· The Killers - Runaways (música para ouvir e letra da música com legenda)! You gotta know that this is real, baby / Why you wanna fight it? / It's the. The Runaways - Wikipedia. The Runaways. Background information. Origin. Los Angeles, California, United States. Genres. Hard rock,[1]punk rock,[2]glam punk. Years active. 19. Labels. Mercury, Rhino, Cherry Red, Raven. Associated acts. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Lita Ford, The Bangles, Cherie & Marie Currie, Sandy West Band, Currie- Blue Band, The Orchids. Websitewww. therunaways. Past members. Joan Jett. Sandy West. Micki Steele. Lita Ford. Peggy Foster. Cherie Currie. Jackie Fox. Vicki Blue. Laurie Mc. Allister. The Runaways were an American all- femalerock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1. The band released four studio albums and one live set 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". The Runaways, though never a major success in the United States, became a sensation overseas, especially in Japan, thanks to the hit single "Cherry Bomb". History[edit]Early years[edit]The Runaways were formed in late 1. Sandy West and rhythm guitarist Joan Jett after they had both introduced themselves to producer Kim Fowley, who gave Jett's phone number to West. The teens who became the Runaways found that some family secrets are bigger than others when they witnessed their parents, part of a cabal known as the Pride. Sam Feldt - Runaways (Letra e música para ouvir) - Hey, little darling / I'm gonna take you out of the darkness / I wanna walk with you in the light, yeah / Hold. The two met on their own at West's home and later called Fowley to let him hear the outcome. Fowley then helped the girls find other members. Two decades later he said, "I didn't put the Runaways together, I had an idea, they had ideas, we all met, there was combustion and out of five different versions of that group came the five girls who were the ones that people liked."[3]Starting as a power trio with singer/bassist Micki Steele, the Runaways began the party and club circuit around Los Angeles. They soon added lead guitarist Lita Ford who had originally auditioned for the bass spot. Steele was fired from the group, replaced by local bassist Peggy Foster, who left after just one month. Lead singer Cherie Currie was found and recruited in a local teen nightclub called the Sugar Shack, followed by Jackie Fox (who had originally auditioned for the lead guitar spot) on bass.[3]The Runaways were signed to Mercury Records in 1.
Runaways Cherry BombThe Runaways, was released shortly after. The band toured the U. S. and played numerous sold- out shows. They opened shows with headlining acts such as Cheap Trick and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.[citation needed] The documentary Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways, directed by former Runaway bassist Vicki Blue revealed each girl patterned herself after an idol: Currie on David Bowie, Jett on Suzi Quatro, Ford a cross between Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore, West on Roger Taylor, and Fox on Gene Simmons.[4]Their second album, Queens of Noise was released in 1. The Runaways quickly became lumped in with the growing punk rock movement. 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. In the summer of 1. David Libert sent the group to Japan, where they played a string of sold out shows. The Runaways were the number four imported music act in Japan at the time, behind ABBA, Kiss and Led Zeppelin in terms of album sales and popularity.[citation needed] The girls were unprepared for the onslaught of fans that greeted them at the airport. The mass hysteria was later described by Jett as being "like Beatlemania".[4] While in Japan, the Runaways had their own TV special, did numerous television appearances and released the album Live in Japan that went gold. Also in Japan, Fox left the band shortly before the group was scheduled to appear at the 1. Tokyo Music Festival. Jett temporarily took over bass duties. When the group returned home, they replaced Fox with Vicki Blue. Currie then left the group after a blow- up with Ford in the fall of 1. Jett, who had previously shared vocals with Currie, took over lead vocals full- time. The band released their fourth album, Waitin' for the Night, and started a world tour with their friends the Ramones. Currie released a solo LP, Beauty's Only Skin Deep, produced by Kim Fowley, and began a separate U. S. tour, which included her identical twin sister Marie. Mercury Records chose not to release Currie's album in the U. S., although it was available as a pricey import via France. In 1. 98. 