In four years, the teenage members of the Runaways achieved what no other female rock band had managed before: they released four albums with a major record label and toured the world. The Runaways opened the doors for every female band that followed. Joan Jett, Sandy West, Cherrie Currie, guitarist Lita Ford, and bassists Jackie Fox and Vicky Blue were pre-punk pirates, cultivating the "girl revolution" decades before it became the slogan of riot grrrl. The story of the Runaways has never been fully told. Using interviews with most of the former members of this iconic rock band, as well as with the controversial manager Kim Fowley, Queens of Noise will look beyond the lyrical, voyeuristic allure of a story filled with sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, to give the band its place in music, feminism, and cultural history.

Total Pages: 360, Year of Publication: 0709, Dimensions: 16x16cm