Next Tuesday (June 15) sees the release of Pat Benatar‘s highly anticipated autobiography, Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir.
The book chronicles the singers 30 year career in the music business and that as one of the most influential women in rock music.
In the autobiography Benatar writes about her rise to fame including the constant battles with her record label and how she avoided the trappings of rock stardom that has doomed so many.
Benatar writes about living in the MTV generation, a time when a music video could turn little-known artists into platinum selling stars overnight.
The singer goes deep into how MTV played an crucial role in her rise to stardom and how the network changed the face of music forever.
From sold out arena tours to four consecutive Grammy wins, the book delves into the singers many triumphs including being the first woman ever to be featured on MTV.
Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir offers fans, new and old, an inside look at the singers life as well as a background in to the music business of the 1980′s and how her generating changed music forever.
Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir is out June 15 through Harper Collins Publishers.
Below is an excerpt from the book along with a short trailer.
To pre-order the book head over to Amazon.com or Harpercollins.com.
Make sure to check back next week when we will be giving away a few copies
