SUZI QUATRO Glam Rock QUEEN Rocks DEVIL'S GATE DRIVE, CAN the CAN & KT TUNSTALL

Suzi Quatro tells the extraordinary story of her journey from a musical childhood in Detroit to becoming one of rock’s most influential female performers.

In this revealing interview, Suzi talks about seeing Elvis Presley on television and immediately recognising her calling, forming The Pleasure Seekers with her sisters, learning to sing while playing bass, and being discovered by legendary producer Mickie Most.

She remembers leaving her family behind to begin a new life in England, touring with Slade, recording “Can the Can” and fighting for the leather-clad image that became unmistakably her own. Suzi also discusses “Devil Gate Drive,” Happy Days, breaking rock’s glass ceiling and inspiring generations of women—including Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde and Tina Weymouth—to pick up an instrument and command the stage.

The conversation also becomes deeply personal as Suzi reflects on sibling rivalry, her complicated relationship with her father and the painful Thanksgiving tape sent by her family after she became successful.

Finally, she explains how working with her son, Richard Tuckey, opened another creative chapter in her remarkable career.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Suzi Quatro’s childhood in Detroit
02:00 Her mother, father and family values
03:04 How music entered her life
04:14 Starting a band and learning bass
06:32 Seeing Elvis Presley on television
09:57 The Elvis connections throughout her career
12:31 Auditioning for Happy Days
13:49 Recording her tribute to Elvis
16:35 Forming The Pleasure Seekers
17:50 Suzi Quatro onstage and offstage
21:41 Family relationships and sibling rivalry
24:00 Her difficult relationship with her father
26:36 How Suzi sings while playing bass
28:21 The bass guitar as a male symbol
29:27 Being discovered by Mickie Most
31:09 Leaving Detroit for England
32:44 Touring with Slade
33:09 Creating “Can the Can”
33:40 Fighting to wear leather
35:01 Creating the Suzi Quatro identity
36:20 Becoming famous and being mobbed
38:38 Breaking rock’s glass ceiling
43:01 The painful Thanksgiving tape
45:28 Looking back at her Detroit childhood
46:16 Making music with her son Richard Tuckey
49:20 Suzi Quatro’s legacy

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