"Nobody Rides for Free" is a single by the American heavy metal band Ratt. It was originally taken from the '' Point Break'' soundtrack. The song was written several years before its release by songwriter,

Steve Caton Steve Caton is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and visual artist, perhaps best known for a lengthy association with Tori Amos. Career Caton's first band experience was as a member of Pegasus in the late 1970s. He first gained wide ...

, who performed it live many times in various Los Angeles and Hollywood clubs with his band Climate of Crisis. Later, after the song was presented to Ratt for the Point Break soundtrack, members

Stephen Pearcy Stephen Eric Pearcy (born July 3, 1956) is an American musician. He is best known as the founder, singer, songwriter and sole remaining original member of the heavy metal band Ratt. He has also created the bands Firedome, Crystal Pystal, Arcade ...

, Warren DeMartini, and

Juan Croucier Juan Croucier (born August 22, 1959) is a Cuban-born American musician. He is best known as the bassist for the hard rock/glam metal band Ratt. Career Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California, and played in various ban ...

made their own changes to it, primarily in lyrics. This was Ratt's first single recorded without guitarist

Robbin Crosby Robbinson Lantz Crosby (August 4, 1959 – June 6, 2002) was an American guitarist who was a member of glam metal band Ratt, earning several platinum albums in the US in the 1980s. Crosby died in 2002 from a heroin overdose. Early life Crosby ...

who left the band the year before due to a drug addiction. The song was played during the ending credits of Point Break.

Music video

The

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...

for the song shows the band playing on a

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, intercut with some clips from the 1991 action-thriller ''Point Break''.

Personnel

– lead vocals * Warren DeMartini – guitar *

– bass, backing vocals *

Bobby Blotzer Robert John Blotzer (born October 22, 1958) is an American musician best known as the drummer for metal band Ratt. He attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California along with his Ratt bandmate Juan Croucier. Ratt Blotzer began his car ...

– drums

External links

Lyrics
1991 singles Ratt songs {{1990s-rock-song-stub