THE RUNAWAYS-"Cherry Bomb" (1976)

If Fanny kicked open the door, The Runaways tore up the hotel room and outran the police. FANNY was the first all-female rock band signed by a major label to record full albums. There'd been many such bands in the 60's, but a timid industry consigned them to scarce 45's, at best. Their breakthrough in 1970 cracked the door for hard-rockin BIRTHA, the funk-rock tenpiece ISIS, and the glam leatherette, SUZI QUATRO. Joan Jett turned her excitement about Suzi into a game plan: an all-female band that would rock as hard as anyone. Sandy West punched out the drums, Jackie Fox stomped the bass quakes, Lita Ford quicksilvered lightning leads to Joan's terse rhythms, and Cherie Curry roared like a grudge. Their rhythms were tighter, their guitars more jagged, their attitude more toxic, their style more sexual than anyone had ever seen. And, most insanely, they were only 16 years old! They made great music against terrible odds. The sordid tale of their ascent and undoing is chronicled in the new film, THE RUNAWAYS, starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. But the sheer power of their first three albums as a quintet shines undimmed. They took the door of opportunity and brought the wall down with it. It's because of The Runaways that we have Girlschool, Pat Benatar, 45 Grave, The Plasmatics, The Bangles, Phantom Blue, Lee Aaron, Mari Hamada, Rock Goddess, Shonen Knife, L7, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Babes In Toyland, Drain sth, Super Junky Monkey, The Donnas, Betty Blowtorch ...

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