Robbin Crosby
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robbinson Lantz Crosby |
| Also known as | King |
| Born |
August 4, 1959 La Jolla, California, United States |
| Died | June 6, 2002 (aged 42) Los Angeles |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | guitar |
| Years active | 1977–2002 |
| Associated acts | Ratt, Jon Bon Jovi, Secret Service, MacMeda, Phenomenon |
| Notable instruments | |
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Jackson King V Jackson Firebird Gibson Les Paul |
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Robbinson Lantz "Robbin" 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 and pneumonia with complications from AIDS.
Crosby was born in La Jolla, California, and had two sisters, Ristin and Bronle. He was the son of Harry W. Crosby, a schoolteacher and author of books about California history.
In the late 1970s Crosby played in the San Diego band Mac Meda. In 1980, Crosby was in the band Phenomenon which also featured Parramore McCarty later of Warrior and released one single. The same year he also recorded a live demo with the band Aircraft, which also featured Rob Lamothe, later in Riverdogs with Dio/Whitesnake/Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell
Crosby was one of the original members of the Los Angeles rock band Ratt. He would end up co-writing many of Ratt's songs including "Round and Round", "Wanted Man" and "Lay it Down". The album Out of the Cellar went to triple platinum based on Crosby's co-penned "Round and Round".
Crosby was dating actress Tawny Kitaen (who would go on to appear in several Whitesnake videos) at the time he joined Ratt, and she appears on the album covers of both the Ratt EP (1983) and Out of the Cellar (1984).
In the coming years, Crosby would buy a home in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. He later married Playboy Playmate Laurie Carr in 1987, eventually divorcing in 1991. They had no children.
Crosby eventually left Ratt. Prior to leaving, Crosby worked as a producer for metal band Lillian Axe.
In a June 1999 interview for a Ratt episode of VH1's Behind the Music, Crosby talked about how drug addiction and his HIV status changed his life. "What has drug addiction done for me?" he asked. "It's cost me my career, my fortune, basically my sex life when I found out I was HIV positive."
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