But interestingly, it did earn the band a strong following in the major rock market of Japan. 1976 3 m IMDb RATING 8.1 /10 21 YOUR RATING Rate Short Music The Runaways performs in the music video 'Cherry Bomb' from the album 'The Runaways' recorded for Mercury Records. This LP was far from a commercial hit in the U.S., where timid rock radio programmers simply didn't know what to make of the Runaways. Currie and Joan Jett are equally riveting, and a 17-year-old Lita Ford was already an impressive guitarist. And on 'Is It Day or Night,' Cherie Currie sings about life in the fast lane with every bit as much conviction as Axl Rose would 11 years later. Lusty classics like 'Cherry Bomb' and 'You Drive Me Wild' made no attempt to conceal the fact that teenage girls could be every bit as sexual as the guys - a message that both men and women found intimidating. Please review photos and message me if you have. With this album, the Runaways made it crystal clear that women (or specifically, adolescent girls) were more than capable of playing intense, forceful hard rock that went directly for the jugular. Vinyl THE RUNAWAYS (1976 Mercury) Cherry Bomb - Joan Jett / Lita Ford +. Women had no problem becoming folk-rockers, singer/songwriters or Top 40 icons, but female artists who had more in common with Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith than Joni Mitchell were hardly the norm.

An original concert poster for the all-female teenage - Available at 2021 May 1 - 2 Entertainment &. When the Runaways debuted in 1976 with this self-titled LP, aggressive female rockers were the exception instead of the rule. The Runaways 1976 Madison, Wisconsin Concert Poster.

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