Pleasure Seekers - What A Way To Die LP NEW Suzi Quatro
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Pleasure Seekers - What A Way To Die LP
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The archetype for the ’60s-era girl group was etched indelibly into stone, like a commandment: three pretty girls with matching outfits and bouffant hairdos would sing, with musical backing supplied by a bunch of guys standing in the shadows. The Quatro sisters shattered that archetype forever with the Pleasure Seekers, an all-girl teenage rock & roll group who played all the instruments themselves and were fully capable of wiping the stage with any male band that crossed their path.
The Quatro girls had been brought up in a musically-minded family, nurtured with classical piano and vocal lessons. As Patti recalls, “By 1964, I had been taking guitar lessons, hanging with musicians in the local music scene. We had seen a Beatles concert, and I was quite dazed and focused at the event, watching the audience cry and scream out of control. It was my epiphany moment, and I was determined to start an all-girl band.”
Shortly thereafter, the first lineup of the Pleasure Seekers fell into place with Patti Quatro (lead guitar), Marylou Ball (rhythm guitar), Suzi Quatro (bass), Diane Baker (keyboards), Nan Ball (drums) and vocal duties shared by all. Around the fall of 1965 the girls dared local teen club manager Dave Leone to give them a slot at his popular Hideout Club, claiming they were better than most of the other live bands there. “You’re on,” responded Leone, “in two weeks. Three songs!”
The Pleasure Seekers were soon a popular feature at the club, honing their skills alongside the likes of the Rationals, the Amboy Dukes and Bob Seger & the Last Heard. “In the beginning, there was a lot of skepticism,” remembers Patti, “especially the first night. The boys crowded the stage, the girlfriends pulled them away with laughter, as if ‘Girls playing?! Yeah, right!’ It was always satisfying to see them be silenced quickly when we began playing. We grew used to seeing slack jaws open in surprise.” Next they were asked by Leone to record and release a single on his Hideout label.
That March 1966 release is now regarded as the greatest “girl garage” single of the era: “Never Thought You’d Leave Me” b/w “What a Way to Die.” “Dave brought lyrics, and we put the songs together quickly,” remembers Patti. “We felt very legit in making this record at a small local studio. Nan was the sexy voice on ‘Never Thought You’d Leave Me,’ and there was lots of laughter as Marylou added the screams on ‘What a Way to Die.’” Suzi Quatro remembers the recording as “very important and memorable.”
Sundazed Records
Track Listing:
Intro By DJ The Lord
Gotta Get Away
Never Thought You'd Leave Me
Light Of Love
Good Kind Of Hurt
What A Way To Die
Elevator Express
Locked In Your Love
White Pig Blues
Brain Confusion
Where Have You Gone
Mr. Power
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