More than 38 years after Ratt found worldwide success with Out of the Cellar, lead singer Stephen Pearcy is finally using the notoriety to launch a solo career.

Pearcy has signed a deal with Golden Robot Records that will see him release music by the end of the year — but not necessarily new music, he reports. “As an artist, songwriter and performer, evolving is inevitable; therefore my team has to be on point and lightning quick to keep up,” Pearcy says. “Golden Robot understands that concept and I look forward to our collaboration, with our first endeavor being the Stephen Pearcy Legacy album. This album will be a career retrospective from 1976 to date. I look forward to sharing never-heard Ratt classics in their infancy. This is the first time I’ve reached so deep into the archives and it’s truly been a labor of love.”

Ratt released eight albums between 1984 and 1991, selling 20 million worldwide.