In the ’70s, there was no other band quite like the Runaways. Formed in Los Angeles in 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, the ...

Fifty-three years ago today, on August 5, 1975, producer Kim Fowley had a vision that would shatter every barrier in rock ...

This weekend, The Runaways opens in wide release and audiences across America will get a good look at Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as the leaders of the Seventies girl-punk icons, Joan Jett ...

We all are damaged from our stints in the Runaways. There was a lot of abuse that happened in the band, and I don’t mean like, ‘Oh we’re poor babies and we didn’t get a record deal.

The problem with “The Runaways,” a street-level snapshot of the creation of the groundbreaking ‘70s all-girl rock band, is that they went with the wrong girl. Instead of training the lens on ...

Lita Ford: The Runaways’ lead guitarist enjoyed success as a heavy-metal solo star in the 1980s. She now lives on an island in the West Indies with her husband and her two sons, whom she home ...

In the mid-1970s, the world of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll belonged to men. And then along came the Runaways, five teenage girls drawn from rock clubs on the Sunset Strip.

The film was exec produced by Joan Jett, with Sigismondi’s script drawn from Cherie Currie’s 1989 autobiography “Neon Angel,” and made with cooperation from other former Runaways (save ...

Kisses arrives already bestowed with film festival prizes throughout the globe, but it is so small and one-dimensional that it disappears like cigar smoke in a pool hall, blending into a ...

Floria Sigismondi, who has made a name for herself crafting music videos for such unguarded and fearless artists as Marilyn Manson, The Cure, and David Bowie, seems the perfect choice for finding the ...

'The Runaways'More interesting is when the attention moves back to Joan and one of the band’s defining moments. In the trashed-out trailer that serves as rehearsal space, Joan and Kim improvise ...