PATTY SMYTH
Like Pat Benatar and Sheena Easton before her, Patty Smyth has one of the throatiest, most exciting female voices in rock. And it’s no wonder that her voice is as tough as she is—the former gang leader came out of the means streets of N.Y.’s East Village.
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PATTY SMYTH
Like Pat Benatar and Sheena Easton before her, Patty Smyth has one of the throatiest, most exciting female voices in rock. And it’s no wonder that her voice is as tough as she is—the former gang leader came out of the means streets of N.Y.’s East Village. That’s where her first band, Scandal, was hatched and created one of 1984’s biggest hits; “The Warrior.”
“It was a hard neighborhood,” says Patty, “which definitely made it so I wasn’t going to turn out to be a wimp. It gave me a harder edge. I was waiting to get out of there...”
Scandal was her ticket out, and the petite but feisty singer was the power behind that rockin’ combo until ego clashes made the street-wise Smyth decide to fire her boyfriend/guitarist and eventually dismantle the rest of the band so she could strike out on her own.
With her solo debut, Never Enough, Patty may remain more famous for her pout than for her singing. But, then Patty has always been a survivor...
