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Sandra Sue Pesavento, known professionally as Sandy West (July 10, 1959 – October 21, 2006) [1][2] was an American singer, drummer and songwriter. She was one of the founding members of The Runaways, the first teenage all-girl hard rock band to record and achieve widespread commercial success in the 1970s. [3] Early life.
Per the New York Times, Sandy West, who was known to be a heavy smoker, was tragically diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005, succumbing to the disease after many treatments on October 21, 2006. West passed away in hospice care in San Dimas, California, at the age of 47.
SAN DIMAS, Calif., Oct. 24 (AP) — Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fueled the influential all-female 70’s rock band the Runaways, which she founded with Joan Jett, died on Saturday in San...
Drummer, singer, songwriter and guitarist Sandy West was born as Sandy Pesavento on July 10, 1959 in Long Beach, California and was raised in Huntington Beach. The most athletic of seven sisters, Sandy was an avid surfer and water skier.
Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fueled the influential all-female ‘70s rock band the Runaways, has died. She was 47. West died Saturday night of lung cancer at a hospice in San Dimas, east...
Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fueled the influential all-female ‘70s rock band the Runaways, has died of lung cancer. She was 47. West died Saturday night at a hospice...
Sandy West: The Trailblazing Drummer of The RunawaysIntroductionIn the male-dominated world of rock and roll, few female musicians have broken barriers and l...
Sandy West was a California girl, the first female drummer in her elementary school band: “Before I was ten years old, I was trying to teach myself the drums, playing guitar and piano and listening to everything from rock to classical music” (Queens of Noise, Evelyn McDonnell, 14).
Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fueled the influential all-female ’70s rock band the Runaways, which she co-founded with Joan Jett, has died of lung cancer. She was 47.
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