- Jackie Fox
Jackie Fox, born Jackie Fuchs (born
December 20 ,1959 ) was abassist of a teenage, American all-girl rock bandThe Runaways . She is the sister of Carol Fuchs and sister in law ofCastle-Rock Entertainment co-founder Martin Shafer.The Runaways
Jackie Fox joined
The Runaways shortly before her sixteenth birthday in 1976, making the switch from guitar to bass. A merit scholar, Jackie was set for an early entry to UCLA to studymathematics when the opportunity to join the fledgling rock band arose. Jackie was "discovered" dancing at the famous Starwood night club byRodney Bingenheimer , the self-proclaimed "mayor of theSunset Strip ," who introduced Jackie to Kim Fowley as the band was on a search for a singer and bass player to replaceMicki Steele .Jackie played with the band on the first two studio albums and the Live in Japan album, and also appears on "
Flaming Schoolgirls ", which contains outtakes from the "Queens of Noise " recording sessions, and appears on the compilations "Neon Angels" and "Best of the Runaways". She played with the band on two tours of the U.S., the infamous U.K. tour during which three band members were arrested, and theJapan ese tour during which the band's live album was recorded. She left the band near the end of that tour.After the Runaways
Since leaving the Runaways, Jackie has held a variety of jobs, most notably as a record promotions executive, as a modeling agent, as the promoter of
Tony Robbins ' firewalking seminars, and most recently as an entertainment attorney in the motion picture and television arena, representing actors, writers, directors, authors and producers. Jackie received her B.A., summa cum laude, fromUCLA inLinguistics and Italian, with a specialization in Computing, and her J.D. from Harvard. She speaks Italian and French, as well as conversational Greek and Spanish. She has written a script called "Delilah's Scissors" withVicki Blue and co-produced and appeared in "Edgeplay", Vicki's 2005 documentary about the Runaways.Albums by the Runaways
*The Runaways (August 1976)
*Queens of Noise (1977)
*Live In Japan (1977)
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