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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
The Runaways? Punk?? You're Killin Me.....
You're doing this on purpose...aren't you
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ok there mr. web quoter wikipedia guy........
Since all of the members were teenagers (some of whom were still learning to play their instruments when they passed their auditions), the band's music was frequently raw and amateurish, but it neatly combined American heavy metal with the
newly emerging sound of punk rock.
Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco circa 1975 was the starting point for the band. Lyricist Kari Krome, singer/guitarist Joan Jett, drummer Sandy West and bass player Micki Steele
played their first gigs as a part of the burgeoning and tight knit L.A. punk community. The Runaways' sound was a hybrid of punk and hard rock, though the guitar chords were more in line with metal bands than the sparse sound associated with punk rock.
so yeah, they get my punk vote....