Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009YM5EQA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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She was a bare-ass, leather-clad babe whose hair was bigger and whose guitar licks were hotter than any of the guys’.Hailed by Elle as “one of the greatest female electric guitar players to ever pick up the instrument,” Lita spurred the meteoric rise of Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, and the rest of the Runaways. “Heavy metal’s leading female rocker (Rolling Stone) bares all, opening up about the Runaways, the glory days of the punk and hard-rock scenes, and the highs and lows of her trailblazing careerWielding her signature black guitar, Lita Ford shredded stereotypes of female musicians throughout the 1970s and ‘80s. As Guitar Player hailed in 2014 when they inducted her into their hall of fame of guitar greats: “She is as badass as ever.”Fear
Freewheeling.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)“A tell-all book. A celebration of Ford’s iconoclastic, take-no-shit spirit.” (Consequence of Sound)“A chronicle of life as a woman in the male-dominated metal scene, Living Like a Runaway has been netting rave reviews; who says you can’t raise up the metal horns for a little literature?” (Gothamist)“Required reading for any aspiring musician. No guitarist-male or female-ever looked better with a Hamer Explorer than Lita.” (SL
Interesting for What it Says, and for What it Doesn't Say If you want a rock and roll kiss and tell book, Lita gives you that. Some of the stories are entertaining and satisfying because they are cool (Ritchie Blackmore) or funny (Eddie Van Halen) and others will make you sad because drug abuse can wreck people.Don't expect insight into The Runaways. Other than ou. A quick tour of an 80s rock goddess's highs and lows E. Kutinsky As a mild fan of Ford's for her songs "Kiss me Deadly" and duet with Ozzy Osborne "Close My Eyes Forever," as well as her time with the Runaways, I wouldn't say I'm exactly the target audience for this memoir, but I would say I always found Ford to be a unique, exciting presence as a rockstar. Sure, she mad. Long Live Lita! Monique D Even though I have always been a Joan Jett fan, Lita Ford was and is THE female guitar hero. Before starting this book, the only personal thing I knew about Ms. Ford is that she had been born in England. After a fabulously funny foreword by Dee Snyder, I was bit disappointed when I started LIVING LIKE A RUN
In 2014 Lita received Guitar Player’s Certified Legend Award and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Lita Ford was the lead guitarist of the Runaways before embarking on her platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated solo career. She lives in Southern California.