Background
She was born and raised in Newport Beach, California.
She was born and raised in Newport Beach, California.
Tischler-Blue began working in the entertainment industry at age 17, using the name Vicki Blue as the bassist in the American all-girl teenage rock band The Runaways. After the demise of the band, she was cast as Cindy by director Rob Reiner in This Is Spinal Tap. Her film was based on Tischler-Blue"s tenure in The Runaways.
Vicki Blue played Cindy in This Is Spinal Tap and herself in The Return of Bruno.
Vicki loves filmmaking so much that most of her career after The Runaways has consisted of producing, directing, and writing movies. Her best known release is: A Film About the Runaways.
Vicki worked with former bandmate Lita Ford, by producing Lita"s music video for her new single "Mother". In 2004, Tischler-Blue released: A Film About the Runaways.
lieutenant was picked up by Showtime Networks and Rob Reiner said – "I was mesmerized… This incredibly honest rock documentary film goes to 11".
A 2010 film about The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon cites Tischler-Blue"s as an inspiration for elements of the film. As of 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 Suzi Quatro"s "Strict Machine", a track from her album In the Spotlight (2011).
This track is a cover of Goldfrapp"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. lieutenant includes live footage from Quatro"s September/October 2011 Rocks The Spotlight Tour of Australia and the extra two lines from "Can The Can".