Robbin Crosby: The Complete 1987 Ratt Interview

[@konstantinosbooras9300]

RATT was never the same without him. RIP King

[@shawnstarks1743]

True, but that was on him. He made his choices and they stuck with him as about as long as anybody should’ve.

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

I loved him, but the King is EVH

[@joebarrett2746]

What a treat to listen to this interview. Broke my heart when I got the news Robbin passed away. I'll never forget that day pulling into a Walmart and hearing it on the radio. My God. I felt like I lost a brother. I was almost 31 when that happened. I always looked up to the band as my brothers. RATT totally has not been the same since Robbins passing. I miss him to this day. I pray he has found peace. Thank you for sharing.

[@egx161]

I met Crosby on several occasions. Really normal down to earth guy. He went through his dark days but was always a good guy.

[@golgothaassassin5035]

Same here, the band was never the same without him. He was a good dude and didn't deserve his ending. I've often wondered how things would have been if he hadn't gotten sick and was able to reunite with the original band now days.

[@RobertLucero-ju6pz]

Awesome! I was friends with Robbin when he moved to Texas. Miss him

[@geraldskinner63]

I always thought he a Warren complimented each other perfectly. Great interview Jas!

[@ssgoifvet]

Very underrated player in my opinion

[@Twotontessie]

Sounds like an intelligent musician who took it seriously and was a team player. A lot to like about that.

[@eugeneherrick4911]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@rwilk68]

"Round and Round" is an earworm 👂 🐛 that still pops up in my head today 😂

[@MichaelD26]

I love hearing Robbin’s voice. Thanks for sharing this. Rest easy King.

[@GuitarJoe316]

I had just listened to the Warren interview and so glad to see this pop up this morning. Interviews with Robbin are extremely rare. I feel lucky I got to see him in concert in March 87, shortly after this interview took place, as well as on the following tour for Reach for the Sky. I met the reunited band in 99 but something has always been missing without Robbin. He truly was the heart and soul of the group, and by all the accounts from those who were lucky enough to meet him, an extremely nice guy.

[@louisolachea1076]

Great interview! I've always liked Robbins playing and I thought he was a great match for Warren's style. Ratt was never the same without him.

[@frankrichards3089]

Seemed like a good guy. RIP 🎸

[@flazjsg]

Nice interview! He seemed like a nice down to earth guy.

[@jameshartwell4345]

Definitely the “KING” 🤘🏽🙏🏼

[@Barnstorm757]

Dear God I love these videos. The intro makes me so happy to hear that acoustic guitar . I know you are about to bring me 80’s fire. Everyone my age listen to pop country or rap. It’s nice to hear this Gold.

[@TalkingGuitarJasObrecht]

The acoustic guitar intro was composed, played, and recorded by my producer, Nik Hunt.

[@sergehavelia]

Thank you for this interview. Long live to you.

[@flingkid9]

Long live the king 🤘

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

EVH. Is king.......... 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@RobJohnsonGuitar]

Jas ….. You are making us so happy sharing these interviews . Thanks so much , and Please keep them coming :)

[@IRNHYD]

Crosby wasn’t cut out for that life. He wore it well enough initially but ultimately it destroyed him. As his addiction overtook him, His playing suffered dramatically. Ratt’s style of writing music also contributed Robbin feeling marginalized in the band. Warren was fast and could often lay down solos over new song ideas on the spot, whereas Robbin needed time to work out what he wanted to do. The producers were always leaning on Robbin to “just let Warren do it so we can record it” and the result was that Robbin became less and less prominent on Ratt’s albums as time progressed. It’s also why eventually Robbin only soloed on songs that he himself wrote on Ratt’s later albums. By the time Detonator rolled around, Robbin’s contributions to Ratt’s songwriting had degenerated to such an extent that they had to call in Desmond Child, the hit maker that brought bands like Bon Jovi and Aerosmith back to top. Robbin was so disgusted by Child’s involvement that he didn’t participate to the songs on Detonator at all. Robbin was the heart of the band, as others here have said, but he was more than that: He was the glue that held all those guys together. The less involved Robbin became with Ratt, the worse the problems with egos in the band became. I have personal experience with addicts. They become black holes as their habit consumes them. Once Robbin chose that path, the band was doomed.

[@mrmaxaxl]

Imagine if he would have chosen shrooms and weed instead 😇 Cocaine and heroin drains your life and sucks you dry.

[@slimbob777]

Thank you for such a gem🎉

[@tah5w]

Man, this is great. He is way more articulate than in the later interviews.

[@heavi-armed-infadel]

I was a sophomore in high school in 87' and Ratt was one of my favorite bands.

[@gregsimmons694]

Thanks for sharing! God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves sinners!

[@Errcyco]

Man you got lucky he gave such a nice interview.. your questioning was more like an interrogation of a crime. He was a stud though, as always.. polite and thoughtful.

[@brianbaca1380]

Robbin always seemed to be a very humble and genuine person. He was definitely a big part of Ratts success. Great songwriter. He wasn’t an amazing player but he wasn’t terrible either. Too bad he became addicted to heroin and another rock tragedy. Very sad. But like Robbin said in one of his last interviews. “Don’t feel sorry for me, I’ve lived the life of 10 men and more….in fact let’s have a party at my funeral”

[@julianschulz1620]

Sounds like he took offense to the songwriting comment, being credited towords just Warren. That was awkward, but good recovery by Jas.

[@HarryLime-ge6dc]

Shake It Up was the Cars video.

[@butcho7492]

Heroin fucking sucks. Very sad that he is still not with us.

[@zakkirk223]

The "KING"

[@xjbomb4463]

Sounds hypocritical. Kinda wierd

[@brandonpolymag]

How does it sound hypocritical? That's kinda a weird statement

[@warborn_inc.]

What sounds hypocritical? I agree this is a very strange comment

[@user-1-800-spanked]

i only saw Ratt with Warren and he was amazing and talked to him outside , one of the nicest people i had ever met ,no ego, and some jerk said the wrong thing about Robin and i thought people were going to kill him, thanks for posting, i am going to pull out the Dancing undercover lp out

[@NelsonRodriguez_]

This was way too short but extremely good thank you for posting this one up 🎛️🥂🎸