The Runaways

{{short description|American rock band (1975–1979)}} {{About|the band||Runaway (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = The Runaways | image = Runaways.jpg | caption = The Runaways in 1976 (clockwise from top left): Lita Ford, Sandy West, Jackie Fox, Joan Jett, Cherie Currie | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| * Hard rock<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Huey |first=Steve |title=The Runaways {{!}} Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-runaways-mn0000492275#biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Huey |first=Steve |title=Lita Ford {{!}} Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lita-ford-mn0000305468#biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> * glam rock<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classic Rock Louder Sound |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/the-runaways-queens-of-noise-album-of-the-week-club-review |date=2020}}</ref> * punk rock<ref>{{cite book |last=Levine |first=Elana |title=Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0B1y4YV5ji8C&pg=PA76 |publisher=Duke University Press |date=2007 |page=76 |isbn=978-0-8223-3919-9}}</ref> * glam punk<ref>{{cite book |last=Buckley |first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PP555 |publisher=Rough Guides |date=2003 |page=545 |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0}}</ref> }} | years_active = 1975–1979 | label = {{hlist|Mercury|Rhino|Cherry Red}} | website = {{URL|http://www.therunaways.com}} | past_members = * Joan Jett * Sandy West * Kari Krome * Micki Steele * Lita Ford * Peggy Foster * Cherie Currie * Jackie Fox * Vicki Blue * Laurie McAllister }}

'''The Runaways''' were an American rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979. Formed in 1975 in Los Angeles, the band released four studio albums and one live album during its run. Among their best-known songs are "Cherry Bomb", "Hollywood", "Queens of Noise", and a cover-version of the Velvet Underground's "Rock & Roll". Never a major success in the United States, the Runaways became a sensation overseas, especially in Japan, thanks to the single "Cherry Bomb".

==History== ===Early years=== In early 1975, the rock producer Kim Fowley had an idea for assembling an all-female band at a time when, according to guitarist Joan Jett, "There were no young girls at all playing guitar or any sort of instruments."<ref name="RW_12-8-1979">{{cite magazine |last1=McGee |first1=David |editor1-last=Barnes |editor1-first=Sid |title=New York, NY |magazine=Record World |date=8 December 1979 |page=12 |publisher=Record World Publishing Co |location=New York}}</ref>

Fowley met lyricist Kari Krome at a party held for Alice Cooper, put her on salary, and had her begin looking for female performers. Krome met Joan Jett and brought her to Fowley. Jett successfully auditioned for Fowley by playing ukulele to a Sweet album, and picked up guitar as her instrument. Soon afterward, in the parking lot of the Rainbow Bar and Grill, Fowley met Sandy West, who agreed to play drums. Fowley had Jett rehearse with West at the latter's home in Huntington Beach, and auditioned the pair on the telephone to music journalist Ritchie Yorke. He then turned to two radio stations to advertise for further auditions, which brought lead vocalist/bassist Micki Steele (later of the Bangles).<ref name="MM_7-17-1976">{{cite magazine |author-link=Harvey Kubernik |title=The Runaways: Runaway Girls |magazine=Melody Maker |date=17 July 1976 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-runaways-runaway-girls |access-date=17 August 2023 |publisher=IPC Media |location=London |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="KF_RBP_KOTNW">{{cite web |author-link=Kim Fowley |title=King of the Nighttime World |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/king-of-the-nighttime-world |website=Rocks Backpages |publisher=Backpages Limited |access-date=17 August 2023 |location=London |date=2000 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The Runaways were formed in August 1975.<ref name="Tmorrow_10-11-1977_JJ">{{cite AV media |people=Joan Jett |date=11 October 1977 |title=Tomorrow with Tom Snyder |type=Television production |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIqSBqY_uo |access-date=20 September 2023 |time=26:29–26:32 |location=Los Angeles |publisher=NBC Television}}</ref> Fowley touted the new group the Runaways as "an all-girl answer to Grand Funk,"<ref name="Cash_Box_9-13-1975">{{cite magazine |last1=Shapiro |first1=Mark |editor1-last=Budge |editor1-first=David |title=News for the record: Riffs |magazine=Cash Box |date=13 September 1975 |volume=XXXVII |issue=17 |publisher=Cash Box Publishing Co |location=New York}}</ref> and the band signed to Kim Fowley Productions for management in September 1975.<ref name="Billboard_9-27-1975">{{cite magazine |author-link=Lee Zhito |title=Signings |magazine=Billboard |date=27 September 1975 |publisher=Billboard Publications |location=New York}}</ref> The lineup of Jett, West, and Steele made its live debut<ref name="HP_HWS_7-17-2019">{{cite web |last1=Ruggiero |first1=Bob |editor1-last=Downing |editor1-first=Margaret |title=The Hollywood Stars Shoot to Shine Bright Again |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/things-to-do-listen-to-the-hollywood-stars-sound-city-11320784 |website=Houston Press |publisher=Stuart Folb |access-date=29 November 2023 |location=Houston |format=online |date=16 July 2019}}</ref> playing the Whisky a Go Go September 28–29, opening for Fowley's previous conceptual band the Hollywood Stars (then billed as "The Stars").<ref name="PsychBaby_HWS_4-4-23">{{cite web |last1=Breznikar |first1=Klemen |title=The Hollywood Stars – Scott Phares Interview |url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2023/04/the-hollywood-stars-scott-phares-interview.html |website=It's Psychedelic, Baby |publisher=Klemen Breznikar |access-date=27 November 2023 |location=Prebold, Slovenia |format=online |date=4 April 2023}}</ref>

