Lita Ford
Carmelita Rossanna Ford was born in London, England and started playing the guitar at the age of eleven. Still a teenager, Lita joined the all female group The Runaways, the brainchild of Hollywood guru Kim Fowley.
Current Members (Edit)
- Lita Ford – vocals and guitar
- Neil Merryweather – bass and backing vocals
- Dusty Watson – drums and backing vocals
Albums (Edit)
- Out For Blood (1983)
- Dancin’ On The Edge (1984)
- Lita (1988)
- Stiletto (1990)
- Dangerous Curves (1991)
- The Best Of Lita Ford (1992)
- Greatest Hits (1993)
- Black (1994)
- Kiss Me Deadly (2001)
- Platinum & Gold Collection (2004)
Live Albums (Edit)
- Greatest Hits Live! (2000)
Intro (Edit)
Lita Ford was a rare combination of beauty and talent in an era when heavy metal was almost completely void of a female presence. While adolescent boys fantasized about the guitar wizard, Lita managed to enjoy some moderate success while partying and living the wild rock lifestyle.
Carmelita Rossanna Ford was born in London, England and started playing the guitar at the age of eleven. Still a teenager, Lita joined the all female group The Runaways, the brainchild of Hollywood guru Kim Fowley. At the time The Runaways were largely dismissed by critics as nothing more than a poor gimmick, but that view changed when the girls disbanded and former members Lita and Joan Jett became successful solo artists.
When that band broke up Lita was unsure about her future and worked several jobs, including hairdressing and gas pumping, before Eddie Van Halen encouraged her to pick up the guitar once again. She did so and started pursuing a solo career.
Lita Ford managed to secure a deal with Mercury records, but her debut Out For Blood was almost shelved due to a cover that was deemed too offensive. With revamped artwork the album was finally released but few people seemed to notice. The follow-up, while charting in the Top 100 on Billboard’s charts, didn’t fare much better. Lita became engaged to her childhood idol, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, but that relationship soon soured as did her association with Mercury when they refused to release her 1987 recording Bride Wore Black.
History (Edit)
Lita severed ties with her record company and employed Sharon Osbourne as her manager. With a new label she was able to release her best selling album, 1988’s Lita. It featured the #12 hit “Kiss Me Deadly” and a #8 duet with Ozzy Osbourne called “Close My Eyes Forever”. With a fresh marriage to W.A.S.P.’s madman Chris Holmes and a commercially triumphant album, Lita Ford was arguably the most successful woman in all of hard rock. But Stiletto proved to be a disappointment both in sales and material despite including the song “Lisa” which was dedicated to Lita’s recently departed mother.
Fresh off a divorce from Holmes, Lita regrouped for the Dangerous Curves album, but by that time grunge was beginning to settle in and few people took notice. In 1992 she appeared in the network television show Herman’s Head as well as a stint with Howie Mandel’s house band on his short lived late night show. In 1994 she married Nitro’s Jim Gillette and set about working on her next release Black.
Ford and Gillette also formed a group called Rumble Culture and recorded some demos, but nothing has been officially released.
On May 13th, 1997 Lita Ford became a mother by giving birth to a healthy boy, and one more child would soon arrive. It has been several years since Lita Ford has released any solo material making one wonder if motherhood has now become her passion. I’m sure we will see more from Lita sometime in the future.
Update (Edit)
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September 12th, 2010 at 4:36 am
killer guitar player in this band
September 18th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
KICK ASS!!
September 26th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
KICK ASS!!
October 3rd, 2010 at 4:40 am
Lita Ford is by far, in my opinion, the GRATEST rock-nroll band of all time!!! I LOVE ?EM
October 10th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Fuck Lita Ford. Didn’t like them then, don’t like them now
October 17th, 2010 at 6:29 am
There is much that I wouldn’t do to see Lita Ford play live again.
October 25th, 2010 at 9:50 am
I Love Lita Ford?i love you sooo much?.I Miss the old Lita Ford.what do you think donniegarrisyahoo?
October 30th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
There were lots of glam bands that we in it for the look and the babes. With Lita Ford, the music always came first
November 21st, 2010 at 4:21 am
One of the Best Live Bands EVER! Come back to Raleigh!
November 28th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Sweet little muthafucker!!!
December 5th, 2010 at 11:15 am
I’ve heard so much about Lita Ford. Hope to get to a show one day soon..
December 13th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Someone gimme $2000. I wanna get them to play at my party. I’ll pay travel!!!!!! etroche you’re invited but your friends can’t come!!!!!
December 19th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Lita Ford sont les plus performants dans le monde
December 26th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Saw Lita Ford in early 90s really rocked!
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:49 am
I think Lita Ford should record a new album and promote it on a world tour. But that’s just my opinion
January 9th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
I’d let all the members of Lita Ford do me..twice if they wanted to
January 17th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
killer guitar player in this band
January 23rd, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Haha, you get a snippet of each song on the music players in the left hand column. Cool feature
February 6th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Lita Ford were one of the leaders in pioneering the glam sound
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February 13th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
u guys r sooooooooooo awesome
February 21st, 2011 at 7:12 pm
I remember doing a paper run to save enough money to buy my first guitar and it’s all because of Lita Ford. Thank you for guiding me to my calling
February 27th, 2011 at 7:02 am
hell yeh guys u fucken rock
March 9th, 2011 at 6:07 am
hahaha what memories, i used to drum along to Lita Ford when i was like 12 yers old
April 3rd, 2011 at 11:22 am
FUCK YEAH!!! gimme an A power chord
April 9th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
These guys are awesome!
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April 16th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
AWESOME band?one of the BEST EVER!!!!!
April 24th, 2011 at 12:54 am
Best band ever! FUcking love them!
April 30th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
I Love Lita Ford?i love you sooo much?.I Miss the old Lita Ford?.what do you think abbeyhuffine23
May 8th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
In the 80s, my entire wardrobe was based on what Lita Ford used to wear at the time. Wish I still had it
May 12th, 2011 at 8:04 am
I love your music born 1959
May 16th, 2011 at 2:37 am
These guys are awesome!
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