80s hard rock queen Lita Ford was recently interviewed by Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF 101.1 FM radio station.
Asked if pop superstar Madonna is someone she would consider to be one of the “s*xiest” performers out there, Lita said:
“She just never held back. She just let it fly. She had one scene where she would get into a bed on stage and m**tur**te in front of the audience. How crazy. That’s something I don’t think I could have done. Maybe faked it — but she’s gotta have the trophy for the No. 1 s*x on stage and songs and videos; she was always so sexy.
“At the time, it was something that was before its time and hard to put across to people, but now it’s spoken about very openly, and I love that,” Lita continued. “It should be — it’s part of human nature.”
Ford also talked about the connection between s*x and music, saying: “Rock and roll is so s*xual. If you’re singing rock and roll, people are just, ‘Ah! He’s so hot!’ ‘Well, he’s wearing a turtleneck sweater. I don’t see what [makes him hot].’ Yeah, he’s hot. Why? Because he’s singing rock and roll.”
According to Lita, she and other musicians from the 1980s openly embraced the s*x and drugs typically associated with the rock-and-roll lifestyle of the era. “Everybody was just going crazy with the s*x,” she recalled. “Look at bands like POISON. They would have a room full of girls after the show, and Bret [Michaels] and C.C. [DeVille] and all the guys from POISON, they would just pick a couple of girls — not one; two or three — and they would make the others go back out into the audience, and they would have their way. And the girls loved it; they would have the time of their life. It was just a real crazy time.
“And with me, I always went with the rock stars,” she continued. “I got off on that, because everybody else was going with the groupies, and here I am going with the rock stars. ‘Cause I was one of the only females out there. I was touring with all these guys and I was working with all these guys and meeting them at nightclubs and parties. It was awesome.”
Asked if she thinks she ended up hooking up with the rock stars because they had so much in common with her, Lita said: “I think people just naturally do that anyway. If you’re in school, you’re gonna attract someone who’s also in that same school. If you’re in a job, if you’re working as a doctor, you’re probably gonna attract the nurses. If you’re an attorney, you’re probably gonna attract other female attorneys or male attorneys or the secretaries. It just kind of goes that way. If you’re a rock band, you’re gonna attract other singers or guitar players. And I did. I had an affair with a lot of guitar players in the music industry and a lot of lead singers in the music industry.”
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91.or 92 Me and my girl had dinner at Benehanna’s in Beverly . We sat first and then next couple in was Lita and Ozzy. Lita sat next to me and was wearing this smoking metal ring dress. Probably 300 silver rings attached with a stretchy thing under neath.
She looked at me and said hello to me and my girl . Of course I felt special but damn did everybody forget Ozzy was the table?
She notices we are looking he was holding onto a glass of sake both hands, elbows on the table, looking straight down, with sunglasses on.
Lita break the ice by saying in English accent
Y’all will have to excuse Ozzy he’s a little under the weather.
Great times! love you Lita and Ozzy!
Wow, that’s so cool. They were probably here recording the ‘Close My Eyes Forever’ video? But the song was released in ’89-’90. That place closed down and completely demolished.
British accent? Of course it’s easy,.
Her father was British and Lita was born in England.
Met Lita in the late 80s., 1989 I think…Co Springs, CO at an autograph signing event held at Independent Records. Typical session of fans forming a line, you step up to say “Hi” get your memorbilia signed and on your way….well, that wasn’t enough for myself and friend. I mean, we were both HUGE fans and we were given approximately one minute in the presence of Miss Ford…it wasn’t enough…
We waited in my car for the session to end watching for Lita to leave the building and get into her tour bus. We followed behind the bus north on Academy Blvd. I had no idea what I was doing or what I thought was going to happen we both just thought it was cool following Lita Ford’s tour bus.
An opening in the lane to the left of her bus presented itself to put us directly adjacent to one of the bus windows, but we couldn’t see inside…then it happened. Lita herself opened the window and said “Hey guys, nice car!” I was driving the first car I had purchased and built with my Dad’s help…a 76 Camaro…not anything special but built, pretty, and fast as f***….plus, the comment from Lita made it that much more to me!! Both of us could hardly speak without sounding like a bunch of babbling fools….
Thank you Lita…to this day, I am still one of your dedicated fans. I hope to shake your hand again one day. You are an outstanding guitarist and female rocker!!!!
She didn’t name names… I do remember Chris Holmes from WASP and Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath. I don’t know who else she was with.
I think ACE Frehley slept with her.
She was married to Chris Holmes was she not?
I would say definitely Lemmy.
Tony Iommi supposedly beat her.
She was also with Nikki Sixx
Is Lita single and is there a special one that she is seeing or communicate with. I would love to know. I have been in love with her since she was in the Runawys. She was and still is the most talented one in the band.🤘🤘🤘🤘💘💘 love you Lita
I Will Never Forget The Night I Hooked Up With Her On Her Bus.Wr had A Couple of Drinks and She Brought Me To The Back Of The Bus Where Het Bed Was And We Got Straight Too It! It was A Awesome Night And I won’t Forget That Night!By The Way She Was Incredible!
She has also said before EVH…