Never a major success in the United States, the Runaways became a sensation overseas, especially in Japan, thanks to the single "Cherry Bomb".
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16 Facts About The Runaways
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The Runaways were formed in August 1975 by drummer Sandy West and guitarist Joan Jett after they had separately introduced themselves to producer Kim Fowley, who gave Jett's phone number to West.
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The Runaways quickly became lumped in with the growing punk rock movement.
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The Runaways sees me as a threat, which is ridiculous, because she's like my sister and I love Joan.
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The Runaways co-starred in the 1987 film Light of Day with Michael J Fox, and appeared in the 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show as Columbia.
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The Runaways formed the Sandy West Band and toured California throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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The Runaways did session work with John Entwistle of The Who and became a drum teacher.
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The Runaways married actor Robert Hays and they had a son together, Jake Hays.
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The Runaways had success with songs like "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever".
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The Runaways released Wicked Wonderland, her first studio album in 14 years, on October 6,2009.
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The Runaways later received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and practices entertainment law.
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The Runaways co-wrote "Delilah's Scissors" with Tischler-Blue and executive-produced and appeared in Edgeplay, Tischler-Blue's 2005 documentary about the Runaways.
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The Runaways is the author of The Well, an unpublished work of young adult historical fiction, and is currently working on her second novel.
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The Runaways died of complications from an asthma attack on August 25,2011 at the age of 54.
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The Runaways' success paved the way for many successful female artists and female bands over the past 30 years, including the Bangles, the Go-Go's, Sahara Hotnights, L7, the Donnas, and Vixen to enter the male-dominated arena of rock music.
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The Runaways played the Welch tape for colleague and Los Angeles deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, who played the song on his show on radio KROQ and included it on his annual compilation of his most-liked music for the year.
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