The founding member of AC/DC once got touchy feely with Suzi Quatro, and she was quick to let him know that she would hit him in the face if he'd ever do it again.
- Nov 21, 2023
AceShowbiz - Suzi Quatro fought back when Angus Young "pinched [her] a**." The "Can the Can" rocker has never shied away from confronting men who tried to tough her inappropriately but after calling out the AC/DC guitarist, she knew he was embarrassed enough not to do it again.
"I've been in bands since I was a kid and I know that the world - especially men - has a fixed idea about women in bands. We're easy. Back in the 1970s it happened all the time. Some guy would start grabbing my a**. Or worse. A knee in the b******* soon set them right," she told the Sunday Times magazine.
"There's only one man who got away with it and that was Angus Young from AC/DC. This was many, many years ago and we were appearing on the same show. I was walking upstairs and felt someone pinch my a**. I turned around, fist raised, and he went bright red. 'I'm so sorry,' he stammered. I said, 'I'll let you off this once. Do it again and you won't be playing guitar for a couple of months.' "
The 73-year-old rocker learned how to "handle herself" at a young age and was always comfortable partying with male musicians. She said, "I grew up in Detroit, which is a tough city. I wasn't even old enough to be there, but I was hanging out in nightclubs with Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper.
"I learnt how to handle myself. Wanna challenge me to a drinking contest? Get ready for a long night. Thankfully, I never got into drugs. The first time I smoked pot, it just made me more speedy. I remember somebody saying to my friend, 'Next time, don't bring Suzi.' "
But Suzi had her limits and admitted she felt so "guilty" after trashing a hotel room, she didn't want to do it again. She said, "I did once trash a hotel room. Slashed the bed, sprayed beer on the walls, threw the television into the swimming pool. Damn, I felt so guilty the next day that I never did it again."
