MICHAEL SCHENKER & RATT [ OH, WELL & BORN ON A BAYOU ] LIVE COVER UNPLUGGED

[@dz9589]

I love how whenever Schenker takes a lead Warren turns to watch his idol play.

[@mikehardesty98]

Wow Schenker can really pick that acoustic.What a legendary player

[@Matt-k4s2j]

I saw MSG unplugged after they released their third and best album.

[@toddlavigne6441]

This reveals that Ratt were actually great players and Stephen actually back in the day was a great rock singer. Pretty impressive, these guys were quite versatile

[@McSorleyFan33]

Way better than Motley Crue. Ratt had way better songs and a bassist that could actually play bass

[@Bumslayer30]

To this day, I find the RATT & Michael Schenker combo to be an odd one but a good one!! Proof that Steven's voice doesn't always sound like shit live. Love it!!!!!!

[@kenthetalkingpen2518]

AGREED...

[@CarlettoPuglia]

I truly believe DeMartini and Shenker had great chemistry as witnessed by the guitar duel they had on Born on the Bayou ! They would have made a great team for sure

[@Lynchfan88]

Amazing performamce from '91 with special guests Michael Schenker & Fred Coury. Too bad Robbin was too sick to be at MTV on this day, but it still rocks.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Ratt got the vibe of Unplugged perfectly

[@MelloGee33]

Michael Schenker and Ratt. Effin' classic. Early 90's Unplugged. All these cats were on top of their game here. John Fogerty was probably proud to hear this phenomenal rendition.

[@antrygis1]

We all know Michael can play classical. We know he rocks. But on Born on the Bayou he almost goes Country. His Flamenco is great too. I guess he did it just to do it. Love his classically tinged rock and roll the most. Melodies drip from his brain to his fingers. Thanks for the post Axe.

[@tteague7]

Unbelievable performance that shows the versatility of the band. Schenker was a welcome addition as well. Long live Ratt and Roll!!

[@badmonkey2222]

Sheinker was out of his element with Ratt he was just collecting a paycheck.

[@margueritemazzeo2904]

​@@badmonkey2222🙄🙄👺

[@thomasconrad2630]

Schenkers hittin' those" magic notes" they just stand out, a truly phenomenal guitar player. Warren DiMartini is also a very,very good guitarist, the whole band sounds great here, only wish there was more of this!

[@fenderrlee]

wtf...this is Michael Schenker.... the greatest guitarist of all time.......

[@SuperRydawg]

Hands down, this is the single BEST PERFORMANCE on MTV Unplugged, ever recorded. Even the first time, in 91, I Always Knew, Nothing would ever top it. That's still true.. Xo it never gets old. Xo Loooove this... ;-)

[@hermanhelmich]

SuperRydawg no thumbs up yet

[@MahlonEdwards]

I'll go with one of the very best. I've not seen them all and besides,who can argue this? I agree that this is an awesome performance and sound and is great to see and hear the trade-offs between Michael Schenker and DeMartini both sounding fantastic as well as the whole band.

[@kenmckinney6158]

Can't believe I'm just now seeing this. Great performance by everyone.

[@AXEFLYERFV]

Glad you found it , :) !

[@melissatyree566]

This has to be an unplugged. Steve singing the best i have ever heard him.

[@Ali-yh9qi]

Ya he sounds terrific......my second favorite singer only followed by Layne staley.

[@markmellberg9348]

Absolutely Melissa. Stephen is not always known for his pipes, but he's got great tone and delivery.

[@litahsr.8226]

he did before now vocal is shot but damn didnt think he was that old 64 years (July 3, 1956)

[@stalters]

Yeah, this was MTV Unplugged. I actually missed the show mostly, turned it on as this song began and it ended the performance as the credits began to roll....

[@Reargunner-o7h]

@@litahsr.8226 He always got bad press for his singing but I like his voice. I saw them live way back in the 1980's when they played at the Monsters of Rock festival at Donnington park. They were great but had a problem with the mic's cutting out for a bit.

[@davidgutierrez8795]

This was in 1991 and I saw it live. One of those performances that got stuck on my head. 30 years later here I am, watching it again damn

[@SophonsCookieCreations]

💯💯💯 Great job on music🎸🎸 & Stephen Pearcy🎤.

[@prijak1]

This is the best unplugged performance. Ratt playing "Oh Well" and mixing it into "Born on a Bayou" is totally classic. I saw Ratt last night at the Wiltern great show.

[@ricktravers6364]

Stevens voice is infectious. Serious hits from Ratt.

