Ratt

It was the decade of the guitar hero — but sometimes one wasn't enough.

The genre was more than hits and filler.

Ratt peeled off a string of platinum-selling records in the '80s. The next decade was a different story, starting with 1990's 'Detonator.'

Many of the scene's biggest bands caught lightning in a bottle on their first try.

Breaking down the most collected albums from Metallica, Judas Priest, Def Leppard and other big metal acts from the 1980s.

Back to an era of big hair and even bigger video hits. How well do you remember the '80s hair metal videos playing on MTV?

Who were the big new bands in each year?

Ratt frontman decries the exclusion of groups who "made billions of dollars for the music industry."

Ratt frontman hopes he can "help some people" by discussing his experience.

Singer says he’s on speaking terms with Bobby Blotzer and Warren DeMartini.

“Ratt problem” commercial has aired more than 10,000 times in two months.

Bobby Blotzer's Ratt were set to play a sold-out Michigan concert with Night Ranger just hours later.