The Runaway’s eccentric visionary (and utterly creepy) manager Kim Fowley used to prepare the band for the endurance sport of gigging while female in the 1970s by throwing things at them while they rehearsed. Prescient move, as Joan Jett recalls being hit by a car battery thrown at her onstage during one show.
Touring can be like an Olympic sport in many…
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