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Cherie Currie: Non-Incredible Ex-Runaway Non-Interview!

Dave DiMartino, Creem, April 1980

SOUTHFIELD, MI — "These bitches suck." Harsh were Rick Johnson's words in these pages when the unanimously-acclaimed Heavy Metal connoisseur reviewed the Runaways' second runaway dud, Queens of Noise. And as a direct result of Rick's deeply-felt critique, former Runaway Cherie Currie refused to speak to CREEM during her recent jaunt to the Motor City. Promoting her and her sister Marie's new LP, Cherie refused to acknowledge the age-old maxim ANY PRESS IS BETTER THAN NO PRESS AT ALL, YOU DOPES by denying her record company's heartfelt wish for a CREEM interview.

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