On October 30, Steele left due to creative differences. In November, bassist Peggy Foster joined, as well as Lita Ford as lead guitarist, allowing Jett to focus on rhythm guitar.{{citation needed |date=January 2024}}

Fowley and Jett discovered Cherie Currie at the teen nightclub The Sugar Shack<ref name="OC_Weekly_8-9-2010">{{cite magazine |author-link=Matt Coker |title=The Runaways' Cherie Currie: "I'm Not Sure There Will Ever Be an All-Girl Band Like It" |magazine=OC Weekly |date=9 August 2010 |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/the-runaways-cherie-currie-im-not-sure-there-will-ever-be-an-all-girl-band-like-it-6584525/ |access-date=18 August 2023 |publisher=Duncan McIntosh Co |location=Fountain Valley, CA |format=Online}}</ref> and brought her in as lead vocalist for the group.<ref name=MM_7-17-1976 /><ref name=KF_RBP_KOTNW />

In two weeks, Foster left the group too and was replaced by Jackie Fox, whom Fowley's colleague Rodney Bingenheimer found at the parking lot of the West Hollywood nightclub the Starwood.

=== Fame === [[File:The Runaways at Brumrock '76 (4 of 7).jpg|thumb|The Runaways performing at Brumrock '76, Bingley Hall, Birmingham, UK, on September 26, 1976. Left to right: Joan Jett, Jackie Fox and Lita Ford.]] Phonogram/Mercury Records' West Coast director of A&R, Denny Rosencrantz, agreed to sign the Runaways on December 12, 1975.<ref name=KF_RBP_KOTNW /><ref name="CB_6-5-1976_RW_PhMerc">{{cite magazine |last1=Fuchs |first1=Stephen |editor1-last=Budge |editor1-first=David |title=Runaways Reflect Mercury West Coast Strength |magazine=Cash Box |date=5 June 1976 |volume=XXXVIII |issue=2 |publisher=Cash Box Publishing Co |location=New York}}</ref><ref name="RW_12-25-1976">{{cite magazine |last1=Uhelszki |first1=Jaan |editor1-last=Parnes |editor1-first=Sid |title=The Coast |magazine=Record World |date=25 December 1976 |volume=33 |issue=1539 |pages=38, 188, 203, 206 |publisher=Record World Publishing Co |location=New York}}</ref> The band recorded their debut album ''The Runaways'' in January 1976 and released it in March through Mercury.<ref name="Evelyn">{{cite book |author-link=Evelyn McDonnell |title=Queens of Noise |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2013 |page=137 |isbn=978-0-306-82039-7}}</ref> The album debuted at number 188 on the ''Cash Box'' top albums chart, received favorable reviews, and was promoted through numerous radio ads,<ref name="CB_6-5-1976_RW">{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Budge |editor1-first=David |title=Album Reviews; Regional Album Action; New FM Action LPs; FM Analysis; ''Cash Box'' Top Albums: 101 to 200 |magazine=Cash Box |volume=XXXVIII |issue=2 |pages=20, 23, 24, 25, 50 |publisher=Cash Box Publishing Co}}</ref><ref name="Billboard_5-29-1976_RW_review">{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Zhito |editor1-first=Lee |title=Billboard's Top Album Picks: First Time Around |magazine=Billboard |date=29 May 1976 |volume=88 |issue=22 |page=82 |publisher=Billboard Publications Inc. |location=New York}}</ref> achieving sales of 70,000 units in 1976.<ref name=RW_12-25-1976 />

The band toured the U.S. in support of headlining groups such as Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Talking Heads, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-953-joan-jett |title=Episode 953 - Joan Jett |date=September 24, 2018 |access-date=September 2, 2019}}</ref> For their stage performance, the 2004 documentary ''Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways'' (directed by former Runaway bassist Vicki Blue) revealed each girl patterned herself after their musical idol: Currie on David Bowie, Jett on Suzi Quatro, Ford on a cross between Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore, West on Roger Taylor, and Fox on Gene Simmons.<ref name="edge">''Edgeplay: A film about The Runaways'', Sacred Dogs LLC, Los Angeles, 2005 (from interviews with Fowley and Currie)</ref>

The Runaways were the subject of a writeup in ''People'' magazine in September 1976. A week later, Fowley severed his ties with the band and forfeited his rights, titles, claims, and merchandising ownership to Mercury Records.<ref name="RW_9-11-1972">{{cite magazine |last1=Uhelszki |first1=Jaan |editor1-last=Parnes |editor1-first=Sid |title=The Coast |magazine=Record World |date=11 September 1976 |volume=33 |issue=1524 |page=86 |publisher=Record World Publishing Co |location=New York}}</ref> Mercury refused to accept Fowley's stakehold in the band and turned it back to him the following week.<ref name=RW_12-25-1976 /> Fowley and the band reconciled in November and returned to the studio to record their followup album ''Queens of Noise''.<ref name="RW_11-13-1976">{{cite magazine |last1=Uhelszki |first1=Jaan |editor1-last=Parnes |editor1-first=Sid |title=The Coast |magazine=Record World |date=13 November 1976 |volume=33 |issue=1533 |page=79 |publisher=Record World Publishing Co |location=New York}}</ref> The album was released on January 7, 1977.<ref name="Office">{{Cite book |author-link=Library of Congress Copyright Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1MhAQAAIAAJ&dq=queens+of+noise+7+January+1977&pg=PA134 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |date=1978}}</ref>

The Runaways performed a world tour in support of ''Queens of Noise.'' The band quickly became lumped in with the growing punk rock movement.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} The band (already fixtures on the West Coast punk scene) formed alliances with mostly male punk bands such as the Ramones and the Dead Boys (via New York City's CBGB) as well as the British punk scene by hanging out with the likes of the Damned, Generation X and the Sex Pistols.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In the summer of 1977, booking agent David Libert secured dates in Japan, where they played a string of sold-out shows. They were unprepared for the onslaught of fans that greeted them at the airport. Jett later described the mass hysteria as "just like Beatlemania".<ref>Jett 1977, ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIqSBqY_uo Tomorrow with Tom Snyder].'' Event occurs at 29:23–29:25.</ref> While in Japan, the Runaways had a TV special, made numerous television appearances, and released the album ''Live in Japan'', which went gold. Jackie Fox left mid-tour and was replaced by bassist Vicki Blue when the group returned to America.<ref name="CC_Neon_Angel">{{cite book |author1=Currie, Cherie |author2=Tony O'Neill |author1-link=Cherie Currie |title=Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway |date=2010 |publisher=It Books/HarperCollins Publishers |location=New York |isbn=9780061961359 |pages=218–219 |edition=First |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061961359/mode/2up |access-date=15 September 2023 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

Cherie Currie left the band on August 9, 1977. Fowley recorded the Runaways' third LP, ''Waitin' for the Night,'' at Larrabee Studios the same month, with the band as a four-piece and with Joan Jett on vocals.<ref name="Billboard_8-20-1977">{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Zhito |editor1-first=Lee |title=Inside Track |magazine=Billboard |date=20 August 1977 |volume=89 |issue=33 |page=74 |publisher=Billboard Publications Inc. |location=New York}}</ref><ref name="Billboard_8-27-1977">{{cite magazine |last1=McCullaugh |first1=Jim |editor1-last=Zhito |editor1-first=Lee |title=Studio Track |magazine=Billboard |date=27 August 1977 |volume=89 |issue=34 |page=49 |publisher=Billboard Publications Inc. |location=New York}}</ref> The album was released on October 17, 1977,<ref name="Cambr_Eve_News_10-25-1977">{{cite news |title=TV, Radio, Tonight's Choice |newspaper=Cambridge Evening News |date=25 October 1977 |issue=27382 |page=2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/890687373/ |access-date=15 September 2023 |publisher=Local World |location=Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and was the final album that Fowley would record with the group.<ref name="Sounds_11-12-1977_RW_RBP">{{cite magazine |last1=Robertson |first1=Sandy |title=The Runaways |magazine=Sounds |date=12 November 1977 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-runaways |access-date=18 September 2023 |publisher=United Newspapers |location=London |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

=== Dissolution === Due to disagreements over money and the management of the band, the Runaways and Kim Fowley parted ways in 1977. The group quickly hired Toby Mamis, who worked for Blondie and Suzi Quatro. When the group split from Fowley, they also parted with their record label Mercury/PolyGram, to which their deal was tied. In the ''Edgeplay'' documentary, members of the group (especially Fox and Currie) as well as the parents of Currie and West, have accused Fowley and others assigned to look after the band of broken promises as to schooling and other care, using divide and conquer tactics to keep control of the band, along with the verbal taunting of band members. The band reportedly spent much time enjoying the excesses of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle during this time.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} They partnered with Thin Lizzy producer John Alcock, after Jett's future partner Kenny Laguna turned down the job, to record their last album ''And Now... The Runaways''.

Blue left the group due to medical problems and was briefly replaced by Laurie McAllister in November 1978. McAllister was referred to the band by her neighbor, Duane Hitchings, who played keyboards on ''And Now... The Runaways''. Before joining the Runaways, McAllister played with Baby Roulette and the Rave Ons, who had one song released on a Kim Fowley compilation LP called ''Vampires From Outer Space''. McAllister appeared onstage with the Runaways at their final shows in California in December 1978 and quit in January 1979.

Disagreement among band members included the musical style; Jett wanted the band to make a musical change, shifting towards punk rock/glam rock while Ford and West wanted to continue playing hard rock/heavy metal music.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham 'Gruhamed' |title=Lita Ford Plays Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? - Runaways, Family + More |url=http://loudwire.com/lita-ford-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction-runaways-family-more/ |website=Loudwire.com |date=November 5, 2013 |access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> Neither would accept the other's point of view.<ref>Sherman, Dale. ''20th Century Rock And Roll: Women In Rock''. Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc, p. 53</ref> The band played their last concert on New Year's Eve 1978 at the Cow Palace and officially broke up in April 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://therunaways.com/wp-content/themes/the_runaways/scrapbook/year78_right1.jpg |title=The Runaways Scrapbook Year 1978 |access-date=October 31, 2011}}</ref>

=== Potential reunion === In 2010, Jett and Currie reunited to re-record the song "Cherry Bomb" for the video game ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/07/27/the-runaways-re-record-cherry-bomb-for-guitar-hero-warriors-of-rock |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801082713/http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/07/27/the-runaways-re-record-cherry-bomb-for-guitar-hero-warriors-of-rock/ |archive-date=1 August 2010 |title=The Runaways re-record 'Cherry Bomb' for 'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock' |date=27 July 2010 |website=HollywoodNews.com}}</ref>

In a 2015 interview with WHMH-FM, Ford said that she decided against a possible reunion in the early 1990s because "Nirvana was just kicking in, and it was really bad timing; it wouldn't have worked. People would have just turned their nose up at it."{{citation needed |date=May 2021 |reason=Mentions interview without evidence of interview}}

In December 2018, Ford said that a Runaways reunion would never happen.{{citation needed |date=May 2021 |reason=Mentions statement without source}}