[@EnriqueGarcia-tn2lf]

What a great version!!! Of a killer song...🫡🫡

[@martinmueller5328]

That rich beautiful sound that tugs on my heart strings is that Michael man on the 6 strings 🖤

[@ripper2087]

Stephen Pearcy sounds fantastic here. This is great. Nice to see Michael Schenker in for Robbin and both Blotz and Freddy playing drums. And of course Torch (Warren) and Juan. Thanks for sharing.

[@MrBacklash101]

We need more music like this these days. Just f$%^ing awesome!!!

[@mangeldeth74]

Awesome cover, Schenker and Ratt are amazing.

[@franklingraff7457]

Holy shit! that was awesome. didn't know that Pearce could sing like this! superb!

[@billyjackfreeman9223]

Percy sounds awesome here, yoikes!

[@GenkiSugiru]

Wow! Possibly the best RATT performance I've ever seen. Certainly prime Steve.

[@metalheadneji]

Those were some great solo's by Mr. Schenker and Mr. Demartini

[@metalheadneji]

I love watching this video because Stephen sounds great here, and it's sad that King wasn't there.

[@dee3984]

Most definitely did this classic justice so well done

[@TheGeorge1968]

This is awesome big schenker fan this is really awesome pity this was nver released on dvd

[@ericmarx3741]

this one of the coolest things I ever saw live (not recorded). had no expectations. Still gives me goosebumps.

[@gmonti1111]

Absolutely awesome performance! What a great combo.

[@JRP3music]

He just didn't take care of his voice as he should have! He is singing great here!

[@christywilson685]

??

[@JRP3music]

This is an older performance in the 90's. Over the years we haven't seen much quality live shows of Ratt. Many are horrible video cam or mostly garbage fan shot audio. This was cool at the time when MTV was about music.

[@JRP3music]

Pearcy was also known to party too much. I feel recently he has been more focused, since the mixing alcohol and pain medicine. I like the footage from Australia when Bobby Blotzer,John Corabi and Warren DeMartini were in the band. I hope Ratt finally gets a good live DVD soon.

[@jfrockon]

Wow his singin is super cool here.... Ya to bad he didn't take care of it.

[@JRP3music]

He has a unique sound to his voice, I am curious to hear new Ratt material.

[@joaoboludo6153]

Bobby Blotzer (drummer of RATT) played on M. Schenker's super band project called as Contraband (with Tracii Guns, Share Pedersen and a singer of Shark Island. I guess this collaboration came to life by this connection.

[@ozzy5250]

Don't forget also to mention Fred Coury of Cinderella played percusiion in this performance along with Stephen formed super grup called ARCADE featuring ex-Gypsy Rose guitarist Donny Siracuse and ex-Sea Hugs guitarist Frankie Wilsey

[@shamipari4425]

This extremely beautiful MTV unplugged performance was the sweetest dream of mine ....... It was my childhood fantasy if I could attend this unplugged gig in Los Angeles 1991! What great performance by ratt with schenker and Corey and obviously without sick king Crosby............... Love and respect from Pakistan by huge fan of ratt til the end................

[@redlipsblacklace3373]

I can tell this was the 90's just by the CLOTHING...very nice ❤💯👏👏👏👏

[@lrss853]

one of my favorties unplugged of all time with michael schenker

[@paulkcormier]

all this lives somewhere in the stars

[@juaheroman5153]

When he sounded like this, he had the coolest voice in rock. Not the best, the coolest (big difference)

[@comiskeyballslarm2k271]

THIS EXACTLY, such a cool voice and a lot of different tones. Him on invasion was just unbelievable

[@Newyorkischaos]

Michael Shekner covering a Peter Green song...Two of my favorites....This is amazing!!!!! Thanks Axe"...........Rockin this tune down here in New Orleans

[@lifeisnice23]

Killer performance! There's such a great chemistry between Michael and Warren, they played amazing on stage during the '91 Ratt tour.... By the way, Michael was incredibly handsome here, man he looks sooooo good , I would have fainted if I met him !!

[@shamipari4425]

Great performance by greatest musicians of that era ! The one and the only ratt

[@glennaugustyn5209]

This was such a cool unplugged. I remember watching this back in the day and I brought this VHS tape to work and played it over and over again on a little portable TV and video player. Everyone at work was rocking out to this show for a couple of weeks. MS with Warren was a killer guitar show WOW Stephen sounds so good on these tracks. Robin was starting to get sick from his Heroin addiction at this point and it was such a shame cause this band had that Kick-ass attitude Rock and Roll style that is missing today. Rock On Glenn Augustyn

[@cornytoad]

Stephen's voice is awesome here,wow.This is an excellent post what a treat and the band is on fire!!!

