In a recent interview with Scott Davidson of Chicago’s “Rebel Radio“, Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy opened up about the “secret” to maintaining his voice for live performances after more than fifty years in the music industry. The 69-year-old musician explained that he prefers a highly unstructured approach to his vocal health.
“I come from late ’60s, ’70s scene. So I just do what a [Robert] Plant or one of these guys [would do]… You just sing. I don’t have any regimen. I don’t bite a towel and yodel. My vocal exercise is having a coffee and a smoke and yelling and laughing and talking and yippity-yi. I’m too busy stretching and keeping myself limber out there,” he revealed.
The veteran vocalist also emphasized that his current live shows are entirely focused on capturing the raw energy of his early days on the Sunset Strip.
“But no, you know what? More so nowadays, I’m having a great time. It’s just Ratt ‘n’ roll. It’s right back to the beginning. You go to my shows now and it’s like stepping back into the Sunset Strip 1983, ’84. We don’t give a s**t. We’re just having a party for you. And that’s what I’m bringing back. We don’t have tapes, this and that going. We don’t rely on s**t but just having a good time.”
Stephen Pearcy is currently preparing to release his sixth solo studio album, The Dogg Mob. The project is tentatively scheduled to arrive this fall through his own Top Fuel Records imprint.
His previous solo effort, View To A Thrill, was released in 2018 via Frontiers Music Srl. Serving as the follow-up to 2017’s Smash, the album was co-produced by Stephen Pearcy and his bassist Matt Thorne, while his longtime guitarist Erik Ferentinos handled mixing and mastering duties.
Earlier this year, in April, the singer dropped “I Need U“, the lead single from The Dogg Mob. The track features Stephen Pearcy on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Erik Ferentinos on guitar, Matt Thorne on bass, Blas Elias on drums, and an as-yet-unnamed special guest on guitar.
“This song’s on me — download it before they charge ya,” Pearcy wrote in a message on his official website. “We’ve been writing some killer material the last few years — Erik Ferentinos and I — with Matt Thorne at MT Studios shaping the sound. We’re fired up about this record.”
Over the past year, Stephen Pearcy has also performed select shows alongside his longtime Ratt bandmate, guitar virtuoso Warren DeMartini, performing under the name Pearcy/DeMartini.
As for his primary band, Ratt has not issued any new studio material since their 2010 album, Infestation.
