Cherie Currie

Currie joined the Runaways in 1975, at age 15. The teen rock anthem “Cherry Bomb” was written for her at the audition. Assessments of her impact differ; one reviewer has written in 2010 that “the received wisdom that [the Runaways] carved out new territory for female musicians is hard to justify—it’s doubtful that the predominantly male audience who flocked to see the 16-year-old [Currie] in her undies picked up any feminist subtext.”

After three albums with the Runaways (The Runaways, Queens of Noise and Live in Japan), Currie went on to be a solo artist. She signed a contract with Mercury saying she would record four records, but she left the Runaways after the third album, thus she was obligated to record another album. She recorded it solo and the result was Beauty’s Only Skin Deep for Polygram Records. Marie Currie did a duet with Cherie on her solo record Love at First Sight. Cherie and Marie went on a US tour in 1977, and when Marie would join Cherie on stage to sing the encores the audience would go wild.Then they went on a Japan tour in 1978. While in Japan, the twins performed on many TV shows.

With Marie Currie, she recorded Messin’ with the Boys(1980) for Capitol Records and Young and Wild(1998) for Raven. . Cherie and Marie performed on television shows in the 1980s including Sha Na Na, The Mike Douglas Show,The Merv Griffin Show among others.Along with the album recordings with Marie, Cherie and Marie sang, wrote, and produced songs for The Rosebud Beach Hotel.

Currie performed at the Runaways’ reunion in 1994 with other Runaways Fox and West. Her sister Marie joined the three Runaways on stage. In 1999 Rocket City Records released Currie’s studio album The 80’s Collection. The album contains guest work by Marie Currie.

Cherie starred in the film Foxes in 1980 with Jodie Foster. She received strong reviews for her acting debut, and because of this film she received many roles in other films.

Parasite, Wavelength, Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Rosebud Beach Hotel (with Marie Currie), Rich Girl, and others, as well as numerous guest spots on television series (Matlock and Murder, She Wrote). In 1984 Currie was cast as Brenda in Savage Streets, but was replaced by Linda Blair. In the same year Currie was cast as the lead singer of the fictional band the Dose in the film This Is Spinal Tap, but her character was cut out of the film.Cherie was considered for a part in the 1985 film Explorers but, according to her autobiography, she was in the throes of drug dependency and couldn’t even make it to a meeting.

Currie was a guest vocalist on Shameless’s 2013 album, Beautiful Disaster. Currie released singles with ex-bandmate, Lita Ford and Glenn Danzig the same year. In 2013 Currie won the Rock Legend Award at the sixth annual Malibu Music Awards. The reward was presented to her by ex-bandmate, Lita Ford. That night Currie and Ford played on stage together for the first time in 37 years. Currie released another studio album, Reverie, in 2015.The album features guest work from ex-bandmate, Lita Ford, Currie’s son, Jake Hays, and Currie’s ex-manager, Kim Fowley. Cherie toured the UK in November 2015, to support her new album. Her special guest on her UK tour was Last Great Dreamers. While in UK, Currie recorded a live album entitled Midnight Music in London which features a special live appearance by Suzi Quatro. It was released in 2016.In late May and early June 2016 Currie toured Australia and New Zealand.  Currie’s album Blvds of Splendor was released on April 13, 2019. On August 2, The Motivator, her album with Brie Darling, was released.