Anne Leighton

Dedicated to the late Roman Kozak, the angel of all musical women I used to write a “Gorgeous Ladies of Metal” column for POWERLINE magazine. The column was a romantic but practical look at survival strategies for women in music. I remember hearing that I had destroyed the career of a band called Hari Kari […]

Back in 1988, Roman and I started to write a book together. It was either gonna be called “Sirens” or “She Rock.” The gist of it was to cover women in music. Also, back in 1988, I had known about the members of the 1998 Vixen for a few years. Drummer Roxy had auditioned for […]

I thought I had misplaced “This Ain’t No Disco.” When Wendy died I searched all over my apartment and even into some files trying to find the book. I forgot that I had loaned my copy to Helen Wheels. Helen is an all-around renaissance artist who has combined rock and roll, fashion, fitness and dreams […]

I never knew that women-in-rock were supposed to have a hard time making it. I just took for granted that anyone can express their feelings, let it all hang out. Wendy O. Williams probably found the greatest level of fame of all four of these artists. In 1980, we met while I was working at […]