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Suzi Quatro remains as driven and determined to rock
With the latest album, The Devil In Me, this pioneering female rocker remains as driven and determined as ever.
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Suzi Quatro performing a few years ago at an open-air festival. Photo by Paul Bossenmeier.
With the latest album, The Devil In Me, this pioneering female rocker remains as driven and determined as ever.
By Lee Zimmerman
Suffice it to say, Suzi Quatro has always defied expectations throughout her entire career. An unapologetic insurgent, she set the standard for every female rocker that followed Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde, The Go-Go’s, The Bangles and Girlschool among them by making it a point to break down the boundaries and silly stereotypes imposed on her by members of the “boys club,” many of whom insisted that women couldn’t rock. These days, at the age of 71, she remains at the peak of her prowess thanks to a searing new album, descriptively titled
WUTI & Crush Palace present the first of the Sounds of Summer films at Exposition Park in Los Angeles with Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads. Stop Making Sense is considered to be one of the greatest concert films ever made, shot at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 1983 by Director Jonathan Demme.
Talking Heads drummer
In 1973, Frantz played in a band called
The Artistics with singer/guitarist
David Byrne while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. After that group broke up, Frantz, Byrne and Chris’ then-girlfriend and future wife
Tina Weymouth relocated to New York City, and the trio formed the Talking Heads there after Tina taught herself to play bass.
The band soon became part of the New York punk scene, playing regularly at the famed club CBGB. The group’s classic lineup was solidified when
Jerry Harrison, a former member of
The Modern Lovers, joined as the keyboardist and second guitarist.