She’s a rock star, she’s a mom, she’s the ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb! Plucked from the LA club scene for her fierce style, Cherie Currie went from never having sang before to fronting the biggest all-girl rock band of all time. The Runaways lit up the stage, sold out arenas, and recorded best-selling albums, all before Cherie was out of high school. Then she put down her microphone for a CHAINSAW and entered the world of competitive wood carving! Cherie’s life is just as wild as her music is.
Plus, Emma and Abby mull over an alternate universe in which they were band geeks instead of podcasters and confess some of their own teenage antics 👀 Hear about it all on the new episode of the Dolls Pod, available wherever you stream your podcasts 🍒💣
(Episode starts at 7:38)
Sources:
Cherie Currie, “Neon Angel: A Memoir of A Runaway” (2010)
Tony Shaffer, “The left’s war on women and children with Cherie Currie” The Hard Truth with Tony Shaffer, 4/1/2024
“Ex-Runaways’ Cherie Currie Interview - Band’s Turbulent Times, Incident w/ Rush, Kidnapped & Kim Fowley” by The Metal Voice, YouTube, 7/14/2024
Songs used in this episode:
David Bowie - “Time” (Live at the Universal Amphitheater, 9/5/1974)
The Runaways - “Cherry Bomb” (1976)
The Runaways - “You Drive Me Wild” (1976)
The Runaways - “Queens of Noise” (Live in Tokyo, Japan, 1977)
Cherie Currie - “Beauty’s Only Skin Deep” (1978)
Cherie Currie - “Reverie” (2015)
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