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{{short description|American rock musician, actress, and woodcarver (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Cherie Currie
| image = Cherie Currie.jpg
| caption = Cherie Currie in March 2010
| birth_name = Cherie Ann Currie
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|30}}
| birth_place = [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]], [[California]], USU.S.
| instrument = [[{{hlist|Vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[|guitar]], |tambourine}}
| genre = {{Flatlist|
* [[Punk rock]]
* [[hard rock]]}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician, |singer, |songwriter, |actress, |artist, |producer}}
| years_active = 1976–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Raven Records|Raven]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|Rocket City|Blue Elan}}
| associated_actspast_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Runaways]]| [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]]| [[Lita Ford]]| Cherie & [[Marie Currie]]|Currie-Blue Band|[[Tater Totz]]|Cherie Currie and [[Brie Howard-Darling|Brie Darling]]}}
}}
 
'''Cherie Ann Currie''' (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress, and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of [[Thethe Runaways]], a rock band from Los Angeles, in the mid-to-late 1970s. She later became a solo artist. Currie and her identical twin sister, [[Marie Currie]], released the album ''[[Messin' with the Boys]]'' in 1980 as Cherie & Marie Currie. Their duet "[[Since You Been Gone]]" reached number 95 on US charts. She is also known for her role in the movie1980 film ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]''.
 
==Early life==
Currie was born to Don Currie and actress [[Marie Harmon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribute.ca/news/neon-angel-interview-with-cherie-currie/2010/03/26/|title=Neon Angel – Interview with The Runaways' Cherie Currie|website=Tribute.ca|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> She was raised in [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]], [[California]]. She has an identical twin sister, [[Marie Currie]],<ref name="google.com">{{cite news |last1=Arar |first1=Yardena |title=Cherie And Marie Double The Fun |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19800322&id=MH8pAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147,3103138 |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)|The Lewiston Journal]] |agency=Associated Press |date=March 22, 1980 |location=Lewiston, Maine |via= [[Google News]]<!-- https://newspaperarchive.com/kannapolis-daily-independent-mar-23-1980-p-55/ -->}}</ref> an elder sister, actress [[Sondra Currie]], and a brother, Don Currie Jr.
 
Currie and her twin sister were given a role on an episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]'' at the age of two. They were due to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with [[Fred MacMurray]] but they froze during filming and their part was cut from the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/to-cherie-and-marie-currie-two-blondies-are-better-than-one-vol-13-no-8/|title=To Cherie and Marie Currie, Two Blondies Are Better Than One|website=People.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> Before Currie and her twin sister rose to fame, they appeared on ''[[American Bandstand]]'' as background dancers.<ref name="Church of Rock radio show">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyApPJP0mJ8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/jyApPJP0mJ8 |archive-date=2021-12-December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Marie Currie interview |last1=Rev Derek Moody |last2= Sister Tracy |work=Church of Rock radio show |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 13, 2019 |date=September 23, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=CherieO |title=The Runaways - Cherie Currie Interview |date=April 21, 2006 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qISIl786c6Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/qISIl786c6Y |archive-date=2021-12-December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=November 13, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]] |quote=Japan 1977}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
==Career==
===The Runaways===
In 1975, when she was 15 years old, Currie joined the all-female rock band [[Thethe Runaways]], performing as lead vocalist. Her bandmates were [[Joan Jett]], [[Lita Ford]], [[Sandy West]], [[Jackie Fox]] and [[Victory Tischler-Blue|Vicki Blue]]. ''[[Who Put the Bomp|Bomp!]]'' magazine described her as "the lost daughter of [[Iggy Pop]] and [[Brigitte Bardot]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Runaways rock the big screen: New film revisits all-girl band that broke gender barriers three decades ago |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20100409/282784942664850 |website=[[Edmonton Journal]] |publisher=Postmedia Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025415/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20100409/282784942664850 |archive-date=2018-09-September 25, 2018 |location=Edmonton, Alberta |date=April 9, 2010-04-09 |via= [[PressReader]]}}</ref>
 
