Runaways

Runaways, “Runaways” (Cherry Red, 2003; original release 1976)
Prefiguring L.A. punk, already beyond metal and glam, the Runaways played rock and roll with such spoilt-brat innocence and arrogance you’d think they invented it all by themselves. The rhythm section somehow darts and pirouettes in lead-soled boots, Lita and Joan’s guitars slash melodies like taffy apples with razorblades in ‘em across smog-streaked sunsets, and Cherie and Joan sing the indelible epic poetry of Quaalude kids playing in the wake of Vietnam and mass crime. Only the Dolls even came close to this.
Try 4, 7, 8, 10
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