With the exception of drummer Sandy West, who died of cancer in 2006, all of the former members of The Runaways are alive and well. Joan Jett: The heart and soul of The Runaways, singer-guitarist Jett ...

A former member of the Runaways has made stunning allegations about her victimization at the hands of the band’s manager. Jackie Fuchs, the bassist for the seminal all-female rock group that launched ...

In the ’70s, there was no other band quite like the Runaways. Formed in Los Angeles in 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, the band consisted entirely of tough teenage girls who sang and played their own ...

Don’t worry if you missed The Runaways. They exploded on the rock scene and dissipated faster than, well, a cherry bomb. Formed in 1975 and gone four years later, the group broke some ground — as five ...

NEW YORK – Lita Ford’s band The Runaways were one of the first all-girl rock groups when they hit the scene in the mid-70s, just as punk rock was exploding. “Rebellious jailbait teenage troublemakers, ...

"Rock 'n' roll is blood sport-- a man's sport!" bellows Kim Fowley in "The Runaways." "You bitches have to start thinking like men." Fowley, of course, isn't just trying to "toughen up" the all-girl ...

Once upon a time — before MTV, before hits by the Clash became elevator music, when baby boomers were taking Quaaludes instead of breaking hips — rock ‘n’ roll was something amazingly raw and filthy. ...

Rock and roll doesn’t give a crap what you think about it and in some ways neither does the new movie “The Runaways.” The film opens with a drop of blood as it lands on the rough pavement and the ...

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If you woke up this morning thinking, I’d like to read a powerful piece of journalism and then feel nauseated for the rest of the day, here you go: In a new Huffington Post longform, former Runaways ...