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.”

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