RATT Guitarist WARREN DeMARTINI - New Album "Something That We Are Going To Seriously Explore" 
InsideOut666, based in Australia, recently caught up with
RATT guitarist
Warren DeMartini. The following is an excerpt from the interview, available on MySpace:
IO666: You reunited not too long ago and you had been apart for some time. Is there any chance that next year we will see some brand new Ratt material hitting the shelves?
DeMartini: "We did three months here in America and there was a lot of talk about after this tour was over, that we would roll up our sleeves and start writing again. I've started to set up a place to write again. It's something that we are going to seriously explore. I don't want to guarantee that there is going to be a new record in 08 but that is in the best case scenario what we're shooting for!"
IO666: When you play somewhere like Australia for the very first time, how do you work out a set list that is for fans of all eras. I mean there will be fans who want to here the earliest stuff and the hits. You will get fans wanting to hear some obscure tracks also! How do you come up with a set list that suits all fans of the band and keeps you guys satisfied onstage performing them?
DeMartini: "It's something that we fine tune over and over. This set we fine tuned over sixty shows in America. It's not going to be identical to that set list but the basic sequence is something that we have been honing for three months. You put certain songs next to each other and when if feels right you leave it and if it doesn't then you move things around."
IO666: Over the years you have shared the stage with so many great bands. Who have you enjoyed touring with the most and can you share a funny story from the tour?
DeMartini: "In 1984 we did fifteen to twenty shows with Ozzy Osbourne, and that was just an incredible experience. Prior to that we had never played in arenas and it was something that we always wanted to do. Ozzy was extremely funny, he was very aware that it was a new experience for us and made us feel welcome and wanted. There was camaraderie about it. Oh, funny stories with Ozzy… there was never any pretending with him. Everything we had read about the craziness surrounding Ozzy, next thing we were around it. He was as crazy as he was made out to be. The amount of partying that was going on was just over the top. I couldn't do it again."
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