===Solo===
Currie recorded three albums with the Runaways, ''[[The Runaways (album)|The Runaways]]'', ''[[Queens of Noise]]'' and ''[[Live in Japan (The Runaways album)|Live in Japan]]''. She signed a four -album deal with Mercury, but left the Runaways after the third album. To fulfil her contract, she recorded ''[[Beauty's Only Skin Deep]]'' for Polygram Records as a solo artist.<ref name="Reality Check TV" /> [[Marie Currie]] was featured on the track "Love at First Sight".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautys-only-skin-deep-mw0000337174 |title=Beauty's Only Skin Deep |author=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>
 
===Cherie and Marie Currie===
After Cherie left Thethe Runaways at age eighteen, she performed in clubs in [[Los Angeles]]. Marie joined her onstage for encores, which drew a positive response from audiences.<ref name="google.com"/> When Marie joined Cherie on a promotional tour in Japan, they had the idea of recording an album together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075904,00.html|title=To Cherie and Marie Currie, Two Blondies Are Better Than One|website=People.com|access-date=January 30, 2015|archive-date=February 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201021231/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075904,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They recorded ''[[Messin' with the Boys|Messin' With The Boys]]'' for Capitol Records, released in 1979. "Since You Been Gone", a cover of the [[Russ Ballard]] song, reached number 95 on the charts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1979 Cherie and Marie Currie – Messin’Messin' With The Boys {{!}} Sessiondays |url=https://www.sessiondays.com/2014/05/1979-cherie-and-marie-currie-messin-with-the-boys/ |access-date=November 3, 2023-11-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Cherie and Marie performed on television shows in the 1980s including ''[[Sha Na Na (TV series)|Sha Na Na]]'', [[The Mike Douglas Show]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192977/|title=Marie Currie|website=IMDb.com}}</ref> and ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]].''<ref name="Church of Rock radio show" /> They wrote and produced songs for the soundtrack of the 1984 film ''[[The Rosebud Beach Hotel]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088019/soundtrack/ |access-date=November 3, 2023-11-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> They acted and sang together in the film. In 1991, Cherie and Marie Currie performed a tribute concert to Paula Pierce, a member of [[Thethe Pandoras]]. For the final song, the remaining Pandoras backed the Curries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psychorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-pandoras-hell-on-high-heels/|title=THE PANDORAS – Hell On High Heels|date=November 22, 2011|website=Psychorizon|access-date=September 24, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042648/https://psychorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-pandoras-hell-on-high-heels/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Currie performed at the Runaways' reunion in 1994 with [[Jackie Fox]] and [[Sandy West]]. Her sister Marie joined the three Runaways on stage and performed with the band.<ref name="Reality Check TV">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhao0O0rSU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IUhao0O0rSU |archive-date=2021-12-December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Cherie Currie (Outtake from Episode #580)|work= Reality Check TV |date=March 17, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
In 1998, Cherie and Marie held a concert at the Golden Apple, in support of their re-released version of ''Messin' with the Boys''. Cherie's ex-bandmate West joined Cherie on stage to perform some of the Runaways songs. The Curries and West signed autographs after the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/250322/cherie-currie-makes-another-run-at-rock/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809024146/http://www.mtv.com/news/250322/cherie-currie-makes-another-run-at-rock/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2016|title=Cherie Currie Makes Another Run At Rock|website=Mtv.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 1998, the compilation ''[[Young and Wild (album)|Young and Wild]]'' was released. It included tracks from Beauty's Only Skin Deep, Messin' With The Boys, and songs by The Runaways.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cherie Currie - Young & Wild Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/young-wild-mw0000057181 |access-date=November 3, 2023-11-03 |language=en}}</ref> Another compilation, ''80s Collection'', was released in 2000 by Times Square Productions.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cherie Currie - 80's Collection |date=2000 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13774143-Cherie-Currie-80s-Collection |access-date=November 3, 2023-11-03 |language=en}}</ref>
 
