Once upon a time — before MTV, before hits by the Clash became elevator music, when baby boomers were taking Quaaludes instead of breaking hips — rock ‘n’ roll was something amazingly raw and filthy. ...

I never would've thought I could dislike a movie about a badass rock band. I caught the world premiere of The Runaways last night and while it's a very loud and very energetic movie, it's not good at ...

Once upon a time, before The Go-Go’s lips were sealed, before the Bangles walked like an Egyptian, five schoolgirls and a Svengali record producer created an all-girl rock band called The Runaways—the ...

In the ’70s, there was no other band quite like the Runaways. Formed in Los Angeles in 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, the band consisted entirely of tough teenage girls who sang and played their own ...

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One of the louder splashes at Sundance 2010 was made by a biopic portrait of the classic 1970s all-girl glam rock band that brought Joan Jett and Lita Ford to the world, along with Cherrie Curie, the ...

The Runaways’ landmark 1976 debut album has reached its 50th anniversary, highlighting the enduring legacy of “Cherry Bomb” and the band’s impact on rock music history.

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This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. When she was just fifteen years old, ...

When Vicki Blue first edited Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways, the bassist turned writer/producer had pieced together a mostly sunny look back at the band. But when the licensing rights for the ...

A conventionally enjoyable making-and-breaking-of-the-band saga. The film was exec produced by Joan Jett, with Sigismondi’s script drawn from Cherie Currie’s 1989 autobiography “Neon Angel,” and made ...

The strength and beauty of The Runaways are that it tells the truth. It doesn't always tell the literal truth about the pioneering all-girl rock band, the Runaways, though it gets the basic facts and ...