Im sorry. I’ve gotta be that guy. I love Pat Benatar. Her voice is so powerful and passionate. And she did all this with no modern day audio help. No auto tune etc. Just pure power. The band rocked too. Neil Giraldo is incredible. And I love the drummer. He had very creative ideas and was a showman to boot.
And you’ll notice there are no stage monitors for her. Only the drummer has one.
So many bands in the early 80’s were so good they didn’t need them.
The Grateful Dead pioneered the use of stage monitors so they could jam better, it took years for other bands to use them.
There's sidefill monitors on stage. Individual wedge monitors were often omitted for filmed performances to keep the stage look clean.
For those interested, [here's a history of stage monitors.](https://www.prosoundweb.com/hear-at-last-a-history-of-stage-monitoring/)
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