website associated_acts years_active birth_place background instrument birth_date genre article_title name occupation
-lsb- https://myspace.com/robbiecrane robbie crane -rsb- on myspace vince 's appetite , angel city outlaws , lynch mob , neil black star riders , tuff band , ratt , vertex , adler 1984 -- present orange county , california , u.s. solo_singer bass guitar , guitar 5 january 1969 rock , hard rock , metal robbie crane
 robbie crane bassist , guitarist , vocalist
robbie crane

robert -lrb- `` robbie '' -rrb- crane -lrb- born january 5 , 1969 in orange county , california -rrb- is the current bass guitarist with hard rock band black star riders .
he was previously the bassist with the band ratt .
he moved to the fairfax district of hollywood , california at the age of 9 where 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 of poison from 1984 - 1986 .
as a bassist he played in local l.a. bands : lancia , hot wheelz , new haven and monroe -lrb- rick monroe -rrb- and has toured with vince neil 's -lrb- mötley crüe -rrb- solo band featuring steve stevens , dave marshall , vik foxx and also played with stephen pearcy and al pitrelli in vertex and has been touring and recording with ratt since 1996 .
on march 25 , 2012 , crane announced via his facebook page that he ended his 15-year tenure with ratt , stating that his attention now was on lynch mob which he left the same year .
on 30 may , 2014 , it was announced that crane would be joining black star riders replacing their original bassist marco mendoza .
crane has also worked with vince neil and adler 's appetite .
