I finally saw her live. 48 years after the teen magazine poster of her and bandmates graced my bedside wall, I was privileged enought to witness the one and only Madam Cherie Currie at a tiny club in Mannheim last night. And what can I say: Cherie still looks great (i.e. not really pretty, with a bit of a hard/mean streak, just like as a teenager ;D) and she can just as well not sing today as she used to. With an alto range of three-and-a-half-notes (but very convincing at those!) over some of the most primal punkish garage hard rock imaginable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAjyKs2RCTw
It was mind-numbingly juvenile effing great. How fate has spoiled me. :)
Actually, her band had a bit of a Dictators vibe going. Especially evident when they opened for her under their own moniker Shameless with their regular male singer who reminded me of Handsome Dick Manitoba (at 02:40).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbI5ZnKfcug
Even that uber nice Canadian Gershon Weinrib said the Runaways were too shitty to listen to. ;D
The Runaways and early Kiss had one thing in common: They sounded like primal garage hard rock/punk must sound to people who just despise that type of music! It had charm, but very little lasting musical value. Just don't overthink it.
Mind numbingly juvenile sounds perfect to me! :-*
Quote from: uwe on August 05, 2024, 08:32:34 AMThe Runaways and early Kiss had one thing in common: They sounded like primal garage hard rock/punk must sound to people who just despise that type of music! It had charm, but very little lasting musical value. Just don't overthink it.
As a 16-year-old when their first album was released, I found them to be exactly that, but the good spots have stuck with me all these years. I will still give my undivided attention when anything pops up in random shuffles on my playlist, especially tracks from the live album. I actually prefer Lita Ford's playing back then as opposed to what she did during her solo career. She used to be Blackmore-obsessed and you can hear the rudimentary results of that in the early stuff (not unlike Andy Scott from Sweet).