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Track: Born To Be Bad
Artist: The Runaways
Album: Queens Of Noise

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Name: The Runaways
Spotify Genres: riot grrrl, proto-punk
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The Runaways were an American all-female hard rock band (1975-1979) The group, assisted by producer [a=Kim Fowley], consisted initially of singer/guitarist [a=Joan Jett], bassist [a=Michael Steele] and drummer [a=Sandy West]. Steele left the band after only a few months in 1975 (and later joined The [a=Bangles]) She was replaced by a succession of bass players over the run of the group, including [a=Peggy Foster], [a=Jackie Fox], [a=Vicki Blue], and [a=Laurie McAllister]. [a=Lita Ford] signed on within the first year of the band as lead guitarist after initially auditioning for bass. [a=Cherie Currie] joined as lead vocalist. Jackie Fox left the group in 1977, during the Japanese tour. Shortly after the band returned to the US, Cherie Currie left the Runaways and Joan Jett took over as lead vocalist. Disagreement between band members included the musical style; Joan Jett wanted the band to take a musical change, shifting towards punk rock/glam rock while Lita Ford, backed by drummer Sandy West, wanted to continue playing hard rock/heavy metal music. Neither would accept the other's point of view. The Runaways played their last ever concert on New Year's Eve, 1978 at the Cow Palace near San Francisco and officially broke up in April 1979. After the breakup of "the original" The Runaways in 1979, Kim Fowley still owned the rights to the name. In 1984 he brought an entirely new group of girls together to record an album as The Runaways this incarnation consisted of: Gayle Welch, Missy Bonilla, Denise Pryor and Kathrine Dombrowski. They only released one single "Heavy Metal Nights" (1984, test pressing only) and one album "Young And Fast" (1985), and disbanded soon after. Their releases are listed under a separate artist entry: [a=The Runaways (15)]

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Release: The Runaways - Born To Be Bad
Year: 1991
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk

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LYRICS

Bodies without minds
I hear you're the one with the bleeding heart
Blue and bittersweet
You tear my dreams apart
Cause I was born to be bad
I'm not sad
But I'm glad I did it
Born to be bad
I'm not sad why don't you all get with it
The damned don't cry
Cry out when they're betrayed
Bodies slam they scream
As the keynotes fade
Cause I was born to be bad
I'm not sad
But I'm glad I did it
Born to be bad
I'm not sad why don't you all get with it
I called my mother from Hollywood the other day
And I said Mom, I just called to tell ya I joined a rock and roll band
And I won't be coming home no more
You know what she did?
She started crying and weeping and wimpering like all mothers do
She woke up my father and told him about it and he said
There ain't a damn thing we can do, thats the way she is
She was just born to be bad
I want you to bring me his ears
To satisfy my mad desires
And if he bites the dust
We'll just have to miss my fire
Cause I was born to be bad
I'm not sad
But I'm glad I did it
Born to be bad
I'm not sad why don't you all get with it