Beau is a genius!!! It’s always great hearing him talking about recording Ratt,Warrant,Winger,Kix,and the record he did for Twisted Sister..he’s made some absolutely iconic albums!!
Ratt has been my favorite band since I heard R&R for the first time. I love listening to interviews with Beau about the behind the scenes recording process of my favorite band. Absolutely amazing interview guys, this is fabulous. Ratt n Roll for life 🐀🔥
The enthusiasm from the interviewers (especially from the guy wearing the cap, sorry I don’t know your name - it’s my first video here) - lead to extremely well thought of questions. I’m a huge RATT fan, the EP and then the next 4 albums are pure gold IMO. Cant stress enough at how much of a great interview this is...
I graduated hs in 1986 so I was there before they came to be, saw them come to fame and eventually be replaced by Grunge. Immediately after I saw Round & Round on MTV, I immediately hopped in my 1980 Z28 and blazed down to the my local music shop and bought my first 🎸and have been playing ever since. That band changed the game and is now considered a legend. Great time to be alive.
Those early RATT records were a big fantastic part of my teen years in the 80's. I would not want anything changed. They are prefect as they are. Kudos to Beau Hill.
Let the guy talk? Maybe you haven't watched the interview from 2 years ago. That one was great, and the reason is that there was no co-host interrupting Beau with lengthy narratives about the co-host himself. This interview was annoying at several moments.
The guitar tone on that album is to this day some of the best ever recorded!!! We played it back and forward the summer of 85. Saw them in Irvine meadows with Bon Jovi opening summer of 1985!!!
I had the pleasure of seeing Ratt and Bon Jovi in Grand Forks, North Dakota that tour! At that time, we Nodaks hardly ever got any concerts come through town so I felt pretty damn lucky to have been able to go! Got a guitar pick from Robin!
I'm sad to hear Ratt didn't like Beau too much and caused issues, Beau made the best records fro them, my personal favorite Reach for the sky, dancing undercover is just awesome as well. Obviously the first 2 as well. THANK YOU, BEAU, for making such timeless records for RATT, they really ought of be thanking you immensely for what you did and saved them for self-destructing countless times, especially the Reach for the Sky area 88-89. Also you working on Stephen Pearcy's solo song I can't take it in 2017, again outstanding. He really just needs to work with you period. I wish you could redo their 1999 self title and fix that record, it's too dull sounding, it has great songs, just the sound is not good. Robbie Crane said in an interview the demos are awesome, but end result he wasn't happy with. THANK YOU AGAIN BEAU!
As a musician and huge fan of the 80s hard rock. I could listen to Beau all day. He’s such a genius. He’s also a humble, genuine and good guy. He’s always very professional in how he talks about working with the bands he produced. He never really speaks negatively about the musicians he’s worked with.
Love hearing this angle from one of my favorite bands! For me. I was 15 in 85 listening to 97 LAV FM in Grand Rapids Michigan. Listening to Airs! He Played the whole Invasion album on a Friday night and I laid there in my bed for 38min memorized by the sound. I knew right away it was Ratt! That Album still resonates to this day! Kudos to Beau for his production on this album!
I liked to think of myself as a car DJ. I'm the sort of annoying person who likes to control the car audio when I ride shotgun. However, my best friend hated this about me. And he especially hated me singing along with songs I love. I think invasion was in his tape deck for a year and a half. My only job riding shotgun was reduced to shutting the hell up and flipping the tape when the last song was over. I willingly did my job, and I tried to shut up but it was impossible for me to not sing along.
Yup, I totally friggin love that “Life in the City” song by Airbourne. You can hear Beau’s harmony stylings he later used for Ratt on his old record. They’d be nothing without his producing skills.
Awesome Interview !!! Hoping you do another Interview with Beau Talking about the Dancing Undercover & Reach for the Sky albums . Also would love to hear an interview with Max Norman
Hi Pete and Joe, What an awesome interview with the man, the legend Mr. Beau Hill. RATT is one of my favourite bands of the 80’s and still up until now. Thank you for the interview, hopefully you can get him back to talk about Reach For The Sky !!! Much love from Down Under Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 Keep on rockin’ 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Great interview! IMO, Invasion is the perfect example of a follow-up record actually being better than the previous. Invasion is by far my favorite RATT record with so many hidden gems. Never Use Love is probably my second favorite song right after Lay It Down which 40 years later still melts your face off. lol
Everytime Beau is talkin Im crossing my fingers hopin the guy with the hat wont interrupt him just to tell a stupid personal story that nobody cares about. Damn guy we are here to listen to Beau
Invasion is my fave RATT release. But I love everything up to Reach for the sky. And they had to put together all their albums fairly quick. They deserve more credit.