===Film and Televisiontelevision===
Cherie starred in the film ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]'' in 1980 with [[Jodie Foster]], and received strong reviews for her acting debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cherie-currie-mn0000107815/biography|title=Cherie Currie - Biography - AllMusic|author=Tom Demalon|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> She also appeared in ''[[Parasite (1982 film)|Parasite]]'', ''[[Wavelength (1983 film)|Wavelength]]'', ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'', ''[[The Rosebud Beach Hotel]]'' (with Marie Currie), and ''[[Rich Girl (film)|Rich Girl]].'' She made guest appearances on television series including ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'' and ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''. In 1984 Currie was cast as Brenda in ''[[Savage Streets]]'', but was replaced by [[Linda Blair]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192947/bio|title=Cherie Currie|website=IMDb.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> She was also cast as the lead singer of the fictional band the Dose in the film ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', but her character was cut out of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/11-things-may-not-know-this-is-spinal-tap/|title=11 Things You May Not Know About 'This Is Spinal Tap'|website=Loudwire.com|date=February 23, 2015 }}</ref> Cherie was considered for a part in the 1985 film ''[[Explorers (film)|Explorers]]'' but, according to her autobiography, she was in the throes of drug dependency and couldn't even make it to a meeting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Currie |first=Cherie |author-link=Cherie Currie |date=16 March 16, 2010 |title=Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0061961353 |location=New York City |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |isbn=978-0061961359 |access-date=4 April 4, 2014}}</ref>
 
===Later years===
Currie was a guest vocalist on Shameless's 2013 album, ''Beautiful Disaster''. Currie released singles with ex-bandmate, [[Lita Ford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lita-Ford-Cherie-Currie-Rock-This-Christmas-Down/release/5161043|title=Lita Ford & Cherie Currie - Rock This Christmas Down|website=Discogs.com|date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> and [[Glenn Danzig]] the same year. On October 19, 2013, Currie won the Rock Legend Award at the sixth annual Malibu Music Awards. The award was presented to her by ex-bandmate, Lita Ford. That night Currie and Ford played on stage together for the first time in 37 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-the-runaways-bandmates-lita-ford-and-cherie-currie-reunite-on-stage-at-malibu-music-awards/|title=Former THE RUNAWAYS Bandmates LITA FORD And CHERIE CURRIE Reunite On Stage At MALIBU MUSIC AWARDS|date=October 29, 2013|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> Currie released another studio album, [[Reverie (Cherie Currie album)|''Reverie'']], in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reverie/id976269503|title=iTunes - Music - Reverie by Cherie Currie|website=iTunes.apple.com|date=March 16, 2015 }}</ref> The album features guest work from ex-bandmate, Lita Ford, Currie's son, Jake Hays, and Currie's ex-manager, [[Kim Fowley]]. Cherie toured the UK in November 2015, to support her new album. Her special guest on her UK tour was ''Last Great Dreamers''. While in the UK, Currie recorded a live album entitled "Midnight Music in London", a live album whichthat features a special live appearance by [[Suzi Quatro]]. It was released in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shamelessonline.storenvy.com/products/16985709-cherie-currie-midnight-music-in-london-live-cd |title=Cherie Currie Midnight Music in London Live CD |work= The Official Shameless Store · Online Store Powered by Storenvy |access-date=July 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206154756/http://shamelessonline.storenvy.com/products/16985709-cherie-currie-midnight-music-in-london-live-cd |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In late May and early June 2016 Currie toured Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tombowler.com.au/tours/cherie-currie/|title=Cherie Currie 'The Voice Of The Runaways' - DRW Entertainment|website=Tombowler.com.au|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, Currie and her son were nominated for the Marshall Hawkins Award for Best Original Score for the film ''Take My Hand.''<ref>{{cite web |title="Take My Hand" - awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8717656/awards |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020}}</ref>
 
