Robert Crane (born January 5, 1969 in Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

) is the current bassist of the band Ratt.

He moved to the Fairfax District of Hollywood, California at the age of 9 were he attended Bancroft Junior High and Fairfax high school. For his 14th birthday his father bought him his first bass guitar from Fairfax Music School in Hollywood. Soon after Robbie and best friend Stuart Waldman were playing Hollywood clubs with their first band "Dreamsuite" when they were only 16. Robbie went on to tech for Bobby Dall

Bobby Dall

Robert Harry Kuykendall also known as Bobby Dall is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for Poison. Dall is the youngest of three children...

 of Poison

Poison (band)

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 from 1984 - 1986. As a bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 he played in local L.A. bands: Lancia, Hot Wheelz, New Haven and Monroe (Rick Monroe) and has toured with Vince Neil

Vince Neil

Vincent Neil Wharton is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Early life:Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton...

's (Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...

) solo band featuring Steve Stevens

Steve Stevens

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, Dave Marshall, Vik Foxx and also played with Stephen Pearcy

Stephen Pearcy

Stephen Erica Pearcy is the lead singer of the 80's metal band Ratt. He has also been in the bands Arcade, Vicious Delite, Vertex, Nitronic, and Band From Hell...

 and Al Pitrelli

Al Pitrelli

Al Pitrelli is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Joe Lynn Turner, Asia and Savatage.-Early career :...

 in Vertex

Vertex (band)

Vertex was a band formed in 1995 featuring singer Stephen Pearcy , guitarist Al Pitrelli , and drummer Hiro Kuretani .They released a self-titled album in 1996 as well as a single for the track "One Like a Son"...

 and has been touring and recording with Ratt since 1996.

Other side projects Crane has been involved in included: Vince Neil

Vince Neil

Vincent Neil Wharton is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Early life:Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton...

, Adler's Appetite

Adler's Appetite

Adler's Appetite, previously Suki Jones, is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2003. As of 2011, the lineup consists of Patrick Stone , Michael Thomas , Lonnie Paul , Chip Z'nuff and Steven Adler...

, and Lynch Mob

Lynch Mob (band)

Lynch Mob is an American band featuring former Dokken guitarist George Lynch, who has been the band's only permanent member. The rest of the original band which featured Oni Logan, Anthony Esposito and Mick Brown have come and gone, and in some cases, come back.-1989 Formation:Lynch Mob was formed...

.

With Vince Neil Band

• Exposed (Touring Bassist) (1993)
• Carved In Stone
  Carved in Stone (Vince Neil album)
  Carved in Stone is the second album by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil and was released in 1995.It featured guitarist Brent Woods, who had previously played with Wildside and was later a touring guitarist for Warrant....
  
  (1995)

With Ratt

• Collage (1997)
• Ratt
  Ratt (album)
  Ratt is the self titled and sixth album of Ratt. Often referred to as "1999" by fans . This album saw the band's musical direction to a more blues influenced rock sound and further away from their previous glam metal roots...
  
  (1999)
• Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt
  Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt
  Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt is a career-spanning compilation album featuring twenty tracks from all seven of Ratt's albums, including their quartet of consecutive platinum LPs from the mid-to-late-'80s: Out of the Cellar, Invasion of Your Privacy, Dancing Undercover and Reach for the Sky,...
  
  (2007)
• Infestation
  Infestation (album)
  Infestation is the seventh studio album by American glam metal band Ratt. It is the band's first original effort since their self-titled album in 1999. It marks the Ratt studio debut for guitarist Carlos Cavazo, formerly of Quiet Riot...
  
  (2010)