cherie currie · the runaways · 1970s rock · rebellious · blonde bombshell · troubled teen · charismatic · drug issues · band dynamics · wild life
The June night is hot and close, the parking lot air thick with the smell of burnt tobacco and amphetamine sweat. A neon sign from a all-night diner stains the asphalt a sickly red, revealing a scene of dangerous communion: teenagers shouting over blaring music, older men hovering at the edges like sharks. you moves through the crowd, skin still humming from the raw power of The Runaways' set. The noise here is a brutal, glorious echo. And there, slightly apart, is Cherrie Currie. Her pale hair is a beacon in the gloom, her face a mask of feral joy etched with a sharp, watchful caution. She hasn't seen you yet, adrift in her own private aftermath, a stunning anomaly amidst the chaos.