Look up cam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A cam is a mechanical linkage which translates motion.

Cam or CAM may also refer to:

People[link]

• Cam Archer (born 1982), American filmmaker, writer, and photographer
• Cam Cairncross (born 1972), former Australian Major League Baseball pitcher
• Helen Cam (1885-1968), English historian
• Sandra Cam (born 1972), Belgian freestyle swimmer
• Cam Cameron (born 1961), former NFL head coach
• Cam Gigandet (born 1982), American actor
• Cam Janssen (born 1984), American-born professional ice hockey player
• Cam Neely (born 1965), former Canadian-born professional ice hockey player
• Cam Newton (born 1989), American football player
• Cam Ward (born 1984), Canadian-born professional ice hockey goaltender
• Cam Woolley (born 1957), Canadian television journalist and former police officer
• DJ Cam (born Laurent Daumail in 1973), French DJ
• Pseudonym of Italian historian Francesco Carotta

Abbreviations[link]

• Camelopardalis, standard astronomical abbreviation
• A camera or webcam
• Spring-loaded camming device a type of rock climbing protection equipment
• Short for Camille
• Short for Camden
• Short for Cameron
• A nickname for the rapper Cam'ron
• Chorioallantoic membrane, a structure found in developing eggs
• Cambridge

Acronyms[link]

• Canadian Association of Magicians
• Central Attacking Midfielder, a position in association football
• Clube Atlético Mineiro, a popular Brazilian football team
• Compagnie Aerienne du Mali
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco, an indigenous Mapuche organization in Chile
• Crassulacean acid metabolism, a water-conserving metabolic process of most succulent plants
• Cell adhesion molecule, a type of protein present on the surface of cells
• Conditional Access Module, a hardware facility relating to TV broadcasts
• Catapult Aircraft Merchantman, see CAM ship
• Current Account Mortgage, a type of offset mortgage that uses a single account
• Central American Ministries, a Jesuit mission in Central America
• Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, a Spanish savings bank
• Corpo d'Armata Motocorazzato, an Italian Army corps during of World War II

Designation codes[link]

• CAM, ICAO airline designator for Camai Air
• CAM, station code for the Camberwell railway station, Melbourne
• CAM, Amtrak station code for the Camden Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot, South Carolina, United States

Museums[link]

• Cartoon Art Museum, an art museum in San Francisco, California
• Castle Air Museum, an air museum in Atwater, California
• Chinese American Museum, an ethnic museum in Los Angeles
• Cincinnati Art Museum, an art museum in Cincinnati, Ohio

Computing[link]

• Computer-aided manufacturing, techniques for employing computers in manufacturing processses
• Conditional access module, an electronic device for allowing access to scrambled television programmes
• Content-addressable memory, a type of computer memory
• CAM Table, a system memory used to dereference Media Access Control (MAC) addresses
• Content Assembly Mechanism, defines how information exchanges should occur between computer systems
• Categorical abstract machine, the machine behind the Caml and Ocaml languages
• Cellular automata machine, a computer dedicated to execution of cellular automaton processing
• Computer aided mural, digital printing method to create murals

Rivers[link]

• River Cam, Cambridgeshire
• River Cam (Gloucestershire)
• River Cam (Somerset)
• Cam Brook, Somerset a small river in Somerset, England
• Cam River, Marlborough in New Zealand
• Cam River / Ruataniwha in Canterbury, New Zealand

Places[link]

• Cam, Gloucestershire, a village in Gloucestershire, England
• Cambridgeshire, which has the Chapman code "CAM"
• Cam Mountains , An Giang Province, Vietnam

Proteins[link]

• Cell adhesion molecule, a protein located on a cell surface involved with the binding with other cells
• Calmodulin (CaM), a calcium-binding protein

Miscellaneous[link]

• CAM ship, a type of World War II merchant ship which could launch, but not recover, a fighter aircraft
• Cam (bootleg), a form of motion picture copying
• Centrifuge Accommodations Module, a cancelled component of the International Space Station
• Camelopardalis, constellation abbreviation, as standardized by the International Astronomical Union

See also[link]

• Camlock (disambiguation)

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Randy Gill
Randy Gill performing April 13, 2010
Background information
Origin	Washington, DC, U.S.
Genres	R&B, Soul
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocal, Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion
Years active	1993-present
Associated acts	II D Extreme
Website	http://www.myspace.com/gilltime

Randy Gill is an R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and advocate for R&B music. He is a member of the successful mid-1990s R&B group II D Extreme, which includes the members D'Extra Wiley, Jermaine Mickey, and (as of 1998) rapper Sage Lee.

