Music News: Toyah Fights Back Against Ageism
In a new interview with Leona Graham on The Leona Graham Podcast, Toyah reflects on challenges she’s faced in her last 50 years in the industry, including her current experience of ageism:
‘I’d say in this millennium I’ve had to deal with quite different things. Life has been fantastic. I’ve made wonderful movies, done fantastic tours, but there’s that edge of, ‘oh, you are old now.’ And I’m thinking, ‘Yeah? And I have pedigree, deal with it.’
Toyah also reveals that her first introduction to rock music came when she broke into a Black Sabbath gig at the age of 12:
‘…a roadie opened the exit. I think it was the Top Rank in Birmingham. And I slipped in. I think I was on my own and I didn’t know what to expect, but I’d heard a lot about Black Sabbath and it was so incredibly loud. And I think I was one of about two women in the audience. It wasn’t a huge audience but I will never, ever forget hearing “Paranoid”.’
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