The former lead singer of the legendary all-girl rock band The Runaways has just ignited, in the band’s words, a cherry bomb of sorts. famous songs of 1976 And he took it to the Democratic Party.
Cherry Curry is currently 64 years old. still on stage — Posted on Wednesday night on X:
“Voting Democrat used to be PUNK, R&R,” Curry says. I have written. “I fell for it. But when your party buys groceries and gas, disrespects veterans, police, and the elderly, and supports criminals, chaos, riots, Hamas, and a declining Israel, , is even more despicable when you demand that we live in fear. Insult us at every turn! Waste our money on every policy! Democrats don’t care about voting for me. But now it just makes you a fool.”
How are people reacting?
Chris Loesch — husband of conservative commentator Dana Loesch — answered Curry said, “To me, punk was always anti-government, and ‘The Man’ Democrats were always looking to expand government. That hypocritical dichotomy always bothered me.”
Others responding to Curry’s post are with her all the way.
- One user wrote: “Voting D meant you were a free spirit.” answered. “Now the Democrats are in control.”
- “The tables have turned,” said another commenter. answered. “The Democratic Party today is something that Democrats in the 1980s would have condemned. Trump had a lot to do with identifying the crooks, the ‘swamps.’ That infuriated the liars (lol).”
- Another user: “I cannot agree more.” Said. “During Plandemic, I cringed in fear as I watched my ‘punk/rock and roll’ friends worship at the altar of fear and big pharma.My 72-year-old mother said, “What happened to the Question Authority?” Democrats are now a joke.”
- Another commenter said, “I think punk and R&R are all about freedom of thought and expression, taking government out of private business and allowing people to think for themselves and question authority.” “I was,” he commented. Admitted. “During the pandemic, I’ve never seen a group of people who follow the rules as much as my group of punk rock childhood friends. It was shocking how unquestioning and obedient they became. Since then, I’ve never been the same. No longer.”
Curry’s unabashed condemnation of Democrats and the left was not the first time she had expressed such sentiments.
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The Runaways are the brainchild of controversial Los Angeles rock promoter Kim Fowley. Original band member and rhythm guitarist Joan Jett met the then 15-year-old Curry at a Hollywood teen discotheque called the Sugar Shack. encyclopedia.com Currie said, “I had a glam rock bad boy image that perfectly matched the band’s teen vixen image.” While music critics panned the Runaways, Jett, lead guitarist Lita Ford, bassist Jackie Fox, and drummer Sandy West carved out a niche for themselves by playing their own instruments. .
Curry and Foxx left the band in 1977, and the Runaways played their last show in San Francisco on December 31, 1978. Jett and Ford both went on to successful solo careers. Curry continued to perform and record music, and also acted. She also wrote her memoir, Neon Angel. good reading She says it “revolves around a dysfunctional family, struggles with drugs and alcohol, sexual abuse, and her time with the Runaways.”
In 2010, the blockbuster movie Runaways was released, with Dakota Fanning playing Curry in the movie.
Actress Dakota Fanning and musician Cherry Curry attend the premiere of the movie “The Runaways” in Los Angeles on March 11, 2010.Photo by Fraser Harrison/Getty Images
Oh, and when one commenter on Curry’s latest post asked her how close she was politically to Jett these days, Curry said: answered“Ten years ago, the last time she came to my house, she said, ‘You’re a Democrat, right?’ Now I don’t have a clue and I don’t care.”
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