In 2019, Currie's album ''Blvds of Splendor'' was released on April 13.<ref name="recordstoreday.com">{{Cite web|url=https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/10947|title=RSD '19 Special Release: Cherie Currie - Blvds of Splendor|website=Recordstoreday.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Isonhart |first1=Carl |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Cherie Currie – Blvds Of Splendor |url=https://www.therockpit.net/2020/album-review-cherie-currie-blvds-of-splendor/ |website=The Rockpit |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=May 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fadroski |first1=Kelli Skye |title=Cherie Currie talks new music, reviving 'Queens of Noise' and how wielding chainsaws is therapeutic |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2020/06/16/cherie-currie-talks-new-music-reviving-queens-of-noise-and-how-wielding-chainsaws-is-therapeutic/ |website=[[Orange County Register]] |date=16 June 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last3=Callwood |first3=Brett |title=Album of the Week: Cherie Currie's Blvds of Splendor |url=https://www.laweekly.com/album-of-the-week-cherie-curries-blvds-of-splendor/ |website=[[LA Weekly]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=23 June 23, 2020}}</ref> The album featured guests including [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Billy Corgan]], [[Juliette Lewis]], and [[Thethe Veronicas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-June 12, 2020 |title=The Runaways' 'jailbait' rocker who questions #metoo |url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-runaways-jailbait-rocker-who-questions-metoo-20200610-p551ct |access-date=November 3, 2023-11-03 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref> On August 2, ''The Motivator'', her album with Brie Darling, was released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cherie Currie and Brie Darling Announce First-Ever Tour Together |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Cherie-Currie-and-Brie-Darling-Announce-First-Ever-Tour-Together-20190903 |website=[[Broadway World]] |access-date=September 1, 2020 |language=en |date=September 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Female Rock Icons, Cherie Currie and Brie Darling, Bring Their First Ever Collaboration The Motivator Tour To City Winery |url=https://beintheloopchicago.com/female-rock-and-roll-icons-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling/ |website=In The Loop Magazine |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=November 27, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020105946/https://beintheloopchicago.com/female-rock-and-roll-icons-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chiarito |first1=Bob |title=The Runaways and Fanny stars on MeToo, the 1970s and Suzi Quatro |url=https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/cherie-currie-runaways-brie-darling-fanny-interview-joan-jett-metoo-2574284 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=November 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Turman |first1=Katherine |title=How two fearless rock pioneers survived the '70s and found each other four decades later |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-07-24/cherie-currie-and-brie-darling-new-story |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=July 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=Cherie Currie & Brie Darling Rip Through T. Rex's 'The Motivator': Video Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8513510/cherie-currie-brie-darling-t-rex-cover-video |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burke |first1=Kevin |title=Cherie Currie & Brie Darling - The Motivator (Blue Elan Records) |url=https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/CherieCurrieBrieDarlingTheMotivatorBlueElanRecords |website=The Big Takeover |language=en |date=June 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Cherie Currie Releases New Rendition of Runaways' 'Queens of Noise' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cherie-currie-queens-of-noise-980364/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=April 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Jason |title=THE MOTIVATOR: Cherie Currie and Brie Darling On Making Beautiful Music Together! |url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2019/07/16/the-motivator-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling-on-making-beautiful-music-together/ |website=Icon Vs. Icon |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>
 
In 2020 Cherie Currie released an audio version of her memoir, Neon Angel. It reached number 1 on Amazon's Best Biographies of Punk Rock Musician.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kiki Classic Rock |title=The Real Cherry Bomb Talks! Cherie Currie Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eoRi8VtVZc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/3eoRi8VtVZc |archive-date=2021-12-December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=June 2, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same year, Currie contributed her vocals to the song "Flatten the Curve" for the band FTC.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Callwood |first1=Brett |title=L.A. Musicians Flatten the Curve with New Video |url=https://www.laweekly.com/l-a-musicians-flatten-the-curve-with-new-video/ |website=LA Weekly |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=1 July 1, 2020}}</ref>
On August 2, ''The Motivator'', her album with Brie Darling, was released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cherie Currie and Brie Darling Announce First-Ever Tour Together |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Cherie-Currie-and-Brie-Darling-Announce-First-Ever-Tour-Together-20190903 |website=[[Broadway World]] |access-date=1 September 2020 |language=en |date=3 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Female Rock Icons, Cherie Currie and Brie Darling, Bring Their First Ever Collaboration The Motivator Tour To City Winery |url=https://beintheloopchicago.com/female-rock-and-roll-icons-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling/ |website=In The Loop Magazine |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=27 November 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020105946/https://beintheloopchicago.com/female-rock-and-roll-icons-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chiarito |first1=Bob |title=The Runaways and Fanny stars on MeToo, the 1970s and Suzi Quatro |url=https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/cherie-currie-runaways-brie-darling-fanny-interview-joan-jett-metoo-2574284 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Turman |first1=Katherine |title=How two fearless rock pioneers survived the '70s and found each other four decades later |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-07-24/cherie-currie-and-brie-darling-new-story |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=25 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=Cherie Currie & Brie Darling Rip Through T. Rex's 'The Motivator': Video Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8513510/cherie-currie-brie-darling-t-rex-cover-video |magazine=Billboard |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burke |first1=Kevin |title=Cherie Currie & Brie Darling - The Motivator (Blue Elan Records) |url=https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/CherieCurrieBrieDarlingTheMotivatorBlueElanRecords |website=The Big Takeover |language=en |date=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Cherie Currie Releases New Rendition of Runaways' 'Queens of Noise' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cherie-currie-queens-of-noise-980364/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=8 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Jason |title=THE MOTIVATOR: Cherie Currie and Brie Darling On Making Beautiful Music Together! |url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2019/07/16/the-motivator-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling-on-making-beautiful-music-together/ |website=Icon Vs. Icon |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=16 July 2019}}</ref>
 
