"When at the beginning of the 1970s, Joan Jett set out to found a rock band made up of teen girls, a lot of people thought it a childish insanity. But Jett had seen how Suzi Quatro, through perseverance, had made it happen. Jett eventually succeeded in her goal and a half century has now passed since that uniquely epic, luminous and at the same time, dark journey."
"They were girls of just 15 and 16 years of age who were performing songs like Cherry Bomb, You Drive Me Wild and Thunder, singing about things that happened to ourselves, getting loaded on drugs, drinking, stuff like that.. about hating people, falling in love with somebody, she explained in a 1978 interview. They were adolescents who played with unprecedented fury, diving head-first and without a net into the U.S. rock ecosystem, one of the most macho, sexist worlds of the time."
"The first concert played by Jett (guitar), Sandy West (drums) and Micki Steele (bass and vocals, who would soon become part of The Bangles) took place on September 12, 1975 in the dining room of the house of Phast Phreddie Patterson, the founder of California fanzine Back Door Man. Two weeks later, they played at Whisky a Go-Go, and soon after, were joined by Lita Ford (guitar), Cherie Currie (vocals) and Jackie Fox Fuchs, who stepped in for Steele."
Joan Jett formed an all-teen female rock band in August 1975 called The Runaways. The band members were around 15–16 years old and performed songs such as Cherry Bomb, You Drive Me Wild and Thunder about drugs, drinking, hating people and falling in love. The Runaways played their first show on September 12, 1975 in Phast Phreddie Patterson's dining room, then at Whisky a Go-Go, and later added Lita Ford, Cherie Currie and Jackie Fox Fuchs to the lineup. The group lasted under four years. Some members endured tragic experiences, yet the band's influence shaped punk, the Riot Grrrl movement and contemporary acts, inspiring countless girls to claim freedom.
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