The Runaways
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Nov 1, 2026
Matt DevineGUEST
So one of the things that was great was there was this record called New Wave that came out on a label called Vertigo in the late 70s.
Matt DevineGUEST
And it had Richard Hell and the Dead Boys and Patti Smith and the Runaways.
Matt DevineGUEST
And that just blew my mind.
Matt DevineGUEST
I just thought this stuff was incredible.
LarryGUEST
right.
LarryGUEST
The sister upstairs with no mouth is Sherry Curry from The Runaways.
LarryGUEST
Oh, okay.
LarryGUEST
Oh, okay.
TopherHOST
She's 68.
TopherHOST
She started her career at age 16 when she joined the Runaways as lead guitarist in 1975.
TopherHOST
The all-female punk rock band best known for the song Cherry Bomb split up less than four years later.
TopherHOST
Singer Joan Jett formed her own band, the Blackhearts, and scored hits with I Love Rock and Roll, Bad Reputation, and had a Hall of Fame career.
SarahHOST
Close My Eyes Forever.
BobPANELIST
And before that, she was in the band The Runaways with Joan Jett.
SarahHOST
She had a solo hit with Kiss Me Deadly.
BobPANELIST
Oh,
Alan CoxHOST
Now, I think as is the case with a lot of female artists in any genre, when they get a little bit older...
Alan CoxHOST
they want to reclaim something and so this isn't a rock song right lita ford famously i think her most popular song was the one she did with ozzy well she did kiss me deadly yeah close my eyes forever was a huge hit she went to a party on uh saturday what was it went to a party last saturday night i didn't get laid i got in a fight and it wasn't a big thing according to her but lita ford very accomplished Did she come from the Runaways? Yeah, Lita Ford, Joan Jett, Sherry Curry, right.
Alan CoxHOST
Came from the Runaways.
Alan CoxHOST
So Joan Jett and Lita Ford were the two big solo successes out of that band.
Alan CoxHOST
And she went more of the leather, heavy metal, foxy guitar player route.
Zumi RosowGUEST
Yeah.
Zumi RosowGUEST
We were doing a Born to Be Bad cover, The Runaways.
Zumi RosowGUEST
Oh, The Runaways,
Cole AlexanderGUEST
yeah.
Cole AlexanderGUEST
But that's not
Alec CummingHOST
Nightline by Velveteen.
Alec CummingHOST
Actually, we're going to go back a little bit in time because Sal had some experience working with The Runaways.
Alec CummingHOST
And initially, I thought we would play this track from the first solo album by the lead singer of The Runaways when she broke away from The Runaways to have her own solo career.
Alec CummingHOST
The song is called Science Fiction Days.
Alec CummingHOST
Again, it features Sal Mehta on bass.
7 MINS LATER
Alec CummingHOST
My name's Alec Cumming.
Alec CummingHOST
And that last song, Hello L.A., by the John Sally Ride, which is a song about Salmeda's days in Los Angeles.
Alec CummingHOST
You hear them talk about the rather infamous Kim Fowley, who was the Svengali and not very good guy, actually, who put together the Runaways song.
Mark RadulichHOST
right, go ahead, talk about it.
Alexis HejnaPANELIST
Well, I mean, hell, the first episode, they use Cherry Bomb from The Runaways twice in two pivotal moments.
Alexis HejnaPANELIST
I'm like, guys, great song, but it just...
Mark RadulichHOST
Oh, that.
Keith MorrisGUEST
where it was pretty bleak, it was pretty barren.
Keith MorrisGUEST
We had, for local bands, fortunately, we had the Runaways, and we had the Quick, and at one point we had the Detroit Dogs, who were like a three piece, who Greg Ginn and I were highly influenced by the Dogs.
Keith MorrisGUEST
And the dogs were from Detroit.
Keith MorrisGUEST
And they had absorbed Stooges.
Keith MorrisGUEST
Thank you.
Keith MorrisGUEST
And not all of it was punk rock.
Keith MorrisGUEST
I mean, he was playing the Runaways.
Keith MorrisGUEST
He was playing the Quick.
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