0, billed as Cherie and Marie Currie, the sisters released an album for Capitol, Messin' with the Boys, produced by Steve Lukather, who was engaged to and later married Marie Currie. Cherie had some success after the Runaways. Since You Been Gone", a duet with Marie, off Messin' with the Boys charted number 9. U. S. charts. Dissolution[edit]Due to disagreements over money and the management of the band, the Runaways and Kim Fowley parted ways in 1. The group quickly hired new management, Toby Mamis, who also worked for Blondie and Suzi Quatro. When the group split with 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. 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. Vicki Blue left the group due to medical problems and was briefly replaced by Laurie Mc. Allister in November 1. Laurie Mc. Allister was referred to the band by her neighbor, Duane Hitchings, who played keyboards on And Now.. The Runaways. Before joining the Runaways, Laurie played with Baby Roulette and the Rave Ons, who had one song released on a Kim Fowley compilation LP called Vampires From Outer Space. Laurie appeared onstage with the Runaways at their final shows in California during the last weeks of December 1. Mc. Allister quit soon after in January 1. Disagreement between band members included the musical style; Joan Jett wanted the band to take a musical change, shifting towards punk rock/glam rock while Lita Ford and Sandy West wanted to continue playing hard rock/heavy metal music.[5] Neither would accept the other's point of view.[6] Finally, the band played their last concert[7] on New Year's Eve 1. Cow Palace near San Francisco and officially broke up in April 1. Post- breakup[edit]The Runaways post 1. Joan Jett in the 1. Micki Steele in 2. Cherie Currie in 2. Lita Ford in 1. 98. Joan Jett[edit]Jett went on to work with producer and former Shondell. Kenny Laguna. After being rejected by 2. Blackheart Records, in 1. In doing so, Jett became one of the first female recording artists to found her own record label.[8] The label continues to release albums by the Blackhearts, and also other new up and coming bands. Jett went on to have massive success with a cover of the Arrows' song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", as well as other hits such as "Crimson and Clover", "Bad Reputation" and "I Hate Myself for Loving You". Jett also co- starred in the 1. Light of Day with Michael J. Fox,[9] and appeared in the 2. Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show as Columbia.[1. Jett is also on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 1. Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 2. 01. 3, she released a new studio album titled Unvarnished which charted number 4. U. S. charts. In 2. The Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[1. She continues playing and touring all over the world to this day. Sandy West[edit]West continued her association with John Alcock once the group disbanded. She and Ford attempted to record some music, but nothing materialized. She formed the Sandy West Band and toured California throughout the 1. Cherie Currie. She also did session work with John Entwistle of The Who and became a drum teacher. West was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2. October 2. 00. 6. 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[edit]Steele joined the all- girl band The Bangles in the early 1. Manic Monday", "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame". Cherie Currie[edit]Upon leaving the Runaways, Currie released a 1. Beauty's Only Skin Deep and a 1. Marie Currie, Messin' with the Boys, in which the duo was backed by most of Toto. Cherie and Marie Currie's song "Since You Been Gone" charted number 9. U. S. charts. She also appeared in a number of films, most notably Foxes with Jodie Foster. Throughout the 1. Currie worked as a drug counselor for addicted teens and as a personal fitness trainer. She married actor Robert Hays; they have a son together, Jake Hays, but the couple divorced in 1. Currie still performs and records but her current passion is chainsaw carving. She has an art gallery in Chatsworth, California where her works are currently on display. She is also currently under contract with Jett's Blackheart Records label. In 2. 01. 2, she has been recording songs co- written with her son Jake, produced by Steve Lukather. Lukather suspended the project for summer 2. Ringo Starr & His All- Starr Band.[1. In the meantime, Currie announced plans to perform and possibly record new material with Lita Ford.[1. In 2. 01. 3, Cherie recorded two songs with Alexx Michael for the Munich- based hard rock- glam metal supergroup Shameless, which were released on the album Beautiful Disaster on October 2, 2. Lita Ford[edit]Ford returned as a solo artist to Polygram in the 1. Sharon Osbourne. She also had success with songs like "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever" (the second a duet with her manager's husband Ozzy Osbourne).
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