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Joan Jett

January 30, 2023

Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958)[1] is an American singer, guitarist, record producer and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song "Cherry Bomb". With The Blackhearts, Jett is known for her rendition of the song "I Love Rock 'n Roll" which was number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982.[2] Jett's other notable songs include "Bad Reputation", "Light of Day", "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and her covers of "Crimson and Clover", "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" and "Dirty Deeds".

Joan Jett
Jett in 2013
Born
Joan Marie Larkin

(1958-09-22) September 22, 1958 (age 64)
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • record producer
  • actress
Years active1975–present
Musical career
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
Member ofJoan Jett & the Blackhearts
Formerly of
Websitejoanjett.com

Jett has a mezzo-soprano vocal range.[3] She has three albums that have been certified platinum or gold.[4][5][6] She has been described as "the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.[7]

Jett lives in Long Beach, New York, and has been a New York resident since the late 1970s.[8][9]

Early life

Joan Marie Larkin was born on September 22, 1958, to James and Dorothy Larkin,[1] at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia (although some sources list her birth date as September 22, 1960, which is incorrect[10]). She is the oldest of three children. Her father was an insurance salesman and her mother was a secretary.[1] Her family was Protestant, attended church, and went to Sunday school, but were not strict in their religious beliefs.[11] In 1967, her family moved to Rockville, Maryland, where she attended Randolph Junior High and Wheaton High School.[12] Jett got her first guitar at the age of 13.[13] She took some guitar lessons, but soon quit because the instructor kept trying to teach her folk songs.[14] Her family then moved to West Covina, California, in Los Angeles County, providing Jett the opportunity to pursue her musical interests. Shortly after the move, her parents divorced and she changed her name to Joan Jett, because she thought it had more of a rock-star sound than her birth name (she has admitted in recent years that "Jett" was not actually her mother's maiden name, even though that is what she used to tell people).[15]

In Los Angeles, Jett's favorite night spot was Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco,[16] a venue that provided the glam rock style she loved.[2]

Career

The Runaways

At age 16, Jett became a founding member of the Runaways with drummer Sandy West. After the brief tenure of singer and bass guitarist Micki Steele, Jackie Fox, Lita Ford, and Cherie Currie soon joined to complete the band, creating the classic lineup. While Currie initially fronted the band, Jett shared some lead vocals, played rhythm guitar, and wrote or co-wrote some of the band's material along with Ford, West, and Currie. This lineup recorded three albums, with Live in Japan becoming one of the biggest-selling imports in US and UK history.[citation needed]

The band toured around the world and became an opening act for Cheap Trick, Ramones, Van Halen, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. They found success abroad, especially in Japan. While touring England with the Runaways in 1976, Jett first heard the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" when she saw Arrows perform it on their weekly UK television series Arrows.[17]

While the Runaways were popular in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and South America, they could not garner the same level of success in the United States.[2][18] After Currie left the band, the band released two more albums with Jett handling the lead vocals: Waitin' for the Night and And Now... The Runaways. Altogether, they produced five albums from 1975 until they disbanded in the spring of 1979.[19]

Soon after, Jett produced the Germs' only album, (GI).[2]

In 2010, The Runaways, a movie about Jett's band, was released, starring Kristen Stewart as Jett and Dakota Fanning as Currie.[2][20]

Solo career

In 1979, Jett was in England pursuing a solo career. She recorded three songs there with the Sex Pistols' Paul Cook and Steve Jones, one of which was an early version of Arrows' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll". This version appears on the 1993 compilation album Flashback.[21] Later that year, she returned to Los Angeles, where she began fulfilling an obligation of the Runaways to complete a film that was loosely based on the band's career entitled We're All Crazee Now! Three actresses stood in for the departed band members, including Rainbeaux Smith, who was also a rock drummer.[22] While working on the project, Jett met songwriter and producer Kenny Laguna, who was hired by her manager Toby Mamis to help Jett with writing some tracks for the film.[22] They became friends and decided to work together and Jett relocated to Long Beach, New York, where Laguna was based. The plug was pulled on the project halfway through shooting after Jett fell ill, but in 1984, after she became famous, producers looked for a way to use the footage from the incomplete film.[22] Parts of the original footage of Jett were eventually used in another project, an underground film called Du-beat-eo, which was produced by Alan Sacks, but not commercially released.[22]

Jett and Laguna entered the Who's Ramport Studios with the latter at the helm, and Jett's self-titled solo debut was released by Ariola Records in Europe on May 17, 1980. In the US, after the album was rejected by 23 major labels,[23] Jett and Laguna released it independently on their new Blackheart Records label, which they started with Laguna's daughter's college savings. Laguna remembers, "We couldn't think of anything else to do but print up records ourselves."[22]

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
 
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts performing in Sacramento, California, 2012
Background information
Genres
Years active1975–present
Labels
Members
  • Joan Jett
  • Dougie Needles
  • Hal B. Selzer
  • Michael McDermott
Past members
 
Jett performing live with the Gibson Melody Maker in Norway, during the 1980s

With Laguna's assistance, Jett formed the Blackhearts. Laguna recounted, "I told Joanie to forget the band and support herself on the advance money. There was enough for her but not for a band. She said she had to have a band. And I believe to this day that it was the Blackhearts, that concept, that made Joan Jett."[24] She placed an ad in the LA Weekly stating that she was "looking for three good men".[25] John Doe of X sat in on bass for the auditions held at S.I.R. studios in Los Angeles. He mentioned a local bass player, Gary Ryan, who had recently been crashing on his couch. Ryan was born Gary Moss, and adopted his stage name upon joining the Blackhearts in 1979, in part to cover for the fact that he was only 15 at the time.[26] Ryan was part of the Los Angeles punk scene and had played bass with local artists Top Jimmy and Rik L. Rik. He had been a fan of the Runaways and Jett for years. Jett recognized him at the audition and he was in. Ryan in turn recommended guitarist Eric Ambel, who was also at the time part of Rik L. Rik. The final addition to the original Blackhearts was drummer Danny "Furious" O'Brien, formerly of the San Francisco band the Avengers. This lineup played several gigs at the Golden Bear, in Huntington Beach, California, and the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood before embarking on their first European tour, which consisted of an extensive tour of the Netherlands and a few key shows in England, including the Marquee in London.[27]

Laguna fired O'Brien at the end of the tour,[24] and upon returning to the States, Jett, Ryan, and Ambel moved to Long Beach, New York. Auditions were set up, and Lee Crystal, formerly of the Boyfriends and Sylvain Sylvain, became the new drummer.[27] The band then toured throughout the US, slowly building a fan base, but struggling to remain financially afloat. Throughout 1980, the band was able to keep touring solely due to Laguna drawing on advances from outside projects.[24] Jett and Laguna used their personal savings to press copies of the Joan Jett album and set up their own system of distribution, sometimes selling the albums out of the trunk of Laguna's Cadillac at the end of each concert.[28] Laguna was unable to keep up with demand for the album. Eventually, old friend and founder of Casablanca Records, Neil Bogart, made a joint venture with Laguna and signed Jett to his new label, Boardwalk Records and re-released the Joan Jett album as Bad Reputation.

