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Post by wilkinss77 on Apr 20, 2010 7:12:09 GMT -5
how did you discover the runaways & their music? for me, it was one saturday in november, '76. i was in a record store in southend, essex, near where i live, looking under 'r' for mick ronson albums. i found the runaways 1st album instead. amazed to find they were all girls, played instruments & wrote many of the songs, i was uncertain of the musical content, so i put it back in the rack. the following day, in my dad's sunday paper (news of the world), i read a centre page report about the band & their recent london gig at the roundhouse! reading that their music was, as i'd hoped, heavy metal/hard rock, i rushed out the next saturday & got the album. when i played it i thought it was ok, but some of it wasn't heavy enough. the following year i got 'queens of noise'- & this one blew me away! it had the same effect on me as bowie's 'ziggy' album did- i liked every track, & this was exactly the kind of heavy metal rock that i dug (& still do, of course). from then on, i was a die-hard fan.
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Post by paulinajett on Apr 20, 2010 18:54:07 GMT -5
I knew about Joan's music since I was a kid so I've been fan of her for a while, but never heard about the band (I think that sounds cliché now) And I finded out when Joan started to mention about a movie about The Runaways back in 08'. I say that it's a lame and ignorant story because knowing about Joan and not knowing if she was in a band before? I kinda feel like a bad fan of Joan for not knowing that...
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Post by fallspeed on Apr 20, 2010 19:52:41 GMT -5
I liked Joan Jett in high school (freshman in 1982) and had a friend who was a HUGE JJ fan. He told me she was originally in this all-girl band, and he had all their LPs. He played Live in Japan for me and I thought it was good, but I didn't become a huge fan right away. It wasn't until years later when I heard Live in Japan again on CD (I guess it was remastered), and it was like listening to them for the first time.
Then I found the videos from Japan on Youtube, which I had never seen before. And that caused me to turn into a mindless fanboy.
Mick Ronson, eh? Are you a Mott the Hoople fan? I love them too.
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Post by wilkinss77 on Apr 20, 2010 23:01:31 GMT -5
I liked Joan Jett in high school (freshman in 1982) and had a friend who was a HUGE JJ fan. He told me she was originally in this all-girl band, and he had all their LPs. He played Live in Japan for me and I thought it was good, but I didn't become a huge fan right away. It wasn't until years later when I heard Live in Japan again on CD (I guess it was remastered), and it was like listening to them for the first time. Then I found the videos from Japan on Youtube, which I had never seen before. And that caused me to turn into a mindless fanboy. Mick Ronson, eh? Are you a Mott the Hoople fan? I love them too. more a bowie fan, actually- but i'm into the hoople too- i got into both ronson & the hoople via bowie.
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Post by crimsonjett on Apr 22, 2010 18:15:59 GMT -5
Been a big Joan fan for many years, my uncles were really big into punk, metal and rock when they were teenagers so I discovered alot of that music from hand-me-down old vinyl record collections of their, got into collecting vinyl in my early teens plus my mum was and still is a big Blondie fan so I grew up with good music. What got me interested in the Runaways was reading stories about them, I'm big into history books about women in rock and roll also books about the punk scenes in Britain and America, the Runaways rise and greater influence was fascinating to discover and discovering new music was exciting too. Also because they were Joan's first band that also ignited my curiosity.
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Post by pqs on Apr 25, 2010 5:52:44 GMT -5
As far as I can remember it's getting a bit hazy now! I believe Sandy Robertson was the first journo to write about them in Sounds in 1976, then Roger Scott was playing Cherry Bomb on the radio and Capital used to have a phone chart which they were in for a couple of weeks. I then saw them at The Roundhouse I think it may have been the Friday (just checked it was the 1st of October 1976) and I then saw them at Slough College on the Wednesday. From there I saw all the London gigs and used to drag anybody I knew to go and see them and everyone was impressed. I still think they were the most underrated band I ever saw. Regards Peter
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Post by fallspeed on Apr 26, 2010 19:23:52 GMT -5
pqs - Tell us more about those UK concerts. Did they do "Dead End Justice" with Cherie spitting fake blood? Did she wear the corset during "Cherry Bomb"? I think she started doing that in late 1976.
