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In truth, Joan Jett is, of course, a legend. She’s rebellion personified, which is and was no easy task to achieve for any one person.
Joan Jett has been through some dark times over the last 10 years -- so many that she refers to it as her 'decade of death.' But she's channeled that grief into a new album, 'Unvarnished,' that ...
Joan Jett shredded her way through rock and roll's glass ceiling from the 1970s on. Jett and longtime producer Kenny Laguna talk about leaving a rock legacy and the new documentary Bad Reputation.
Joan Jett's ascent to rock's highest echelons began one Christmas in the 1970s, when her parents gave her a Sears Silvertone guitar. "When they got me that guitar for Christmas — the electric ...
Joan Jett has worked . That’s one message of “Bad Reputation,” a documentary chronicling her 40-plus years in the music business, first as a founder of the Runaways, the seismic teen girl ...
Dolly Parton would have loved to sing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" with Joan Jett — but the latter just wasn't up for it. "When I wrote 'Rockstar,' the title song, I was picturing her as a little girl ...
Joan Jett, bottom right, and the Blackhearts close out the Gentilly Stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2025. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune) Chris Granger ...
On June 28, when the Orioles play the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers, Jett will throw the ceremonial first pitch before posting up in the Bird Bath Splash Zone for “98 Rock Night.” ...
The EP follows Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ 2022 album Changeup, their first-ever acoustic release. Next week, the band will head out on the road with Bryan Adams for the North American “So ...