A spring 1981 concert at the Palladium in New York City proved to be a turning point. Described by music journalists as a career-defining performance by Jett, it helped solidify a strong New York following for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.[24] After a year of touring and recording, the Blackhearts recorded a new album entitled I Love Rock 'n Roll for the label. Ambel was replaced by local guitarist Ricky Byrd during the recording. Byrd recalled in an interview with Guitarhoo!, "One day I went to a studio to jam around a bit with Jett and everything clicked".[27][29] The first single from the album was the title track, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which in the first half of 1982 was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in a row.[30] It is Billboard's No. 56 song of all time[31] and has also been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016.[32]

Jett released Album (1983) and Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth (1984). A string of Top 40 hits followed, as well as sellout tours with the Police, Queen, and Aerosmith, among others. She was among the first English-speaking rock acts to appear in Panama and the Dominican Republic.[33]

After receiving her own MTV New Year's Eve special, Jett beat out a number of contenders to appear in the movie Light of Day with Michael J. Fox. Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Light of Day" especially for the movie,[34] and her performance was critically acclaimed.[35] It was about this time that Ryan and Crystal left the Blackhearts. They were soon replaced by Thommy Price and Kasim Sulton. Later that year, Jett released Good Music, which featured appearances by the Beach Boys, the Sugarhill Gang, and singer Darlene Love.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts became the first rock band to perform a series of shows at the Lunt–Fontanne Theatre on Broadway, breaking the record at the time for the fastest ticket sell-out.[33] Her next release, Up Your Alley, went multi-platinum. This album contains the single "I Hate Myself for Loving You", which peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[36] and had been used as the theme song for Sunday Night Football NFL games in America (with altered lyrics, by two singers) during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. This was followed by The Hit List, which was an album consisting of cover songs. During this time, Jett co-wrote the song "House of Fire", which appeared on Alice Cooper's 1989 album Trash.

In 1990, the band had a song on the Days of Thunder soundtrack, "Long Live the Night", written by Jett with Randy Cantor and Michael Caruso.

Her 1991 release, Notorious, which featured the Replacements' Paul Westerberg and former Billy Idol bass player Phil Feit, was the last with Sony/CBS, as Jett switched to Warner Bros. A CD single of "Let's Do It" featuring Jett and Westerberg was also released during this time, and appeared in the song credits for the movie Tank Girl. In 1993, Jett and Laguna released Flashback, a compilation of various songs on their own Blackheart Records.

Jett produced several bands prior to releasing her debut, and her label Blackheart Records released recordings from varied artists such as thrash metal band Metal Church and rapper Big Daddy Kane.

The press touted Jett as the "Godmother of Punk"[37] and the "Original Riot Grrrl". In 1994, the Blackhearts released the well-received Pure and Simple, which featured tracks written with Babes in Toyland's Kat Bjelland, L7's Donita Sparks and Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna. Jett has also been described as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.[38][39][40][41][42]

Timeline of members

Ongoing work

 
Jett performing live at the Bumbershoot festival, in Seattle, Washington, 1994

Jett returned to producing for the band Circus Lupus in 1992 and again, in 1994, for Bikini Kill. This recording was the New Radio +2 vinyl 7-inch EP for which she also played and sang back-up vocals. The Riot Grrrl movement started in the early 1990s, with Bikini Kill as a representative band, and many of these women credited Jett as a role model and inspiration.

In 1997, Jett was featured on the We Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute album. She performed a cover of the Johnny O'Keefe song "Wild One" (or "Real Wild Child"). Jett worked with members of the punk rock band the Gits, whose lead singer and lyricist, Mia Zapata, had been raped and murdered in 1993.[2] The results of their collaboration was a live album, Evil Stig and a single, "Bob", whose earnings were contributed to the investigation of Zapata's murder. To this end, the band and Jett appeared on the television show America's Most Wanted, appealing to the public for information. The case was solved in 2004, when Zapata's murderer, Jesus Mezquia, was brought to trial and convicted.

Jett is a guest artist on Marky Ramone and the Intruders' 1999 album The Answer to Your Problems? on the track "Don't Blame Me". She is a guest vocalist on Peaches' album Impeach My Bush on the tracks "Boys Wanna Be Her" and "You Love It".

At an October 2001 9/11 benefit in Red Bank, New Jersey,[43] Jett and Springsteen appeared together on stage for the first time and played "Light of Day".

In 2004, Jett and Laguna produced the album No Apologies by the pop punk band the Eyeliners, after signing them. Jett also guested on the track "Destroy" and made a cameo appearance in its music video.

In 2005, Jett and Laguna signed punk rockers the Vacancies and produced their second album, A Beat Missing or a Silence Added (reaching the top 20 in CMJ Music Charts), and their third album in 2007, Tantrum. That same year, she was recruited by Steven Van Zandt to host her own radio show on Van Zandt's Underground Garage radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. She hosted a four-hour show titled Joan Jett's Radio Revolution, broadcast every Saturday and Sunday.[44] The program moved from Sirius 25 (Underground Garage)[45] to Sirius 28 shortly before being canceled in June 2008.[46][47]

In 2005, Jett and Laguna celebrated the 25th anniversary of Blackheart Records with a sellout show at Manhattan's Webster Hall.[48]

In June 2006, Jett released her album Sinner, on Blackheart Records. To support the album, the band appeared on the 2006 Warped Tour and on a fall 2006 tour with Eagles of Death Metal. Various other bands such as Antigone Rising, Valient Thorr, the Vacancies, Throw Rag and Riverboat Gamblers were to have joined the tour for a handful of dates each. Jett sang a duet with Chase Noles on "Tearstained Letters", a song on the Heart Attacks' 2006 album, Hellbound and Heartless.

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts headlined the Albuquerque, New Mexico Freedom Fourth celebration on July 4, 2007, with an estimated crowd of 65,000 in attendance at the annual outdoor event. In November 2007, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts appeared with Motörhead and Alice Cooper in a UK arena tour; Jett opened eight American shows on Aerosmith's 2007 World Tour.

Following the Dave Clark Five's induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, on March 10, 2008, Jett, as part of the ceremony, closed the program with a performance of the Dave Clark Five's 1964 hit "Bits and Pieces". Joan Jett & the Blackhearts appeared on several dates of the True Colors tour in the summer of 2008.[49] She opened for Def Leppard in August. On November 19, 2009, Mattel released a Joan Jett Barbie doll. Her name and likeness was used with her permission.[50]

 
Jett performing live with the Blackhearts in Beaumont, California, during the 2010 Free Concert Series

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were part of the lineup for the Falls Music & Arts Festival, December 29 through January 1, 2010, in Australia.[51]

Jett was an executive producer for the film The Runaways, which chronicled the Runaways' career. It was written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, who has directed videos for Marilyn Manson, the White Stripes and David Bowie. Production of the movie began filming around Twilight's Kristen Stewart's filming schedule, (i.e. of the sequels New Moon and Eclipse). Stewart played Jett in the film. In order to prepare for the role, Stewart met Jett around January 2009. In an interview, Stewart revealed that she hoped to be able to sing some songs in the film.[52] The film explores the relationship between Jett and Runaways' lead singer, Cherie Currie, played by Dakota Fanning, and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2010. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts appeared at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, at Harry-O's, to promote the film.

