Tuesday 17 May 2011

The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)

Introducing in no particular order, five big-balled hotties - Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Cherie Curry, Jackie Fox and Sandy West - The Runaways. None of them beyond seventeen at this time, showing the lads how it's done and then some with that jolting, punky, glammed up stomp. Cult hit 'Cherry Bomb' the stand out anthem alongside the T-Rex strut of 'You Drive Me Wild', Lou Reed's 'Rock And Roll' and leather lurch 'Blackmail'. All provide the listener a sweaty insight into a place where most males at the time wish they had ventured. Raw, and unintentionally inspirational to so many girl bands that followed, The Runaways bleed rebellion from every pour and exude rock 'n' roll. Yep, it helped that they became sex bombs but the music and attitude was there too, and all the good girls ran away...
7.5/10

No comments: