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The Runaways

Report and Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 12 November 1977

THE HOUR OF MY VINDICATION is at hand. I'm sitting in the lobby of a London hotel waiting for the Runaways to descend from their ...

The Runaways: The Runaways

Review by Kris Needs, ZigZag, September 1976

OOWHEE!! This platter boasts one of the most fetching sleeves I've had the pleasure to mas...ogle at. On the front the glitteringly attired Cherie casts ...

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Kim Fowley: The Solid Gold Whipping Boy of Sunset Strip

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, June 1977

COUNTLESS PEOPLE in the music business have called Kim Fowley everything from a "rancid little pimp" to a "cheesey hustler who pushes shit groups out ...

Joan Jett

Interview by Evelyn McDonnell, Interview, 20 February 2010

IN THE FOUR years that they were together, the quintet of teenage girls that made up The Runaways cut a swath of hard rock, harder ...

Various Artists: Oh Yes We Can Love – A History Of Glam Rock

Sleeve notes by Barney Hoskyns, Universal Records, August 2013

GLAMOUR HAS always been pivotal to pop music. Elvis Presley was Glam, and so were Little Richard ('Ooh My Soul') and Billy Fury ('Jealousy'). The ...

Evelyn McDonnell: Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways

Book Review by Holly Gleason, Paste, 30 July 2013

Peeling away the clichés on the Runaways ...

The Runaways: Teenage Rampage!

Retrospective by Kris Needs, Record Collector, August 2010

WITH THE RUNAWAYS the subject of a Hollywood movie, Kris Needs charts the turbulent story behind the trailblazing female rock'n'roll band. ...

Joan Jett: Jett Black

Interview by Mick Sinclair, ZigZag, January 1985

Joan Jett finds Mick Sinclair loves rock'n'roll ...

Queens of noise: The Runaways

Film/DVD/TV Review by Bill Holdship, Detroit Metro Times, 7 April 2010

Kristen Stewart's Joan Jett is one of many killer riffs that makes The Runaways. ...

The Runaways: Neon Angels

Retrospective by Don Waller, Detroit Metro Times, 7 April 2010

ON AUGUST 12th, 1975, the Runaways played their first gig — at Back Door Man fanzine founder Phast Phreddie Patterson's parents' house in north Torrance, ...

The Runaways: The Runaways (Mercury SRM 1 1090)

Review by Rosalind Russell, Record Mirror, 25 September 1976

THIS ALL girl American group are the female version of the Ramones. They have one more redeeming feature — they're more tuneful. They're rebels, they ...

The Ramones, the Runaways: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 30 January 1978

THE RECENT Sex Pistols tour threatened, among other things, the Ramones' standing as rock's premiere punk band. But while the Ramones is a bit lightweight ...

Lita Ford: Living Like A Runaway – A Memoir (Dey Street)

Book Review by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 6 April 2016

SHORTLY BEFORE hitting her commercial peak in 1988 with her third solo record, Lita, and its two monster singles and videos – 'Kiss Me Deadly' ...

Evelyn McDonnell: Queens of Noise – The Real Story of the Runaways (Da Capo)

Book Review by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 21 August 2013

ANYONE WHO has seen either the Hollywood film The Runaways or the documentary Edgeplay may think they know the story of this band of five ...

The Runaways, The Weirdos: Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 29 August 1977

Jett, Ford Grab Runaways' Reins ...

The Runaways: The Runaways (Mercury, Import)

Review by David Hepworth, New Musical Express, 26 June 1976

Falling foul of Fowley? ...

Catch A Wave? No, West Coast NEW WAVE!

Overview by Jack Basher, Creem, December 1977

CREEM's Punk Guides Stagger On... ...

In the Hot Seat with Larry LeBlanc: Toby Mamis, manager, Alive Enterprises

Interview by Larry LeBlanc, Celebrity Access, 30 August 2018

YOU ARE GOING to have to wait for a film to make much sense of Toby Mamis' fabulously winding career. ...

The Runaways, Moon Martin: Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 27 January 1979

THEY CAME down the stairs on to the stage to screams from the sardined crowd and whistles from the majority male contingent, despite the rejection ...

The Runaways: Starwood, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 2 February 1976

At The Starwood: Runaways Catch New Rock Wave ...

L.A. Rock Resurgence

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 18 December 1976

LOS ANGELES is the home of countless musicians and the center of the music industry, but in terms of nurturing local teen-on-the-street talent, the city ...

Joan Jett

Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, December 2007

The punk-loving former Runaways hellraiser talks about being in the first girl rock band, her fondness for S&M clothes, her blurred sexuality and almost joining ...

The Sound of the Cities, 1976: Los Angeles

Overview by Kim Fowley, Phonograph Record, May 1976

LOS ANGELES — Local talent is never taken seriously in England; a yesteryear example is the phenomena of Love being worshiped in London and Savoy ...

The Runaways: Roundhouse, London

Live Review by Caroline Coon, Melody Maker, 9 October 1976

Runaways — the wild ones ...

Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways ****

Film/DVD/TV Review by Bud Scoppa, Uncut, October 2006

ILL-STARRED SCHOOLGIRL ROCKERS LOOK BACK IN ANGER ...

Rock Stars Talk Back

Comment by Susan Whitall, Creem, May 1977

Dozens listen. ...

Cherie Currie recalls life as underage, underwear-wearing provocateur

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald, 7 April 2010

WHETHER YOU WERE a rock fan in 1975 — or whether you weren't even conceived — you're going to want to take in The Runaways, ...

The Runaways: Girls! Girls! Girls!