On May 12, 2021, Currie was asked about a reunion, to which she responded,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cherie-currie-wishes-lita-ford-and-joan-jett-would-get-over-their-issues/ |title=CHERIE CURRIE Wishes LITA FORD And JOAN JETT 'Would Get Over' Their Issues |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=May 12, 2021}}</ref><blockquote>I've played with all the girls individually; I've played with all of them—with Lita, with Joan, and, of course, with Sandy; I never did a show without her before she passed away. So I'm the only one that's actually played with all the members. Lita and Joan have a little bit of an issue, and that just seems to be the problem. Lita doesn't like Kenny. I wish they would get over it, honestly, but I don't think so. Kenny was my manager during the early stages of making ''Blvds Of Splendor''. We were very good friends for 20 years. But then, unfortunately, with the record, with them holding up ''Blvds Of Splendor'' for 10 years, that kind of eroded my friendship with him a bit.</blockquote>

==After the breakup== {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | header = The Runaways after 1979 | width = 200 | image1 = Jett Rocks.jpg | alt1 = Joan Jett in the 1980s | caption1 = Joan Jett in the 1980s | image2 = Micki Steele.jpg | alt2 = Micki Steele in 2003 | caption2 = Micki Steele in 2003 | image3 = Cherie Currie.jpg | alt3 = Cherie Currie in 2010 | caption3 = Cherie Currie in 2010 | image4 = Lita Ford by Zoran Veselinovic.jpg | alt4 = Lita Ford in 1988 | caption4 = Lita Ford in 1988 }}

===Joan Jett=== {{main|Joan Jett}} Jett went on to work with producer Kenny Laguna and after being rejected by 23 record labels, formed their own label, Blackheart Records, in 1980. In doing so, Jett became one of the first female recording artists to found her own record label.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sauro |first=Tony |url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/A_ENTERTAIN/80423015/-1/A_ENTERTAIN04 |title=Sauro, Tony. "Q&A with Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna" ''Stockton Record'' April 24, 2008 |website=Recordnet.com |date=April 24, 2008 |access-date=October 31, 2011 |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920011148/https://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/A_ENTERTAIN/80423015/-1/A_ENTERTAIN04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The label continues to release albums by the Blackhearts and other bands. Jett went on to have massive success with a cover of the Arrows' song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", as well as "Crimson and Clover", "Bad Reputation", and "I Hate Myself for Loving You". She also co-starred in the 1987 film ''Light of Day'' with Michael J. Fox,<ref>{{IMDb title|0093415|Light of Day}}</ref> and appeared in the 2000 Broadway revival of ''The Rocky Horror Show'' as Columbia.<ref>{{IMDb name|0005053|Joan Jett}}</ref> Jett is on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 2015, she and her band the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: inducted in 2015 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum |work=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/joan-jett-and-the-blackhearts/ |publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref>

===Sandy West=== {{main|Sandy West}} West continued her association with John Alcock once the group disbanded. She formed the Sandy West Band and toured California throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She also did session work with John Entwistle of the Who and became a drum teacher.

West died from lung cancer in October 2006, having been diagnosed the previous year. A memorial tribute concert was later held in Los Angeles, featuring the Sandy West Band, Cherie Currie, the Bangles, the Donnas, and Carmine and Vinny Appice, among several others.

===Micki Steele=== {{main|Micki Steele}} Steele (as Michael Steele) joined the band the Bangles and went on to success with songs such as "Manic Monday", "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame".

===Cherie Currie=== {{main|Cherie Currie}} Upon leaving the Runaways, Currie released a 1978 solo album titled ''Beauty's Only Skin Deep'' and a 1980 duet album with her twin sister Marie Currie, ''Messin' with the Boys'', in which the duo was backed by members of Toto. The Curries' cover of Russ Ballard's "Since You Been Gone" reached Number 95 on the U.S. chart. Currie also appeared in a number of films, most notably ''Foxes'' with Jodie Foster. Throughout the 1990s, Currie worked as a drug counselor for addicted teens and as a personal fitness trainer. She married actor Robert Hays and they had a son together, Jake Hays. The couple divorced in 1997.

Currie still performs and records, remaining under contract with Blackheart Records, but her current passion is chainsaw carving which she displays at an art gallery in Chatsworth, California. In 2013, Cherie recorded two songs with Alexx Michael for the Munich-based hard rock-glam metal group Shameless, which were released on the album ''Beautiful Disaster'' on October 2, 2013. Currie's most recent solo album, ''Blvds of Splendor'', was released in 2020.

===Lita Ford=== {{main|Lita Ford}} Ford returned to PolyGram as a solo artist in the 1980s, where she released several albums before pairing with manager Sharon Osbourne. She had success with songs like "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever" (the second a duet with her manager's husband Ozzy Osbourne). She was married to Chris Holmes of W.A.S.P., and to former Nitro singer Jim Gillette, with whom she has two sons. After a long hiatus, Ford staged a comeback, performing at Rock The Bayou<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaccessmagazine.com/vol6/issue15/lita_ford.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228092213/http://www.allaccessmagazine.com/vol6/issue15/lita_ford.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 28, 2008 |title=Rock The Bayou |website=Allaccessmagazine.com |date=September 18, 2008 |access-date=October 31, 2011}}</ref> and other hard rock festivals during the summer of 2008. She released ''Wicked Wonderland'', her first studio album in 14 years, on October 6, 2009. During that year Ford toured as a special guest of progressive metal band Queensrÿche and performed songs from ''Wicked Wonderland'' and reprised her duet "Close My Eyes Forever" with Queensrÿche lead singer Geoff Tate.