Their first single, Cry No More, released in 1993 yielded a gold record for the group, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.^[1] II D, as they are known to fans, followed their self titled debut CD with a follow-up in 1996 entitled "From I Extreme II Another."^[2]

Gill, along with his brothers Bobby, Jeff, and legendary R&B singer Johnny Gill, began his career singing in a family gospel group called "Wings of Faith". He has also written and performed with a variety of artists, including Teddy Pendergrass, Usher, Shai and his brother Johnny Gill.

Gill has appeared on Soul Train, Arsenio Hall, and BET. He and his brother Johnny Gill entertained American troops in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia with the USO Tour.^[3]

Currently, Gill is wrapping up a solo recording project, entitled Gillology, as well as a soon-to-be-released CD by the group, II D Extreme.^[4]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 1993: II D Extreme
• 1996: From I Extreme II Another

Singles[link]

• 1993: "Up On The Roof"
• 1993: "Cry No More"
• 1994: "Let Me Love You"
• 1996: "If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)"

References[link]

1. ^ AllMusic.com II D Extreme Charts and Awards
2. ^ Jarrell Mason, "Interview with Randy Gill-Intro" on AOL Music
3. ^ SayWhatNews Interview with Randy Gill
4. ^ EurWeb, "Randy Gill, Johnny's Brother, Readies CD", September 6, 2007

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Steel Panther
Michael Starr (left) and Lexxi Foxxx (center) performing with Steel Panther in San Diego.
Background information
Also known as	Danger Kitty Metal Shop Metal Skool
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Glam metal, heavy metal, hard rock, comedy rock[1]
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Universal Republic
Associated acts	L.A. Guns, Fight
Website	www.steelpantherrocks.com
Members
Michael Starr Satchel Lexxi Foxxx Stix Zadinia

Steel Panther is a band from Los Angeles, California mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated on-stage personas that reimagine and parody the glam metal music and lifestyle of the 1980s. Formed in 2000, the band has formerly been known as Danger Kitty, Metal Shop and Metal Skool. Steel Panther is one of the most popular bands out of Hollywood since Motley Crue, Guns N’ Roses and Poison were the main focus the Sunset Strip in the mid to late 1980's. Arriving in 2009 with debut album Feel The Steel, hailed by Kerrang! magazine as “close to perfect”, Steel Panther has won a legion of fans across the world. And now the band is aiming even higher with second album Balls Out.

The band broke through the mainstream success with their 2009 album Feel the Steel, especially with the single "Death to All but Metal". "The Aldo Nova song "Fantasy" was remade by the band into a faster paced song for the MTV original series Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. The remake was released on iTunes on December 8, 2009 and their album Feel the Steel was released in June 2009.

Biography[link]

Metal Skool[link]

The quartet began to gain popularity in the Sunset Strip during the early 2000's under the name Metal Shop (soon changed into Metal Skool, then into Steel Panther). Their lineup consists of vocalist Ralph Saenz ("Michael Starr"), drummer Darren Leader ("Stix Zadinia"), bassist Travis Haley ("Lexxi Foxxx"), and guitarist Russ Parrish ("Satchel").^[1] The band did weekly shows on Monday nights at the Viper Room, playing covers of 1980s hair metal hits while parodying the bands that made the songs famous. Despite presenting themselves under different stage names, two members of the band were already in other heavy metal acts. Frontman Michael Starr, using his name Ralph Saenz, had been in glam metal band L.A. Guns^[2] between 1997 and 1998, publishing the 6 tracks EP Wasted. Before this, Saenz was the frontman of a Van Halen tribute band called Atomic Punks.^[3] Guitarist Satchel was part of War & Peace, founded by ex Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson^[4] and the band Fight, founded by Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford.^[5][6] He was also a member of Atomic Punks together with Saenz. Years before, he played in the band Electric Fence with Racer X members Paul Gilbert and Jeff Martin.^[2]