[@chriskilbarger3684]

Awesome amount of talent on that stage.

[@varmintsniper2551]

How did I miss Michael Schenker in RATT? Haha.... this is actually very entertaining. Love it.

[@overcash1202]

Fucking Pearcy totally killed this!!! Wish he could still do this...

[@manuelcesarsalgadolopez2181]

Suena bien este clasico, buenos musicos, honrrando el rock.

[@renorailfanning5465]

Warren looks like a badass. And plays like one also :)

[@Newyorkischaos]

Michael Schenker playing Peter Green....Two of my favorites of all time...Thanks for the post....THIS ROCKS!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

Does anybody remembers when Ratt started playing in the old clubs in LA,Starwood was one of them,they used to play great covers,no Martini at that time the guitarist was this guy dressed in leather & they used to play Judas Priest & UFO covers alot, the next time I saw them Jake E. Lee was their new guitarist & he did a great cover of the studio version of UFO Rock Bottom,those were the days!

[@SEKreiver]

SWEET solos from Michael and Warren. Didn't even know this existed.

[@michaelchang4096]

Omg i though they were just one of those hair bands in the 80s.... great musicians in fact. Mr. Schenker is the guitar god !!!!

[@lisajlasvegas108]

SOOOO AWESOME! Was at a private party last night and Warren showed up and played a few tracks in the all night jam!! What a treat that was.

[@jennifersman]

Awesome! Ratt was such a cool band back in the day

[@randallfloyd4476]

schenker and demartini......geezus.

[@stevexxl777]

This is pure rock and roll at its finest.....

[@shelley9000]

This is so freakin' great!!!!! I remember when this originally aired. You guys are right-Pearcy is really good here!!!

[@Ateamcaptain]

1:14 the embarrassing moment when you are so drunk and stoned you forget you have sunglasses on your head.

[@fantom1able]

"Drunk and stoned", "embarrassing"? you are obviously not a musician if you think getting into the music means you have to be drunk or stoned. Nothing embarrassing about the way Demartini jams on the guitar.

[@Ateamcaptain]

Juan Ramirez WTF are you talking about? Time to brush up on the English skills, I said nothing of the sort goofball. I said he forgot he had sunglasses on (which is embarrassing as he looked silly) because he was drunk and stoned. You are an assuming son of a bitch, aren't you? Stop making shit up and re-read before ripping into people.

[@Crappieday37]

I Want To See The Whole Show...It Was The Best "Unplugged" Ever!!! Anyone Got It, Out There??? Please Post....RATT-N-ROLL FOREVER!!!

[@sabtahi13]

Imagining Round and Round duel guitars with this line up.... Pearcy has the perfect vocal timbre for Fogerty!

[@r.m7921]

Warren is such a great player.

[@tommcdonough6086]

Warren is a guitar god absolute LEGEND.........

[@mse1576]

These are really good covers. They play the songs very faithfully.

[@blindmellonchittlen]

This is a fucking gold, please keep this posted axe!

[@malenabarrios7987]

Oh well and very nice ! yeeaaah !

[@schenker4]

Thank God he turned OZZY down we would of missed out on all the great MSG albums. It was the right thing for him. F-OZZY!

[@chesteruwu125]

Wow pura calidad musical

[@amipro380]

I absolutely love this acoustic side to the band! All of em are outstanding!!!

[@hue75]

Thanks AXE for re-posting this. I think Michael was at his most confident and most accomplished in the early 1990's. I saw him play this year in Virginia and Texas. I wish he would get back together with Robin McAuley, who is still singing at a high level.

[@jasondotson]

Great choice of songs, and guest guitarist!

[@stalters]

I only had the chance to hear this song on the actual airing of this particular airing of MTV Unplugged, and I only caught this song as it was the last performance of the show. Over the years I've looked for it off and on to no avail!!! FINALLY!!! Not sure how this one never showed up in my searches. Anyway, this is the best performance of Born on a Bayou I've ever heard and Ratt and Pearcy nailed it! I'm glad I can hear it once again! Thanks for the post!!!

[@1978soloalbums]

They sound awesome

[@beastarentertainment4926]

Wow really shows the versatile talent of these guys! Acoustic jams always show depth in musicianship RATT n Roll!!! 🤘😎🤠

[@brennieb64]

This is TOTALLY awesome! This is my absolute favorite Ratt performance ever. I'm a huge fan of the Unplugged series and this is exactly why.

[@megammario8]

A great sesión, make me feel so good❤

[@jairotorres8472]

Ratt mi banda favorita de esa época, saludos desde Bogotá!!!

[@hectorhernandez-sp9kq]

2 covers ultra bacanisimos, super cool.

