History Music / TheRunaways

* JoanJett - guitar, vocals
* LitaFord - lead guitar

A {{Biopic}} dealing with the band's career, named ''The Runaways'', written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, was released in 2010. The film features: KristenStewart as Jett, Creator/DakotaFanning as Currie, Stella Maeve as Sandy West, Scout-Taylor Compton as Ford and Creator/MichaelShannon as Fowley.

* [[TheBangles Micki Steele]] - bass (1975)

The band was initially put together by Sandy West and Joan Jett, who met producer Kim Fowley and managed to get him interested in the concept of an all-female rock band. Fowley helped them recruit the other members - Currie, the 16-year old guitar wiz Ford and, after a succession of bass players, Fox - and produced their debut album, the hard rock/glam rock ''The Runaways''. Released in 1976, ''Runaways'' became a success with critics and the record-buying public alike, and gave the band its signature song, "Cherry Bomb". Soon, the band found itself headlining shows alongside bands like CheapTrick, TheRamones and VanHalen.

In 2015, Jackie Fox came forwards saying that she had been [[http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/ drugged]] and raped by Kim Fowley at a party while Joan and Cherie looked on laughing and doing nothing. After she and Jett received a severe [[InternetBacklash internet backlash]] Cherie wrote a reply on her Facebook page [[http://pitchfork.com/news/60350-the-runaways-cherie-currie-responds-to-jackie-fox-rape-allegation-against-kim-fowley/ denying the claims]] and saying that "All I can say is if Joan, Sandy and I saw an unconscious girl being brutally raped in front of us, we would have hit him over the head with a chair." (Interestingly, Currie had said previously that she witnessed the event, spoke up and then stormed out of the room.) Jett also denied that the event had occurred, [[http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/07/14/joan-jett-jackie-fox-rape-witness-bandmate/ writing a post that said]] "Anyone who truly knows me understands that if I was aware of a friend or bandmate being violated, I would not stand by while it happened [...] For a group of young teenagers thrust into ’70s rock stardom there were relationships that were bizarre, but I was not aware of this incident. Obviously Jackie’s story is extremely upsetting and although we haven’t spoken in decades, I wish her peace and healing."

* NobodyLovesTheBassist: The band just couldn't seem to hold onto one. In [[Film/TheRunaways the movie, the bassist is a CompositeCharacter, Robyn Robbins, who has no spoken lines.

Lita Ford [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lita-ford-comments-on-jackie-fox-rape-allegation-against-kim-fowley/ also commented]] on the allegations, saying "[I]f anybody knew anything, it would have been [road manager Scott Anderson], Cherie and Joan, and Scott now is passed away, along with Kim Fowley. But I do know that Jackie's not a liar, and if she says that somebody was watching her, and if she says that this happened, then I believe her; I do. She's a little extreme sometimes, but still… it's not right. I really don't know what to say about it."

Lita Ford [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lita-ford-comments-on-jackie-fox-rape-allegation-against-kim-fowley/ also commented]] on the allegations, saying "[I]f anybody knew anything, it would have been Scott, Cherie and Joan, and Scott now is passed away, along with Kim Fowley. But I do know that Jackie's not a liar, and if she says that somebody was watching her, and if she says that this happened, then I believe her; I do. She's a little extreme sometimes, but still… it's not right. I really don't know what to say about it."

In 2015, Jackie Fox came forwards saying that she had been [[http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/ drugged]] and raped by Kim Fowley at a party while Joan and Cherie looked on laughing and doing nothing. After she and Jett received a severe [[InternetBacklash internet backlash]] Cherie wrote a reply on her Facebook page [[http://pitchfork.com/news/60350-the-runaways-cherie-currie-responds-to-jackie-fox-rape-allegation-against-kim-fowley/ denying the claims]] and saying that "All I can say is if Joan, Sandy and I saw an unconscious girl being brutally raped in front of us, we would have hit him over the head with a chair." (Interestingly, Currie had said previously that she witnessed the event, spoke up and then stormed out of the room. Joan has never directly addressed the claims, instead saying that she denied witnessing the events as Jackie described them, and that her rep would be referring all further questions about the alleged rape to Jackie herself.)