The band, under the name Danger Kitty, published in 2002 the promotional single "Love Rocket".^[2] Steel Panther jokingly claims to be a glam metal band which had failed to gain mainstream success during the '80s.^[1] This is why their official biography claims they have been active since 1988.^[7] Thanks to the use of hair-sprayed looks, leather jackets and zebra spandex and to their experience in the Van Halen tribute band, they finally managed to gain some success.^[1] In 2003 Steel Panther published Hole Patrol,^[2] their auto-produced debut. The band appeared in a Discover Card advertisement as Danger Kitty and in the sitcom Drew Carey Show as themselves. Also in 2003, their song "Death to All But Metal" was included in a compilation CD called Hey, That's What I Call Sludge! Vol. 1 put out by the Metal Sludge web site. Their cover of the song "Fantasy" by Aldo Nova was used as the opening musical theme for the MTV program Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. On November 27, 2007 Metal Skool played original songs as well as covers of KISS songs at the Gene Simmons roast, they can be seen in the background of Gene Simmons' reality show Gene Simmons Family Jewels. That year, they also appeared as themselves on Las Vegas in the episode "The High Price of Gas".^[8]

Steel Panther[link]

In April 2008 the band decided to change their name from Metal Skool to Steel Panther, making a new debut at The Rockin' Saddle Club in Redlands, California.^[2] In May 2008, the band signed a contract with Republic Records (owned by record label Universal Records) announcing plans for a new studio album.^[1] The first single, an updated version of "Death to All but Metal", first appeared on iTunes on 27 January 2009, whereas the album, entitled Feel the Steel and produced by Jay Ruston, was published on 9 June, during the same year.^[2] A promotional video, directed by actor Dean Cameron, was shot for the song "Fat Girl (Thar She Blows)".

Thanks to their increased popularity their live performances began to be attended by a growing number of fans.^[1] Some celebrities also appeared on stage during their concerts, including Criss Angel, Kenny Loggins, Paul Stanley, Kip Winger, Corey Taylor, David Draiman, Hal Sparks, David Bryan, Vince Neil, Sebastian Bach, Tony Romo, Dane Cook, Chris Jericho, Corey Feldman, Evan Seinfeld, Tera Patrick, Sully Erna, Drew Carey, Mike Starr, Chad Kroeger, Ryan Cabrera, Jerry Cantrell, Justin Hawkins, Kelly Clarkson, Ryan Key, Phil Anselmo, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tom Morello, P!nk, Scott Ian, Justin Parks, M Shadows and Avril Lavigne in February 2009.^[2] Steel Panther succeeded in becoming one of the most popular cover bands in California, winning the contest of "Best Tribute Band in the Universe".^[2] After a several month run at the House of Blues Sunset Strip, Steel Panther returned to its weekly Monday night shows at the Key Club in Hollywood.

According to a recent interview with RockSource360, the band is currently recording songs for their next album. They performed their new song "Critter" at the UK Ozzfest 2010 and have posted footage of rehearsals in the studio for a new song, under the working title of "If You Really, Really, Really Love Me." In December 2010 their website offered a free download of their new Christmas song "Sexy Santa". In January 2011 Michael Starr confirmed the songs, "Tigerwoods", "Tongue Punch in the Fart Box", "Summertime", "I Like Drugs", "Supersonic Sex Machine", "Do You Wanna Do Me" and "17 Girls in a Row" for the new album in 2011.

Lexxi Foxxx mentioned that guests on the new Steel Panther record would be Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Gene Simmons (KISS), Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), and Scott Ian (Anthrax).

In July, 2011, Steel Panther wrote on their Facebook page "IT'S CUMMING! ROCKTOBER 18TH!", and their YouTube page "COCKTOBER 18TH" which implied that the new album would be released on October 18, 2011. The release date was later pushed back to October 31. Soon after, Michael Starr wrote on the Steel Panther app that the new album would be called Balls Out.

On August 22, 2011, they released a single from Balls Out titled "If You Really Really Love Me".

On August 27, 2011, Freddie Wong released a YouTube video homage to the Crossfire board game which featured Steel Panther covering the Crossfire theme.

On October 14th, 2011, the band played a pre-show for the inaugural 48 Hours Festival in Las Vegas. The show was hosted by David Draiman.

Sometime collaborator Dean Cameron, also credited with co-writing "Supersonic Sex Machine" on "Balls Out", directed and co-wrote a pilot presentation in an attempt to land Steel Panther their own television program.

On December 6, 2011, Steel Panther announced their second solo UK tour in support of their newest album Balls Out. The band are set to play at the O2 Academy Birmingham (March 27, 2012), O2 Academy Glasgow (March 28, 2012), Manchester Academy (March 30, 2012), O2 Academy Brixton (March 31, 2012). Tickets for the shows went on sale on December 9, 2011, with many ticket providers selling out their allocations within a month.

