When the Runaways debuted in 1976 with this self-titled LP, aggressive female rockers were the exception instead of the rule. Women had no problem becoming folk-rockers, singer/songwriters or Top 40 icons, but female artists who had more in common with Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith than Joni Mitchell were hardly the norm. With this album, the Runaways made it crystal clear that women (or specifically, adolescent girls) were more than capable of playing intense, forceful hard rock that wen...   [ read more ]

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The Runaways formed in Hollywood in 1975, with the help of music svengali/producer Kim Fowley, becoming the first all-female Rock ?N' Roll band to actually make an impression on the record-buying public and musicians alike ?- although more so now than then! The Runaways were originally hailed as a manufactured band due to Fowley's involvement, but their eponymous debut album soon proved their value as musicians. With Joan Jett on rhythm guitar, Sandy West on drums, Lita Ford on lead guitar, Jackie Fox on b...   [ read more ]

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