Whether it is from her early years as the lead guitarist for The Runaways or from her solo work in glam metal, the name Lita Ford is one most rock and roll fans easily recognize. Today, Saturday, ...
Heavy metal singer and guitarist Lita Ford played as hard as any male musician in her heyday. But she still can remember the insulting questions people asked early in her career. “They’d say, ‘Lita, ...
A rock trifecta rolled into the Brown County Music Center on Saturday night, September 16, 2023. From “Cherry Pie” to “Cherry Bomb,” all that was missing was some nostalgic footage of those many MTV ...
Jani Lane, Warrant’s original lead singer, said in a 1995 interview with Musician magazine that he knew the writing was on the wall for hair metal when he saw a huge poster for Alice in Chains’ Dirt ...
A trifecta of disparately different bands took the stage at the MGM Northfield over the weekend for a trip back to the early ’90s. Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, the offspring of teen heartthrob Ricky ...
Lita Ford has been a professional musician since she was a teenager. As the tough lead guitarist with L.A. all-female hard rockers the Runaways, the statuesque California blond held her ground onstage ...
Lita Ford was 16 years old when she first emerged into the public spotlight as lead guitarist for the punk-rock band the Runaways. That was in the mid-1970s, and the rock goddess — whom Guitar Player ...
Singer-guitarist Lita Ford joined the Runaways when she was just 16. Now, at age 56, Ford is still going strong and rocking hard. Two years ago, she released Living Like a Runaway, an album of highly ...
The music industry, and rock music in general, is still very much male dominated. So what can a woman do if she’s a musician who wants to share the stage with legendary women rockers such as Lita Ford ...
When people talk about the Runaways — and, indeed, when the movie was made — the focus tends to be on Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, and that’s fair. But hell, guitarist Lita Ford has a story to tell.