Steel Panther will be playing on the main stage at the Download Festival in June 2012.^[9]

History[link]

[edit] Feel The Steel (2009)–(2010)

Steel Panther released their major record label debut (Universal Republic), Feel the Steel on June 8, 2009 in the UK and on October 6, 2009 in North America. Feel the Steel debuted at #1 on the Billboard Comedy chart, #123 on the Billboard 200 chart and would eventually peak at #98 on the Billboard 200 chart. The record features hit singles, Community Property and Death To All But Metal as well as notable guest performances from Corey Taylor (vocals), Justin Hawkins (vocals), and M. Shadows (vocals).

The record's success also caught the attention of the Grammys, making it onto the "Best Comedy Album" ballot in October 2010, yet failing to reach a nomination.

The track Eyes of a Panther from Feel the Steel is featured on the sound track for the video game Skate 3.

[edit] Balls Out (2011)–(present)

Steel Panther continued their revival of the 80's heavy metal genre with their sophomore effort titled Balls Out released through major record label, Universal Republic on October 31, 2011 in the UK and on November 1, 2011 in North America. Balls Out debuted at #1 on the UK iTunes Rock chart surpassing Megadeth's TH1RT3EN and Lou Reed's and Metallica's Lulu. Balls Out also debuted at #4 on the US iTunes Rock chart, #40 on the Billboard 200 chart and at #1 on the Billboard Comedy chart with first-week sales of 12,000 copies in the US.

Tours[link]

UK Arena tour w/Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe[link]

Due to their growing popularity, Steel Panther were invited by Def Leppard to join them and co-headliners Mötley Crüe as "Special Guests" on the Mirrorball Tour tour in December 2011.

Steel Panther opened for Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe on the following dates:

• December 6, 2011 - Birmingham, UK at LG Arena
• December 8, 2011 - Nottingham, UK at FM Arena
• December 9, 2011 - Glasgow, UK at SECC Hall 4
• December 11, 2011 - Manchester, UK at MEN Arena
• December 13, 2011 - Sheffield, UK at Arena
• December 14, 2011 - London, UK at Wembley Arena

The Forum w/Guns N' Roses[link]

Exactly one week after ending the UK arena tour in London with Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, Steel Panther opened for Guns N' Roses at the Forum in Los Angeles, CA on December 21, 2011.

Soundwave/Revolution[link]

On May 11, 2011 Steel Panther announced that they would be playing the main stage (same stage as Van Halen) at Soundwave Revolution, however, the spin-off festival would be canceled due to poor ticket sales. In fact, drummer Stix Zadinia was responsible for breaking the story via his Twitter account on August 9: "Soundwave revolution is cancelled. I am bummed." The news shocked Soundwave fans and caused a huge debacle resulting in Steel Panther trending on Twitter and fans accusing Steel Panther as the reason for the cancellation which was entirely inaccurate.

Though Steel Panther were disappointed by the news knowing that they wouldn't be sharing the main stage with Van Halen, the Soundwave Revolution cancellation ended up being a blessing in disguise for it allowed the band to finish recording their second major release, [Balls Out].

The band then proceeded to play the 2012 edition of the main festival, sharing a stage with System of a Down, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and Limp Bizkit.

Controversy[link]

In January 2012, a promotional poster featuring album artwork from Balls Out was banned in the UK after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) deemed it to be "overtly sexual" and was likely "to cause serious and widespread offense."^[10]

Awards[link]

• Best Debut: Feel the Steel - Metal Hammer Germany

Members[link]

• Michael Starr (Ralph Saenz) – lead vocals, acoustic guitars
• Satchel (Russ Parrish) – rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Lexxi Foxxx (Travis Haley) – bass, backing vocals
• Stix Zadinia (Darren Leader) – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

Videography[link]

• Fat Girl (Thar She Blows) – The Video (2005) – home DVD featuring the music video for the title track and behind-the-scenes footage.
• Behind the Music: Steel Panther (2009) – iTunes podcast featuring a fake Behind the Music story for Steel Panther. (Features stars like Matt Sorum, Kat Von D, Jani Lane, Dee Snider and Dave Navarro)

Music videos[link]

• "Fat Girl (Thar She Blows)" (2005 and 2009)
• "Death to All but Metal" (2009)
• "Community Property" (2009)
• "If You Really Really Love Me" (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Steel Panther

