The legendary Joan Jett rose from an all-female rock band to legendary Godmother of Punk, leaving a lasting mark on rock ...
In the ’70s, there was no other band quite like the Runaways. Formed in Los Angeles in 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, the band consisted entirely of tough teenage girls who sang and played their own ...
On this day (August 5) in 1975, Joan Jett and Sandy West came together to form The Runaways at the behest of producer Kim Fowley. At the time, he believed that a group of young women dressed in ...