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''Not to be confused with [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Runaways]].''
[[The Runaways]] were an all-female [[Hard Rock]] band from [[The Seventies]]. Despite having a very short career, The Runaways hold the distinction of being the first successful all-female rock band, thus opening the door for a ton of other similar all-female/female-fronted bands. They have been cited as an important influence on the [[Riot Grrrl]] movement.
The band's members were:
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Out of all the members, [[Breakup Breakout|Jett and Ford]] had the most success after the band's breakup - the former made a name for herself with her band The Blackhearts and her cover of "I Love Rock 'N' Roll", and the latter reemerged as a successful [[Hair Metal]] musician in [[The Eighties]].
A [[Biopic]] dealing with the band's career, named [[The Runaways (film)|''The Runaways'']], written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, was released in 2010. The film features: [[Kristen Stewart]] as Jett, [[Dakota Fanning]] as Currie, Stella Maeve as Sandy West, Scout-Taylor Compton as Ford and [[Michael Shannon]] as Fowley.
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* ''The Runaways'' (1976)
* ''Queens of Noise'' (1977)
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* ''Waitin' for the Night'' (1977)
* ''And Now... The Runaways'' (1978)
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* [[Badass Boast]]: "Cherry Bomb"
* [[Breakup Breakout]]: Jett, and to a lesser extent Ford.
* [[Cover Version]]: "Rock and Roll" by the [[Velvet Underground]].
* [[Cultural Rebel]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|What?! An all-female]] ''[[Sarcasm Mode|hard]]'' [[Sarcasm Mode|rock band?! Preposterous!]]
* [[Five
* [[Intercourse
* [[Les Yay]]: Played between Joan and Cherie in [[The Movie]]. Apparently, it was [[Truth in Television|Truth In Film]] that they experimented together, but they were never a couple.
* [[Musical World Hypotheses]]: Lampshaded in "Dead End Justice".
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: Cherie Currie wore a corset/basque, with garters and stockings, as her on-stage ensemble. Oh my.
* [[Power Ballad]]: "Heartbeat".
* [[Precision F
* [[Signature Song]]: "Cherry Bomb".
* [[Spoken Word in Music]]: "Dead End Justice".
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