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GrumpyCatStevens t1_je742ub wrote

It's probably because I remember her mostly for her solo career, but in my mental picture of Lita she's usually playing a B.C. Rich. And of course she's in tight leather and her hair is teased to the ceiling.

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IcebergSlimFast t1_je791u3 wrote

Replying to GrumpyCatStevens (#2,462,843)

I saw her as a solo act in 1988. She came out wearing a “sexy lady cop” uniform, then part way through the first song ripped off what turned out to be a tear-away mini-skirt and shirt, and played the rest of the set in black lingerie. As a teenager at the time, I thought she looked ancient - turns out she was only 29/30!

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NonAggressive-Ask t1_je7cui3 wrote

except for all the rape and human slavery involved with promoting the runaways, cool pic

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Lehmann108 t1_je7jfgk wrote

I met her about 10 years ago on an airport shuttle in Ft Lauderdale. I didn’t recognize her and just started chatting with her. She said she had just flown in from NYC and some gig. I asked how her music career had worked out for her. She laughed and said it had turned out really well. Then I asked what her name was. When she said Lita Ford I just laughed and she did to. I apologized for not recognizing her but she said it was funny. Very cool woman.

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The_Observatory_ t1_je7kao0 wrote

Replying to suffaluffapussycat (#2,461,708)

I have a walnut SG. Gibson made it in 1979, and the model name is just "The SG." I love that guitar more than anything else I own. My older brother bought it from some random guy in 1983, played it for a few years, then sold it to me in 1987 when he got distracted by a red Jackson Randy Rhoads flying V. I've been playing the SG ever since, nearly every day. There's nothing fancy about it, it's not collectible or worth a lot, but for me it plays better than any other guitar I've ever played. It's got a fast, thin neck and low action, just a dream to play. It's sitting on a stand right behind me and if I get a chance tonight, I'll play it until it's time to go to sleep.

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Acrobatic_Emphasis41 t1_je7olf3 wrote

She's got "your friends tom-boyish big sister you had a crush on at age 9" vibes

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Girlfriend_of_Gozer t1_je7upp3 wrote

Lita Ford is the definition of old school cool. Throw Joan Jett in there, and you've got a freezer

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pequaywan t1_je7v6cw wrote

Met her a few times she's super nice

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WorthaDollar t1_je7y7z0 wrote

Don’t know which is hotter, her or that SG. Wait…it’s her.

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Deekngo5 t1_je81ps5 wrote

Smokin. Something about seeing her so early in her career, it’s authentic and sexy as hell.

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aegrotatio t1_je854ii wrote

Her ex-husband and kids insist she's over-the-top crazily insane.

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Skid-Vicious t1_je87zu0 wrote

The Netflix biopic “The Runaways” was pretty good except it bothered me how Lita was invisible in the movie and yet the most accomplished musician in the group.

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M3g4d37h t1_je8gsoh wrote

Replying to redbug831 (#2,469,471)

She married a crazy dude who ended up fucking her life up pretty bad.

> Speaking about her custody arrangement with her ex-husband, Lita said (hear audio below): "By the time our divorce was final and everything was said and done, it was such a joke that it didn't matter what I got on paper. There was no way I was gonna be in those boys' lives. They were such a mess by the time I left and my ex-husband left that it just didn't matter. I just needed to walk away from everything and regroup and come back with Plan B. The big problem for me was I couldn't find them after hiring four or five private investigators and them being out of the country in a Carribbean island. I really didn't have any United States… The Hague Convention, the Hague treaty was working against me with them being in a Caribbean island. And when they did come back to the United States, it took me nine years to track them down and find out that they were living in Tennessee. If somebody wants to fall below the radar, they can."

> Asked what justification the courts used to deny her custody of her two children, Lita said: "They said I was not taking the medication that they prescribed for me that was absolutely ridiculous. It was just an excuse. I did everything in my power that they asked me to do. I did everything. They had nothing on me. And my ex-husband was just lying, he was just making up stuff as we went along. It was just insane. And as he made stuff up, there was no proof that I did all these things he said I did. It was just absolutely crazy. Because I really was a great mom. I put everything into being a mom. I stopped my musical career. I focused on nothing but my boys. I homeschooled my boys living on that deserted island. I mean, I spent all day every day with these kids. I had stacks of books. And then we would go fishing and we would cook dinner. We had a great, great relationship. So for them to turn around and say, 'Mom, you did this and you did that.' Like, 'Wait a minute. You guys are dreaming. You guys are being brainwashed by your dad.' And the attorneys are just feeding off of that."

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selfawarestardust t1_je8h146 wrote

Cool woman, cool guitar…. NOT a cool chord (Dsus4/F#). Love the work the the thumb, though.

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mattbzdz t1_je8js8q wrote

Saw her in concert in 2019, still super gorgeous 😍

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jistresdidit t1_je8ossb wrote

I was just gonna say I'd let her play my D chord, but then I saw her fingers on the fret board.

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sgtLazarus t1_je98r3d wrote

She was pretty hot in her daisy dukes!

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lowlandr t1_je9qz3r wrote

I got to hang out with her for a little while after a show back in the 80s. I was doing tour support for a band named Icon that did some shows with her.

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grafxguy1 t1_jeaj7gm wrote

I welcome her 'hot licks' anytime....oh, and her guitar playing too.

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Thprop t1_jearttd wrote

I had n idea.,Did any of The Runaways come away from that group without lasting scars?

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ScrudgeMcDuke t1_jeasgf3 wrote

Looks like this picture was taken in D major. It’s kinda cool we can know what that room sounded like in that moment.

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nickm81us t1_jeasohf wrote

One of the OG guitar queens. Killer player, great voice too, still today.

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Specific_Inside_7119 t1_jebmlln wrote

Replying to Arizona_Pete (#2,467,925)

How can you go wrong with both Lita Ford AND Joan Jett together. Come on....Doesn't get better than that.

( by the way I also loved Lita's "Falling in and out of love"....another awesome song with incredible guitar work from Lita).

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NonAggressive-Ask t1_jecpa0w wrote

Replying to KnightsOfREM (#2,469,223)

same here, people just want to be happy about a rocker chick photo, they get really resentful when you point our all the pedophilia which took place juuuuuuust behind the scenes. they don't want to think about that, they don't want to be forced to care. and so it goes.

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