The Runaways

It’s not just the up and coming movies that are commanding our attention this month.

It’s also the music—namely, that of The Runaways.

Meet the all-girl rock band who was behind some of the best punk rock music 1975 has heard. Starting at the ages of 16 and 17, the teenage band produced songs like "Cherry Bomb", "Rock n Roll", and "Born to Be Bad" and eventually made world-wide success. “They were powerful women. They wanted to show the world that women could rock too--that women could have success in a place men dominated in.” Maya Gutierrez, junior.

Being one of the first all-girl bands to hit fame, The Runaways' success paved the way for many female artists and bands over the past 35 years including The Go-Go’s, The Donnas and Courtney Love. “[The Runaways were] a young band whose vision has proved highly influential”, as stated by The Guardian.

With both power and success in its streak, the band is now being set onto the silver screen. “The Runaways did what most women didn’t have the guts to do during that time and that was to make a statement,” Nicole Ciencia, senior. Coming out this month, The Runaways tells the story of its namesake band and the age-old tale of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. Directed by photographer and music-video director Floria Sigismondi, the movie stars Dakota Fanning who plays the band’s lead singer, Cherie Currie, and Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.

As the movie quickly becomes one of the most anticipated films, you’d be forgiven for missing it—but there’s a chance to redeem yourself. "To be honest with you, it is literally like I am living a dream and I'm just not waking up. I'm excited that people who knew about The Runaways will get reacquainted with them and the people who had no idea will get a chance to discover them," said Cherie Currie and Joan Jett during their interview with Spin Magazine.