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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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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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Stuckert3 wrote:
Crave is fucking terrible. Modernish bullshit.
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buzzdogg74 wrote:
Can we get "Kiss Me Deadly" to actually play????
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GlamFool wrote:
she WAS hot
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smetny666 wrote:
<3^^
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Patriotic S.O.B. full track | 4:17 |
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Win a BC Rich Warlock Guitar/LITA Prize Pack from Ultimate-Guitar
5 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/litaford
Ultimate-guitar.com is hosting a LITA giveaway! No purchase necessary!A grand prize winner will be chosen at random to receive a BC Rich Warlock Electric Guitar and a LITA prize pack!Three runners-up . …
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