Report and Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 2 October 1976

As The Runaways scoot their everlovin' way through Britain and Europe, GIOVANNI DADOMO tries to get his lemon squeezed... Now gasp on... ...

Girl Power: The Birth of the Runaways

Book Excerpt by Evelyn McDonnell, 'Queens of Noise' (Da Capo), Summer 2013

Reprinted from Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways by Evelyn McDonnell. Available from Da Capo Press, a member of The Perseus Books ...

The Runaways: Wild Thing — How Sandy West Was Lost

Retrospective by Evelyn McDonnell, L.A. Weekly, 18 March 2010

ON A SUMMER day in 1975, a 16-year-old girl carrying a Silvertone guitar took four public buses from Canoga Park to a two-story house in ...

The L.A. Rock Explosion

Overview by Phast Phreddie Patterson, New York Rocker, February 1976

IN THE BEGINNING... ...

Joan Jett: Joan Alone

Interview by Kris Needs, New York Rocker, June 1980

Ex-Runaway leaves a London Launching pad ...

Sex sells: The Girl Band That Changed Pop Forever

Retrospective by Chris Salewicz, The Independent, 19 March 2010

IN EARLY OCTOBER 1976, the Runaways, an all-girl five-piece from Los Angeles, played a sell-out show at London's Roundhouse, their debut date in the UK. ...

The Runaways: And Now…The Runaways (Mercury)

Review by Ian Penman, New Musical Express, 20 January 1979

THE TERMS are at once familiar and bizarre, charged with meaning and strangely vacuous: 'street,' 'action,' 'hungry and hot,' 'rock 'n' roll,' 'teenage,' 'weekend,' 'queen.' ...

The Runaways: Runaway Girls

Profile and Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 17 July 1976

RUNAWAYS: the Natalie Woods, Brigitte Bardots and Ann-Margrets of rock. ...

The Runaways: You Sexy Things!

Report and Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 16 October 1976

"AW, C'MON, you guys at the front. Sit down and give the rest of the lads a view of the girls..." And that passionate request, ...

Cherie and Marie Currie: Messin' With The Boys (Capitol) **½

Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 2 February 1980

"THEY" SAY that Capitol have got themselves in the position of having to blow a bunch of bucks on promoting this turkey if they want ...

The Runaways: And Now The Runaways

Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 16 December 1978

HOW DOES it feel to be on your own? ...

The Ramones/The Runaways: Santa Monica Civic, Los Angeles

Live Review by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 18 February 1978

RAMONES: singing about sun and surf while their home town suffered blizzards. 'Obladi-oblada' for the blank generation ...

The Runaways: The Best Of (Mercury) *1/2

Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 2 October 1982

RARELY HAS a 'Best Of' collection been so totally at odds with its title. ...

The Runaways: And I Wonder…I Wah Wah Wah Wah Wonder…

Interview by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 24 July 1976

THE CORRAL lies maybe midway down Topanga Canyon, between Ventura Freeway and Malibu Beach. Maybe it's just the Romantic in me but visually – and ...

The Runaways: Live In Japan *****

Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 13 August 1977

BEFORE YOU take that pinch of salt to go with this album's five star rating, a couple of points: this album was NOT produced by ...

Runaways: A Primer For The New Runaways

Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 10 September 1977

THE NEW line up of the Runaways is: Joan Jett/Lita Ford/Sandy West/Vicky Blue. Cherie Currie (vocals) and Jackie Fox (bass) are no longer with the ...

The Runaways: Newcastle City Hall

Live Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 19 November 1977

JOAN JETT is gorgeous. Vicki Blue is delectable. Lita Ford is the American Pie smile backed by the American Dream ass. And Sandy West is ...

The Runaways: Waitin' For The Night (Mercury)*****

Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 19 November 1977

NOW THIS is a difficult one. Five stars, yes, but not entirely for the reasons I expected. Kim Fowley has kissed off his associations with ...

Kim Fowley: The Dorian Gray of Rock'n'Roll

Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 6 August 1977

TAKE A JOURNEY INTO ROCK N ROLL WITH KIM FOWLEY AND MEET...Venus & The Razorbiades, The Runaways, Juice, Teenage Prostitutes, Steven T., Zippers, Weirdos, Germs, ...

Runaways (gasp): At Last An (groan) Objective (pant) View

Live Review by Jonh Ingham, Sounds, 9 October 1976

The Runaways: The Roundhouse, London ...

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

Review and Interview by 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 ...

The Runaways: Queens Of Noise

Review by Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 29 January 1977

THE MAIN thing that's wrong with this album can be summed up in two words. They are Kim Fowley. Yes that's right. Fowley appears to ...

The Runaways: From Jailbait to Jes' Plain Bait

Report and Interview by Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 2 October 1976

Q: How do you persuade five young LA Teen Queens to clean up their act?A: Put 'em in a group and make 'em famous ...

The Runaways: The Runaways

Review by Robot A. Hull, Creem, August 1976

Don't let the teevee tube or the records being released fool you! Teenage America's spirit is not sagging (empty helium balloons surrounded by Paul McCartney ...

King of the Nighttime World

Memoir by Kim Fowley, unpublished, 2000

Kim Fowley reveals how L.A. ultravixens the Runaways were formed – and how he helped give birth to Hollywood punk. ...

The Runaways: The Runaways

Review by Ben Edmonds, Phonograph Record, May 1976

"We're the queens of noise/ The answer to your dreams." ...

see also Cherie Currie

see also Cherie and Marie Currie

see also Lita Ford

see also Kim Fowley

see also Joan Jett

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