Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart in The Runaways. Credit: Apparition
The new coming-of-age biopic The Runaways (directed by Floria Sigismondi) is a movie about the rebellious (rock girls with guitars) all-girl American rock band of the 1970s. Rock music, drug abuse and addiction, creative differences and conflict, rock and roll!
Commonly known for the songs "Cherry Bomb," "Queens of Noise," "Rock n Roll," "Neon Angels (On the Road to Ruin)," and "Born to Be Bad" they were together from 1975 to 1979. They signed to Mercury Records in 1976 with their debut album, The Runaways and their second album, Queens of Noise was released in 1977. They began a world tour and were huge in Japan (behind Kiss, Led Zeppelin, and ABBA).
Some of The Runaways' opening acts have included Cheap Trick, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Ramones, and Van Halen. West Coast punk rockers, the band associated with other punk bands of the period -- on the East Coast, Blondie, The Ramones and The Dead Boys (@ NYC's CBGB's); and the British punk scene of The Damned, Generation X and The Sex Pistols. The Runaways played their last concert New Year's Eve Day of 1978 and broke up in April of 1979. Watch vintage clips of The Runaways in Japan below!
Visit The Runaways Official Site: http://www.therunaways.com/
Visit the Official Movie Site: http://www.runawaysmovie.com/
Comments
Hey Lori!
Cool article! I saw the movie & liked it a lot (I have a review at Amazon if you want to check it out). I was the same age as the band & they all look like girls I knew.
Keep Rocking!
Jim
Thanks for the great article! I loved the movie - especially the part where Cherie Currie was trying to snap her fingers in the store. When the movie was over, we all got up and danced in the aisles. :-)
Jenny Westberg
Portland Mental Health Examiner
Jenny, NICE!
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