I'm amazed Beau didn't bring up that he produced a 2017 track of Stephen Pearcy's called "I can't take it". Holy hell man, it sounds like classic RATT!!!
what you did for Pearcey's vocals was brilliant. Steven has a unique tone , umm quality. Unique for sure, but listening back to these albums, you were brilliant in the effects to fill out the nasaly thin vocals. Love It ALL!!!!
Beau made more off Ratt albums than individual band members, no one was cool with that. It's the business really. Without Beau the records would never sound that good.
It’s cliche to say but for me, Invasion was/is an album I can play from start to finish. The production, the sound, the musicianship, just an all-time top ten favorite of mine. The guitar riffs were so cutting if that makes sense. Like razor blades or something. I heard Stephen some years ago talk about why they only had ten and only ten songs per album during their hey day. He said the record company paid for ten tracks and that’s all he would deliver, no more, no less.
Joe, I'm a huge fan of Beau Hill. This interview was disastrous because of your co-host (I assume his name is Pete). Why would you bring him in the first place? You don't even need a co-host. The interview you did with Beau 2 years ago was awesome, and I was expecting similar dynamics in this one. Pete kept talking too much about himself, made long and numerous references unrelated to Beau Hill (many of those unknown to us), and interrupted him too many times to talk again about himself or what just popped out of his mind. Beau has a very entertaining, creative way of telling a story, but Pete kills it when cutting him off. Beau is incredibly polite and patient, a very fine person, although I'm sure these derailments were unpleasant to him as well. You can't let Pete (or any co-host) do this again.
I wish Beau would go more in depth talking about Bad Brains "Rise" record he did. The only thing he has said in another interview is that it was the most difficulty he had getting a guitar sound. Beau, we wanna know..
I've heard Beau tell this story many times about Doug Morris picking You're in love as the first single....but he has it wrong. Lay it Down was 100% the first single. Released June 1985....You're in Love was the second single....released September 1985....
Much respect for having this interview with Beau and focusing on Ratt. But…… Regarding your “Mutt Lange/ Def Leppard” comments: “Pyromania” (1983) had the Mutt Lange sound and production, in full force, prior to “Invasion” (1985) and “Out of the Cellar” (1984). So when you praise Beau’s work on “Lay it Down” (1985) as predating Def Leppard’s production dynamics (1983) by “5 years”….it needs a little reflection and respect for what Mutt and DL did. You actually had it backwards, Def Leppard came first… Ratt is on par with DL in my book, both are in my top 10. But go easy on Mutt dude 😂😂
Dude in the hat needs to quit talking about the crappy bands he was in and the terrible records he made that nobody knows or cares about. He sounds like Uncle Rico talking about football.
Why did he allow the lyrics. Lay It Down has some of the worst lyrics of any song ever devised. The rest of the song is iconic. Seems a perfectionist like him would have wanted better lyrics
As much crap that Beau got or gets, especially from Ratt, take with a grain of salt. The members in Ratt were and continue to be extremely dysfunctional to say the least. Each member has many issues.
i hate his mixes. way too airy, dated sounding. imagine the catalog sounding like, the motley 94 or the black album or something that Brendan O'Brien did....in fact, i would LOVE to remix a record, especially Invasion.
I am suprised "closer to my heart" and "between the eyes" were not bigger songs. That opening riff on between... was heavy. If Ratt would have been able to just get along. They would be selling out arenas. Pound for pound Ratt blows away Motley in talent and songwriting. So many great songs. Then "Infestation"! A L.P. that could have been the follow-up to Cellar or Invasion. Such a shame. I do love the backup vocals especially on closer. I really thought it was King Crosby and Juan.. R.I.P. Robbin. The day he went out of control, it was the beginning of the end...
