Cherie Currie has been described as "the lost daughter of Iggy Pop
and Brigitte Bardot." Shortly after the Runaways disbanded, the
rock star landed a coveted role in the Jodie Foster movie Foxes,
and later went on to appear in a number of other films. Currie is
still performing, writing, and acting, and she continues to take on
unorthodox endeavors. One of the most prominent chain-saw carvers
in the world, she placed in two major competitions in 2005. She
lives in California with her son, Jake.
Tony O'Neill is the author of Digging the Vein and Down and Out on
Murder Mile, and the coauthor of Neon Angel and the New York Times
bestseller Hero of the Underground. He lives in New York with his
wife and daughter.
"What truly amazes me is what a fine, honest, introspective author Cherie is, with an incredible tale about an incredible life, and a fascinating personal odyssey." - Joan Jett"I don't think a lot of people know the story of Cherie Currie. It's an amazing story and she's an amazing woman and performer. " - Dakota Fanning on The Tonight Show"The most striking thing about The Runaways, a new film about the trailblazing bad-girl rock band from the 1970s that spawned Joan Jett, is how authentic it feels... One reason may be that the movie is partly based on Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway, a newly revamped autobiography by the group's lead singer Cherie Currie, whose chillingly quick self-destruction is relived through Dakota Fanning." - New York Times"Jett was raw, Currie refined. Jett looked like a biker, Currie like a porcelain doll. Jett was punk before anyone called it punk, while Currie had a sometimes-unaccountable affection for sappy ballads. But as with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the combination worked." - San Francisco Chronicle"Currie is looking forward to giving Neon Angel its second life. The memoir, co-written with Tony O'Neill, was first published in 1989 as a young adult book, while the new version, with a foreword by Jett, adds the sex, drugs and darkness that were missing from the first edition. 'I had grown up, ' Currie said. 'I wrote that first book when I was 27, and all of a sudden being in my early 40s, having a teenage son, I wanted to do it again, from a different perspective. It was really, really tough; I had to put myself back in those places again. I couldn't believe how much I'd locked away, and it all came back out in vivid detail, scary detail. I realized by doing this and writing down all the stories, it was a way to purge myself of everything ... And now the world can know all about (the Runaways), which I'm very excited about.'" - Reuters"The striking thing about The Runaways, is how authentic it feels... One reason may be that the movie is partly based on Neon Angel, a newly revamped autobiography by the group's lead singer Cherie Currie, whose chillingly quick self-destruction is relived through Dakota Fanning." - New York Times"Currie is looking forward to giving Neon Angel its second life...the new version, with a foreword by [Joan] Jett, adds the sex, drugs and darkness that were missing from the first edition." - Reuters"Details the band's short, messy history and the struggle with addiction that nearly claimed her life." - Entertainment Weekly"Raw and riveting." - LA Weekly"[NEON ANGEL] reveals how the liberated life of a 16-year-old rock star in Los Angeles included many dark moments." - Spin"Unflinchingly honest." - Boston Globe
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