King of the Nighttime World
Kim Fowley, Rock's Backpages, 2000
In an exclusive extract from his forthcoming memoirs VAMPIRE FROM OUTER SPACE, Kim Fowley reveals how L.A. ultravixens The Runaways were formed and how he helped give birth to the Hollywood punk scene.
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