Artist
The Runaways
The Runaways is a hard rock artist from Los Angeles, USA formed in 1975. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hard Rock · Los Angeles, USA · Best hard rock albums
- 23
- Releases
- 1976–2020
- Active years
- 1975
- Formed
Discography
23
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The Runaways
1976 · 10 tracks
Queens of Noise
1977
Waitin' for the Night
1977
Live in Japan
1977
And Now... The Runaways
1979
The Best of the Runaways
1987
C'mon (Live)
2020
Wild Thing (Live)
2020
California Paradise (Live)
2020
Dead End Justice (Live)
2019
Cherry Bomb (Live)
2019
Love Is Pain (Live)
2019
I Love Playing With Fire (Live)
2019
The Girls Are Rockin'
2016
Live On Air: The Runaways
2012
70s FM Radio: The Runaways
2012
The Runaways: Live in Cleveland 1976
2012
Best Of/20th Century
2011
The Runaways - The Mercury Albums Anthology
2010
Young & Fast
2009
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Runaways
2005
- Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Mama Weer All Crazee Now
1981
Flaming Schoolgirls
1980
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The Runaways were an American all-female hard rock band (1975-1979) The group, assisted by producer Kim Fowley, consisted initially of singer/guitarist Joan Jett, bassist Michael Steele and drummer Sandy West. Steele left the band after only a few months in 1975 (and later joined The Bangles) She was replaced by a succession of bass players over the run of the group, including Peggy Foster, Jackie Fox, Vicki Blue, and Laurie McAllister. Lita Ford signed on within the first year of the band as lead guitarist after initially auditioning for bass. Cherie Currie joined as lead vocalist. Jackie Fox left the group in 1977, during the Japanese tour. Shortly after the band returned to the US, Cherie Currie left the Runaways and Joan Jett took over as lead vocalist.
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Disagreement between band members included the musical style; Joan Jett wanted the band to take a musical change, shifting towards punk rock/glam rock while Lita Ford, backed by drummer Sandy West, wanted to continue playing hard rock/heavy metal music. Neither would accept the other's point of view. The Runaways played their last ever concert on New Year's Eve, 1978 at the Cow Palace near San Francisco and officially broke up in April 1979. In 1987, Kim Fowley still owned the rights to the Runaways name and brought an entirely new group of girls together to record an album. This incarnation consisted of Gayle Welch, Missy Bonilla, Denise Pryor and Kathrine Dombrowski. They only released one album together, Young And Fast, and disbanded soon after its release.
The Runaways in brief
- How many The Runaways releases are on Riffiter?
- 23 releases are catalogued, spanning 1976 to 2020.
- When was The Runaways formed?
- The Runaways formed in 1975, in Los Angeles, USA.
- What genre is The Runaways?
- The Runaways is catalogued under Hard Rock.
- What is the most recent The Runaways release on Riffiter?
- C'mon (Live), released in 2020.