The Runaways - 1977-03-10 - Cleveland OH (FM)

The Runaways

1977-03-10
Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, OH 
FM Broadcast
192 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Queens Of Noise
02. California Paradise
03. Is It Day Or Night?
04. Take It Or Leave It
05. Don't Abuse Me
06. All Right You Guys
07. Blackmail
08. Wild Thing
09. Rock And Roll
10. You Drive Me Wild
11. Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
12. Heartbeat
13. Johnny Guitar
14. I Love Playin' With Fire
15. Cherry Bomb

The Runaways - 1977-03-10 - Cleveland OH (FM)

1977: In the mid 1970’s, 5 young women – Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West, Cherie Currie and Micki Steele (later replaced by Peggy Foster and then Jackie Fox) – formed a band and the rest as they say, is history. Punk and Heavy Metal were two emerging trends in the mid 70s, and The Runaways proved that those genres were not the exclusive domain of the boys of rock and roll. They released their first album in 1976, then headlined shows with opening acts such as Cheap Trick, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Van Halen. In the summer of 1977 the group arrived in Japan for a string of sold out shows. At the time, the only bands selling more albums in Japan than the Runaways were ABBA, Kiss and Led Zeppelin. They were mobbed by fans on their visit, and Joan Jett later described the mass hysteria as being like Beatlemania. This FM Broadcast captures the band a few months before their triumphant visit to Japan, on March 10, 1977, 4 decades ago this very day