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The Runaways was a teenage, American all women band|all-girl rock band that performed in the 1970s. The band is best known for the songs "Cherry Bomb", "Queens of Noise", "Neon Angels (On the Road to Ruin)" and "Born to Be Bad". "Cherry Bomb" appeared on the movie soundtracks for ''Dawn, Portrait of a Teenage Runaway'', ''Detroit Rock City'', ''RV (film)|RV'' and ''Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused''. The band toured through America and Japan, also visiting the UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. The career of the band was short (1975–1979), successful, and tempestuous.
What made the Runaways special was the close interaction between the band's two great guitarists: Joan Jett's ear-splitting rhythms and Lita Ford's virtuoso lead let their sound live on. Apart from that the Runaways have some historical significance for being the first all-girl rock band acquiring fame. However, the girls themselves never made a big deal about that.
History
The beginning
Widely believed at the time to have been a novelty record|novelty act formed by producer Kim Fowley, who thought the notion of five teenage girls dressed in leather and lingerie performing rock and roll music was highly marketable, the truth of the band's origin is actually that the individual parts that mad... read all