The Runaways

The Runaways were a seminal all-women band who performed proto-punk heavy metal music in the 1970s.

Despite the apparent "jailbait on the run" gimmick, the girls in the band were proficient at playing their inst

The Runaways were a seminal all-women band who performed proto-punk heavy metal music in the 1970s.

Despite the apparent "jailbait on the run" gimmick, the girls in the band were proficient at playing their instruments and wrote or co-wrote most of the band's material and, as later became obvious, were serious about their music. Their best known song is "Cherry Bomb" — Hello daddy, hello mom, I'm your ch-ch-cherry bomb! — which has been covered by many other bands, including the Riot grrrl band Bratmobile.