• Official website
• Steel Panther's fan site
• Interview with Satchel on Maximum Threshold Radio

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Lita Ford
Lita Ford in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Carmelita Rossana Ford
Also known as	Lita, Lita Ford
Born	(1958-09-18) 18 September 1958 (age 53) London, England
Genres	Heavy metal, hard rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1976–1995, 2008–present
Labels	Mercury, RCA, JLRG Entertainment
Associated acts	The Runaways, Ozzy Osbourne, Nitro
Website	litafordonline.com
Notable instruments
B.C. Rich Warlock, Gibson Explorer

Lita Rossanna Ford (born 19 September 1958)^[1][2] is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and early 2010s.

Early life[link]

Lita Ford was born Lita Rossana Ford to a British father and an Italian mother in London, England. She moved with her family to the United States at the age of 4 and began playing the guitar at the age of 11. Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano.^[3]

In 1975 at the age of 16 she joined the all-female rock band The Runaways, for whom she played lead guitar. They then scored a record deal and released their first album in 1976.

The Runaways[link]

It was not long before the all-girl formation caught the eye of the media. Lita Ford's guitar skills made her a driving force in the band and a permanent member from her arrival to the band's eventual break-up.

In 1979, disagreements were erupting within the band, who had since parted ways with producer Kim Fowley, lead singer Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox. Rhythm guitarist Joan Jett wanted the band to shift more towards Ramones-influenced punk music while Ford and drummer Sandy West wanted to continue playing hard rock-oriented songs.^[4] With neither side being able to compromise, the band finally broke up that year.^[4]

Solo career[link]

After the group split in 1979, Ford began a solo career. Her first album Out for Blood as well as the title single were released in 1983 and failed on the charts. The next effort, 1984's Dancin' on the Edge achieved moderate success. It included the single "Fire In My Heart" which reached the Top 10 in several countries but not the US. The next single "Gotta Let Go" was one of Ford's biggest hits. It reached Number One on the Mainstream Rock charts.

Ford toured extensively and made several guest appearances on TV shows for the next four years, but had no releases; a follow-up to Dancin' On The Edge, titled The Bride Wore Black, was abandoned and never released because Ford did not like the production of the album and this upset the head of her record label, leading to Ford switching from Mercury Records to RCA Records. The artist has described the album as being in "Label hell! Who knows what shelf that is sitting on!"^[5]

Ford performing on the 19th December 1988 in the "Olympiahalle" venue of Munich, Germany.

By the time Ford returned again, the lighter pop-metal she had long favoured had broken through to mainstream audiences, which set the stage for her most commercially successful album, 1988's Lita. With Sharon Osbourne as her manager, and again produced by herself, the album featured four commercial hits, including "Kiss Me Deadly", "Back To The Cave", "Close My Eyes Forever", and "Falling In And Out Of Love" (co-written with Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe). The ballad "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Sharon's husband Ozzy Osbourne, was her only Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit, reaching #8.

Her next release was called Stiletto. It featured the singles "Hungry" and "Lisa" (the second was dedicated to her mother). However this album was not as successful as Dancin' On The Edge and Lita.

Ford's next release was Dangerous Curves, which featured her last charting single "Shot Of Poison". Ford's last release would be with ZYX Records and would be titled Black. It failed to repeat the success of 1991's Dangerous Curves.

During her solo years, she was an endorser of B.C. Rich guitars and used Warlock, Eagle, Mockingbird and Bich single and double-neck models.

Ford appears in the 1992 film Highway to Hell as 'The Hitchhiker'. Ford was also asked by VH-1 to be in the cast of The Surreal Life for its 7th season, in 2007. She declined.

Return to stage, new album and tour 2008-2009[link]

In June 2008, Ford and her new solo band played several warm-up gigs prior to Rocklahoma under the name Kiss Me Deadly in the New York City area.^[6]

In June 2009, she began touring the US and Europe, with a new line-up consisting of Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal (Guns N' Roses guitarist, 2006–present) on guitar, Dennis Leeflang (Bumblefoot drummer) and PJ Farley on bass (Trixter, Ra) and Michael T. Ross (Angel/XYZ).

