For three decades, Stephen Pearcy has fronted RATT and has been the most recognizable member of the group, but the rocker has just released a statement saying that the time has come for him to exit the band.
Tragedy has struck the Ratt family, with the death of frontman Stephen Peacy's sister. That's led to the cancellation of the group's appearance as part of the upcoming Monsters of Rock cruise.
Hairbands, also called Glam metal, started to hit the music scene in a big way in the early part of the 80's.
If you were in a hairband and wanted to get noticed then you packed up your axe, skins and hairspray and headed west to become part of the L.A. Sunset Strip music scene.
A cockpit fire forced a chartered plane carrying Ratt and Dokken to make an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois today. Nobody was injured in the incident.