===Vicki Blue=== {{main|Victory Tischler-Blue}} Vicki Blue is now known as Victory Tischler-Blue. After leaving the Runaways, she shifted her focus to film and television production eventually becoming a producer/director for several reality- and magazine-based television shows including ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''Access Hollywood'', and ''Real Stories of the Highway Patrol''. She went on to form Sacred Dogs Entertainment Group a motion picture production company and released a documentary on the Runaways called ''Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways''. In 2005, Tischler-Blue directed ''Naked Under Leather'', a documentary about fellow female rocker Suzi Quatro, which was selected for the Santa Cruz Film Festival in May 2004 but never released.<ref>{{IMDb title|0404267|Naked Under Leather (2004)}}</ref> Focusing on music driven productions, she was tapped to executive produce a network special: ''The Bee Gees "Unbroken Fever"—The 30th Anniversary of Saturday Night Fever''. Additionally, Tischler-Blue and Ford teamed up to record music for ''El Guitarrista'', an animated series that Sacred Dogs Entertainment Group is producing.

===Jackie Fox=== {{main|Jackie Fox}} Fox returned to using her birth name of Fuchs and graduated from UCLA ''summa cum laude'', with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Italian. She later received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and practices entertainment law.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-runaways/behind-runaways-film-legal-battle-simmers-idUSTRE62I13X20100319 |title=Behind "Runaways" film, legal battle simmers |website=Reuters|date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> She co-wrote "Delilah's Scissors" with Tischler-Blue and executive-produced and appeared in ''Edgeplay'', Tischler-Blue's 2005 documentary about the Runaways.<ref name=imdb-edgeplay>{{IMDb title|0216731|Edgeplay: A film about The Runaways}}</ref> She also writes an L.A. cat care column for Examiner.com<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/the-real-runaways-still-rockin-30-years-later/ |title=The Real Runaways: Still Rockin' 30 Years Later |work=People |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> and is an occasional contributor to Listverse.com.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://listverse.com/2013/11/28/10-thanksgiving-words-with-bizarre-origins/ |title=10 Thanksgiving Words With Bizarre Origins |date=November 28, 2013 |access-date=November 29, 2013}}</ref> She is the author of ''The Well'', an unpublished work of young adult historical fiction, and is currently working on her second novel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jackie-fuchs |title=Jackie Fuchs |website=HuffPost |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> In December 2018 she won four games on the game show ''Jeopardy!''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Runaways' Jackie Fuchs is killing it on Jeopardy! |url=https://consequence.net/2018/12/the-runaways-jackie-fuchs-jeopardy/ |first=Randall |last=Colburn |date=December 18, 2022 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |website=Consequence}}</ref>

In July 2015, after Fowley's death, Fuchs revealed publicly that Fowley raped her on New Year's Eve 1975 at a party after a Runaways performance at a club in Orange County. Sixteen years old at the time, she was reportedly given Quaaludes by a man who she thought was a roadie and raped while she was incapacitated. Currie said she spoke up against Fowley's actions, then stormed out of the room when he refused to stop.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Jett and Cherie Currie Respond to Jackie Fox's Rape Allegations |url=http://jezebel.com/joan-jett-and-cherie-currie-respond-to-jackie-foxs-rape-1717399575 |website=Jezebel.com |access-date=October 31, 2015 |first=Marie |last=Lodi |date=July 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cherkis |first=Jason |title=Jackie Fox Of The Runaways Opens Up About Her Traumatic Rape |url=https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/ |work=Huffington Post}}</ref> ''Look Away'', a documentary about sexual abuse in the rock music industry features Fuchs' story.<ref name=mangan>{{cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/13/look-away-review-horrifying-stories-of-abuse-at-the-hands-of-male-rock-stars |title=Look Away review – horrifying stories of abuse at the hands of male rock stars |work= The Guardian |date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>

===Laurie McAllister=== McAllister joined another of Fowley's all-female bands, the Orchids, who released their only album in 1980. McAllister retired from the music industry and worked as a veterinarian technician in Eugene, Oregon. She died of complications from an asthma attack on August 25, 2011 at the age of 54.<ref>{{cite news |title=Runaways bassist Laurie McAllister dies |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/09/runaways-bassist-laurie-mcallister-dies.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 22, 2013 |date=September 2, 2011}}</ref>

