{"id":15026,"date":"2021-04-05T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15026"},"modified":"2021-04-01T08:02:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T08:02:25","slug":"suzi-quatro-the-devil-in-me-steamhammer-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15026","title":{"rendered":"Suzi Quatro \u2013 ‘The Devil in Me’ (Steamhammer Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I stumbled across the documentary \u2018Suzi Q\u2019 on TV back last year and I was amazed how much I didn\u2019t know about the legendary Queen of rock, Suzi Quatro. Of course, I knew the classic songs from the 70s, ‘Devil Gate Drive’<\/em>, ‘Can the Can’<\/em> and ‘48 Crash’<\/em>, who doesn\u2019t? The image of Quatro in a leather cat suit with a Fender bass that\u2019s bigger than her slung low, is an image that\u2019s ingrained into my mind (as well as many young, and not so young males). I also knew about the rasping voice and that scream that\u2019s instantly recognisable. What I didn\u2019t realise was how revered she is in the music world, with peers such as Debbie Harry, Joan Jett and Alice Cooper clambering over each other to sing her praises. As the Runaways Cherie Currie says, \u201cIf people have overlooked her, that\u2019s their fault.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

She has inspired generations of her own gender to pick up an instrument as well as being completely aware of her sexuality and she has used that to her advantage in the best possible way over the years. It\u2019s testament to her talent and determination that she\u2019s still releasing material today and her latest effort ‘The Devil in Me’<\/em> hints back to her roots in Detroit, you can hear everything that makes the motor city such a great music town, from the Stooges, the MC5, the blues legend John Lee Hooker as well as the monstrous pop factory Tamla Motown in the twelve tracks that make up the album. While this isn\u2019t as good as Alice Cooper\u2019s own recently released homage to the motor city, ‘Detroit Stories’,<\/em> there are some fine moments to be heard here.<\/p>\n