Joan Jett is one of those people -- Jennifer Capriati and Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow are two others -- whose age always seemed to remain incredibly young even eons after the fact. Well, I'm starting to realize the reason this was so is because they were so ridiculously young to begin with -- but even now Father Time is catching up to them, chronologically if not physically. I'd say I hate myself for loving Joan after she failed to support her former Runaways band mate who came forward with a harrowing allegation of rape, but I could never do anything for love Joan.
10. Jett was born Joan Larkin on Sept. 22, 1958 in Philadelphia.
9. Jett’s love of music started early on. She reportedly received her first guitar at age 14.
8. Jett started the all-girl group, “The Runaways” at the age of 15 with drummer Sandy West.
The band consisted of Jett on guitar and vocals, West on drums, Jackie Fox on bass guitar, Cherie Currie singing lead and Lita Ford playing guitar. The song “Cherry Bomb” was one of the group’s biggest hits from their 1976 album.
At the time, girls performing rock music was often mocked and Jett has negatively remarked on this many times throughout her career.
“I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll,” Jett has said.
Jett later founded and fronted the group Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
7. Jett, the actress?
While most fans know Jett as a vocal powerhouse, she has also tried her hand at acting. She starred in the 1987 film, “Light of Day,” alongside actor Michael J. Fox.
6. “The Runaways” was a 2010 film that told the story of Jett’s band from her career’s early days. The film, based on bandmate Cherie Currie’s book, “Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway,” starred actress Kristen Stewart as Jett and actress Dakota Fanning as Currie.
5. After “The Runaways” ungrouped, Jett struggled to establish herself as a solo artist.
Several record companies were not interested in Jett’s solo project, leading to she and producer Kenny Laguna’s creation of their independent label Blackheart Records.
4. Jett was able to record her solo album with help from rock group, “The Who,” whose members and manager knew Jett’s producer Laguna.
She and Laguna promoted the solo album at Jett’s shows themselves but the album eventually caught bigger attention and was re-released by Boardwalk Records, newly titled, “Bad Reputation.”
3. Jett eventually formed the group “Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,” having major success in the U.S. with the group’s 1981 album, “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
2. Jett’s covers of classic songs like, “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Crimson and Clover,” “Do You Wanna Touch Me” and Jett’s originals, “Bad Reputation” and “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” are among her most well-known hits.
1. Jett was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” in 2015.
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