The next day at Tim’s house, we were kicking back watching videos.

“Check out Lita,” said Tim when a new song started.

It was Lita Ford’s “Gotta Let Go” video. Lita was made up to look like a 50s era housewife from a “Leave It To Beaver” type family. It was funny how she looked happy as could be, washing dishes with her clean cut husband. That was until some gang members broke into their house and roughed them up a bit and tied them to the couch.

This was the perfect set up for what happened next. Right then, she turned into the rocker version of Lita Ford, with her leather jumpsuit and hair all teased up. And then, with superpower strength, she broke the ropes, and stood up just in time to catch her pink BC Rich, which came flying towards her out of nowhere. After catching the guitar, she was immediately ready to use it as a weapon. She held it by the neck, and started swinging it at the gang members, knocking them down one by one.

This has been an excerpt from the book:
In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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