In 2015, Jackie Fox came forwards saying that she had been [[http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/ drugged]] by Kim Fowley at a party while Joan and Cherie looked on laughing and doing nothing. After she and Jett received a severe [[InternetBacklash internet backlash]] Cherie wrote a reply on her Facebook page [[http://pitchfork.com/news/60350-the-runaways-cherie-currie-responds-to-jackie-fox-rape-allegation-against-kim-fowley/ denying the claims]] and saying that "All I can say is if Joan, Sandy and I saw an unconscious girl being brutally raped in front of us, we would have hit him over the head with a chair." (Interestingly, Currie had said previously that she witnessed the event, spoke up and then stormed out of the room. Joan has never directly addressed the claims, instead saying that she denied witnessing the events as Jackie described them, and that her rep would be referring all further questions about the alleged rape to Jackie herself.)

Lita Ford [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lita-ford-comments-on-jackie-fox-rape-allegation-against-kim-fowley/ also commented]] on the situation, saying "[I]f anybody knew anything, it would have been Scott, Cherie and Joan, and Scott now is passed away, along with Kim Fowley. But I do know that Jackie's not a liar, and if she says that somebody was watching her, and if she says that this happened, then I believe her; I do. She's a little extreme sometimes, but still… it's not right. I really don't know what to say about it."

* TheSvengali: Kim Fowley, who basically molded the group and allegedly abused the members.

* {{Lolicon}} / TheSvengali: Kim Fowley, who basically molded the group and allegedly abused the members.

!Tropes:

* CoverVersion: "Rock and Roll" by the VelvetUnderground.

* CulturalRebel: [[SarcasmMode What?! An all-female]] ''[[SarcasmMode hard]]'' [[SarcasmMode rock band?! Preposterous!]]

* JailBait: they were in their mid-teens, but Cherie especially.

* [[FiveManBand Five Girl Band]]: [[IncrediblyLamePun Literally!]]

* OfCorsetsSexy: Cherie Currie wore a corset/basque, with garters and stockings, as her on-stage ensemble. Oh my. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjd01Cup8yw&feature=related

* UrExample: First all-female rock band that was known by the general public (Goldie and the Gingerbreads and Fanny came before, but who remembers them?).

A {{Biopic}} dealing with the band's career, named ''The Runaways'', written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, was released in 2010. The film features: KristenStewart as Jett, DakotaFanning as Currie, Stella Maeve as Sandy West, Scout-Taylor Compton as Ford and MichaelShannon as Fowley.

''Not to be confused with Creator/MarvelComics' {{Runaways}}.''

''Not to be confused with MarvelComics' {{Runaways}}.''

* Jail Bait: they were in their mid-teens, but Cherie especially.
* LesYay: Played between Joan and Cherie in TheMovie. Apparently, it was [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Film]] that they experimented together, but they were never a couple.

* SignatureSong: "Cherry Bomb".

Despite being saddled with a "jailbait on the run gimmick" (whether this is Fowley's fault or theirs is still a matter of dispute), The Runaways proved to be skilled musicians and soon won an audience among the emerging PunkRock movement and [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in Japan]] - they were the fourth most popular foreign band in Japan at the time and Jett compared their reception there to [[TheBeatles Beatlemania]]. After a long tour of Japan, Currie quit in 1977 and Jett assumed lead vocal duties.

* OfCorsetsSexy: Cherie Currie wore a corset/basque, with garters and stockings, as her on-stage ensemble. Oh my.

A {{Biopic}} dealing with the band's career, named ''The Runaways'', written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, was released in 2010. The film features: Kristen Stewart as Jett, Dakota Fanning as Currie, Stella Maeve as Sandy West, Scout-Taylor Compton as Ford and MichaelShannon as Fowley.

A {{Biopic}} dealing with the band's career, named ''The Runaways'', written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, was released in 2010. The film features: Kristen Stewart as Jett, Dakota Fanning as Currie, Stella Maeve as Sandy West, Scout-Taylor Compton as Ford and Michael Shannon as Fowley.

* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Most critics' reactions to Kristen Stewart in the {{biopic}}.