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Post by pqs on Apr 27, 2010 9:02:27 GMT -5
Fallspeed. They did do Dead End Justice on the'76 with the "blood spitting" tour and yes, Cherie did wear the corset but as far as I remember only during Cherry Bomb. The concerts were a part of the birth of punk in the UK and certainly a lot of people would classify them as being more punk than heavy metal. But then again Motorhead would be considered honoury punks as again it was an attitude thing. Also they were heavily championed by Tony Parsons and Julie Birchall so maybe it was by association. Also after Cherie left I'm sure as a four peice they all wore corsets as a joke during an encore once ;D
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Post by crave on Apr 27, 2010 21:50:06 GMT -5
I got into them in 1982/1983 after diving into Joan and the Blackhearts full tilt. I first bought THE BEST OF THE RUNAWAYS album (remember the vinyl lp had a few songs mislabeled and not one song by Cherie, not even Cherry Bomb. Released just to cash in on her recent success), then stumbled onto the first album in a cut out bin in BEST (no kids, not Best Buy) and was hooked. Also a girl at school had QUEENS OF NOISE I later discovered and borrowed it and I think I never gave it back. The other albums I tracked down later on through the 80's, but those 3 were my mainstays for years.
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Post by rawkitoff on Apr 28, 2010 22:29:50 GMT -5
Hi I'm new. I was born around the time the band formed, but they played some of their music and Joan's when I was a kid, in the roller rinks. I was raised with completely different music(mom liked country and I was a musical theatre actress), and only discovered Joan's music recently...I am an indie film buff and went to see the opening in Portland where Cherie had an appearance. Now I'm hooked!
I'm an acoustic/electric singer/songwriter as a hobby(not my day job!) and I just love good rhythm geet.
I was into L7 and Le Tigre and Geraldine Fibbers, Tegan and Sara, etc....back in the day. The Runaways did it first and best in my opinion.
I'm enjoying finding their music and videos online and in itunes. I read Cherie's book after her juicy Q&A in Portland. Good read!
I'm also seeing Joan for the first time this summer. Excited!
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Post by guitarchick on May 7, 2010 15:40:44 GMT -5
I had a book on Girls Rock and Roll camp. It had five influential, all girl artists in the front. I had heard of Joan Jett and I heard Lita Ford for the first time a couple weeks before I got the book, so seeing them both in a band blew my mind. I was getting out of my Hannah Montana phase and was starting to listen to Deep Purple and Styx and Heart, and I listened to these girls and they blew my brains out of my head. It was like nothig I had ever heard. And here I am today.
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Post by runawaysman23 on May 9, 2010 19:02:18 GMT -5
I became a fan of the Runaways because of the movie. I decided to check out the band's music, And I fell in love with it. And Joan's solo stuff. And here I am today. Thank God. Plus, I was tired of listening to all-male bands. I wanted something different.
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Post by blackmail on May 10, 2010 17:12:46 GMT -5
I became a fan of The Runaways in 1982 when I was in full swing of all things Joan Jett. I found some of the vinyl in local record shops that bought and sold used stuff. I was 5 when the band began so I was too young to remember them when they were together. As a teen in the 80's I learned to play guitar in my room playing along with The Runaways records. Like Joan I took a lesson and they wanted to teach me on an accoustic guitar and I showed up with an electric and refused to play anything else. I went home and skipped the scales and taught myself to play barre chords with the tabliture that showed how and where to position your hands on the fret board. It didn't take me long to figure out the songs and I have been a fan ever since.
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Post by guitarchick on May 10, 2010 18:10:19 GMT -5
That's what I do with the songs today!
I'm still trying to figure out Hollywood and Midnight Music and Heartbeat. But I got the rest of them. I had to figure the songs out myself 'cause nobody cares much about the Runaways anymore and there are no more tabs.
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Post by cheriejett on May 14, 2010 11:08:51 GMT -5
Hi, i'm new to the message board. I've always heard of the band, but I was never really intrested. But then i heard about the movie (ya, ya give me hell about it...) and i thought "wow, if there's a legit Hollywood movie being made about them that ISN'T a documentary i should definitly check out the band." So, via internet i listened to their first album. and right then and there the Runaways pretty much became my life. I love other bands (Metallica, Bowie, Stooges, Sex Pistols, Alice in Chains, GN'R, AC/DC) but the Runaways are really the one and only band for me. Cherie Currie is also my all-time hero and inspiratin.
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