Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch Cherie Bomb
Another week, another punk rock biopic. The Runaways, anyone ? All girl
band ? Cherry Bomb ? Guitarist Joan Jett seems to have emerged as the
keeper of the legacy of her first band, which she led with singer
Cherie Currie. Both of them (or the actors playing them, Kristen
Stewart and Dakota Fanning) seem to be the stars of the film which
opened at the Sundance Festival at the weekend. Joan is executive producer.
ÌýIf the Runaways passed you by the first time, it's perfectly understandable. American in origin and famously under the influence of Kim Fowley, producer, they were a bit too rocky for my liking. Apart from their first single "Cherry Bomb", which came out in 1976 and was even better than Suzi Quatro. It's often said of many bands that if they split up after their first record then they'd been regarded as immortal. A great theory, unless you happen to be in a band that makes one of those first records.
I have yet to see the Runaways on film, although I have seen a recent photo of Joan Jett and she could nearly pass off as her younger self, without too much breathing in. Dakota Fanning (Tom Cruise's daughter in War of the Worlds ?) plays Cherie Currie, the singer who was often seen wearing a basque on stage. Yes, I know what a basque is. How do you think I keep my figure ?
Cherie Currie is now an artist who carves figures out of tree trunks using chain saws. Whether that is a result of the difficult times she had when she was in the Runaways, who knows ? The film isn't due to open in America until March, and whether it ever makes its way to a picture house here remains to be seen. I won't be buying the soundtrack, though. I've already got 'The Japanese Singles Collection' of which I like two songs.
Whose next for the film treatment ?Ìý What about The Lurkers ? London's answer to the Ramones make some records then break up. Singer disappears. Bass player keeps name and plays punk festivals for next thirty years. Not sure what he looks like in the basque , though.
ÌýIf the Runaways passed you by the first time, it's perfectly understandable. American in origin and famously under the influence of Kim Fowley, producer, they were a bit too rocky for my liking. Apart from their first single "Cherry Bomb", which came out in 1976 and was even better than Suzi Quatro. It's often said of many bands that if they split up after their first record then they'd been regarded as immortal. A great theory, unless you happen to be in a band that makes one of those first records.
I have yet to see the Runaways on film, although I have seen a recent photo of Joan Jett and she could nearly pass off as her younger self, without too much breathing in. Dakota Fanning (Tom Cruise's daughter in War of the Worlds ?) plays Cherie Currie, the singer who was often seen wearing a basque on stage. Yes, I know what a basque is. How do you think I keep my figure ?
Cherie Currie is now an artist who carves figures out of tree trunks using chain saws. Whether that is a result of the difficult times she had when she was in the Runaways, who knows ? The film isn't due to open in America until March, and whether it ever makes its way to a picture house here remains to be seen. I won't be buying the soundtrack, though. I've already got 'The Japanese Singles Collection' of which I like two songs.
Whose next for the film treatment ?Ìý What about The Lurkers ? London's answer to the Ramones make some records then break up. Singer disappears. Bass player keeps name and plays punk festivals for next thirty years. Not sure what he looks like in the basque , though.
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