Under her stage name Jackie Fox, she played bass guitar for the pioneering all-girl teenage rock band The Runaways.

A Merit scholar, Fuchs had gained early admission to UCLA to study math when the opportunity to join the fledgling rock band the Runaways arose.

Fuchs was "discovered" dancing at the Starwood by Rodney Bingenheimer (the self-proclaimed "mayor of the Sunset Strip"), who introduced her to producer/impresario Kim Fowley.

[3] In the years following her tenure with the Runaways, Fuchs worked in a variety of fields, most notably as a record promotions executive, a modeling agent, the promoter of Tony Robbins's Firewalking seminars, and most recently an entertainment attorney in the motion picture and television business, representing actors, writers, directors, authors, and producers.

Sixteen years old at the time, Fuchs was reportedly given Quaaludes by a man she thought was a roadie and, while she was incapacitated, Fowley raped her in full view of a group of partygoers and her bandmates Currie, West, and Jett.

[13] West's location at the time of the incident is unknown, but Fuchs said that her last memory of the night was seeing Currie and Jett staring at her as Fowley raped her.

[12] Kari Krome (co-founder and songwriter for the group) stated that she saw "Jett and Currie sitting off to the side of the room for part of the time, snickering" during the rape.

[12] Jett has publicly denied witnessing the incident "as described," while Currie said that she spoke up against Fowley's actions then stormed out of the room when he refused to stop.

[15] In the chapter titled "Kim Fowley's Sex Education Class" Fuchs is originally mentioned as a bystander, and asks for more food after witnessing the rape.