The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

Hello, everyone -- thought I'd clear something up for you. The reason the lip-synching on this isn't great is that this recording is from our first album and we weren't told in advance we were going to be doing this. We had been, at that point, performing the song a little differently live for some time. Cherie was given no time to listen to the record or to rehearse singing along to it. We just showed up, did a couple of takes and that was that. (And yes, that's me on bass in this video, not Michael Steele).

I'm always blown away by how deep Cherie's voice is at 16 years old! She had that rock and roll voice.

RIP Sandy West (July 10, 1959 – October 21, 2006), aged 47 You will be remembered as a legend.

the amount of presence Cherie had at 16 is insane.... all of them really. it's crazy to think how young they were and rocking this hard

To everyone who responded to my comment below, many thanks for the words of support. I've read them all and appreciated them. Glad to meet you virtually!

You rarely even see the drummer....Sandy West, lost to Cancer Oct 2006 RIP Sandy

The mighty Runaways! From Glam'n'Glitter Anthems like Jeepster, Ziggy Stardust,Teenage Rampage, 48 Crash or I'm 18 to Punk Classics like Blitzkrieg Bop, Pretty Vacant, New Rose, Sonic Reducer or Blank Generation. The Runaways mixed the best of both worlds. This Girls were far ahead of their time. Loved them since I was a 15 year old kid. Now I'm 62 and nothing has changed.

Insane how in this song, Cherry was 16, but has a perfect rock n roll style voice! Amazing.

People don't realize what a big deal this band was. back then women rockers dealt with nothing but bullshit from make rockers and producers etc and the runaways were little more than kids and got pretty much bullied. True icons who paved the way for many others.

I love how they look at each other with those grins. They know they’re 100% badass.

We are getting this song to Cherri bomb🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Cherie's Voice is amazing!!

This actually took a lot of balls to do back then.

We forget how controversial the lyrics and band were for their time. They are amazing, paved the way for many many female rockers. Thank you for existing <3

Even jack black must bow to the goddess of rock stances and faces💃

Bro just summond a whole fandom with that song

Still can't believe they were all under age. Could you imagine an all girl teen Rock band in 2020 ?

They broke the glass ceiling for so many others to follow. True badasses.

Cherry Bomb is one of the Most Memorable Songs ever.

Lita’s hair flip, alone, inspired countless “Rock Gods”.