Neon Angel, Cherie Currie
Neon Angel, Cherie Currie
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Neon Angel
A Memoir of a Runaway

Author: Cherie Currie, Tony O'Neill

Narrator: Cherie Currie

Unabridged: 15 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/25/2020

Synopsis

In this candid autobiography, Cherie Currie—the original lead singer of '70s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways—powerfully recounts her years in the band, her friendship with guitarist Joan Jett, and her struggle with drugs. An intense, behind-the-scenes look at rock music in the gritty, post-glam era, Neon Angel is a must-listen for anyone whose heart beats to the rhythm of David Bowie, Suzi Quatro, Nick Gilder, and the Sex Pistols, and for every fan of the movie it inspired: The Runaways, starring Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart as Cherie Currie and Joan Jett.

About Cherie Currie

Cherie Currie has been described as "the lost daughter of Iggy Pop and Brigitte Bardot." Shortly after the Runaways disbanded, the rock star landed a coveted role in the Jodie Foster movie Foxes, and later went on to appear in a number of other films. Currie is still performing, writing, and acting, and she continues to take on unorthodox endeavors. One of the most prominent chain-saw carvers in the world, she placed in two major competitions in 2005. She lives in California with her son, Jake.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on March 17, 2010

This wild ride of a memoir takes us from Currie's suburban upbringing as a young rebel, dyeing her hair red, white and blue and dressing up as her idol, David Bowie, to, in a turn that is dramatically sudden, being asked to audition for The Runaways by Kim Fowley and Joan Jett while at her local han......more

Goodreads review by Jeannie on June 14, 2011

I've always been a huge Joan Jett fan so this book was a magnet for me. Loved the whole book, her life and her story. Unlike many celebrity memoirs I have read, she is so likable you just can't help but feel all that she has survived. I love this girl and love this book!!......more

Goodreads review by nicole on April 05, 2010

Fame, manipulation, bad hair, and lots and lots (and lots) of quaaludes. What a train wreck. Both the text (did she have an editor?) and the story (though on the story side of things, that's what keeps you reading, of course). It's hard to look away but in this case, sometimes I really wanted to. I'm......more

Goodreads review by Laurel on June 17, 2013

I think it goes without saying that the writing isn't inventive literary genius, or like, follows normal rules of tenses. But that's not why you read this book. you read it to see what life is like going from a 15 year old valley freak, to a 17 year old banshee in a globe trotting touring band, to a......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on October 24, 2010

I have not been able to get "Cherry Bomb" out of my head since I picked this up. "Hello Daddy, Hello Mom. I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-Cherry Bomb!" (Haha! Now it's stuck in your head too.) There's not much I can say to sway anyone on this one. If you aren't familiar with The Runaways (the semina......more

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