==Members== {|class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" !width="75" |Image !width="120" |Name !width="90" |Years active !width="160" |Instruments !Release contributions |- |{{CSS image crop |Image=Jett_Rocks.jpg |bSize=275 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=35 |oLeft=65}} |Joan Jett |1975–1979 |{{hlist|rhythm guitar|lead guitar {{small|(1975, 1976)}}|lead and backing vocals|bass {{small|(1977)}}|}} |rowspan="2" |all releases |- | |Sandy West |1975–1979 {{small|(died 2006)}} |{{hlist|drums|backing and occasional lead vocals<ref>Tracks «Wild Thing» and «Right Now»</ref>}} |- | |Kari Krome |1975 |lead vocals |rowspan="1" {{n/a|none}} |- |{{CSS image crop |Image=Micki_Steele.jpg |bSize=475 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=60 |oLeft=160}} |Micki Steele |1975 |{{hlist|bass|lead vocals}} |{{flatlist| * ''Born to be Bad'' (1991) * ''Cherokee Studios Demos'' (2024)}} |- |{{CSS image crop |Image=The Runaways at Brumrock '76 (1 of 7).jpg |bSize=375 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=115 |oLeft=135}} |Lita Ford |{{hlist|1975–1976|1976–1979}} |{{hlist|lead guitar|backing vocals {{small|(from 1977)}}|rhythm guitar {{small|(1977, 1979)}}|bass<ref>{{cite video |people=Victory Tischler-Blue |year=2005 |title=Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways |medium=Documentary |publisher=Sacred Dogs Entertainment Group |location=Hollywood, California |time=89:30}}</ref> and lead vocals<ref>Track «One Need a Million»</ref> {{small|(1978)}}}} |all releases, except ''Born to be Bad'' (1991) and ''Cherokee Studios Demos'' (2024) |- | |Peggy Foster |1975 |bass |rowspan="1" {{n/a|none}} |- |{{CSS image crop |Image=The Runaways at Brumrock '76 (3 of 7).jpg |bSize=250 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=90 |oLeft=85}} |Cherie Currie |1975–1977 |lead vocals | rowspan="2" |{{flatlist| * ''The Runaways'' (1976) * ''Queens of Noise'' (1977) * ''Live in Japan'' (1977) * ''Flaming Schoolgirls'' (1980) * ''The Best of the Runaways'' (1982) * ''Neon Angels'' (1992) * ''20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Runaways'' (2005) {{small|nine tracks}} * ''The Mercury Albums Anthology'' (2010) {{small|(twenty tracks)}} *''Live (Agora Ballroom, Cleveland - July 19, 1976)'' (2015)}} |- |{{CSS image crop |Image=The_Runaways_at_Brumrock_'76_(5_of_7).jpg |bSize=300 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=60 |oLeft=105}} |Jackie Fox |{{hlist|1975–1976|1976–1977}} | rowspan="2" |{{hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |- | |Vicki Blue |1977–1978 |{{flatlist| * ''Waitin' for the Night'' (1977) * ''And Now... The Runaways'' (1978) {{small|(credited only)}} * ''Little Lost Girls'' (1981) * ''I Love Playin' with Fire'' (1982) * ''The Runaways featuring Joan Jett and Lita Ford'' (1997) * ''20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Runaways'' (2005) {{small|(remaining tracks)}} * ''The Mercury Albums Anthology'' (2010) {{small|(remaining tracks)}} * ''Live in New York 1978'' (2017)}} |- | |Laurie McAllister |1978–1979 {{small|(died 2011)}} |bass |''And Now Tour 1978'' (2019) |}

===Session musicians=== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" ! width="75" |Image ! width="120" |Name ! width="90" |Years active ! width="160" |Instruments !Release contributions |- |{{CSS image crop |Image=Mark Andes by Ron Baker.jpg |bSize=250 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=5 |oLeft=85}} |Mark Andes |1975 |rowspan="2" |bass |''Cherokee Studios Demos'' (2024) |- | |Nigel Harrison | rowspan="2" |1976 | rowspan="2" |''The Runaways'' (1976) |- |{{CSS image crop |Image=DJ_Rodney_Bingenheimer_2016_(cropped).jpg |bSize=100 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=35 |oLeft=15}} |Rodney Bingenheimer |orchestration |- | |Duane Hitchings |1978 |keyboards |''And Now... The Runaways'' (1978) |}

===Lineups=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !scope="col" style="width:20em;" |Period !scope="col" style="width:24em;" |Members !scope="col" style="width:20em;" |Releases |- !scope="col" |July — August 1975 | *Joan Jett – guitar *Sandy West – drums *Kari Krome — vocals | {{n/a|none}} |- !scope="col" |August — October 1975 | *Joan Jett – guitar, backing vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Micki Steele — bass, lead vocals | *''Born to be Bad (1993)'' |- !scope="col" |October 1975 | *Joan Jett – guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Micki Steele — lead vocals

Guest appearance: *Mark Andes – bass | *''Cherokee Studios Demos'' (2024) |- !scope="col" |Early November 1975 | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford – lead guitar *Peggy Foster – bass |rowspan="3" {{n/a|none}} |- !scope="col" |November 1975 | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar *Peggy Foster – bass *Cherie Currie – lead vocals |- !scope="col" |December 1975 — January 1976 {{small|(classic lineup)}} | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar *Cherie Currie – lead vocals *Jackie Fox – bass, backing vocals |- !scope="col" |Early February 1976 | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar *Cherie Currie – lead vocals *Jackie Fox – bass {{Small|(credit only)}}

Guest appearances: *Nigel Harrison – bass *Rodney Bingenheimer — orchestration | *''The Runaways'' (1976) |- !scope="col" |February — October 1976 {{small|(classic lineup)}} | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar *Cherie Currie – lead vocals *Jackie Fox – bass, backing vocals | *''Flaming Schoolgirls'' (1980) *''The Best of the Runaways'' (1982) *''Live (Agora Ballroom, Cleveland - July 19, 1976)'' (2015) |- !scope="col" |October 1976 | *Joan Jett — guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Cherie Currie – lead vocals *Jackie Fox – bass, backing vocals |{{n/a|none}} |- !scope="col" |November 1976 — June 1977 {{small|(classic lineup)}} | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar, backing vocals {{small|(from 1977)}} *Jackie Fox – bass, backing vocals *Cherie Currie – lead vocals | *''Queens of Noise'' (1977) *''Live in Japan'' (1977) *''Flaming Schoolgirls'' (1980) |- !scope="col" |June — July 1977 | *Lita Ford — guitar, backing vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Joan Jett — bass, lead vocals *Cherie Currie – lead vocals |rowspan="2" {{n/a|none}} |- !scope="col" |July — August 1977 | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar, backing vocals *Cherie Currie – lead vocals *Vicki Blue — bass, backing vocals |- !scope="col" |August 1977 — October 1978 | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar, backing vocals *Vicki Blue — bass, backing vocals | *''Waitin' for the Night'' (1977) *''Little Lost Girls'' (1981) * ''I Love Playin' with Fire'' (1982) * ''Live in New York 1978'' (2017) |- !scope="col" |October 1978 | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar, bass, backing vocals

