There are at least 7 bands called The Rats

1) The Rats were an Ameri… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 7 bands called The Rats

1) The Rats were an American garage punk band from Portland, Oregon, formed by Fred Cole from the garage rock band The Lollipop Shoppe. Cole played guitar and sang, his wife Toody played bass and sang, and initially Rod Rat played drums. Their sound was a raw mix of punk rock and garage rock with occasional country touches. Their self-titled debut album appeared on Cole's Whizeagle label in 1980. Soon after, Rod Rat left the band, though he guested on the 1981 follow-up Intermittent Signals before his death by suicide. Sam Henry, formerly of the Wipers, played drums on this LP but left to join another Portland band, Napalm Beach. Louis Samora was on the drum throne for the 1983 album In a Desperate Red, still on Whizeagle. Samora left in 1984 to concentrate on his rockabilly band, The Jackals. The band broke up, but Bill Barker of Profile Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia convinced the band to reunite for a single. It appeared under the band name The Desperate Edge later in 1984. Soon after, Cole assembled a country band, Western Front, and he and Toody later reunited in Dead Moon.

2) A Belgian post-punk band founded in 2022. The band is the reincarnation of the punk band London Bullet. In March 2023, the band released their first single 'Machinery'.

3) The Rats is a New York City punk band. http://www.myspace.com/theratsnyc.

4) Glam Rock band led by Mick Ronson, David Bowie's Guitar player in The Spiders From Mars, known for their album The Rise and Fall of Bernie Gripplestone

5) The Rats were very much a vehicle for cult figure David Kubinec, aka 'Kubie'. Kubinec had been a member of the pop psych band "World Of Oz" and wrote their single 'The Muffin Man' - which was a hit in Holland, Germany, Spain, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in 1969. He’d also been associated with Motown's Rare Earth label, and later had solo albums released on Kuckuck in Germany, and on A&M (produced by John Cale). A talented original writer capable of beautiful tunes, haunting lyrics, though obsessed with despair, drink, drugs.
THE RATS album First Long Player Record was a collection of Kubinec songs recorded by producer Adrian Millar with musicians brought in for the job (aka their own band CWT, also with an album on Kuckuck). Adrian Millar had a history in the studio going back to being an artist for Joe Meek, a partner in World Wide Artists (home to "Black Sabbath"), and by 1972 was partner in several production enterprises with Andrew Loog Oldham...of which THE RATS was one. (Millar's next move after THE RATS was to put together another group of musicians to form "THE BABYS").
THE RATS existed for a few months in 1974 and had one brilliant single released via the Goodear Record label, the T-Rextatsic 'Turtle Dove', which is a classic Junkshop Glam single, and features as lead off track on the successful comp "Boobs:The Junkshop Glam Discotheque".

6) PUNK ROCK FROM PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
fronted by Donny Rat (now lead singer of THE HOMICIDES (http://www.myspace.com/thehomicides)
more info coming..

7) Hardcore punk band from Umeå, Sweden.
http://www.myspace.com/666therats666

Sacrifice
The Rats Lyrics

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Think about all the lies that are spread to you
Think about all the cries shed by the youth
We have to build another life
We need to find another life
Or they will suffer

Living as our sacrifice (oh)
Living as our sacrifice

Find our way through these hard times
Uncover all these harsh crimes
Put em up put your hands up
You've been caught red handed
Time to rise time to rise up
Take back what's been misbranded
Rise up no disbanding
Together we will watch their system fall

Together, together
We will dismember
Together forever
We will uncover

Together
One is for all

(One is for all)

Cut em up
Cut em out

The cogs in the machine
It's time to watch them fucking bleed

Put em up, push em out
Put em up, push em out
Drag them to the slaughter house

Together, together
We will dismember
Together forever
We will uncover

Together we will watch their system fall
Together one. Is. For. All

Overall Meaning

In The Rats' song Sacrifice, the lyrics urge the listener to think critically about the lies and cries being spread and to build another life to avoid further suffering. The phrase "living as our sacrifice" conveys the idea that the struggles faced by society are a collective burden that must be endured for the sake of progress. The second verse speaks to the need to confront hardships and injustices, to take action and rise up against those who have caused harm. The chorus emphasizes the importance of unity, stating that together, people can dismember and uncover the truth. The bridge repeats the message of togetherness and embodies the spirit of rebellion. The lyrics are powerful and embody the emotions of individuals fighting for a better life.

Line by Line Meaning

Think about all the lies that are spread to you
Reflect on the falsehoods that are constantly being told to you

Think about all the cries shed by the youth
Consider all the tears that have been shed by the younger generations

We have to build another life
We need to construct a new way of living

We need to find another life
We have to discover a different way of existing

Or they will suffer
If we don't take action, the consequences will be painful for them

Living as our sacrifice (oh)
We are living as a sacrifice for the greater good

Find our way through these hard times
We need to navigate our way through these difficult circumstances

Uncover all these harsh crimes
We must expose all the cruel offenses

Put em up put your hands up
Raise your hands in the air

You've been caught red handed
You have been caught in the act

Time to rise time to rise up
It's time to stand up for ourselves