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Lita Ford (born Carmelita Rossanna Ford on September 19, 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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FruitCakeMofo wrote:
Her new album will be out in May or SOONER!!!
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aerosteven666 wrote:
Just a lil' update for Lita fans - She changed the name of the new album, she didn't like the name 'The Healing' that much. :D
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FruitCakeMofo wrote:
Can't wait for 'The Healing' to come out. I bet it'll be an awesome album, especially since Lita said it's gonna be a real Lita album, not a Lita/Jim album. [2]
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aerosteven666 wrote:
Can't wait for 'The Healing' to come out. I bet it'll be an awesome album, especially since Lita said it's gonna be a real Lita album, not a Lita/Jim album.
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larissej wrote:
hey guys, new group > http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/glam+rock+%7C+metal+%7C+punk
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RaichelGlam wrote:
Gotta Let Go ♥
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juninhosje wrote:
very good!
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Talyta_rocks wrote:
Happy Birthday!! Lita ♥
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Chriistian2 wrote:
Happy Birthday!! :)
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rushang wrote:
I like her butt.
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<3
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ninagloomy wrote:
Diva ♥ [17]
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Lulux1nhaxd wrote:
for those who enjoy a good rock, I recommend : http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnaJohnssonVEVO?feature=mhee
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KingsAndQueen wrote:
Diva ♥ [16] *O* a true rock n' roll / metal girl :D
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jayakiran wrote:
Diva ♥ [11] Kick ass guitar player. The Runaways were mind-blowing, and as a solo artist I love all of her albums, except maybe her latest.
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