Runaways: The Runaways/Queens Of Noise/Live In Japan/Waitin' For The Night

Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2003

UNTIL THE ADVENT of Sunset Strip cherry bombers The Runaways, all-girl rock bands were invariably self-consciously butch and hairy apparitions with names like Birtha and Fanny.

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