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LITA FORD WILL BE PUTTING OUT A NEW ALBUM AND TOURING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS




     I apologize for having done no work on these pages in well over a year. 
That will hopefully change. One of the first things I am going to do is 
answer all of the e-mails that I have gotten from you. Yes I still have 
them all!

     I apologize for not having updated this page in a long time.
I will be working on it again (would anyone like to help?) I will
also be replying to all of the e-mails I have received. Yes I still
have them!
	As soon as I get them I will be posting pictures of the 
Runaways so please keep checking back. Anyone who has 
e-mailed me and I have an e-mail address for, I will notify 
when they do go up and when I make any significant changes to 
any page.

	On this page I will TRY to keep some 
kind of accurate record of the history of the Runaways. If 
you have any information regarding this please let me know 
at:kensternation2@hotmail.com
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Serious renovations coming soon.
I will be adding pictures soon.
Thanx to my anonymous contributor (You know who you are)

	First, let's get one thing straight: despite rumors to the 
contrary, the band did not suck and they were more than 
pawns of Kim Fowley. They were a great band that was ahead 
of their time, not outdated before they started, as some 
would have you believe. This is in reply to some other web 
sites that have inaccurate, unkind pages dedicated to the 
Runaways. With that said... Onto the real history...
1975
The Beginning
	As far as I can tell, it all started when 14 
year old Kari Krome approached Kim Fowley at an Alice 
Cooper party in 1975. She discussed lyrics with Kim and 
he was impressed, but Kari wanted them sung by girls her 
own age. All that was needed was a couple of girls to 
play the music.
	Enter, Kari's 17 year old friend Joan Larkin 
(A.K.A. Joan Jett) whom she met at Rodney Bingeheimer's 
English disco in Hollywood, and Sandy Pesavento 
(A.K.A. Sandy West) was met by Fowley in the parking 
lot of the Rainbow Bar. Kari was to be the lead 
singer with Joan on guitars and Sandy on Drums.
	The three girls played together and on August 5, 1975 
Fowley decided that while Kari was a great lyricist, she
couldn't sing. So Kim brought in Sue Thomas (A.K.A. Micki Steele).
	The band started seriously looking for a lead guitarist and
bassist. When they couldn't find any Kim found someone to 
teach Joan to play lead and got Steppenwolf's Nick St.
Nicholas to teach Micki to play bass.
	Their first gig, I think, was at the home of "Phast Phreddie" in 
Torrance, in Sept. of 1975.

The First Recording
	The three of them- Joan, Sandy, and Micki recorded a demo 
album, later titled Born to Be Bad. While the band was
together this album was not released. I believe it saw its
first release in America in 1991.
	Lita Ford was auditioned through Backdoor magazine, a trade 
periodical. Some time later Joan and Kim (yes she was still 
involved) were at the Sugar Shack (an underage disco) where 
they met Marie and Cherie Currie. First they asked Marie to 
join, she said "No", so they asked Cherie.They liked her 
looks (she's Blonde), auditioned her, hired her and fired 
Micki. According to another report Micki left because she 
didn't like the toughness of the band's image. Either way 
don't feel to bad for her she later found her fifteen 
minutes with the Bangles. 
	To round things out and add a little maturity to the band 
they also hired a nineteen year old bassist named Peggy.
Supposedly about two weeks after Peggy joined she and 
Cherie had an arguement as to who was going to sing lead
on a ballad called "I'm Your Fantasy", which became 
"You're My Fantasy" (Ironic considering it was never released). 
After the argument Peggy left (so much for Bassist 
number two).
	Jacquline Fuchs (AKA Jackie Fox), who had earlier 
auditioned to play Lead Guitar, was asked by Kim Fowley, 
with whom she had kept in touch, if she could play Bass, in 
early Dec. '75. Well, she didn't tell him "No" which might 
have been the truth, as she had never actually played one 
before. (Some people say that this was a compromise as 
Jackie reporedtly threatened to start her own all-girl band.)

1976
The "Original" Lineup is Established;
Record Deal Struck
	A couple of weeks before Jackie joined the Runaways a 
recording deal was made with Bomp Records (Born to be Bad was,
eventually, released on Marilyn Records, which is a subsidiary
of Bomp Records). Mercury, however became interested, after 
seeing them play at a teenage nightclub in Cedar Grove, Ca 
and in Febuary 1976 a contract was made and "The Runaways" 
album was produced, in May '76:With Cherie as the lead singer; 
Joan on Rhythm Guitar; Sandy on Drums; Lita on Guitars; 
Jackie on Bass.
	Enter "Jailbait Rockers." With songs like Cherry Bomb and
Cherie appearing on stage in stockings, suspenders and 
lingerie that stereotype was inevitable.
Second Album;
Live;
Band begins to breakup

Band Members