Posted on 03/15/2010 12:03:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Edited on 03/15/2010 12:04:01 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
There are different accounts as to what happened behind closed doors at Runaways rehearsals. The punk-leaning Runaways had a brief, crash-and-burn history in the mid- to late '70s, and the upcoming film based on the story of the all-female band, which opens March 19 in Los Angeles, will present a Hollywood version of that history.
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Interview with Kim Fowley in the full article. He should be a judge on American Idol and has a petition to get the gig.
He's a freaky guy but has been a fixture in the music industry since the early 1960s and speaks articulately in his observations.
is that Joan Jet in the lower right of the pic?
Yes, Joan Jett and Lita Ford were discovered by Kim Fowley. He put the band The Runaways together from different people he saw around LA.
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Kim Fowley has been insane for many years. That he ever had access to young girls is terrifying. During his homeless days the Sunset Strip was not a safe place to play.
Kim Fowley gets singled out for taking advantage of the girls but there were other men who exploited them as well.
Doesn’t defend anything he did, but the others shouldn’t be glossed over for their own misdeeds.
Kim also wrote and/or produced songs for Warren Zevon, Kiss, Helen Reddy, Gene Vincent, Soft Machine, Cat Stevens, Alice Cooper, Leon Russell and Kris Kristofferson, and the Modern Lovers.
He also produced these hits:
1960 The Hollywood Argyles: “Alley Oop” - US #1
1962 B. Bumble and the Stingers: “Nut Rocker” - US #23, UK #1
1962 The Rivingtons: “Papa Oom Mow Mow” - US #48
1963 The Murmaids: “Popsicles and Icicles” - US #3
1966 Napoleon XIV: “They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!”
This is true, he did have a track record. By today’s standards the man would be considered 100% legit.
Music from my high school days.I loved the Runaways. :)
Yes.
It comes with every contract. It's show business. Everybody exploits everybody. The problem with Kim isn't that he exploited them, the problem is he is not well mentally. He should be in an institution.
I mean some adult who had sex with several members and then someone in Japan who got at least one member (a minor) to pose scantily dressed for a magazine.
Contacts are business.
When you're right, you're right ...
Metal Ping!
Thanks for the Ping, Grizz.
This looks like it’s going to be a GREAT MOVIE.
I LOVE Joan Jett and Lita Ford...
My favorite song from them is “Cherry Bomb”, followed by “School Days”...
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