Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro was hardly the first Tough Girl in rock & roll – there were plenty of precursors, from Wanda Jackson and the Shangri-Las to Grace Slick and Janis Joplin – but Quatro codified a type of rock & roll woman who didn't exist before she took the stage, one who looked as tough as the guys and wasn't merely a singer but also an instrumentalist, the leader of the band who made the noise right along with the rest of the group. With her trademark leather jumpsuit and big bass guitar (which seemed even bigger given her diminutive stature of just five feet), Quatro created a new and potent image for women in rock, one that spoke of both strength and sexiness, and she became a major international star in the '70s, though it would take a while before she was as readily recognized in the United States as in the United Kingdom.

With Joan Jett witnessing something of a revival thanks to the recent Runaways biopic, the original leather-jumpsuit-wearing rock icon Suzi Quatro returns to prove that nearly 40 years on from her self-titled debut, she can still pack a few punches herself. Co-written with previous collaborator Mike Chapman (Blondie, Mud), In the Spotlight, her first album since 2006's Back to the Drive, shows that unlike many of her counterparts, the contemporary pop scene hasn't completely passed her by…

Celebrating a new chapter in a nearly 60 year career as a trailblazing rocker, Suzi Quatro brings her signature style to a series of iconic covers on a new EP from Sun Records. Suzi Quatro: Uncovered reminds us why Suzi is “The Boss,” featuring tracks originally made famous by artists like James Brown, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, and Carole King, plus she calls on the legendary Steve Cropper for collaboration on his own songs, “Midnight Hour” and “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay.”

"I'm back!" Kicking off her first collection of all new material in over a decade with one of the most unequivocal declarations in her entire catalog, the Divine Miss Q is clearly out for blood. Titled for one of the most self-defining singles of the '70s, the raw roar of "Devilgate Drive," Back to the Drive serves up a dozen tracks that might look back to the Chinnichap era for energy and enthusiasm (Mike Chapman is among her collaborators here), but are eyeing the future too…

Recorded live in Tokyo, Japan, in June 1977, Live & Kickin' is the closest we have yet got to vintage live Quatro. True, it's still two or three years too late for fans of the classic Suzi Q, but the full 14-song set is here, complete with between-song chatter, and a closing blast that rounds up "Can the Can" and "Devilgate Drive" (the only major hits on display), "Roxy Roller" and "Tear Me Apart" before ripping into a phenomenal "Keep A-Knocking."…

Quatro is Suzi Quatro's second album released in October 1974 from Rak Records as SRAK 509. The album achieved success in several territories, topping the Australian charts and remained in the charts there for six weeks. The album also entered into the US charts, reaching the top 150. "Devil Gate Drive" became a major hit, reaching the No. 1 spot in the UK and Australian charts, becoming her second number one in both countries. The singles "The Wild One" and "Too Big" also achieved commercial success, with the former reaching the top 10 in both the UK and in Australia, and the latter reaching the top 20 in those same territories.