Band Members Included:

• SUZI QUATRO - bass, vocals
• PATTI QUATRO - lead guitar, vocals
• NANCY QUATRO - lead vocals
• ARLENE QUATRO - keyboards, vocals

Those with a penchant for revisionist history have linked The Pleasure Seekers with both the heavy-metal vixen rockers of the late eighties and the "riot grrrl" groups of present day. They were neither. What they were was a talented, hard-working band that delivered their own kind of snappy, sexy garage-pop/rock with only a hint of attitude--not exactly the stuff punk legends are made from. But, they were unique for the times in that they were a girl band playing their own instruments...and playing them well. Not only a fun act to see and hear but they were also notable for introducing Suzi and other Quatro sisters to the world.

While in their teens, Patti and Suzi (with older sister Arlene) put together the band with considerable encouragement from papa Art Quatro ( a jazz musician) and Dave Leon of Hideout fame (where Suzi worked weekends as a counter clerk according to legend). Initially seen as just a gimmick, they transcended that quickly enough with talent and determination, becoming a top local draw during the teen club years. They recorded a fine 45 for Hideout's fledgling recording operation: "Never Thought You'd Leave Me" which showed off their terrific Wurlitzer electric piano-based "sound" and almost dented the local radio charts in 1966. They then moved over to Mercury Records for "Light of Love" in 1967 which was a better recording but it never got radio play. Shortly afterwards, keyboard player Arlene left the band to start a family (actress Sherilyn Fenn was the result) and was replaced by yet another Quatro sister, Nancy.

Up through 1969, the Pleasure Seekers regularly worked the club circuit (and even managed to land a USO tour of Southeast Asia during the height of the Viet Nam war) but they got lost in the psychedelic stampede to the Grande. For a time they tried to re-invent themselves as Cradle with a decidedly harder-rocking edge that reflected the Motor City of the times along with Suzi's burgeoning passion with leatherwear. And Cradle could indeed rock out--they frequently opened shows at the Eastown, but by the early '70's the Quatro sisters finally gave up on trying to crack the music business from Detroit.

Suzi took off for England at the urging of noted British producer Mickey Most (Jeff Beck and others) where, by 1973 she had charted several hit records (which were influential on forthcoming women's rock music). Patti headed west and spent a few years as lead guitarist in the California rock band Fanny; one of the first all-woman bands to be taken seriously for their music (although Patti's incredible legs had their own kind of fan club).

Besides the music, everybody knows about Suzi's acting career in the Happy Days sitcom, don't they? If not, there are a series of places starting with this Suzi Quatro site and a few others scattered here and there on the 'net which provide a wealth of details on her post-Detroit career.

These days, after many years of acting and musical theater Suzi has resumed her rock 'n' roll career with recent tours of Europe and Australia and Patti is back at home in the Motor City fronting her own Patti Quatro Band. And, just in case the Pleasure Seekers hadn't given us enough Quatros, elsewhere in this section you'll find info on brother Michael, a noteworthy Detroit area concert producer/promoter, entrepreneur and musician in his own right.