[@mrbiggbeto]

That's why I love the 80's!

[@shelley9000]

Excellent! I remember watching this!

[@maoven]

Cool show!

[@67goldtops]

Great stuff, their Born on the Bayou! I'm so glad someone finally posted this. I remember seeing this when it aired back in the day. Thanks!

[@headlesssoldier]

fucking Schenker is great!

[@jimackerman6343]

Perfection right there all you Ratt & Rollers!!!!!

[@blindmellonchittlen]

Hey Axe you wont believe this , but I walked in on this show, half way through born , I actually thought this was ratts guitarist robin, i didnt know this was MS till I watched your vid. I remember thinking at the time, man hes really a good lead guitarist. Little did I know. thanks man, Ive been thinking for the past 20 years how good this was. Thanks. I tryed to start my vcr but something fucked up. later Bill

[@TexasGuitarist]

Wow! So cool. Good feel on these songs. They should have continued in this vein. I love it!

[@karenmonson9893]

I love this!!!🥰😍🤩 "This is fantastic!!!! Way to go RATT and Michael Schenker!!!

[@Freddyfartbox]

This fucking rocks!! I've never paid any attention to Ratt but I sure as hell will be checking out their back catalog now. A band from the same town and era as the original gunners lineup, what an era for balls out rock n roll.

[@hendrixry458]

Que músicos!!! Hoy en día solo existe basura.

[@shamifasahat992]

The most loveable and adorable thing in this universe is listening the RATT's music 🎵🎵🎶🎶🎵 omg 😱😱😱😳 what a beautiful unplugged performance by RATT,schenker and Corey! Holy moly

[@999deauville999]

oh my god i didnt know they made an unplugged concert!!!!. it sounds way good. now, these are truth musicians. one of the best unplugged i've heard. how's the singer called? he's got an amazing voice. he oughta be among the top singers.

[@johnmiller6919]

rock gods playing here

[@martinmueller4240]

Michael ROCKS!!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

Right on Bro .. :) !

[@chadhero37]

Damn he sounds good. One of the few times I've seen it

[@Livetowin65]

wow SEP can sing, and he's really great!

[@JohnAllanification]

lol yes a person has to ask how these guy's got together oh my Michael Schenker so much is possible in music see here an example prop's RATT .. never knew ya,i guess but damn glad to meet you

[@bernardi47]

Cool stuff. I have been looking for this and waiting for VH1 classic to re-air it, but nope. Thanks Axeflyer. I wish these guy's would put out a live DVD and hire the engineers and producers that did Judas Priest Live in London. Bobby told me 2 yrs ago that they were gonna do a live DVD but nope.

[@cbxade]

Brilliant

[@JokersWild70]

Getting Michael Schenker to sit in is fucking cool. Talk about having a guitar god with so much history on stage with you to "fill in" for Robbin Crosby. Michael is definitely not known for playing with other bands or playing any music other than his own, but I think that his friendship with Warren probably helped convince him to do it.

[@adamwarlock3530]

Schenker's jammed in UFO, Scorpions 2 times (couple years before UFO then recorded Lovedrive and toured a few months afterwards) then had many lineup changes in his solo bands. The reason he toured with Ratt was because it had been 3 years since he had came out with an album and his personal career was in transition. So he had his manager find him a gig to keep him busy until he got his own thing going again. Shortly after he toured with Ratt, he was one of the guys who formed contraband. They put out an album and toured. I think after that he reunited with UFO again, came out with a UFO album, toured it with them, then he went back to his solo career again......u can say kept busy in the 90s.

[@mikehardesty98]

@@adamwarlock3530 i think you r right , except was this around his Mcauly Schenker project ?i cant remember

[@adamwarlock3530]

@@mikehardesty98 this was after. I saw him in Chicago with that band in 1988. Great show. He says in an interview that he hadnt put out an album for 3 years before doing the Ratt thing.

[@mikehardesty98]

@@adamwarlock3530 k , thanks , it seems those years are hard to put together even using the internet.

[@mikehardesty98]

@@adamwarlock3530 oh hey Adamrumor has alot of Blackout was Michaels contribution also before he started Msg . Dont know it to b fact.

[@CHOWGUAI]

Magic

[@blindmellonchittlen]

thanx for keeping this uploaded Axe... Saw this one night on the tube , came home late from the bar seen , about 1988... tried to record it but couldnt find a blank tape..., its so funny I didnt even know this was MS at the time...Thought about how cool this was for the last 20 some Yrs..Awesome!

[@chuckecw]

...Fred Croury hangin' out there too - this is an especially cool one...