Joan Jett
Wow. There are all sorts of great things to mention when the subject is Joan Jett: the wild schemes of impresario Kim Fowley; the groundbreaking snarl of The Runaways; the rags-to-riches fable of the Blackhearts. She was teenage rockstar abroad; as an adult she settled for World Domination. She kicked open door after door after door. She jammed with the guys from the Sex Pistols. She was the first female rocker to start her own record label. In 1982, her single “I Love Rock N’ Roll” stomped its way to #1 and just sat there, a behemoth, for seven weeks. She starred in the rock paean Light of Day with Michael J. Fox, directed by Paul Schraeder of Taxi Driver fame, and she was great, and Bruce Springsteen wrote the title track, just for... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
- Genre:
- Rock, Hard Rock, Punk
- Birthdate:
- 09/22/1958
