The Runaways film premiered last week at the Sundance film festival - it follows the titillating adventures of teenagers Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Cherie Currie and Sandy West as they band together to form one of the greatest and sexiest heavy rock/punk/pop groups ever, all under the watchful eye of producer and svengali, Kim Fowley.
From the beginning of his career as a music producer and songwriter in the 1960’s, Kim had a soft spot for girl groups (especially the jailbait set…) starting with the likes of The Murmaids, through to Althea and the Memories and leading up to the harder sounds of The Runaways and Venus and the Razor Blades in the 70s. Download here a mix of Kim Fowley’s travel through the girl group sound and see below for a clip from the eye candy experience of The Runways on film…
DOWNLOAD: Kim Fowley girl group mix
Track listing:
Murmaids - Popsicles and Icicles
Althea and the Memories - Worst Record Ever Made
The Runaways - I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are (live in Japan)
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb (live in Japan)
The Runaways - American Nights (live in Japan)
Venus and the Razor Blades - I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are
Venus and the Razor Blades - Finer Things in Life
3 responses so far ↓
1 Igor // 3 Feb 2010 at 4:53
Genial vistazo al repertorio de las chicas en el rock!
Wow! Althea and the Memories ! existe algun disco o algo mas de material que no sea en “Girls In The Garage”?
Runaways Rules!
2 kerrryc // 6 Feb 2010 at 23:37
this is super interesting! i didnt know Kim Fowley had a history with girl groups…thanks for the info and the download! xo
3 Sean // 9 Feb 2010 at 6:36
Have you seen The Mayor of Sunset Strip? The contrasting Fowley / Runaways interview clips are a highlight. See also “Search For A Teenage Woman” by Rodney Bingenheimer on Fowley’s Good Clean Fun LP and the extensive Fowley interview in multiple issues of Ugly Things.
Leave a Comment