I'm not going to
suggest that any of the albums are fantastic works but what they do have
is a spirit and glimpses and flashes of what could have been a really
great band. Each of these albums contains some absolute classics whether
its Cherry
Bomb, Black Leather, Hollywood, Neon Angels or Queens Of Noise.
The Runaways were groundbreaking gender wise but that shouldn't even be an
issue. They could play, they could write great songs and they were fucking
horny. Deep Purple meets The Sex Pistols meets hormone frenzied girls on
a wild rock'n'roll adventure!
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The
Runaways ( Mercury 1976)
All aged around 16
and to come out with an album like this is something else. Picks are the
outstanding
Cherry Bomb
brimming with bitchiness and youth. Also check out
Hollywood.
Queens Of Noise ( Mercury 1977)
Sandy
Robertson was definitely infatuated with the band check out his review
left and elsewhere. Some good tunes here...Queens
Of Noise, Born To Be Bad & Neon Angels.
NME 29.1.77
Live In Japan ( Mercury 1977)
The Japs went
absolutely crazy about the band mobbing them everywhere and producing
those weird semi pornographic comics they seem to love there.
Released after the departure of Jackie & Cherie. Adequate summary of the
story so far.
Sounds 13.8.77
Waitin' For The Night
Lacklustre album with compositions from Joan Jett and Lita Ford that
promised so much for the next album. Last for Mercury as the band were
dropped and last involvement of Kim Fowley.
Sounds 19.11.77
And Now The Runaways...(Cherry Red 1978)
Frustrated by being
unable to get a record out the band finally remerged with this patchy
affair. The punkiness of Joan and the metal of Lita seemed to cause an
inbalance. The album featured Slade and Beatle covers along with a
passable version of
Black Leather
and that was it.
