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Lita Ford (born Carmelita Rossanna Ford on September 23, 1958 in London, U.K.) is a hard rock singer and guitarist who achieved popularity during the 1980s. Ford was born in London but is of Italian heritage. She moved with her family to the United States while still very young. She began playing the guitar at age 11.
In 1976 at the age of 17 she became one of the founding members of the legendary teenage all-female proto-punk-metal band The Runaways. There she played lead guitar.
After the group folded in 1979, she began a solo career. Her guitar playing was well respected amongst her peers, both when she was a member of The Runaways and as a solo act. When she had the material to back her up, Ford was inarguably capable of rocking out aggressively and assertively, and more times than not, better than the best of her male counterparts. Her first two albums, Out for Blood and Dancin’ on the Edge were relatively successful, and in 1985, Ford was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance for ”Gotta Let Go”, along with Wendy O. Williams and Pia Zadora. However the musical genre of “arena metal rock” had already crested and was now beginning its decline in the second half of the 1980s.
Nothing was heard from Ford for the next four years; a follow-up to Dancin’ on the Edge, titled The Bride Wore Black, was abandoned and never released, as Ford switched from Mercury Records to RCA Records. By the time Ford returned again, the lighter pop-metal she had long favored had broken through to mainstream audiences, which set the stage for her most commercially successful album, 1988’s Lita.
In 1976 at the age of 17 she became one of the founding members of the legendary teenage all-female proto-punk-metal band The Runaways. There she played lead guitar.
After the group folded in 1979, she began a solo career. Her guitar playing was well respected amongst her peers, both when she was a member of The Runaways and as a solo act. When she had the material to back her up, Ford was inarguably capable of rocking out aggressively and assertively, and more times than not, better than the best of her male counterparts. Her first two albums, Out for Blood and Dancin’ on the Edge were relatively successful, and in 1985, Ford was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance for ”Gotta Let Go”, along with Wendy O. Williams and Pia Zadora. However the musical genre of “arena metal rock” had already crested and was now beginning its decline in the second half of the 1980s.
Nothing was heard from Ford for the next four years; a follow-up to Dancin’ on the Edge, titled The Bride Wore Black, was abandoned and never released, as Ford switched from Mercury Records to RCA Records. By the time Ford returned again, the lighter pop-metal she had long favored had broken through to mainstream audiences, which set the stage for her most commercially successful album, 1988’s Lita.
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NatyAbacaty wrote:
the new album isnt better than ''stiletto'' and ''dangerous curves''. but i like it anyway. keep rockin' Lita :D i love you³ ur are my hero *-*
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Congelamento wrote:
The Queen of metal :D You're amazing Lita!!! And smoking hot!!
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Glammaniara wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Vixen Vote for pictures of real Vixen coz some hh fans wanna overtake the profile :P Don't let them do that \m/ [2]
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Glammaniara wrote:
Not as melodic as before but not bad!
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damagedvinyl wrote:
She's the queen of cool.
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legonz wrote:
Hello everybody ! If you like Pat Benatar, welcome to this group http://www.lastfm.fr/group/Pat+Benatar Greetings !
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Agrafkova wrote:
she's a goddess
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kickassforme wrote:
Queen of metal <3
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Tyler1948 wrote:
POWER!!!!!!
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DrMuller wrote:
Wicked Wonderland: a pity I have unpacked the CD; now it will be more difficult reselling it on eBay. Oh well, even unpacked, I wouldn't have bothered to ask more than 1$ for it. What the hell happened to good 'old' melodic Lita? This is a complete disaster. I just wasted 1 hour of my life listening to this.
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oliviaa wrote:
wicked wonderland is the worst music i've ever heard. and i thought i was disappointed after her show at sweden rock festival! ha! nothing compared to when i heard the new cd. what happend?!
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CaptDin wrote:
Voted Most Metal Milf by People Magazine, 1987. Nah, I just made that up. Good music though.
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xxbrooke16xx wrote:
I enjoyed Wicked Wonderland :)
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Hair_Force_One wrote:
Wicked Wonderland is a complete disaster for me... Where's the hell good old Lita? :(
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Russel_123 wrote:
I agree with HairMetalAddict, too much noise. Lita's older music had tons of melody and this new cd doesn't. It doesn't have to be hardcore fast all the time and the vocals are drowned out by all of the noise. Plus the lyrics aren't as creative as her old songs. All I can say is make one more album and make it the way you wanna make it, don't try to modernize it, some of this modern music sucks.
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Wizz21 wrote:
New Album sucks big :/
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xxbrooke16xx wrote:
her new album is great. i like the new sound. she's not trying to be modern. the album reflects the kind of music she likes listening to and that must be modern music. wicked wonderland is great!!!
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jriron wrote:
some old musicians try to be modern with out know how to do it... =/
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jriron wrote:
The new album sucks :(
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Fer_aeae wrote:
The new album is ok. Some songs are good and some really sucks. And she is hot as always!
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- Jul 22 Dakota Rock Fest 2010 Sioux Empire Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
News
"Wicked" Review From Maximum Ink
20 Jan 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/litaford
O metal maven, O heavenly black brassiere pin-up of the 80s, how we loved you! But you left so suddenly, why O why was it so?Lita Ford actually split for a Caribbean island in the mid 90s to shack up . …
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17 Dec 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/litaford
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al70140, metalruby and mikuka01 added Lita Ford to their libraries. 2 hours ago
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘"Wicked" Review From Maximum Ink’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘New Interview and Review from Bleeding 4 Metal’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘LITA Wins FMQB's 2009 Best Female Rock Artist Award!!’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘Lita's Wicked New Year's Eve and Stockroom Toy Shop Now Open!!’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘Lita and Jim Live In-Studio on "Lopsided World of L" Dec 19th’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘LITA's Wicked Stockroom.com Contest (18+ Only!)’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘Lita Ford Gets in the Spirit with Alice Cooper and MORE Interviews!’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘MORE Lita Interviews and Concert Reviews’. yesterday evening
- Lita Ford posted a news item ‘Lita on the Cover of Guitar Goddess Magazine's Debut Issue!!’. yesterday evening
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