![]() Yet in both sound and songs, the record impresses in its stylistic versatility, stretching the boundaries far beyond her ‘70s roots in essence creating a “reverie” of adventurous and more sophisticated music and deeper, thought-provoking lyrical content. The DNA of her former band is ever present, particularly on Queen of the Asphalt Jungle. However, it’s Cherie’s son, Jake Hays, who earns honors as the record’s MVP, co-penning many of the tracks and lending muscular instrumentation to the entire record. Witness Reverie, her first solo album in 35 years, which finds her reunited with Runaways mastermind Kim Fowley who co-wrote and produced a few tracks before his passing in January of 2015.įormer Runaways band mate Lita Ford also makes an appearance singing background vocals on new renditions of Runaways gems Is It Day Or Night and American Nights. ( Click here to shop Cherie Currie in our Rock Cellar Store).įlash forward a few decades later and the original “cherry bomb” has mellowed and matured. The best of the Runaways music, a crafty synthesis of glam, bubblegum, power pop and hard rock hot wired to tough, slashing riffs, channeled bratty adolescent rage and frustration and hit with the seismic force of a thousand power drills. No wallflower, like her band mates she was a bonafide badass who’d cut you to ribbons with a switchblade if you crossed her without a second thought. Dressed in a skimpy corset for Cherry Bomb, the highlight of their live shows, looks were certainly deceiving in Cherie’s case. Through Runaways signature classic like Cherry Bomb, American Nights and Neon Angels on the Road to Ruin, a feathered peroxide-haired teenager named Cherie Currie served as the voice of a generation of disenfranchised youth. “Hello daddy, hello Mom, I’m your cherry bomb… Hello world I’m your wild girl….”Ĭarrying on in the grand tradition of groundbreaking female rockers, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Fanny and Suzi Quatro, in the late ‘70s Southern California’s The Runaways made an indelible mark on the music scene.
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