16 - Something Different, Something Unique

Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald of HERFitz PR, a legendary, greatest of all time publicist who started with Warner Brothers and has spent the following decades working with the biggest music stars in the world.   ~She talks about her career working with Slayer, Barry Manilow, The Sex Pistols, Alice Cooper, Jane’s Addiction, Carla Harvey, Anthrax, Ghost, America, Rod Stewart, and more. . . Some quotes and anecdotes: ~“I remember thinking about Michael Jackson at the time, who was, you know, not getting a lot of good publicity, and it was really beginning to hurt him. And that's what really made me concerned about Perry.”~“When I first met them, I went on the bus just to say hello and introduce myself and I was grabbed.”~A Spinal Tap-esque story about a potentially dangerous mishap dropping confetti on a crowd. ~“I have a client who has a background being involved in funerals, in embalming bodies that have passed, and in dealing with the family that has lost that person.”~“I remember thinking about Michael Jackson at the time, who was, you know, not getting a lot of good publicity, and it was really beginning to hurt him. And that's what really made me concerned about Perry.”~“They see he's human, and I think that does create an empathy and a bigger love for him.”~“It would be great if he just wouldn't be taking the stage when he's in that place.”~“There's always going to be people who get really enamored by themselves, but that really doesn't have a whole heck of a lot to do with the entertainment business, as it does with the individual.”~“When I first met them, I went on the bus just to say hello and introduce myself and I was grabbed.”~“Working with the Sex Pistols was definitely interesting. I look back on it fondly.”This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy