Effective period / Period of releases: 1965

Members: Prewitt Rose, Mike Dologusin, Neil McCleary

"The Rats were actually the Akron, Ohio group The Decades, an instrumental combo that started in 1963, playing against local competition like The Caps and releasing their first 45 as The Decades. "Come On Pretty Baby" and "Strange Worlds", a weird, outer-space style instrumental were both played on local radio and attracted the interest of a producer, Terry Rose, fresh off The Mystics "Snoopy" sessions.

Terry approached The Decades and proposed a recording session to produce a musical tribute to the REAE hero of the AIP beach party flics, Eric Von Zipper and The Rats Motorcycle Gang! After 10 straight takes, Terry told them all to lighten up and fool around on the final take, supplying lead vocals and insanity himself."

- Back From The Grave, Crypt Records