The leading female rock vocalist of the 1980’s, Pat Benatar is a certified rock and roll superstar, a 9-time Grammy nominee with an unprecedented four Grammy Awards in a row for Best Rock Performance (Female), and 7 platinum and 3 gold albums to her credit. With her husband of 28 years Neil Giraldo on guitar, hit singles such as "I Need A Lover," "Heartbreaker," "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Hell Is For Children," “We Live for Love,” and “Love Is A Battlefield” became anthems for a new attitude. She was, and still is, bold, self-assured and independent; alluring but not self-exploitive; vulnerable but not weak; strong-minded without being hard hearted. She blazed a trail for female rock, not pop, stars that broke all the rules, and that fire still blazes on the concert stage. Her biography, Between a Heart and a Rock Place, will be released this June.
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