Article about all-female rock bands

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I found this article over at JoanJett.com and thought I'd share because it talks about The Runaways.

TUSKmag.com
A tiny pantheon for all-female rock bands

With Fanny blazing out, the Runaways, very young girls in tight leather, stepped up. Al-though some dismissed them as svengali producer Kim Fowley’s creation, the band actually formed around drummer Sandy West and a rhythm guitarist who called herself Joan Jett.

Fowley did help them locate other members, including lead guitarist Lita Ford and bass player Micki Steel, who dropped out and later resurfaced as Michael Steele of the Bangles. Jackie Fox stepped in on bass and Cherie Currie became lead singer, after which the band began scoring songs such as “Queens of Noise” and the 1976 hit “Cherry Bomb.”

Still, the Runaways ran away in 1979, with many still regarding them as manufactured pop/punk, a theory revised only later as Jett’s solo career took off, as did Ford’s, on a smaller scale.

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tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070316/TUSK02/70315009&SearchID=73275225287859

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Thanks for that Wasted!

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