Who is lita ford

When I turned 14 I went for a job so I could buy my own guitar. In California you had to be 16 to work, but because I had big boobs people thought I was older. My mother even helped me by stuffing my bra with tissue paper. I started playing in clubs and then joined the Runaways at aged Bernie Rico passed away in the 90s and he made the most incredible guitars and I was his girl.

So anything they developed and created I would play because it was absolutely what I wanted. One day I wanted a white double neck but the Rich Bich double necks were so big I couldn't reach the bottom neck so.

It is a protype, unique. It has a pre-amp in the bottom neck. It is a beautiful instrument. That is something that eats away at me, that I never got to meet him. Mother - Lita Ford. Lita Ford - Can't Catch Me. Follow-up efforts like 's Stiletto and 's Dangerous Curves failed to match the popcraft of Lita , and Ford found herself without a label after alternative's explosion in the early '90s. She married Jim Gillette , former vocalist with hair metal kings Nitro , had two children and moved to the Caribbean.

She eventually re-emerged on the scene in the 21st century with the uncharacteristically heavy Wicked Wonderland in In the years that followed Ford went through a particularly messy divorce with Gillette , and resurfaced in with eighth solo album Living Like a Runaway, a cathartic break up album with themes of divorce, betrayal and estrangement throughout.

The album was co-produced by Gary Hoey and represented a return to the more tuneful pop metal Ford had enjoyed the most success with in the early 90's.

In , Ford published an eagerly anticipated tell-all autobiography entitled Living Like a Runaway in February, and released the album Time Capsule in April. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.

Mostly in the earlier stages of my solo career, during my first solo album, Out for Blood. As things went on, it seemed to get better. What did you learn from working with Runaways manager Kim Fowley? Kim Fowley was a huge influence. The girls can bag on Kim all they want but he really showed us how to have our own individual personalities [on stage] and how to have our own musical styles.

Without Kim, there may not have been a Joan Jett. There may not have been a Lita Ford. No, not that I heard. Honestly, Joan, Cherie and I did not really hang out together even though we were in the same band. I would room with her and got to know her pretty well. She never said anything about Kim Fowley touching her like that. But I know for a fact that girls who are raped or molested are afraid to mention it in front of the abuser.

If the abuser is put in jail or dead, like Kim Fowley, then they feel safe and feel that they can mention what happened. Now that Kim passed she felt like she needed to speak out. What was your reaction when you read her statement?

Then again, is it really true? You almost left the Runaways early on after finding out that three-fifths of the band was gay or bisexual.

It freaked me out. I was completely ignorant. Runaways drummer Sandy West seemed like your compatriot. Were you in touch with her before she died? I was.

She passed literally three months after that phone call. If she had told me the truth, I would have gotten on a plane to see her. But at least we got on the phone and said our goodbyes, said I love you. I spoke with Joan on the phone after Sandy passed. We really had nothing to say to each other, just tears. She has been married to Jim Gillette since May 13, They have two children. She was previously married to Chris Holmes. See full bio ». Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos.

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