Lita Ford is a guitarist, actress, vocalist and songwriter who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways in the late 1970s before embarking on a solo career in the 1980s. She is best known for the role of herself in Yakety Yak, Take it Back, and Trash Talk. In May 2011, Ford promised to release a "real comeback album" later in the year with drummer Chuck Spradlin, saying that 2009's metal-inspired Wicked Wonderland, was too much of a collective project with ex-husband Jim Gillette. The album Living Like a Runaway was released in June 2012. True to her word, the album was much more in line with her earlier work. The title is also celebratory, as Ford had recently settled differences with her former Runaways' bandmates. In 2013 Lita was awarded by Guitar Player Magazine The Certified Guitar Legend Award. In 2016, Ford released the album Time Capsule a collection of songs she discovered on old analog tapes from the 80s featuring recordings she'd made with Billy Sheehan, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick,Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Dave Navarro, Rodger Carter and Jeff Scott Soto.
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