In March 2010, she released a 2-LP/CD Greatest Hits album with four newly re-recorded songs, as well as a hardcover biography, spanning her career from the Runaways to the present day. In June 2010, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts opened for Green Day on their UK tour alongside acts such as Frank Turner and Paramore. The band was the opening act for Aerosmith's September 2010 Canadian tour.[53]

Jett, along with the Blackhearts, released the album Unvarnished on September 30, 2013. The album reached Billboard's Top 50.[54] It included songs dealing with the death of her parents and other people.[55][56] August 1 was declared Joan Jett day in West Hollywood. She was named West Hollywood's Rock Legend.[57]

Former Blackhearts drummer Lee Crystal (born Lee Jamie Sackett in 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) died from complications of multiple sclerosis on November 5, 2013, at the age of 57.[58][59]

Jett starred in and was the executive producer of the film Undateable John, which was released in 2014.[60][61] In April 2014, Jett fronted the remaining members of Nirvana for a performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She joined the band again later that night for its surprise concert at Saint Vitus. In April 2014, Jett was the first woman to win the Golden God Award.[62] Former bandmates Cherie Currie and Lita Ford supported her. On April 24, 2014, Alternative Press magazine held its first-ever Alternative Press Music Awards, and Jett received the AP Icon Award. On July 12, 2014, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts performed at Tropicana Field after the baseball game in St. Petersburg, Florida. On October 29, 2014, Jett sang the U.S. national anthem at the New York Knicks vs. the Chicago Bulls basketball game. Jett and Hot Topic released Jett's first clothing line in 2014. It consists of jackets, shirts, pants, and a sweater.[63]

On April 15, 2015, Jett & the Blackhearts opened for the Who, kicking off their "The Who Hits 50!" 2015 North American tour in Tampa, Florida.[64] The Blackhearts opened for the Who for 42 dates in the U.S. and Canada, ending November 4 in Philadelphia. On July 4, 2015, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were part of the Foo Fighters' 20th anniversary show at the RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.[65]

In September 2018, Jett signed a music distribution deal with Sony Music's Legacy Recordings, making her catalogue officially available for streaming.[66]

Jett, along with the Blackhearts, was scheduled to join Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard on the 2020 The Stadium Tour as an opening act along with Poison[67] however tour was postponed to the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021 it was announced that tour was again postponed and will now happen in the summer of 2022.[68] Jett announced that she will embark on a North American tour in the fall of 2021.[69] The tour ended on September 28, 2021, at the Paramount in Huntington, NY.[70]

On May 14, 2021, it was announced that to celebrate the 40th anniversaries of Jett's first two albums, Bad Reputation and I Love Rock & Roll, Z2 Comics was releasing two graphic novels titled Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - 40x40: Bad Reputation/I Love Rock 'n' Roll that will bring Jett's "songs to life as 20 vivid stories" by female writers and artists in the comic book industry. The books were released in November 2021.[71]

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts released Changeup on March 25, 2022, the first acoustic album ever recorded by the band, featuring "Bad Reputation" and "Crimson and Clover".[72]

Other work

Jett has long supported animal rights activism and organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).[73] For Valentine's Day 2022, PETA created a (Black)Heart-Shaped Pizza as a limited-time collaboration with a Los Angeles pizza shop, PIZZANISTA![74]

Jett is a sports fan and has remained actively involved in the sports world. "Bad Reputation" was used by Ultimate Fighting Championship's Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey as her walkout song at the pay-per-view event UFC 157 and is her current theme music in WWE. In April 2019, Jett performed "Bad Reputation" at WWE's WrestleMania 35 as Rousey was making her entrance.[75] Her cover of "Love Is All Around" (the theme song of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) was used by the NCAA to promote the Women's Final Four, as well as the song "Unfinished Business", which was never commercially released. "Love Is All Around" gained substantial radio play and became the number one requested song without a supporting album. Jett supplied theme songs for the ESPN X Games premiere and has contributed music to all their games since. At Cal Ripken Jr.'s request she sang the U.S. national anthem at the Baltimore Orioles game in which he tied[76] Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played. She also sang the national anthem at the final game played at Memorial Stadium. From 2006 to 2015, the melody for her song "I Hate Myself for Loving You" was used as the theme music for NBC Sunday Night Football with re-worked lyrics and retitled "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night". Beginning with the 2019 season, Jett performs the song with Carrie Underwood in the opener of Sunday Night Football games.[77]

Though Jett supported Howard Dean in the 2004 election because of his opposition to the Iraq War,[78][79] she has been a consistent supporter of the United States Armed Forces throughout her career and has toured for the United Service Organizations for over 20 years, and even performed at the United States Military Academy.[80] She often explains that while she doesn't like war, she loves the military.[81]

Satire and tributes

In 1983, musical satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic released a parody of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" entitled "I Love Rocky Road", changing the singer's passion for rock music with that for ice cream.

Her name appears in the lyrics of the Le Tigre song "Hot Topic", released in 1999.[82]

In 2019 British blogger "Ladbaby" released a parody of I love Rock 'n' Roll, changing the singer's passion for rock music with that for sausage rolls. "I love Sausage Rolls" became the Christmas No.1 in the UK.[83]

The comic strip Bloom County included a character named Tess Turbo; her band was the Blackheads.[84]

Film, stage and television appearances

Jett's first appearance on film is in the 1981 live concert film Urgh! A Music War, performing "Bad Reputation" with the Blackhearts at the Ritz in New York City.

She made her acting debut in 1987, co-starring with Gena Rowlands and Michael J. Fox in the Paul Schrader film Light of Day.[2] She has appeared in independent films, including The Sweet Life and Boogie Boy.

In 1992, she was a guest star in "Free Fall", a first-season episode of TV's Highlander: The Series.[85]

In 1997, she appeared on the sitcom Ellen,[86] in the episode "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah", performing the title song.

The 1999 series Freaks and Geeks used the song "Bad Reputation" as the opening theme.[87]

In 2000, Jett appeared in the Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show in the role of Columbia. That same year, Jett appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger as an ex-CIA agent turned assassin hired to kill Walker and Alex.

In 2002, Jett appeared in the film By Hook or by Crook in the role of News Interviewee.

From 2000 to 2003, Jett hosted a showcase of new film and video shorts, Independent Eye,[88] for Maryland Public Television.

In 2004, Jett narrated a short film, Godly Boyish, about two teenagers who share suicidal fantasies.

In 2008, Jett made a cameo appearance in Darren Lynn Bousman's rock opera/file Repo! The Genetic Opera as the guitarist in Shilo's room during the piece "Seventeen".[89] Also in 2008, she appeared in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Reunion" as a rock-and-roll talk show host who is murdered.

Jett played Betsy Neal in the film Big Driver. The film, based on Stephen King's novella of the same name, premiered on Lifetime on October 18, 2014.

Jett provided the voice for the character Sunshine Justice in an episode of Steven Universe.[90]

Jett was the subject of a documentary, Bad Reputation, which was released in theaters and streaming on September 28, 2018.[91]

Equipment

Jett's signature guitar is a white Gibson Melody Maker, which she has played on all her hits since 1977. Jett bought her first Melody Maker from Eric Carmen, following the breakup of the Raspberries.[92] In regard to her white Melody Maker, the singer once stated:

In The Runaways I was using a blond Les Paul. It's beautiful, and I still have it, but it's heavy as shit. I jump and run around a lot onstage, and it was really getting to my shoulder, so I was looking for a lighter guitar. I heard from one of our road crew that Eric Carmen from the Raspberries was selling a Melody Maker, so I ended up buying it. Now, this is the guitar that he played on "Go All the Way" and all those [Raspberries] hits. And then I played it on "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", "Crimson and Clover", "Do You Want to Touch Me", "Bad Reputation" ...all those early records. Then I took it off the road because I got nervous that someone was gonna steal it or break it. It's so beautiful. It's white, has no stickers on it, and there are cracks in the paint and yellowing from age or club cigarettes. It's an unbelievable-looking guitar. I have it in a closet and I take it out occasionally to record. But I don't even need to use it to record anymore, because I have a guitar that sounds pretty much like it. I'm actually kind of afraid to bring out the original. It's got a great heritage. It's a guitar full of hits.[93][94]

In 2008 Gibson released the "Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker". It differs from Jett's model by having a single burstbucker 3 humbucker pickup, an ebony fretboard and a double-cutaway body in white with a black vinyl pickguard. It also features a kill switch in place of a pickup selector.[95] It retails for $839.[95] There is now also a "Blackheart" version of this guitar introduced in 2010. All specs are the same, but it is finished in black, with red and pearl heart inlays.[96] In June 2019, Gibson announced and released a third signature guitar for Jett, which is a wine-colored ES-339. The guitar was released after two years of research and development with Jett.[97][98]

Personal life

 
Jett promoting PETA in Union Square, New York City, 2010

Jett has been a vegetarian since the late 1980s and supports animal rights.[99][100]

Jett had, for years, refused to either confirm or deny rumors that she is lesbian or bisexual. In a 1994 interview with Out magazine she said, "I'm not saying no, I'm not saying yes, I'm saying believe what you want. Assume away—go ahead."[101] In 2006, she responded to an interviewer who had asked her when she had "come out" as a lesbian by saying, "I never made any kind of statement about my personal life on any level. I never made any proclamations. So I don't know where people are getting that from."[102]

In 2016, former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford revealed in her memoir that she quit the band because the other members were "all gay" saying "First I found out that Sandy, the one I had bonded with the most, was a lesbian. Then I found out that Cherie was messing around with Joan. I was so freaked out that I quit the band. When I found out that the girls were all gay in the band, I wasn't sure how to take it. I didn't know what it was."[103]

In a 2018 interview with the New York Times, when asked about how an LGBT film festival did not want to show her documentary because she was not "out", Jett said: "They don't want the movie there because I don't declare? [Holding up her necklace] What the [expletive] is that? Two labryses, or axes, crossing each other, inside of two women's symbols crossing each other. It's not been off since I got it. And I wear this one every day. [She turns around, lifts her shirt and reveals a tattoo with similar female symbols on her lower back.] I don't know how much more you can declare."[104]

Controversy

Kim Fowley rape allegation

In July 2015, attorney Jackie Fuchs (formerly Jackie Fox of The Runaways) alleged that Kim Fowley raped her on New Year's Eve 1975, at a party following a Runaways performance at an Orange County club. 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 allegedly raped her in full view of a group of partygoers and her bandmates Currie, West, and Jett; Ford was not present.[105] Look Away, a documentary about sexual abuse in the rock music industry features Fuchs' story.[106]

Fuchs said that her last memory of the night was seeing Currie and Jett staring at her as Fowley raped her.[105] 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.[105] In 2015, Jett stated "Anyone who truly knows me understands that if I was aware of a friend or bandmate being violated, I would not stand by while it happened. For a group of young teenagers thrust into '70s rock stardom there were relationships that were bizarre, but I was not aware of this incident. Obviously Jackie's story is extremely upsetting and although we haven't spoken in decades, I wish her peace and healing."[107][108] Victory Tischler-Blue (Fuchs's replacement in the group) said that all the members of the group "have always been aware of this ugly event".[109]

Awards and honors

Discography

Main article: Joan Jett discography
Solo
with the Blackhearts

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1978 Rock 'N Roll Sports Classic Herself
1981 Urgh! A Music War Herself
1983 Top '82 Herself
1987 Light of Day Patti Rasnick
1992 Highlander: The Series Felicia Martins TV episode: "Free Fall"
1997 Ellen Herself Episode: "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah"
1998 Boogie Boy "Jerk"
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Dierdre Harris Episode: "Wedding Bells: Part 1"
2001 By Hook or by Crook News Interviewee
2003 The Sweet Life Sherry
2004 Godly Boyish The Narrator Voice
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sylvia Rhodes Episode: "Reunion"
2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera Guitar Player
2008 Lock and Roll Forever Charlotte Superstar
2009 Endless Bummer Del
2010 Multiple Sarcasms Herself
2013 National Lampoon Presents: Surf Party Del
2014 Big Driver Betsy Neal
2015 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Herself Episode: "Lust for Life"
2016 The Muppets Herself Episode: "A Tail of Two Piggies"
2016 Ordinary World Herself Cameo
2018 Steven Universe Sunshine Justice Episode: "The Big Show"
2018 Bad Reputation Herself documentary
2019 NBC Sunday Night Football Herself Theme Song Performer with Carrie Underwood 2019 NFL season
2019 CMA Music Festival Herself with Carrie Underwood TV Special
2019 Undateable John Roxy
2020 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Camille (voice) Episode: "Cactus Town"


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joan, jett, born, joan, marie, larkin, september, 1958, american, singer, guitarist, record, producer, actress, jett, best, known, work, frontwoman, band, blackhearts, earlier, founding, performing, with, runaways, which, recorded, released, song, cherry, bomb. Joan Jett born Joan Marie Larkin September 22 1958 1 is an American singer guitarist record producer and actress Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways which recorded and released the hit song Cherry Bomb With The Blackhearts Jett is known for her rendition of the song I Love Rock n Roll which was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982 2 Jett s other notable songs include Bad Reputation Light of Day I Hate Myself for Loving You and her covers of Crimson and Clover Do You Wanna Touch Me Oh Yeah and Dirty Deeds Joan JettJett in 2013BornJoan Marie Larkin 1958 09 22 September 22 1958 age 64 Wynnewood Pennsylvania U S OccupationsSingermusicianrecord produceractressYears active1975 presentMusical careerOriginLos Angeles California U S GenresRockhard rockpunk rockInstrumentsVocalsguitarLabelsBlackheartEpicBoardwalkMCACBSWarner Bros PolydorChrysalisBellaphonMercuryMember ofJoan Jett amp the BlackheartsFormerly ofThe RunawaysEvil StigWebsitejoanjett wbr comJett has a mezzo soprano vocal range 3 She has three albums that have been certified platinum or gold 4 5 6 She has been described as the Queen of Rock n Roll Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 7 Jett lives in Long Beach New York and has been a New York resident since the late 1970s 8 9 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 The Runaways 2 2 Solo career 2 3 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 2 3 1 Timeline of members 2 4 Ongoing work 2 5 Other work 2 6 Satire and tributes 2 7 Film stage and television appearances 3 Equipment 4 Personal life 5 Controversy 5 1 Kim Fowley rape allegation 6 Awards and honors 7 Discography 8 Filmography 9 References 10 External linksEarly life EditJoan Marie Larkin was born on September 22 1958 to James and Dorothy Larkin 1 at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood Pennsylvania a suburb of Philadelphia although some sources list her birth date as September 22 1960 which is incorrect 10 She is the oldest of three children Her father was an insurance salesman and her mother was a secretary 1 Her family was Protestant attended church and went to Sunday school but were not strict in their religious beliefs 11 In 1967 her family moved to Rockville Maryland where she attended Randolph Junior High and Wheaton High School 12 Jett got her first guitar at the age of 13 13 She took some guitar lessons but soon quit because the instructor kept trying to teach her folk songs 14 Her family then moved to West Covina California in Los Angeles County providing Jett the opportunity to pursue her musical interests Shortly after the move her parents divorced and she changed her name to Joan Jett because she thought it had more of a rock star sound than her birth name she has admitted in recent years that Jett was not actually her mother s maiden name even though that is what she used to tell people 15 In Los Angeles Jett s favorite night spot was Rodney Bingenheimer s English Disco 16 a venue that provided the glam rock style she loved 2 Career EditThe Runaways Edit At age 16 Jett became a founding member of the Runaways with drummer Sandy West After the brief tenure of singer and bass guitarist Micki Steele Jackie Fox Lita Ford and Cherie Currie soon joined to complete the band creating the classic lineup While Currie initially fronted the band Jett shared some lead vocals played rhythm guitar and wrote or co wrote some of the band s material along with Ford West and Currie This lineup recorded three albums with Live in Japan becoming one of the biggest selling imports in US and UK history citation needed The band toured around the world and became an opening act for Cheap Trick Ramones Van Halen and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers They found success abroad especially in Japan While touring England with the Runaways in 1976 Jett first heard the song I Love Rock n Roll when she saw Arrows perform it on their weekly UK television series Arrows 17 While the Runaways were popular in Europe Asia Australia Canada and South America they could not garner the same level of success in the United States 2 18 After Currie left the band the band released two more albums with Jett handling the lead vocals Waitin for the Night and And Now The Runaways Altogether they produced five albums from 1975 until they disbanded in the spring of 1979 19 Soon after Jett produced the Germs only album GI 2 In 2010 The Runaways a movie about Jett s band was released starring Kristen Stewart as Jett and Dakota Fanning as Currie 2 20 Solo career Edit In 1979 Jett was in England pursuing a solo career She recorded three songs there with the Sex Pistols Paul Cook and Steve Jones one of which was an early version of Arrows I Love Rock n Roll This version appears on the 1993 compilation album Flashback 21 Later that year she returned to Los Angeles where she began fulfilling an obligation of the Runaways to complete a film that was loosely based on the band s career entitled We re All Crazee Now Three actresses stood in for the departed band members including Rainbeaux Smith who was also a rock drummer 22 While working on the project Jett met songwriter and producer Kenny Laguna who was hired by her manager Toby Mamis to help Jett with writing some tracks for the film 22 They became friends and decided to work together and Jett relocated to Long Beach New York where Laguna was based The plug was pulled on the project halfway through shooting after Jett fell ill but in 1984 after she became famous producers looked for a way to use the footage from the incomplete film 22 Parts of the original footage of Jett were eventually used in another project an underground film called Du beat eo which was produced by Alan Sacks but not commercially released 22 Jett and Laguna entered the Who s Ramport Studios with the latter at the helm and Jett s self titled solo debut was released by Ariola Records in Europe on May 17 1980 In the US after the album was rejected by 23 major labels 23 Jett and Laguna released it independently on their new Blackheart Records label which they started with Laguna s daughter s college savings Laguna remembers We couldn t think of anything else to do but print up records ourselves 22 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Edit Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Joan Jett and the Blackhearts performing in Sacramento California 2012Background informationGenresRock hard rock punk rockYears active1975 presentLabelsBlackheart Epic Boardwalk MCA CBS Warner Bros Polydor Chrysalis Bellaphon MercuryMembersJoan Jett Dougie Needles Hal B Selzer Michael McDermottPast membersRicky Byrd Tony Rey Gary Ryan Kasim Sulton Phil Feit Kenny Aaronson Sean Koos Sami Yaffa Enzo Penizzotto Acey Slade Lee Crystal Eric Ambel Thommy Price Jett performing live with the Gibson Melody Maker in Norway during the 1980s With Laguna s assistance Jett formed the Blackhearts Laguna recounted I told Joanie to forget the band and support herself on the advance money There was enough for her but not for a band She said she had to have a band And I believe to this day that it was the Blackhearts that concept that made Joan Jett 24 She placed an ad in the LA Weekly stating that she was looking for three good men 25 John Doe of X sat in on bass for the auditions held at S I R studios in Los Angeles He mentioned a local bass player Gary Ryan who had recently been crashing on his couch Ryan was born Gary Moss and adopted his stage name upon joining the Blackhearts in 1979 in part to cover for the fact that he was only 15 at the time 26 Ryan was part of the Los Angeles punk scene and had played bass with local artists Top Jimmy and Rik L Rik He had been a fan of the Runaways and Jett for years Jett recognized him at the audition and he was in Ryan in turn recommended guitarist Eric Ambel who was also at the time part of Rik L Rik The final addition to the original Blackhearts was drummer Danny Furious O Brien formerly of the San Francisco band the Avengers This lineup played several gigs at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach California and the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood before embarking on their first European tour which consisted of an extensive tour of the Netherlands and a few key shows in England including the Marquee in London 27 Laguna fired O Brien at the end of the tour 24 and upon returning to the States Jett Ryan and Ambel moved to Long Beach New York Auditions were set up and Lee Crystal formerly of the Boyfriends and Sylvain Sylvain became the new drummer 27 The band then toured throughout the US slowly building a fan base but struggling to remain financially afloat Throughout 1980 the band was able to keep touring solely due to Laguna drawing on advances from outside projects 24 Jett and Laguna used their personal savings to press copies of the Joan Jett album and set up their own system of distribution sometimes selling the albums out of the trunk of Laguna s Cadillac at the end of each concert 28 Laguna was unable to keep up with demand for the album Eventually old friend and founder of Casablanca Records Neil Bogart made a joint venture with Laguna and signed Jett to his new label Boardwalk Records and re released the Joan Jett album as Bad Reputation A spring 1981 concert at the Palladium in New York City proved to be a turning point Described by music journalists as a career defining performance by Jett it helped solidify a strong New York following for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 24 After a year of touring and recording the Blackhearts recorded a new album entitled I Love Rock n Roll for the label Ambel was replaced by local guitarist Ricky Byrd during the recording Byrd recalled in an interview with Guitarhoo One day I went to a studio to jam around a bit with Jett and everything clicked 27 29 The first single from the album was the title track I Love Rock n Roll which in the first half of 1982 was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in a row 30 It is Billboard s No 56 song of all time 31 and has also been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 32 Jett released Album 1983 and Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth 1984 A string of Top 40 hits followed as well as sellout tours with the Police Queen and Aerosmith among others She was among the first English speaking rock acts to appear in Panama and the Dominican Republic 33 After receiving her own MTV New Year s Eve special Jett beat out a number of contenders to appear in the movie Light of Day with Michael J Fox Bruce Springsteen wrote the song Light of Day especially for the movie 34 and her performance was critically acclaimed 35 It was about this time that Ryan and Crystal left the Blackhearts They were soon replaced by Thommy Price and Kasim Sulton Later that year Jett released Good Music which featured appearances by the Beach Boys the Sugarhill Gang and singer Darlene Love Joan Jett and the Blackhearts became the first rock band to perform a series of shows at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre on Broadway breaking the record at the time for the fastest ticket sell out 33 Her next release Up Your Alley went multi platinum This album contains the single I Hate Myself for Loving You which peaked at No 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 36 and had been used as the theme song for Sunday Night Football NFL games in America with altered lyrics by two singers during the 2006 and 2007 seasons This was followed by The Hit List which was an album consisting of cover songs During this time Jett co wrote the song House of Fire which appeared on Alice Cooper s 1989 album Trash In 1990 the band had a song on the Days of Thunder soundtrack Long Live the Night written by Jett with Randy Cantor and Michael Caruso Her 1991 release Notorious which featured the Replacements Paul Westerberg and former Billy Idol bass player Phil Feit was the last with Sony CBS as Jett switched to Warner Bros A CD single of Let s Do It featuring Jett and Westerberg was also released during this time and appeared in the song credits for the movie Tank Girl In 1993 Jett and Laguna released Flashback a compilation of various songs on their own Blackheart Records Jett produced several bands prior to releasing her debut and her label Blackheart Records released recordings from varied artists such as thrash metal band Metal Church and rapper Big Daddy Kane The press touted Jett as the Godmother of Punk 37 and the Original Riot Grrrl In 1994 the Blackhearts released the well received Pure and Simple which featured tracks written with Babes in Toyland s Kat Bjelland L7 s Donita Sparks and Bikini Kill s Kathleen Hanna Jett has also been described as the Queen of Rock n Roll 38 39 40 41 42 Timeline of members Edit Ongoing work Edit Jett performing live at the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle Washington 1994Jett returned to producing for the band Circus Lupus in 1992 and again in 1994 for Bikini Kill This recording was the New Radio 2 vinyl 7 inch EP for which she also played and sang back up vocals The Riot Grrrl movement started in the early 1990s with Bikini Kill as a representative band and many of these women credited Jett as a role model and inspiration In 1997 Jett was featured on the We Will Fall The Iggy Pop Tribute album She performed a cover of the Johnny O Keefe song Wild One or Real Wild Child Jett worked with members of the punk rock band the Gits whose lead singer and lyricist Mia Zapata had been raped and murdered in 1993 2 The results of their collaboration was a live album Evil Stig and a single Bob whose earnings were contributed to the investigation of Zapata s murder To this end the band and Jett appeared on the television show America s Most Wanted appealing to the public for information The case was solved in 2004 when Zapata s murderer Jesus Mezquia was brought to trial and convicted Jett is a guest artist on Marky Ramone and the Intruders 1999 album The Answer to Your Problems on the track Don t Blame Me She is a guest vocalist on Peaches album Impeach My Bush on the tracks Boys Wanna Be Her and You Love It At an October 2001 9 11 benefit in Red Bank New Jersey 43 Jett and Springsteen appeared together on stage for the first time and played Light of Day In 2004 Jett and Laguna produced the album No Apologies by the pop punk band the Eyeliners after signing them Jett also guested on the track Destroy and made a cameo appearance in its music video In 2005 Jett and Laguna signed punk rockers the Vacancies and produced their second album A Beat Missing or a Silence Added reaching the top 20 in CMJ Music Charts and their third album in 2007 Tantrum That same year she was recruited by Steven Van Zandt to host her own radio show on Van Zandt s Underground Garage radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio She hosted a four hour show titled Joan Jett s Radio Revolution broadcast every Saturday and Sunday 44 The program moved from Sirius 25 Underground Garage 45 to Sirius 28 shortly before being canceled in June 2008 46 47 In 2005 Jett and Laguna celebrated the 25th anniversary of Blackheart Records with a sellout show at Manhattan s Webster Hall 48 In June 2006 Jett released her album Sinner on Blackheart Records To support the album the band appeared on the 2006 Warped Tour and on a fall 2006 tour with Eagles of Death Metal Various other bands such as Antigone Rising Valient Thorr the Vacancies Throw Rag and Riverboat Gamblers were to have joined the tour for a handful of dates each Jett sang a duet with Chase Noles on Tearstained Letters a song on the Heart Attacks 2006 album Hellbound and Heartless Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts headlined the Albuquerque New Mexico Freedom Fourth celebration on July 4 2007 with an estimated crowd of 65 000 in attendance at the annual outdoor event In November 2007 Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts appeared with Motorhead and Alice Cooper in a UK arena tour Jett opened eight American shows on Aerosmith s 2007 World Tour Following the Dave Clark Five s induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10 2008 Jett as part of the ceremony closed the program with a performance of the Dave Clark Five s 1964 hit Bits and Pieces Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts appeared on several dates of the True Colors tour in the summer of 2008 49 She opened for Def Leppard in August On November 19 2009 Mattel released a Joan Jett Barbie doll Her name and likeness was used with her permission 50 Jett performing live with the Blackhearts in Beaumont California during the 2010 Free Concert Series Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts were part of the lineup for the Falls Music amp Arts Festival December 29 through January 1 2010 in Australia 51 Jett was an executive producer for the film The Runaways which chronicled the Runaways career It was written and directed by Floria Sigismondi who has directed videos for Marilyn Manson the White Stripes and David Bowie Production of the movie began filming around Twilight s Kristen Stewart s filming schedule i e of the sequels New Moon and Eclipse Stewart played Jett in the film In order to prepare for the role Stewart met Jett around January 2009 In an interview Stewart revealed that she hoped to be able to sing some songs in the film 52 The film explores the relationship between Jett and Runaways lead singer Cherie Currie played by Dakota Fanning and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on January 24 2010 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts appeared at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Harry O s to promote the film In March 2010 she released a 2 LP CD Greatest Hits album with four newly re recorded songs as well as a hardcover biography spanning her career from the Runaways to the present day In June 2010 Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts opened for Green Day on their UK tour alongside acts such as Frank Turner and Paramore The band was the opening act for Aerosmith s September 2010 Canadian tour 53 Jett along with the Blackhearts released the album Unvarnished on September 30 2013 The album reached Billboard s Top 50 54 It included songs dealing with the death of her parents and other people 55 56 August 1 was declared Joan Jett day in West Hollywood She was named West Hollywood s Rock Legend 57 Former Blackhearts drummer Lee Crystal born Lee Jamie Sackett in 1956 in Brooklyn New York died from complications of multiple sclerosis on November 5 2013 at the age of 57 58 59 Jett starred in and was the executive producer of the film Undateable John which was released in 2014 60 61 In April 2014 Jett fronted the remaining members of Nirvana for a performance of Smells Like Teen Spirit for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame She joined the band again later that night for its surprise concert at Saint Vitus In April 2014 Jett was the first woman to win the Golden God Award 62 Former bandmates Cherie Currie and Lita Ford supported her On April 24 2014 Alternative Press magazine held its first ever Alternative Press Music Awards and Jett received the AP Icon Award On July 12 2014 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts performed at Tropicana Field after the baseball game in St Petersburg Florida On October 29 2014 Jett sang the U S national anthem at the New York Knicks vs the Chicago Bulls basketball game Jett and Hot Topic released Jett s first clothing line in 2014 It consists of jackets shirts pants and a sweater 63 On April 15 2015 Jett amp the Blackhearts opened for the Who kicking off their The Who Hits 50 2015 North American tour in Tampa Florida 64 The Blackhearts opened for the Who for 42 dates in the U S and Canada ending November 4 in Philadelphia On July 4 2015 Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts were part of the Foo Fighters 20th anniversary show at the RFK Stadium in Washington D C Joan Jett and the Blackhearts were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 65 In September 2018 Jett signed a music distribution deal with Sony Music s Legacy Recordings making her catalogue officially available for streaming 66 Jett along with the Blackhearts was scheduled to join Motley Crue and Def Leppard on the 2020 The Stadium Tour as an opening act along with Poison 67 however tour was postponed to the summer of 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic In May 2021 it was announced that tour was again postponed and will now happen in the summer of 2022 68 Jett announced that she will embark on a North American tour in the fall of 2021 69 The tour ended on September 28 2021 at the Paramount in Huntington NY 70 On May 14 2021 it was announced that to celebrate the 40th anniversaries of Jett s first two albums Bad Reputation and I Love Rock amp Roll Z2 Comics was releasing two graphic novels titled Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 40x40 Bad Reputation I Love Rock n Roll that will bring Jett s songs to life as 20 vivid stories by female writers and artists in the comic book industry The books were released in November 2021 71 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts released Changeup on March 25 2022 the first acoustic album ever recorded by the band featuring Bad Reputation and Crimson and Clover 72 Other work Edit Jett has long supported animal rights activism and organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA 73 For Valentine s Day 2022 PETA created a Black Heart Shaped Pizza as a limited time collaboration with a Los Angeles pizza shop PIZZANISTA 74 Jett is a sports fan and has remained actively involved in the sports world Bad Reputation was used by Ultimate Fighting Championship s Women s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey as her walkout song at the pay per view event UFC 157 and is her current theme music in WWE In April 2019 Jett performed Bad Reputation at WWE s WrestleMania 35 as Rousey was making her entrance 75 Her cover of Love Is All Around the theme song of The Mary Tyler Moore Show was used by the NCAA to promote the Women s Final Four as well as the song Unfinished Business which was never commercially released Love Is All Around gained substantial radio play and became the number one requested song without a supporting album Jett supplied theme songs for the ESPN X Games premiere and has contributed music to all their games since At Cal Ripken Jr s request she sang the U S national anthem at the Baltimore Orioles game in which he tied 76 Lou Gehrig s record for consecutive games played She also sang the national anthem at the final game played at Memorial Stadium From 2006 to 2015 the melody for her song I Hate Myself for Loving You was used as the theme music for NBC Sunday Night Football with re worked lyrics and retitled Waiting All Day for Sunday Night Beginning with the 2019 season Jett performs the song with Carrie Underwood in the opener of Sunday Night Football games 77 Though Jett supported Howard Dean in the 2004 election because of his opposition to the Iraq War 78 79 she has been a consistent supporter of the United States Armed Forces throughout her career and has toured for the United Service Organizations for over 20 years and even performed at the United States Military Academy 80 She often explains that while she doesn t like war she loves the military 81 Satire and tributes Edit In 1983 musical satirist Weird Al Yankovic released a parody of I Love Rock n Roll entitled I Love Rocky Road changing the singer s passion for rock music with that for ice cream Her name appears in the lyrics of the Le Tigre song Hot Topic released in 1999 82 In 2019 British blogger Ladbaby released a parody of I love Rock n Roll changing the singer s passion for rock music with that for sausage rolls I love Sausage Rolls became the Christmas No 1 in the UK 83 The comic strip Bloom County included a character named Tess Turbo her band was the Blackheads 84 Film stage and television appearances Edit Jett s first appearance on film is in the 1981 live concert film Urgh A Music War performing Bad Reputation with the Blackhearts at the Ritz in New York City She made her acting debut in 1987 co starring with Gena Rowlands and Michael J Fox in the Paul Schrader film Light of Day 2 She has appeared in independent films including The Sweet Life and Boogie Boy In 1992 she was a guest star in Free Fall a first season episode of TV s Highlander The Series 85 In 1997 she appeared on the sitcom Ellen 86 in the episode Hello Muddah Hello Faddah performing the title song The 1999 series Freaks and Geeks used the song Bad Reputation as the opening theme 87 In 2000 Jett appeared in the Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show in the role of Columbia That same year Jett appeared on Walker Texas Ranger as an ex CIA agent turned assassin hired to kill Walker and Alex In 2002 Jett appeared in the film By Hook or by Crook in the role of News Interviewee From 2000 to 2003 Jett hosted a showcase of new film and video shorts Independent Eye 88 for Maryland Public Television In 2004 Jett narrated a short film Godly Boyish about two teenagers who share suicidal fantasies In 2008 Jett made a cameo appearance in Darren Lynn Bousman s rock opera file Repo The Genetic Opera as the guitarist in Shilo s room during the piece Seventeen 89 Also in 2008 she appeared in the Law amp Order Criminal Intent episode Reunion as a rock and roll talk show host who is murdered Jett played Betsy Neal in the film Big Driver The film based on Stephen King s novella of the same name premiered on Lifetime on October 18 2014 Jett provided the voice for the character Sunshine Justice in an episode of Steven Universe 90 Jett was the subject of a documentary Bad Reputation which was released in theaters and streaming on September 28 2018 91 Equipment EditJett s signature guitar is a white Gibson Melody Maker which she has played on all her hits since 1977 Jett bought her first Melody Maker from Eric Carmen following the breakup of the Raspberries 92 In regard to her white Melody Maker the singer once stated In The Runaways I was using a blond Les Paul It s beautiful and I still have it but it s heavy as shit I jump and run around a lot onstage and it was really getting to my shoulder so I was looking for a lighter guitar I heard from one of our road crew that Eric Carmen from the Raspberries was selling a Melody Maker so I ended up buying it Now this is the guitar that he played on Go All the Way and all those Raspberries hits And then I played it on I Love Rock n Roll Crimson and Clover Do You Want to Touch Me Bad Reputation all those early records Then I took it off the road because I got nervous that someone was gonna steal it or break it It s so beautiful It s white has no stickers on it and there are cracks in the paint and yellowing from age or club cigarettes It s an unbelievable looking guitar I have it in a closet and I take it out occasionally to record But I don t even need to use it to record anymore because I have a guitar that sounds pretty much like it I m actually kind of afraid to bring out the original It s got a great heritage It s a guitar full of hits 93 94 In 2008 Gibson released the Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker It differs from Jett s model by having a single burstbucker 3 humbucker pickup an ebony fretboard and a double cutaway body in white with a black vinyl pickguard It also features a kill switch in place of a pickup selector 95 It retails for 839 95 There is now also a Blackheart version of this guitar introduced in 2010 All specs are the same but it is finished in black with red and pearl heart inlays 96 In June 2019 Gibson announced and released a third signature guitar for Jett which is a wine colored ES 339 The guitar was released after two years of research and development with Jett 97 98 Personal life Edit Jett promoting PETA in Union Square New York City 2010 Jett has been a vegetarian since the late 1980s and supports animal rights 99 100 Jett had for years refused to either confirm or deny rumors that she is lesbian or bisexual In a 1994 interview with Out magazine she said I m not saying no I m not saying yes I m saying believe what you want Assume away go ahead 101 In 2006 she responded to an interviewer who had asked her when she had come out as a lesbian by saying I never made any kind of statement about my personal life on any level I never made any proclamations So I don t know where people are getting that from 102 In 2016 former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford revealed in her memoir that she quit the band because the other members were all gay saying First I found out that Sandy the one I had bonded with the most was a lesbian Then I found out that Cherie was messing around with Joan I was so freaked out that I quit the band When I found out that the girls were all gay in the band I wasn t sure how to take it I didn t know what it was 103 In a 2018 interview with the New York Times when asked about how an LGBT film festival did not want to show her documentary because she was not out Jett said They don t want the movie there because I don t declare Holding up her necklace What the expletive is that Two labryses or axes crossing each other inside of two women s symbols crossing each other It s not been off since I got it And I wear this one every day She turns around lifts her shirt and reveals a tattoo with similar female symbols on her lower back I don t know how much more you can declare 104 Controversy EditKim Fowley rape allegation Edit In July 2015 attorney Jackie Fuchs formerly Jackie Fox of The Runaways alleged that Kim Fowley raped her on New Year s Eve 1975 at a party following a Runaways performance at an Orange County club 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 allegedly raped her in full view of a group of partygoers and her bandmates Currie West and Jett Ford was not present 105 Look Away a documentary about sexual abuse in the rock music industry features Fuchs story 106 Fuchs said that her last memory of the night was seeing Currie and Jett staring at her as Fowley raped her 105 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 105 In 2015 Jett stated Anyone who truly knows me understands that if I was aware of a friend or bandmate being violated I would not stand by while it happened For a group of young teenagers thrust into 70s rock stardom there were relationships that were bizarre but I was not aware of this incident Obviously Jackie s story is extremely upsetting and although we haven t spoken in decades I wish her peace and healing 107 108 Victory Tischler Blue Fuchs s replacement in the group said that all the members of the group have always been aware of this ugly event 109 Awards and honors EditLong Island Music Hall of Fame Class of 2006 110 Rolling Stone 100 greatest guitarists of all time No 87 111 Gibson manufactured a signature model of her Melody Maker a white double cutaway with a zebra humbucker and kill toggle switch 112 2012 Nanci Alexander Activist Award for her work on behalf of animal welfare 113 2013 named and awarded West Hollywood s Rock Legend 114 2014 AP Icon Award 115 2014 Golden God Award 116 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Class of 2015 65 Discography EditMain article Joan Jett discography SoloJoan Jett 1980 re released as Bad Reputation 1981 The Hit List 1990 with the BlackheartsI Love Rock n Roll 1981 Album 1983 Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth 1984 Good Music 1986 Up Your Alley 1988 Notorious 1991 Pure and Simple 1994 Naked 2004 Sinner 2006 Unvarnished 2013 Changeup 2022 Filmography EditYear Film Role Notes1978 Rock N Roll Sports Classic Herself1981 Urgh A Music War Herself1983 Top 82 Herself1987 Light of Day Patti Rasnick1992 Highlander The Series Felicia Martins TV episode Free Fall 1997 Ellen Herself Episode Hello Muddah Hello Faddah 1998 Boogie Boy Jerk 2000 Walker Texas Ranger Dierdre Harris Episode Wedding Bells Part 1 2001 By Hook or by Crook News Interviewee2003 The Sweet Life Sherry2004 Godly Boyish The Narrator Voice2008 Law amp Order Criminal Intent Sylvia Rhodes Episode Reunion 2008 Repo The Genetic Opera Guitar Player2008 Lock and Roll Forever Charlotte Superstar2009 Endless Bummer Del2010 Multiple Sarcasms Herself2013 National Lampoon Presents Surf Party Del2014 Big Driver Betsy Neal2015 Sex amp Drugs amp Rock amp Roll Herself Episode Lust for Life 2016 The Muppets Herself Episode A Tail of Two Piggies 2016 Ordinary World Herself Cameo2018 Steven Universe Sunshine Justice Episode The Big Show 2018 Bad Reputation Herself documentary2019 NBC Sunday Night Football Herself Theme Song Performer with Carrie Underwood 2019 NFL season2019 CMA Music Festival Herself with Carrie Underwood TV Special2019 Undateable John Roxy2020 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Camille voice Episode Cactus Town References Edit a b c Fricke David April 24 2015 Joan Jett Built to Rock Rolling Stone Retrieved December 3 2015 a b c d e f g Erlewine 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a b c d Gross Jonathan June 1983 Joan Jett The Road Goes on Forever Record 2 8 1 10 11 30 Gleeson Sinead June 18 2010 Year of the Jett The Irish Times Retrieved April 16 2011 While trying to set up the band that would become the Blackhearts she posted a classified ad looking for three good men and it s easy to assume that the Runaways experience had put her off being in an all female band Wilding Patrice May 19 2015 Pocono Mtn teacher inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Pocono Record Retrieved February 25 2016 a b c Jett Joan July 1992 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts An Open Forum with Joan Jett Bad Reputation Nation Retrieved April 16 2011 Siwek Daniel Joan Jett Music Connection Magazine Retrieved April 7 2011 Ricky Byrd Interview Guitarhoo com August 5 2013 Archived from the original on January 16 2014 Retrieved January 16 2014 Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 8th Edition Billboard Publications page 322 Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary Billboard Archived from the original on July 7 2011 The Recording Academy Announces 2016 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees Press release The Recording Academy Retrieved February 6 2016 a b Joan Jett Rocks Roseau Fair Song Stands as Billboard Record Grand Forks Herald July 14 2006 Retrieved April 16 2011 via NewsBank A string of Top 40 hits followed as well as sellout tours Joan Jett and the Blackhearts was the opening group for the Beach Boys in the Beach Boys 1985 US tour Jett was the first American act of any kind to perform behind the Iron Curtain and the first English speaking rock band to appear in Panama and the Dominican Republic The band also became the first rock band to perform a series of shows at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre on Broadway breaking a record for the fastest ticket sell out Matheson Whitney April 6 2011 Today s Pop Five Tim T s top Springsteen song titles movies USA Today Retrieved April 16 2011 Light of Day Springsteen wrote the song and gave it to director Paul Schrader for his 1987 movie Popson Tom October 7 1988 Top 10 Again Joan Jett Looks at the State of Rock Chicago Tribune Retrieved April 16 2011 Last year Jett drew good notices for her work in Light of Day a film that also starred Michael J Fox Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Chart History Hot 100 I Hate Myself for Loving You Billboard Retrieved April 18 2018 Fulton Rick September 5 2010 Joan Jett can see similarities with biopic alter ego Kristen Stewart as she advises Twilight star on dealing with fame Sunday Mail Retrieved April 16 2011 Joan who has been dubbed the godmother of punk Petras Kathryn Petras Ross April 22 2014 It Always Seems Impossible Until It s Done Motivation for Dreamers amp Doers Workman Publishing Company p 360 ISBN 978 0 7611 8127 9 American rock guitarist singer and songwriter called the Queen of Rock n Roll Thompson Dave August 1 2011 Bad Reputation The Unauthorized Biography of Joan Jett Backbeat Books p 244 ISBN 978 1 61713 077 9 Hendrix Mike 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