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RUNAWAYS

                                             April 23, 2010
                                             June 9, 2010
   It no doubt seems
   silly to put "The
   Runaways" on this
   list:
                                 They were a producer-manufactured band
       VINYL_PUNKS               coming out of L.A.  They were about as
                                 authentic as The Monkees, except of course,
   But historically, in 1977     that The Monkees (inexplicably) didn't
   there weren't enough          suck.  I first heard about the Runaways in
   releases to fill up the       an article in People Magazine.
   punk bins in the record
   stores, so they also stuck                             (I was once trying to
   The Runaways there.             Ditto the              talk some friends of
                                   Dictators.             mine into calling
      If you wanted to take                               themselves "The
      a kind of operational                               Punkees".  They
      definition of punk                                  wouldn't go for it.)
      records as whatever      The Runaways were
      was being sold as        also where Joan Jett
      punk records, then       got her start... I
      "The Runaways" count.    have the impression
                               that for the young
                               riot grrls of the
                               90s, Joan Jett was      Who am I to
                               an elder deity, an      dismiss her as
                               inspiring influence     mere major label
                               from their teens.       pop trash pseudo
                                                       rock?

                                                       (For that matter,
                                                       I've been known
                                                       to speak in defense
                                                       of Madonna...)

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