's role in Gnr. He was a big part of the songwriting, as well as the peacemaker/mediator.
Bless you Robbin
Robbin was a good guitarist but he wasn't Warren who was exceptional. It must have been like a knife in the heart for him to say let Warren do it.
Yeah that was his problem. Warren got the spotlight. If u r playing w/ Warren is going to shine. Robbin cld play. He did harmonies w/ Warren. That is part of the reason Robbin started to turn to drugs. That whole crew Nikki, Mustaine, Slash & Robbin were messing w/ heroin. One was not going to make it. Unfortunately Robbin
The Dodgers?? Wow, Im 54 and remember getting into these guys BEFORE they got signed. Yet I had no idea he played pro ball, damn! 😲
Its a shame all the wasted years of bickering kept tge original 4 from getting back together. Pearcy has LSD ( LEAD SINGERS DISEASE) and the rest just gave up on getting back together. Were loosing a lot of the 80s bands and or/ my members. Such a waste.
If it's yrue about Robbin and Tawny Kitaen, then it's so sad that they didn't marry. She married David Coverdale of Whitesnake and baseball player Chuck Finley. It's horrific that she got imvolved with O.J. it's sad that sometimes your one true love is the person that you don't marry but I'm glad that she was there for him, til' the end.❤❤
Robin was AWESOME! Total Rockstar and extremely talented
My first concert: Ratt, kix, Brittany fox. Hirsch coliseum , Shreveport , La. Reach for the sky! Never forget that.
I had the pleasure of meeting Ratt on the 2nd album tour, and he's 100% right. All good dudes but Robin was the most genuine and really nice.
I met Robbin one night after the band had played in a club in Cincinnati. I was playing baseball at the time for AA Chattanooga Lookouts and had a cool conversation with him about baseball and rock and roll He said he'd been a ballplayer but he didn't mention he'd gotten drafted, or at least I don't remember him saying that. He was a big fella though and a nice guy altogether.
Damn what a lose, Rest in power to Robbin, what an amazing human that will be missed. ❤
Nice to head some positive stuff about Robin Crosby
Rest easy all peoples
Yeah, man. Very solid player. I hope brother found some Peace, man.
A true Rock Star!
I sensed that the songs where dropping off progressively. This explains why.
Once again, really great stuff.
They rocked the Mountain Aire in California.
Yeah, good ol Crosby 😏. Again? Another interview with "someone in the know" that more of less solidified how much Crosby's input HAD on those 1st 3 full lengths. 🎸🤘 And yes, he WAS an intimidating dude at times, just from the videos, pics etc. And I just figured he HAD TO BE a bit "vain" with ALL the hot chicks wantin him back then etc. Lol. But yeah, to find out nowadays (from everyone that knew/worked with him)? That wasn't the case...."H" 😒 SMDH. It doesn't care WHO you are OR have or HAD the potential TO BE.....R.I.P. ROBBIN CROSBY 🤘🎸🤘
Thanks for another interesting video
They knew the money was gonna be coming in the Future. And gave future income for a fee
Hey Ratt fans, what are the best songs written by or guitar solo’s played by Robbin Crosby?
These two in particular are all Robb.. and two of my favorites.. One Good Lover.. Never Use Love.. his style was very distinct, less is more, you should notice it instantly in the solos.. he always added to the song, never took it over. It was perfect. He’s very missed.
IMO Scene Of The Crime & Closer to My Heart are great Robbin solos. 4 of the 6 songs on the EP are Robbin's solos as well. Warren 's solos are Back For More & Walking The Dog.
Th above mentioned are great, another one I love is “Drive me crazy” from the third album