Search results for 'runaways'

Review

Guilty As Sin

It's been seven years since GIRLSCHOOL dropped their last full-length, "Legacy", notwithstanding the 2011 redux "Hit and Run – Revisited". If you care about deafening, roughneck rock ‘n' roll, you've been missing these ladies. GIRLSCHOOL has long held the torch, not only for breaking barriers, but f...

News

LITA FORD Had A 'Love-Hate Relationship' With SHARON OSBOURNE

Lita Ford says that Sharon Osbourne was "a godsend" for her when Ozzy's Osbourne's wife managed the former RUNAWAYS guitarist's career, explaining that Sharon was "another female in the rock world" that she could relate to. Lita hired Sharon to manage her in 1985, three years before the release of F...

News

LITA FORD Says It Was Tough To Revisit Emotional Episodes In Her Life For Her Upcoming Autobiography

Kristyn Clarke of PopCultureMadness.com conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford at the Food Truck & Rock Carnival, which was held last month in Clark, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On her long-await...

News

LITA FORD Says Her Upcoming Autobiography Is 'Full Of Dirt'

Mark Strigl of Talking Metal conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford at the Food Truck & Rock Carnival, which was held earlier in the month in Clark, New Jersey. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Speaking about her long-awaited autobiography, "Lit...

News

ACE FREHLEY, STEVEN ADLER, LITA FORD To Appear At 'All Things That Rock Fest'

Imagine 20,000 square feet of CDs, records, videos, music memorabilia and pop culture collectibles from the 1950s to today plus celebrities from the world of music, live entertainment gathered in one place for two days only. It's the second annual All Things That Rock Fest — like comic-con for rock...

News

SLASH, LEMMY, THE RUNAWAYS Honored At 'IES Rock Honors' In North Hollywood

The IES Rock Honors ceremony, part of the four-day IES – INDIE Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles, was a spectacular evening of inductions for the 40th anniversaries of the RAMONES, MOTÖRHEAD, THE RUNAWAYS and a special induction of Slash. A packed hall witnessed the 40th-anniversary celebration to...

News

Video: LITA FORD Performs At HEAVY MONTREAL Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of Lita Ford's August 8 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. Ford's long-awaited autobiography, "Lita Ford - Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir", is now set to arrive in March 2016 via Dey Street Books (formerly It Books),an...

News

LITA FORD On THE RUNAWAYS: 'We Were Just Teenage Girls With Raging Hormones'

Mark Strigl of "Talking Metal" (web site) recently conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Speaking about her long-awaited autobiography, "Lita Ford - Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir", which is now set to arrive in M...

News

METALLICA, MEGADETH Members To Pay Tribute To LEMMY, SLASH At IES ROCK HONORS

IES Rock Honors, part of the fourth annual Indie Entertainment Summit music conference in Los Angeles, this year will induct — on their 40th anniversaries — Lemmy and MOTÖRHEAD, the RAMONES and THE RUNAWAYS (on the 40th anniversary, to the day, that Joan Jett met Cherie Currie, along with the late K...

News

LITA FORD Comments On JACKIE FOX Rape Allegation Against KIM FOWLEY

Lita Ford, a former member of the pioneering '70s all-female rock band THE RUNAWAYS, says that she was unaware off original RUNAWAYS bassist Jackie Fox's claim that she was raped by the group's notorious manager, Kim Fowley. In her account of the incident, Fox — whose real name is Jackie Fuchs — cla...

News

Video: LITA FORD And MR. BIG's ERIC MARTIN Perform 'Close My Eyes Forever' In Minnesota

Video footage of '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford performing her hit song "Close My Eyes Forever" with MR. BIG singer Eric Martin as part of SCRAP METAL's June 6 concert in Walker, Minnesota can be seen below. SCRAP METAL was created by Gunnar Nelson, who, with twin brother Matthew Nelson, was half of...

News

GLENN DANZIG Dons 'Skull Face' Makeup For First Time In 35 Years

Glenn Danzig put on the MISFITS skull makeup for the first time in 35 years this past Wednesday, May 27 during a photo shoot for his upcoming covers album, tentatively titled "Skeletons". Danzig left MISFITS more than three decades ago, although a version of the band still exists, with Jerry Only as...

News

LITA FORD's 'Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir' Pushed Back To October

Fan-filmed video footage of Lita Ford's performance on this year's Monsters Of Rock cruise, which was held April 18-22, can be seen below. In other news, Dey Street Books (formerly It Books),an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has set an October 13 release date for "Lita Ford - Living Like A Ru...

News

Official AGNOSTIC FRONT Documentary 'The Godfathers Of Hardcore' Begins Production

Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma are lynchpins of New York Hardcore (NYHC),and their band AGNOSTIC FRONT played a key role in defining, shaping and establishing the cultural code of conduct for the still-thriving movement. Film and music video director Ian McFarland ("Rungs In A Ladder: Jacob Bannon",...

News

DANZIG Announces North American Tour

DANZIG has announced a month-long North American headlining tour, set to begin in July in Pomona, California and end on July 31 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Support on the trek will reportedly come from PENNYWISE and CANCER BATS. The dates are as follows: July 11 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theatre July 12 ...