Six months ago, the Huffington Post’s Highline published a disturbing piece about backstory behind The Runaways, the manufactured tough-girl group that rocketed Joan Jett, above, to fame. The band’s former bassist, Jackie Fuchs, says producer Kim Fowley raped her in front of the band; now, she says, Jett and her other…
The story of Kim Fowley sexually abusing a young, intoxicated woman in a hotel room after a Runaways show is grim and horrifying. I would like to say it has knocked many readers into a stunned silence–but in these days, it instead seems to have ignited a firestorm. I personally need more time with the story to say all…
Former Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs has responded to the outpouring of support and outrage that’s followed from a Huffington Post story in which she says she was raped by producer Kim Fowley in front of her bandmates. Joan Jett and Cherie Currie have disputed her account; Fuchs wrote in a Facebook note, “All of us…
Last week, the Huffington Post ran an interview with Jackie Fuchs—who went by Fox—former bassist for rock group, the Runaways. Fuchs gave a chilling account of Kim Fowley, the band’s manager and producer, raping her at a party in front of a room full of people, which included other band members. Fuchs describes seeing…
The Huffington Post’s new longform section has a fascinating, deeply disturbing feature today about the Runaways, the all-girl rock band that rocketed Joan Jett and Lita Ford to fame. The group’s former bassist, Jackie Fuchs, has spoken for the first time about her exploitation by producer Kim Fowley, who she says…
Happy Birthday Cherie Currie, lead vocalist of The Runaways, the all-girl heavy metal band she was in with Joan Jett and — ahh, I'd continue, but "Cherry Bomb" is already stuck in my head.
[Los Angeles, May 7. Image via Getty.]
The Runaways L.A. premiere was fine and all. But the New York iteration last night the hipster-approved Landmark Sunshine Cinema, was black magic. It brought out not just the film's heroines but DEBBIE HARRY! To say nothing of Chloe Sevigny.
We shouldn't expect gloss or polish from The Runaways when the movie hits theaters on Friday. As Sia Michel puts it in the NY Times, the flick is "properly scuzzy."
And by "it," we refer of course to badassery. (When it came to the actual red-carpet looks at L.A.'s ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome, Kristen, Dakota et al may have, sort of, technically, kind of looked a lot better.)
