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71, and Suzi wer were having a fi f i ght with d dart guns in a hotel. She s aid: “He p peeked out fr from behind a TV, my arr row hit him between the eyes. He said h his first tho thought was, ‘ good shot’, shot and the next was was, ‘ ouch’.” Suzi’s hot stage image was not intentional but did attract unwelcom welcome attention from men. She said: “It was never about being sexy. I just thought a tight suit would hold everything in one place.
“During one gig a guy was making rude gestures with his tongue.
“So I moved over, swung my guitar and whacked him on the head. I made it look like part of the show. He was disgusting – but he paid the price.”
Such a gutsy nature helped Suzi cope in the male-dominated world of rock.
She said: “My attitude was, ‘I’m a bass player. Do you have a problem with that?’ It won me respect, but even to this day, if somebody p**ses me off, I’ll be like, ‘Don’t f**k with me.’”
Today she believes singers’ attitudes have changed for the worse.
“Now it’s like, ‘how many clothes can you take off?’ I don’t like it. We have this #Metoo movement but women go on stage embarrassingly naked. How does that make sense?” On the subject of # Metoo – sparked by sexual assault claims against film producer Harvey Weinstein – Suzi’s views are surprisingly blunt.
She said: “If I was an actress and had a work meeting with a producer ducer in his room, that would ring a warning bell.
“And if he then walked ed out of his bathroom in a bathrobe… would any ny woman with half a brain ain stay?” Suzi insisted it’s “an an entirely different matter” er” if there is a sexual assault.
She said: “They should ould be strung up by their balls. But ut don’t put yourself i n stupid pid