While there are plenty of women in hard rock today, they definitely owe a bit of gratitude to The Runaways. The band arrived on the scene with their 1976 self-titled debut and despite their young age and gender, both of which presented barriers at the time, they went toe-to-toe with many of the male-driven acts of the day.
Former Runaways members Lita Ford and Cherie Currie played together for the first time in more than 30 years this past October. Last week, the two reprised their performance of "Cherry Bomb" at Ford's headlining show at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, Calif., and this time they were joined by Slash.
The 4:20 Hit Of The Day is a chance each weekday afternoon at 4:20 for Shaffee to dig into the GRD archives to play a song you maybe haven’t heard in a while or perhaps something brand new that you’d like to hear more of. Whatever it is, send your suggestions to SHAFFEE...