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pTEEN SCENERunaways at HomeBy LEI Jackie Fox is very much theThere have been a lot of alt- Girl Next Door—aiauming the girl bands, but there’s never girl next door playa a lively set been an all-girl band quite so of trap drums, sings at theall-girl as a California same time, and has a recordingphenomenon known as the contract. While the other girls, Runaways. Nobody can figure at tiffie( look Mk# they bought5?!Sr I ST ? out a ««*** factory «iddecided to wear it all at therock or whatever. They might J T- , wwjust be in a class all by Tf J.acki? athemselves. natu.ral loo.k- Over-ardentNone of the Runaways are raembers of the audience haveover 17. A couple of them still d|8C0Vered th,at 8he lt;*n Piece have baby fat. But most of eare too—with a drum stick, their devoted male groupies wa don’t mean off a agree that they certainly know turkey, what to do with their baby fat. Perhaps the most beautifulMusically, they sometimes member of the group is bass leave something to be desired, player Lita Fox, who has a but physically, they also affect dreamy, serene, romantic face the desires. And the music, ^d a wardrobe of costumes critics agree, is pretty outstan- that feature mostly equal ding, considering the youth of amounts of skin and chiffon. If the members of the group, the band doesn't make a hit, They muat have something Lita definitely has a future as going for them, because they an actress and model, now have a record out on the The band’s music runsMercury label, and stories in heavily to the rebellion trip-all the fan magazines. the “foxy freshman”Front woman {and, men psychology that in real life led would hasten to say, the front to all-too-many 17 year old is all woman) of the band is 16- mothers. The girls feel that year-old blond, blue-eyed their music reflects the eondi-Cherie Currie who combines tions they see in real life, the all the beat features of Goldie interests of their age group. Hawn and Jody Foster. She And how much of the |also sings and puts on a stage “cherry bomb theater reflects;show that makes Jim Dandy their own lives? Well, their look restrained. She also has a present European tour is the clear business head and a keen f^t time some of the girls appreciation of where theater have been out of Los Angeles, leaves off and reality begins— Right now, most of their and what the two have in former school friends are really common. And ahe’s very turned off by the girls’success, photogenic. girls find that theLead guitar player and token grueling rigors of touring leave Amazon for the group « bold thera ^ n0 energy for dating and beautiful Sandy West. __Cherie haa lost 30 pounds She does more for a black satin aince she joined the band andjumpsuit than anyone since flhe hagn-t even beCn dietmg. Raquel Welch, and looks like a Most telUn however iacommercial for long hair con- ^ ai, of the Runaway8 are ditioner. She also is not a bad Hvjng flt home_when thegui ar p ayer. aren’t touring. Cherie saidJoan Jett sparkles. Mostly h ^ fl * „It,B rlt;jallit b five pounds of sequins and na pair or eyes the color of ripe f ^olives. She has a pixie quality^ y0“ ■'°r'if you like your pixies sultj ruuaway. before them theeeAa the group's token dark- P* f «dm8 that the besthaired member, she aimmera part of runnmg away is comingwith a Mediterranean warmth, home again.
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Sunday Freeman
Kingston, New York, US
Sun, Dec 12, 1976
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