Lady’s part 2
Aug 7, 2026 · 21 min · 10 segments
We look at more lady’s in the world of rock and metal All music and artwork are copyrighted by Rockology
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Aug 7, 2026 · 21 min · 10 segments
We look at more lady’s in the world of rock and metal All music and artwork are copyrighted by Rockology
So first we're gonna go back into the 1980s again.
We're gonna look at Jennifer Batten, uh, was the touring guitarist for Michael Jackson throughout the '80s and '90s.
'Cause she was awesome.
Kind of that, you know, female-led guitarist in the '80s.
That was, you know, very rare, you know, in that tam- time frame, especially a mainstream artist, you know, shredding guitars and the two-handed tapping, you know-
Right.
Yeah
... that you see a lot of guitarists do nowadays.
Oh, yeah.
The, you know-
Mm-hmm
...
Right
...
Yeah.
So.
But, like, when she also started, 'cause tabloids were just way worse back then.
Like, they would harp on her and say she was faking it when she wasn't.
Yeah.
But she proved them all freaking wrong.
I mean, you could still, you know, ta- tabloids say that a lot, a lot of musicians, that they use backing tracks, and I'm pretty sure some of them probably do, but-
She does not
So first we're gonna go back into the 1980s again.
We're gonna look at Jennifer Batten, uh, was the touring guitarist for Michael Jackson throughout the '80s and '90s.
'Cause she was awesome.
Kind of that, you know, female-led guitarist in the '80s.
That was, you know, very rare, you know, in that tam- time frame, especially a mainstream artist, you know, shredding guitars and the two-handed tapping, you know-
Right.
Yeah
... that you see a lot of guitarists do nowadays.
Oh, yeah.
The, you know-
Mm-hmm
...
Right
...
Yeah.
So.
But, like, when she also started, 'cause tabloids were just way worse back then.
Like, they would harp on her and say she was faking it when she wasn't.
Yeah.
But she proved them all freaking wrong.
I mean, you could still, you know, ta- tabloids say that a lot, a lot of musicians, that they use backing tracks, and I'm pretty sure some of them probably do, but-
She does not
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