Currie is now a [[chainsaw carving|wood-carving]] artist, using a [[chainsaw]] to create her works. She has been doing chainsaw art since 2002 and opened her own gallery in 2005 in [[Chatsworth, Los Angeles|Chatsworth]], California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chainsawchick.com/|title=Welcome!|website=ChainsawChick.com|access-date=March 15, 2010|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809100646/http://www.chainsawchick.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a chainsaw artist, Currie has competed in and won awards at three world Chainsaw Art competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chainsawchick.com/bio.html|title=About the Artist - Cherie Currie|website=ChainsawChick.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>
In 2020 Cherie Currie released an audio version of her memoir, Neon Angel. It reached number 1 on Amazon's Best Biographies of Punk Rock Musician.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kiki Classic Rock |title=The Real Cherry Bomb Talks! Cherie Currie Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eoRi8VtVZc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/3eoRi8VtVZc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=June 2, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same year, Currie contributed her vocals to the song "Flatten the Curve" for the band FTC.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Callwood |first1=Brett |title=L.A. Musicians Flatten the Curve with New Video |url=https://www.laweekly.com/l-a-musicians-flatten-the-curve-with-new-video/ |website=LA Weekly |access-date=1 September 2020 |date=1 July 2020}}</ref>
 
Currie is now a [[chainsaw carving|wood-carving]] artist, using a [[chainsaw]] to create her works. She has been doing chainsaw art since 2002 and opened her own gallery in 2005 in [[Chatsworth, Los Angeles|Chatsworth]], California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chainsawchick.com/|title=Welcome!|website=ChainsawChick.com}}</ref> As a chainsaw artist, Currie has competed in and won awards at three world Chainsaw Art competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chainsawchick.com/bio.html|title=About the Artist - Cherie Currie|website=ChainsawChick.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Currie struggled with drug addiction for much of her younger life, a major factor in the abrupt ending of her career. She wrote a memoir, ''Neon Angel'', recounting life in the band and her traumatic experiences with drug addiction, sex abuse, and her broken family.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaye |first1=Ben |title=Cherie Currie on standing by during Jackie Fox's alleged rape: "I am innocent" |url=https://consequence.net/2015/07/cherie-currie-on-standing-by-during-jackie-foxs-alleged-rape-i-am-innocent/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=12 July 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cherkis |first1=Jason |title=Jackie Fox Of The Runaways Opens Up About Her Traumatic Rape |url=https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/ |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=1 September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nonfiction Book Review: "Neon Angel" by Cherie Currie, Author; Neal Schusterman, Author; Brenda Jackson, Author; (Price Stern Sloan) $4.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8431-2348-7 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8431-2348-7 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Alex |title=The Runaways' Cherie Currie tells all in her book 'Neon Angel' |url=https://www.scpr.org/news/2010/04/02/13730/runaways-cherie-curries-and-her-book-neon-angel/ |website=Southern California Public Radio |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=2 April 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Currie |first1=Cherie |last2=O'Neill |first2=Tony |title=Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CTUVByG7TV4C |website=[[google books]] |publisher=Harper Collins |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |language=en |date=30 March 30, 2010|isbn=9780061998072 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Currie |first1=Cherie |title=Neon Angel |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1309943.Neon_Angel |website=[[Good Reads]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020}}</ref> In the 1980s, Currie began working in drug and psych facilities, later becoming a counsellor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Valentish |first=Jenny |date=2016-04-April 21, 2016 |title='It was the end of a nightmare': Cherie Currie on putting the ghosts of the Runaways to rest |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/21/it-was-the-end-of-a-nightmare-cherie-currie-on-putting-the-ghosts-of-the-runaways-to-rest |access-date=November 3, 2023-11-03 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
 
