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Road Ratt Sign With Suncity Records |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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 Sun City Records have announced the signing of Swedish rock n rollers Roadd Ratt.
The story behind
Road Ratt is quite an extensive one, so I will try and make it as brief
as possible. Road Ratt formed in Gothenburg, Sweden as IcewingIcewing
briefly changed to Hot 'N' Spicy before a British bikers-gang inspired
the permanent change to Road Ratt. The band added the extra "t" in Ratt
to have equal amount of letters in both words for the logo to look
balanced.
With Ola
Johansson (Bass) and Patrik Herrstrom (Drums) as replacements the band
participated in an international band contest called Band Explosion.
Out of 800 Scandinavian contenders, Road Ratt reached Top-4, and it was
at that time when the local press started to take notice. Determined
not to be a talent show phenomenon, Road Ratt now focused on their live
act and on writing new material for a second demo.
1992 was when
Road Ratt really put their mark on the music scene with the release of
their debut album "Reel 2". Nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the
category Best Hard Rock Album along with Electric Boys, Candlemass and
Sator, Road Ratt ended up losing out to Sator.
In 1993 the band were nominated for Best Newcomer and Best
Album at Swedish Zeppelin-Awards. Losing out this time to Clawfinger in
both cases. Road Ratt however performed live at the event broadcasted
by M.T.V.'s Headbangers Ball. The Headbangers Ball episode hosted by
Vanessa Warwick featured a lengthy interview with the band and the
international premiere for their Itsypooked video.
After the tour, work began on a second album but the Grunge
Scene was taking over and the band members started on side projects
resulting in lack of commitment. The album with the working title
"Young Nurses In Love" never made the finish line, and the saga was
over.
Now back by popular demand in 2008, the band have teamed up
with Suncity Records and work has finished on the final touches of
their unreleased second album now entitled "You Love Us".
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