Victory Tischler-Blue (born September 16, 1959) is an American film producer, director, writer, musician and photographer. She was born and raised in

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. Tischler-Blue began working in the entertainment industry at age 17, using the name Vicki Blue as the

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in the American all-girl teenage rock band

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. After the demise of the band, she was cast as Cindy by director

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in ''

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''. Her film ''Edgeplay'' was based on her tenure in The Runaways.

Music

Vicki Blue auditioned for

after bassist,

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, left the band in the summer of 1977. She did well in her audition and became The Runaways' new bassist. Blue was credited for played bass on The Runaways third studio album, ''

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''; however, Fowley would not allow her to play bass and had Sal Maida play bass on that record instead. Despite that, she toured with them from fall of 1977 to late 1978. Blue left the band when they started recording '' And Now... The Runaways''. She was credited for playing bass on that album but did not play on it at all. Blue sang back up vocals on

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's album ''

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'' released on November 8, 1983.

Career

Vicki Blue played Cindy in ''

'' and herself in ''

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''. Blue loved filmmaking so much that most of her career after The Runaways has consisted of producing, directing, and writing movies. Her best known release is '' Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways''. Blue worked with former bandmate

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, by producing Ford's music video for her new single "Mother".

Edgeplay

In 2004, Tischler-Blue released '' Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways''. It was picked up by

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and Rob Reiner said – "I was mesmerized... This incredibly honest rock documentary film goes to 11". A 2010 film about The Runaways, starring

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, and

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cited Tischler-Blue's ''Edgeplay'' as an inspiration for elements of the film.

Filmography

Recent projects

In 2010, Tischler-Blue was the executive producer of two television programs that premiered in that year, ''El Guitarrista'' and ''The Rarebirds''. Tischler-Blue produced the official music video for

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's "

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", a track from her album ''

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'' (2011). This track is a cover of

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's "Strict Machine", but Quatro's version of the song contains two extra lines from her own number one hit " Can The Can" (in order to show the similarity of the two songs' tunes). On November 16, 2011, the official music video was released via the ''SUZI QUATRO OFFICIAL'' YouTube channel. It includes live footage from Quatro's Sept/Oct 2011 ''Rocks The Spotlight Tour'' of Australia and the extra two lines from "Can The Can".

References

External links

* * Victory Tischler-Blue AllMusic
Victory Tischler-Blue The Runaways Sad Song Rolling Stone

SPIN Magazine

New York Magazine

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