QUEENS OF NOISE
Queens of Noise is the second studio album by the American rock band The Runaways. Released in January 1977 on Mercury Records, it is fundamentally a hard rock album, although it also exhibits influences from punk rock, heavy metal, and blues rock. While the album features a range of different tempos, most of it consists of the “heavy” guitar-driven tracks that have come to be seen as The Runaways’ signature sound, although it also features two noticeably softer songs that have sometimes been described as early power ballads. While stylistically similar to the band’s self-titled debut album The Runaways, Queens of Noise features greater emphases on volume and musical sophistication. The album has received generally positive reviews and has remained the band’s best-selling record in the United States. (More from Wikipedia)
After releasing their second album Queens of Noise, the Runaways toured Japan in 1977 and attracted Beatlemania-level attention according to Joan Jett – their popularity in Japan among foreign bands trailed only ABBA, KISS and Led Zeppelin. Their third album, Live in Japan documented their experiences there.
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