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Rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist Joan Jett composed the song with Kim Fowley, the band's then-manager.In the documentary Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways (2005), Fowley and former Runaways lead singer Cherie Currie claimed that "Cherry Bomb" was quickly written just for Currie to audition for the band because the band members could not perform the song she originally chose to sing.
The Runaways were an American rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979. Formed in 1975 in Los Angeles, the band released four studio albums and one live album during its run. Among their best-known songs are "Cherry Bomb", "Hollywood", "Queens of Noise" and a cover version of the Velvet Underground's "Rock & Roll". Never a major ...
The Runaways is the debut studio album by American rock band the Runaways, was released on March 16, 1976, through Mercury Records. [1] AllMusic has praised the album (especially band members Cherie Currie, Joan Jett and Lita Ford), comparing the band's music to material by Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith. [4]
In a cover story for Crawdaddy, the author wrote that after seeing Currie perform “Cherry Bomb,” the band’s biggest song, he was “overcome with the urge to jack off against the stage.” A review in the April 1977 issue of Creem began with a simple three-word sentence: “These bitches suck.”
The Runaways' line-up that produced and recorded Queens of Noise.From left to right, Lita Ford, Joan Jett, Jackie Fox, Sandy West, and Cherie Currie. After their self-titled debut album achieved some critical and popular success in the summer of 1976, the Runaways retained the same five woman line-up for Queens of Noise: Cherie Currie (lead vocals), Lita Ford (lead guitar), Joan Jett (rhythm ...
Currie performed at The Runaways' reunion in 1994 with Jackie Fox and Sandy West. Her sister Marie joined the three Runaways on stage and performed with the band. [7] In 1998, Cherie and Marie held a concert at the Golden Apple, in support of their re-released version of Messin' With The Boys. Cherie's ex-bandmate West joined Cherie on stage to ...
In the years following her tenure with the Runaways, Fuchs worked in a variety of fields, most notably as a record promotions executive, a modeling agent, the promoter of Tony Robbins's Firewalking seminars, and most recently an entertainment attorney in the motion picture and television business, representing actors, writers, directors, authors, and producers.
"Cherry Bomb" is a song by American rock singer John Mellencamp. It was released as the second single from Mellencamp's ninth studio album, The Lonesome Jubilee (1987). [ 3 ] " Cherry Bomb" is a nostalgic song that reflects on Mellencamp's teenage years hanging out at the Last Exit Teen Club.