Sandy West, drummer for The Runaways was born on this day, July 10th in 1959. Sadly, Sandy passed away from lung cancer on October 21, 2006; providing us with another excellent reason to quit smoking.
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Seriously, What Would She Do?
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Gibson Guitar Announces Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker Guitar
Joan Jett with the new Gibson Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker
(Personal aside: I was introduced to Joan Jett once in the upstairs bar / VIP lounge at NYC’s Webster Hall. It was during a press event and Joan was playing a set while also promoting a crappy band on her label (Blackheart Records, yeah I didn’t know she had a record label either) called The Eyeliners. This band sucked more you could even possibly imagine. But anyway, what I recall most about my “Hi, how’s it going” style introduction to Joan was that she was really tiny and pretty, and that she told me that what annoyed her most was always being introduced to people as “Joan Jett” and never just “Joan.” So, keep that in mind in case you ever find yourself in the position to be making introductions between “Joan” and anybody else.) Continue reading Gibson Guitar Announces Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker Guitar
Sandy West, Runaways Drummer and band Co-Founder, Succumbs to Lung Cancer
10/21/06 – Los Angeles, CA.
Sandy West, drummer for the influential 70s band The Runaways, died Saturday, October 21, 2006 after a long battle with lung cancer.
She left an indelible mark on rock music as a founding member of The Runaways, which featured fellow rockers Joan Jett, Lita Ford and Cherie Currie, and as a leading inspiration for a number of notable musicians, both male and female. Many young musicians can trace their inspiration directly to the first time they heard “Cherry Bomb.”
Continue reading Sandy West, Runaways Drummer and band Co-Founder, Succumbs to Lung Cancer