Queens of Noise

Runaways, “Queens of Noise” (Cherry Red, 20xx; original release 1977)
Second LP doesn’t have quite the immediacy of the first, but there are even more classic songs, and a nice, increasingly heavy edge. Oh yeah, this was one of the most crucial bands of the time, teen bubblegum nihilism filtered through anvil-fisted glitter/Stooges hard-rock stomp. The fact that they could be said to have started both L.A. punk and L. A. hair-metal only begins to suggest their glory.
Try 4, 5, 6
2/21/16