Ford released a new album Wicked Wonderland on 6 October 2009 via JLRG Entertainment.^[7]

In an interview with ExclusiveMagazine.com, talking about her new album Wicked Wonderland, Ford revealed the reason why its sound is heavier than the 80s music she once used to put out - "I just wanted to kick ass! I don’t know what’s popular, or the flavour of the day. I just wanted the music to ROCK! The lyrics are very personal and that’s it. I wasn’t going to come out in sandals with hairy armpits!".^[8]

Ford contributed her likeness and voice to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game, Brütal Legend. She appears as the character Rima, alongside Jack Black, Tim Curry, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford, and Lemmy Kilmister. Her song "Betrayal" is also one of the 100+ songs that appear in the game.

In 2010, Ford was portrayed by actress Scout Taylor-Compton in the movie The Runaways.

In May 2011 Ford promised a "real comeback album" later in the year, saying the last one, Wicked Wonderland, recorded with Jim Gillette (to whom she was married at the time) was too much of a collective project. "A lot of people have told me that they want a real Lita album, and I know what they mean. They are going to get it," she said.^[9]

Personal life[link]

In the mid-1980s, Ford was romantically involved with, and briefly engaged to, guitarist Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath.^[10][11] He co-produced her album The Bride Wore Black, which to date remains unreleased. Ford said in a 1989 Kerrang! interview, "there's a certain amount of bad blood between Tony Iommi and I."

Ford married former Nitro singer Jim Gillette in 1994, after knowing each other for two weeks. They have two sons, James and Rocco Gillette. The family moved to Turks and Caicos, where Gillette has a successful building and real estate developing business.^[12] In a February 2011 radio interview, Lita Ford acknowledged that she and Gillette were divorcing.^[13] The family was in negotiations for a reality TV show, tentatively titled "The Gillettes: An Extreme American Family" on TLC, but they ended due to the impending divorce. In a March 2011 interview on the Classic Rock Revisited website, Ford claimed that she had taken a business trip to Los Angeles to discuss the reality show with TLC executives, and returned home to find her husband and sons not speaking to her. She also claimed that her sons physically attacked her, egged on by Gillette, which was when she decided to divorce Gillette and cancel the reality series.^[14]

Tributes[link]

An achievement in the Xbox 360 version of the video game Guitar Hero II, is titled the "Joan & Lita Award" in tribute to Lita and Joan Jett. It is awarded to two players who can get a 100 note streak in cooperative mode.

Ford lent her appearance and likeness to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 videogame Brütal Legend as Rima, Queen of the Zaulia beast-riders. In addition, the character Lita Halford was named after both Ford and Rob Halford, who also provides a voice in the game.^[15]

Her song, "Close My Eyes Forever", was included in Karaoke Revolution: American Idol Encore.

The song "Kiss Me Deadly" was covered in a compilation album called Viva La Internet/Blank CD by Reel Big Fish.

She was played by actress Scout Taylor Compton in the 2010 film The Runaways.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Live albums[link]

• Greatest Hits Live! (2000)

Compilation albums[link]

• The Best of Lita Ford (1992)
• Greatest Hits (1999)
• Platinum and Gold Collection - The Best of Lita Ford (2004)

Other appearances[link]

• " Herman's Head Season 2 Episode 24 "Love Me Two Timer" May 2, 1993 as herself
• "I'll Be Home for Christmas" with Twisted Sister on A Twisted Christmas (2006)
• "Brütal Legend" Video Game (2009)
• " Big Time Rush Big Time Moms Mothers Day Special 2011, appearing as herself

Singles[link]

Tours[link]

• 1981 - Queens of Rock Tour with Joan Jett and Sandy West
• 1982 - Rulers of Metal Tour with Black Sabbath
• 1983 - Out For Blood Tour with Scandal, Wes Luthor, and Tony Schladora
• 1984 - Dressed To Kill Tour with Anthrax, The Johnson Brothers Band, Metal Mania
• 1985 - Central & South America Tour with Soundgarden
• 1986 - Wild Tour with several local bands opening at different venues
• 1986 - Metal Rulz Tour with Poison, Mötley Crüe, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne
• 1988 - If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em Tour with Ted Nugent
• 1988 - Open Up and Say . . . Ahh! Tour with Poison, Britny Fox
• 2009 - American Soldier Tour with Queensrÿche
• 2012 - "Rock Of Ages Tour" with Def Leppard, and Poison (band)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lita Ford

• Official website
• Lita Ford at the Internet Movie Database
• Lita Ford on Myspace
• Sleaze Roxx 2009 interview
• RMAX International Magazine interview
• Lita Ford at Legacy Recordings
• Lita Ford Interview at UnRatedMagazine.com, June 2009