Guest appearance: *Duane Hitchings — keyboards | *''And Now... The Runaways'' (1978) |- !scope="col" |November 1978 — January 1979 | *Joan Jett — rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Sandy West – drums, backing vocals *Lita Ford — lead guitar, backing vocals *Laurie McAllister — bass | *''And Now Live Tour 1978'' (2019) |- !scope="col" colspan="3" |Band was officially disbanded April 1979 |}

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==Discography== === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Album details ! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:3em; font-size:85%" |US <ref name="Billboard 200">''Billboard'' 200 chart positions: * ''The Runaways'': {{cite magazine |title=Billboard 200, Week of August 28, 1976 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1976-08-27 |date=1976-08-27 |access-date=2021-07-22 |magazine=Billboard}} * ''Queens of Noise'': {{cite magazine |title=Billboard 200, Week of February 19, 1977 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1977-02-19 |date=1977-02-19 |access-date=2021-07-22 |magazine=Billboard}} </ref> ! style="width:3em; font-size:85%" |AUS <ref name="AUS" /> ! style="width:3em; font-size:85%" |CAN <ref>''RPM'' album chart positions: * ''Queens of Noise:'' {{Cite magazine |title=RPM Top 100 Albums |url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5178b.pdf|magazine=RPM |volume=26 |issue=24 |date=1977-03-12 |access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref> ! style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | JPN <ref>{{Cite web |title=Japanese Oricon charts archives |url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/111225-japanese-oricon-charts-archives/page4 |date=2016-06-18 |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=UKMIX Forums |language=en}}</ref> ! style="width:3em; font-size:85%" |SWE <ref name="SWE">{{cite web |title=The Runaways in Swedish Charts |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Runaways |access-date=2021-07-22 |website=Swedish Charts |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''The Runaways'' | * Released: {{start date|1976|05|17}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Runaways |others=The Runaways |date=1976-04-27 |type=Test Pressing |publisher=Mercury Records |id=SRM-1-1090 |location=Hollywood, CA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Runaways live - Tour History |url=https://www.therunawayslive.com/tour-history/1976 |website=The Runaways live |access-date=2025-08-31}}</ref> * Label: Mercury | 194 | 31 |— | 7 |— |- ! scope="row" |''Queens of Noise'' | * Released: {{start date|1977|01|07}}<ref name="Office" /><ref name="Noise">{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/19478035-The-Runaways-Queens-Of-Noise |title=The Runaways – Queens Of Noise |website=Discogs.com |date=January 7, 1977 |access-date=January 8, 2023}}</ref> * Label: Mercury | 172 | 36 | 83 | 30 | 28 |- ! scope="row" |''Waitin' for the Night'' | * Released: {{start date|1977|10|17}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Waitin' for the Night |others=The Runaways |date=1977-09-15 |type=Test Pressing |publisher=Mercury Records |id= |location=Hollywood, CA}}</ref> * Label: Mercury |— |— |— |— | 34 |- ! scope="row" |''And Now... The Runaways'' | * Released: {{start date|1978|11}} {{small|(Netherlands)}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review of the album |magazine=Dutch rock magazine OOR |page=23 |date=1978-11-15}}</ref> * Label: Mercury |— |— |— |— |— |- | colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

=== Live albums === {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" |Title !rowspan="2" |Album details !colspan="1" |Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:3em; font-size:85%" |SWE <ref name="SWE" /> |- !scope="row" |''Live in Japan'' | * Released: October 1977 * Label: Mercury |33 |- !scope="row" |''Live (Agora Ballroom, Cleveland - July 19, 1976)'' | * Released: April 21, 2015<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Runaways - Live: Agora Ballroom - Cleveland July 19,1976 Vinyl |url=https://betternaturerecords.com/products/the-runaways-live-agora-ballroom-cleveland-july-19-1976-vinyl |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Better Nature Records}}</ref> * Label: Vinyl Lovers |— |- !scope="row" |''Live in New York 1978'' | * Released: September 22, 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Live In New York 1978 by The Runaways |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/live-in-new-york-1978-mr0004836895 |date=2017-09-22 |access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref> * Label: Air Cuts |— |- !scope="row" |''And Now USA Tour 1978'' | * Released: 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=コレクターズCD ランナウェイズ1978年アメリカツアー12月28日ロスアンジェルス/The Runaways — And Now USA Tour 1978 The Whiskey A-Go-Go:Los Angeles USA 28th December 1978 Vg-Aud |url=https://www.livebootleg.net/smp/item/Runaways0002.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.livebootleg.net}}</ref> * Label: Phoenix |– |- |colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

=== Compilation albums === * ''Flaming Schoolgirls'' (1980, Cherry Red) * ''The Best of the Runaways'' (1982, Mercury) * ''I Love Playin' with Fire'' (1982, Cherry Red) * ''Born to be Bad'' (1991, Marilyn) * ''Neon Angels'' (1992, Mercury) * ''The Runaways featuring Joan Jett and Lita Ford'' (1997, PolyGram) * ''20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Runaways'' (2005, Universal) * ''The Mercury Albums Anthology'' (2010, Hip-O)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deusner |first=Stephen M. |date=March 15, 2010 |title=Born to Be Bad: The Runaways, 'The Mercury Albums Anthology' |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2010/03/15/the-runaways/ |access-date=July 22, 2021 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> * ''Cherokee Studios Demos'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-31 |title=The Runaways - Cherokee Studios Demos (STU/FLAC) |url=https://www.guitars101.com/threads/the-runaways-cherokee-studios-demos-stu-flac.807090/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Guitars101 - Guitar Forums}}</ref>

