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オドロオドロしいメタル・ロックの中で,女性に受けるルックス,明解で乗りのよいサウンドという効果的なセールス・ポイントで人気急上昇のグループがこのラット。ハード・ロックの多いMTVの中でも特にMTV的で,日本でもメジャーの気質十分だ。
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Along with Motley Crue, Quiet Riot and Twisted Sister, Ratt was one of the main players of the '80s glam metal movement. Although many of their songs lacked diversity and emotional poignancy, their guitarist Warren De Martini possessed the flash and technical ability to escalate the group above most of its peers.
Out of the Cellar is by far the band's best record, but between the blazing solos and call-and-response choruses are many lackluster moments. What saves it from the bargain bin, however, is the quintessential metal anthem "Round and Round," one of the greatest three-or-so minutes in '80s rock.
--Jon Wiederhorn