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- Vito Bratta was the lead guitarist and lead songwriter for the 1980s rock band White Lion from 1983 to 1992. Following the breakup of White Lion, Bratta produced an album for the band CPR on Atlantic records. Bratta has not been involved in the music industry in any capacity since 1994. He is said to be currently living in his childhood house in Staten Island with his elderly mother. In 2003, Mike Tramp (former White Lion vocalist), attempted to reunite with Bratta but was unsuccessful. Tramp talked about Bratta in a 2007 interview with Anarchy Music, claiming Bratta was always quiet and distant and the rest of the band "hardly knew his birthday". Vito Bratta had not been heard from since 1994 until his interview by Eddie Trunk live on February 16, 2007. The following key points were revealed during the Eddie Trunk interview: Vito Bratta's father suffered through a 5 year illness, and this required a large amount of personal time and commitment on Vito's part, both emotionally and financially. Nicola Bratta died on March 26, 2005. In 1997 he injured his wrist while playing classical guitar and finds it painful to move his hand up and down the guitar neck; he manages to play nylon string guitars without too much discomfort. This injury seems to not be fully healed. He has never ruled out a White Lion reunion; up until now they have been impossible due to family obligations and his wrist injury. This is a little transcription of the Eddie Trunk's interview: On the possibility of a WHITE LION reunion: Vito Bratta: "As far as working with Mike Tramp again and doing the WHITE LION thing, I've never said 'No' to anything. I've said 'No' for certain reasons. Things have happened in my life where I've had to say 'No' to people. 'Listen, I just can't do this right now. ' And there were reasons behind it. . . My father had a five-year illness, and it was just a nightmare. And there was no one who was gonna take care of him except for me and my mom, and that's what we did to the very end. Unfortunately, you can't just walk away. Now, in the WHITE LION days, it's not just you that's young — you're in your 20s — but your parents are young, too. There's really no medical stuff going on. I remember the tour bus pulling up… 'Oh, there's a two-year tour? Fine. Make it a three-year tour. ' None of this stuff [with the parents getting ill] happened. But as you get older, there's responsibilities and things…. And there's… you know, financial [responsibilities], too. When you're young… I remember when WHITE LION went out — me, Mike, Greg and James — we never spoke about… I don't think anybody ever said, 'How much are we making tonight?' No one said a word about money, because we were so used to not having any that nobody cared. But then it gets to a point in your life where you've got bills to pay, and it's not just you that's gonna suffer — there's other people that are gonna suffer. 'Oh, I'm gonna go out and do this WHITE LION reunion tour, and I'm not really gonna make much, but I'm gonna have a blast. ' Well, there's bills to be paid, and you can't tell the electric guy, 'Well, I'm just out having a blast' — you've gotta pay the bills. That, and like I said, the family illness… There just always seemed to be something. I never said 'No,' but the problem is… now I'm gonna use one of these stupid analogies I always do… When you've got a girlfriend and you break up, and she's basically cheating on you in front of you, saying, 'Well, if you don't get back together with me, this is what I'm gonna keep doing. And the more she cheats, the more you're not gonna get back with her. And the problem is that I have to keep watching Mike do these TRAMP'S WHITE LION [tours, featuring an all-new band playing WHITE LION songs] and all that stuff. I've always wished the guy luck, but the more he does these things, the more it makes me not wanna be part of anything. I don't know how much I can do to stop it, I just wish I could… I wish that didn't exist, I wish that part of it didn't exist. I understand what he's doing and all that stuff, I don't like it… I wish he wouldn't do it, but I understand why he's doing it. I wish him luck, but I'm not gonna sit here and tell anybody I'm not gonna do the WHITE LION thing ever again. I did kind of lie to you a little bit, Eddie, when you had asked me one time if the rumors of a hand injury were true. I said, 'No, they're false. ' I mean, they actually were true. I did injure… I snapped something in my wrist about 1997, I think it was, that just prevented me from playing all day. It wasn't a hand injury that… In other words, I didn't know if I was making up my own excuses. This is gonna be 'Dr. Phil' now on Eddie's show. But I did have a hand injury, and the thing is that I was the type that played 14 hours a day. I mean, it was ridiculous what I was doing. I used to get home at four o'clock in the morning from club shows and play another two hours. I just was always playing. Guitar players will understand — to get to a certain level, you have to maintain it. It's like an athlete. And basically I was like a marathon runner who couldn't run more than 10 feet. So how was I gonna keep it up? So these are things I'm hoping to get over. " ET: Where does that stand now? Do you feel better? Do you still play? Do you still practice? Vito Bratta: "It's gotten better, but I haven't tried to do, like… The actual injury I had, when I was touching the steel strings, it would feel like I was touching a live wire, like I was having electrical shocks. And the doctors basically told me, 'Listen, it's 50-50. You could lose the use of your hand, or you could be cured. ' And it's up to me to decide, do I wanna play through pain? In the midst of all of this, family stuff was happening and everything else. So I had excuses for myself coming left and right. 'Now I can't play because of my hand. ' 'Now I can't play because my Dad is not feeling well. ' 'I can't play because of this. ' But to answer the question [of the possibility of a WHITE LION reunion], I'm not gonna say, 'No, it'll never happen. ' I would love for it to happen today, to be honest with you. I just don't think it can happen today. But I'm not gonna shut the door. And Mike Tramp knows that. And what I keep appealing to Mike is 'Stop shutting the door in my face. ' You know what I mean?!"