=== Charted singles === {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" !rowspan="2" |Title !rowspan="2" |Year !colspan="3" |Peak chart positions !rowspan="2" |Certifications |- !scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US Bub. <ref name="Bubbling Under Hot 100">{{cite web |url=https://top40weekly.com/bubbling-under/ |title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 |publisher=Top40Weekly |date=2020 |access-date=November 5, 2020}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|AUS <ref name="AUS">{{cite book |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |page=261}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|BEL (FL) <ref name="BEL">{{cite web |title=The Runaways |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Runaways#charts |access-date=July 22, 2021 |website=Ultratop Flanders |publisher=Hung Medien |language=Dutch}}</ref> |- !scope="row" |"Cherry Bomb" / "Blackmail" | 1976 | 106 || 57 || — | * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification |region=United Kingdom |type=single |artist=Runaways |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref> |- !scope="row" |"Heartbeat" / "Neon Angels on the Road to Ruin" |rowspan="2" |1977 | 110 || — || — | |- !scope="row" |"School Days" / "Wasted" | — || — || 29 | |- |colspan="9" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

==Influence== The Runaways' success has had a lasting effect to help pave the way for many other successful female artists and female bands, including the Bangles, the Go-Go's, Sahara Hotnights, L7, the Donnas, and Vixen to enter the male-dominated arena of rock music.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chiu |first=David |title=The Runaways: Rock and roll provocateurs |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-runaways-rock-and-roll-provocateurs/ |publisher=CBS News |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref> They are named as influences by several artists, including the Germs, Courtney Love, the Adolescents, Taylor Momsen, White Flag, and Rhino Bucket who acknowledged the Runaways' influence on their music during their performance at the December 2006 tribute concert honoring Sandy West.

==Film== {{main|The Runaways (2010 film)}} A biographical film about the band, inspired by Currie's memoir, was released in 2010. Jett was one of the executive producers of the film. Actresses Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning starred as Jett and Currie, respectively. Michael Shannon played Fowley. None of the band's former bass players were featured in the film; Fox did not want to be involved in any part of the film, and requested that her name be changed in the story. The fictional replacement is named Robin Robbins.<ref>{{cite news |last=Belloni |first=Matt |title=The secret legal battle behind 'The Runaways' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 21, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/secret-legal-battle-runaways-63735/}}</ref> The film was written and directed by Floria Sigismondi,<ref name=Variety20090304>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Michael |title=Dakota Fanning fronts 'Runaways'; Actress also set to play vamp in 'New Moon'|work=Variety |date=March 4, 2009 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/dakota-fanning-fronts-runaways-1118000849/}}</ref> and was released to limited theaters on March 19, 2010.<ref>{{IMDb title|1017451|The Runaways|(2010)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.suicidegirls.com/girls/nicole_powers/blog/2680111/kristen-stewart-jett-ing-through-a-twilight-adventureland/ |title=Kristen Stewart: Jett-ing Through A Twilight Adventureland |publisher=SuicideGirls.com |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>

''The Runaways'' received generally positive reviews from critics.<ref name="GWF">{{cite book |last1=Goldsmith |first1=Melissa U.D. |last2=Willson |first2=Paige A. |last3=Fonseca |first3=Anthony J. |year=2016 |title=The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TP3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA259 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, MD |page=259 |isbn=978-1442269873}}</ref> On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 70% rating based on 187 reviews, and an average rating of 6.19/10.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Runaways |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_runaways |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=2010 |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

==New Runaways (1987)== In the early 1980s, Gayle Welch, an ambitious 13-year-old girl from Kaitaia, New Zealand, wrote a song, "Day of Age", and recorded it in Mandrell Recording Studios in Auckland, New Zealand. The resulting tape found its way to Fowley's desk. He played the Welch tape for colleague and Los Angeles deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, who played the song on his show on radio KROQ and included it on his annual compilation of his most-liked music for the year. Also on that compilation was a song that featured Chicago-native guitarist Bill Millay.

It did not take long before Fowley, who still owned the Runaways trademark, was putting together a new Runaways band built around Welch. Missy Bonilla was recruited from the typing pool of CBS Records, Denise Pryor came from Compton and Kathrine Dombrowski ("Kathy DiAmber") was also added. Welch was present only on tape and only on the first song on the CD, "I Want to Run With the Bad Boys". Millay played guitar, David Carr played keyboards and a drum machine rounded out the team. Glenn Holland,<ref>{{cite web |title=Glenn Holland personal web site |url=http://glenn-holland.net |url-status=usurped |website=Glenn-holland.net |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226015512/http://glenn-holland.net/ |archive-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> also from New Zealand, a friend of both Bingenheimer and Fowley, facilitated. The album, ''Young and Fast'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=Young and Fast - The Runaways {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/young-and-fast-mw0000192752 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> was released in 1987, and was a minor hit.

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * [http://joanjett.com/ Joan Jett official site] * [http://litafordonline.com/ Lita Ford official site] * [http://www.victorytischlerblue.com Victory Tischler-Blue official site] * [http://www.sacreddogs.com Sacred Dogs Entertainment Group official site] * Jackie Fox's Runaways [https://runawaysstories.blogspot.com/ essays] * {{IMDb name|3053638}} * {{Discogs artist|The Runaways}} * [http://www.metaladies.com/2011/10/24/the-runaways The Runaways] on Metaladies.com

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