People were patting you on the head but they didn’t mean it they were lying. When I got into the world, nothing was more shocking to me than to see that wasn’t exactly true. So my experience was that there was no difference between men and women. Pat Benatar: I grew up in a really female-heavy household. What was the hardest part about breaking into the music industry? Question: In the documentary, you mention the numerous obstacles you endured. She and Giraldo will also finally unveil the musical "Invincible" – utilizing her songs and based on Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" – in November.Ĭalling from her bus headed for a show in Akron, Ohio, the candid Benatar talked to USA TODAY about the misogyny she experienced throughout her career and why you won’t hear “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” during this tour. But after 11 studio albums, a cache of hits co-powered by guitarist husband Neil Giraldo and impending induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Benatar is still standing with a defiant smile. She was the first female artist played on MTV ( “You Better Run”) more by luck than design. The Weeknd review: Stadium tour kicks off in Philly with blinding lights Vincent, who offer incisive commentary about muscling into the male-dominated music industry.Īs a veteran of the rock circus – debut album “In the Heat of the Night” landed in 1979 – Benatar, 69, is well-versed in navigating gender minefields. The third episode, also featuring the "Heartbreaker" hitmaker arrives Sunday. She’s joined by a parade of genre-spanning artists including Shania Twain, Macy Gray, Sheryl Crow and St. “I don’t even think it’s in her lexicon of thought that ‘I can’t be this person.’ ”īenatar shares those postulations in the final installment of Epix’s “Women Who Rock” docuseries, which airs July 31 (9 p.m. That right there was everything,” Benatar says. “It probably never occurred to (Billie) that she couldn’t do it. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts perform on the sprawling Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Poison across North America this summer.When Pat Benatar watched Billie Eilish’s documentary, “The World’s a Little Blurry,” she was struck by the progress made by young female singers. And I never pooped my pants."Ĭommenting on Nugent’s 1977 interview, Joan Jett added to NME: “So this is the tough guy who’s running around America, stirring things up against each other.” In a 2006 interview with The Independent he redacted the comments, saying: "You've got to realise that these interviewers would arrive with glazed eyes and I would make stories up. They were ridiculin’ me and pushin’ me around and I was cryin’, but all the time I was laughin’ to myself." "So I went in, and those guys in uniform couldn’t believe the smell. I did it in my pants, poop, piss, the whole shot. Then, a week before, I stopped going to the bathroom. Nugent regaled to High Times in 1977 the story of how he allegedly dodged being called up for the army: "I just had chips, Pepsi, beer – stuff I never touched – buttered poop, little jars of Polish sausages, and I’d drink the syrup. He plays tough guy, but this is the guy who s- his pants - literally - so he didn't have to go in the army." He has to be in that body, so that's punishment enough." Ted Nugent has to live with being Ted Nugent. “Is that his implication, that he should be on the list instead of me? Well, that's just typical - it's what I've dealt with my whole life, being written off. In a new interview with NME, the interviewer brought up with Joan Jett the fact that Nugent insisted she shouldn’t be on Rolling Stone’s list.
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