- Vito Bratta ist ein US-amerikanischer Gitarrist und Songwriter. Er wurde bekannt durch seine Zusammenarbeit mit Mike Tramp, James Lomenzo und Greg D'Angelo von 1983 bis 1992 als Gitarrist und Songwriter der amerikanischen Rockband White Lion. Vitos origineller Stil hat großen Wiedererkennungswert und zeichnete sich durch unorthodoxes Rhythmusspiel und komplexe, melodiöse Soli aus. Dies bescherte ihm weltweit eine große Fangemeinde und auch mehrere Auszeichnungen, darunter „Best New Guitarist“ im Jahr 1988 durch das „Guitar World Magazine“. Er selbst nennt Eddie Van Halen als seinen Haupteinfluss. Vor White Lion spielte er weitgehend erfolglos in der Band Dreamer. Nach der Auflösung von White Lion produzierte Vito noch ein Album für die Band CPR bei Atlantic Records. Trotz seines Kultstatus' konnte Vito nach 1994 in der Musikindustrie nicht mehr Fuß fassen und gab die professionelle Musik auf. Es heißt, er lebt heute in New York/Staten Island und arbeitet im Computer-Business. Im Jahre 2003 versuchte Mike Tramp, der ehemalige Sänger von White Lion, eine Reunion der Band mit Vito Bratta. Doch der Versuch scheiterte am Unwillen Brattas. Tramp organisierte eine Gruppe unbekannter Musiker und nannte die Band „Tramp's White Lion“. Er brachte ein Album heraus - Rockin' in the USA 2005. Danach wurde die Band aufgelöst und Tramp sagte, wegen Vitos fehlender Bereitschaft, mitzuwirken, werde es nie mehr eine Reunion geben.
- Vito Bratta on yhdysvaltalainen kitaristi ja lauluntekijä. Hän on White Lion yhtyeen toinen perustajajäsen ja kitaristi yhtyeen hajoamiseen asti 1991. Myöhemmissä kokoonpanoissa vuoden 1999 jälkeen Bratta ei ole ollut mukana. Hän lopetti muusikonuransa vuonna 1994, vaikka soittelee edelleen kitaraa. Syyksi hän on kertonut, että perhe ja isän sairaus vaati hänen aikansa ja energiansa. Hän ei ole täysin torjunut mahdollisuutta, että lähtisi kiertueelle White Lion tekisi kiertueelle sen maineikkaimman kokoonpanoon kanssa. Bratta on ollut mukana kaikilla White Lionin studiolevyillä lukuun ottamatta albumeita Remembering White Lion ja Return Of The Pride.
- Conclusa l'avventura dei White Lion, si è ritirato a vita privata e gestisce un negozio di articoli informatici negli Stati Uniti.
- Vito Bratta, född 1 juli 1961 på Staten Island, New York, är en amerikansk musiker. Han var mellan 1983 och 1991 gitarrist och huvudsaklig låtskrivare i rockgruppen White Lion. Bratta har bland sina primära influenser nämnt bland annat Edward Van Halen, Elton John, Journey och Boston. Den förstnämnda av dessa hörs antagligen tydligast, framförallt genom Brattas spelstil. Brattas vision var att skapa tung men ändå melodiös musik.
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