''[[The Runaways (2010 film)|The Runaways]]'', a 2010 biographical drama film executive-produced by [[Joan Jett]], focuses on the group's beginnings and explores the relationship between Currie and Jett. [[Dakota Fanning]] portrays Currie.
 
Currie married actor [[Robert Hays]] on May 12, 1990, and they had one son together, the musician Jake Hays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14703990#|title=Cherie Currie rocks with biopic - LA Daily News|website=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |date=August 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819083320/http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14703990#|archive-date=August 19, 2010}}</ref><ref name=strauss-2010-03-19>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/03/19/cherie-currie-rocks-with-biopic/|title=Cherie Currie rocks with biopic|last=Strauss|first=Bob|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=March 19, 2010}}</ref> Currie and Hays divorced in 1997.<ref name=strauss-2010-03-19/>
 
==Influence on pop culture==
In 1979 an alternative cover photo of Currie's album ''Beauty's only Skin Deep'' appears in the background of the feature film ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]''. It appears when [[the Ramones]] are backstage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079813/trivia|title=Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)|access-date=September 24, 2018|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>
 
Characters in the 1997 film ''[[Gummo]]'', sisters Dot, Helen, and Darby (played by [[Chloë Sevigny]], Carisa Glucksman, and Darby Dougherty) were influenced by the Currie twins. Writer and director [[Harmony Korine]], stated that, "Dot and Helen were based off a combination of Cherie and Marie Currie, home schooling, and ''[[Thethe Shaggs]]''."<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://doomrocket.com/uncultured-gummo/|title=UNCULTURED: GUMMO|websitenewspaper=Doomrocket.com|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=November 13, 2019 |author1=Jarrod }}</ref>
 
In a season 3 episode of ''[[The O.C.]]'', Marissa makes an entrance to "[[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]". She does so while dressed in a provocative [[schoolgirl outfit]].
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====Live albums====
* 2013 – ''Live in Los Angeles 8/30/13''<ref>{{cite web |last1=cheriecurrieofficial |title=Cherie Currie Live at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles 8/30/2013 Exclusive 10 Song CDr |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/313124903452 |website=[[eBay]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901044754/https://www.ebay.com/itm/313124903452 |archive-date=September 1, 2020-09-01}}</ref>
* 2016 – ''[[Midnight Music in London]]''
 
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* 2003 – The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs – Maximum Overdrive
* 2013 – Shameless – Beautiful ''Disaster''
* 2013 – ''[[Warehouse 13 (season 4)#ep54|Warehouse 13 – Runaway]]''
* 2013 – [[Glenn Danzig]] – ''"Some Velvet Morning"''
* 2018 – [[Fanny Walked The Earth]] – ''"When We Need Her"''
* 2020 – FTC – ''"Flatten the Curve"'' <ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |title=Mike Watt, * Cherie Currie, Eddie Spaghetti Team for COVID-19 Relief Song 'Flatten the Curve'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mike-watt-cherie-currie-eddie-spaghetti-team-for-covid-19-relief-song-flatten-the-curve-993801/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=5 May 5, 2020}}</ref>
* 2020 - Cherie Currie and [[Dave Schulz (musician)|Dave Schulz]] - "What The World Needs Now Is Love"
* 2020 - Ryan Cassidy - "Small Price (featuring Cherie Currie)"
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==External links==
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* [http://www.chainsawchick.com Cherie Currie's Chainsaw Art site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809100646/http://www.chainsawchick.com/ |date=August 9, 2017 }}
* {{IMDb name|0192947|Cherie Currie}}
* [http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615/awards All Music]
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