The Pleasure Seekers | |
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 The Pleasure Seekers Publicity Shot | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | PS |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Genres | Garage Pop, Garage Punk, Pop Rock, Classic Rock, Blues Rock |
| Years active | 1964–1969 |
| Labels | Golden World, Hideout Records, Mercury Records |
| Past members | Patti Quatro Suzi Quatro Arlene Quatro Nancy Quatro Nan Ball Diane Baker Mary Lou Ball Darline Arnone Pami Benford Eileen Biddlingmeier Pris Wenzell Nancy Rogers Sheryl “Sherry” Hammerlee |
| Website | [1] |
The Pleasure Seekers were an American, all-female garage rock band formed in 1964 that consisted of band founder Patti Quatro (lead guitar/vocals), Suzi Quatro (bass guitar/vocals), Nancy Ball (drums/voclas), Diane Baker (keyboards/vocals) and Mary Lou Ball (rhythm guitar/vocals), all of whom were in their early teens at the time of the bands inception. With a sound born from a fusion of the gritty Detroit rock, the more soulful Motown and the influence of the British invasion, The Pleasure Seekers are regularly cited as "the first true all female rock band" even though the band's dinstinctive style drew from many sources and eclipsed any one particular music genre. The Pleasure Seekers released their first single, "Never Thought You'd Leave Me", on the Hideout Label in 1964 when Suzi was just 14 years old and Patti barely 17.
The Pleasure Seekers toured the US extensively during the mid to late sixties, with a number of personnel changes, and in 1968 became one of the first all female rock bands to be signed to a major recording label Mercury Records. In 1969 the band officially changed their name to Cradle and took on a new musical direction with heavier original material and a theatrical style.