Neil Geraldo

He’s tremendously underrated IMHO. Hardly ever comes up in the list of great guitarists of the ‘80s, despite an impressive body of work.

Likewise his wife rarely comes up in the discussion of great female rock singers, despite her incredible range and perfect (pre-Melodyne) pitch. It’s kind of strange, seeing as how they dominated the rock/pop world for the better part of a decade.

I used to joke about how incredible it would be if Neil Geraldo and Elliot Easton from The Cars were in a power pop band as twin guitarists. Talk about fuel for a perfectly written and executed guitar-centric pop album you could enjoy cover to cover.

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I think there just isn’t much discussion of female vocalists. Rock vocalists. The ones talked about aren’t rock. Pat Benetar also just got wrapped up with 80’s pop fluff. Sad though. She can flat out wail. And in her prime she was all throttle all the time.

He actually played guitar on Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl".