Fowley had a strange way of dealing with this situation. As Jett reveals in the documentary, she even had a bruised rib once after somebody struck her with car battery while on stage. The Runaways would often be subject to abuse while on stage, with the crowd often tossing things onto stage. At the time, the Runaways was being managed by the eccentric producer and manager Kim Fowley, who has been described as "one of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock & roll". The band would not be taken too seriously in the male-dominated rock scene of the 70s and were often branded as either 'cute' or even worse, slut-shamed on a regular basis by the masses and the media alike.
Jett didn't have an easy time during her years with the Runaways. Her manager Kim Fowley used to throw things at the band during practice to prepare for actual gigs But a polished version recorded with the Blackhearts featured on her next record and reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 while also capturing the global market, largely due to a big push from MTV, which had just started at the time.ĥ. Jett’s first album was released in 1980 as 'Joan Jett,' but re-released in 1981 as 'Bad Reputation.' The version of 'I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll' she had recorded with Jones and Cook didn’t make it onto the album, but 'You Don’t Own Me' did. It was released as a B-side to her cover of Lesley Gore’s 'You Don’t Own Me.' In the sessions for that album, she recorded a version of 'I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll' with Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols. When The Runaways broke up in '77, Jett began work on her own solo album. She happened to catch an episode of 'Arrows,' during which she saw the band perform the song.
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The song was originally written in 1975 by a British band called the Arrows, who had their own TV show which ran in the UK in 19. During that time, Joan Jett was touring England as part of The Runaways. 'I Love Rock 'n Roll' was first recorded with two members of The Sex Pistols after Jett saw the song on TVĪlthough 'I Love Rock 'n Roll' was Jett's greatest hit, it wasn't a wholly original tune. "I kinda went over as a glitter person and came home dressed as a punk," Jett says in the documentary.Ģ. Nobody was sporting safety pins attached to leather jackets and chains at the time when Los Angeles was tilting towards the glam side of rock 'n' roll. Jett brought the look and feel of the movement back to the States and the shock factor was immense. During her time with the Runaways, the band visited London and Jett got a chance to hang out with The Sex Pistols while being exposed to the freshly brewing Punk aesthetic of the U.K. But the look wasn't wholly original and was in fact, inspired by the punk scene in the UK.
fetish store called 'The Pleasure Chest', where Jett would go to buy her accessories. Jett's iconic leather-clad look owes thanks to an L.A. She used to buy her outfits from an S&M fetish store called 'The Pleasure Chest' The Sex Pistols, who were at the forefront of the punk movement in the UK, inspired Joan Jett's iconic leather-clad look. Jett's prolific career and struggle to stay in the spotlight through the burgeoning punk scene of the 70s and her battle as an underdog female artist is explored in the documentary 'Bad Reputation', which hits theaters this Friday via Magnolia Pictures.ġ. During her career, first with the Runaways and then The Blackhearts, she broke the shackles of a male-dominated scene and practically conceptualized the very first female rock star. Jett has three albums that have gone Gold or Platinum and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with her band The Blackhearts in 2015. The rock star who turned 60 just last week goes by the epithets 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll' and 'Godmother of Punk' and is widely considered as the one who paved the way for female rock acts and a beacon for female artists during a more hostile time. But there's so much more than the 1982 chart-topping hit that defines her ever defiant personality. Most people might remember Joan Jett for the smash hit 'I Love Rock n Roll'.
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