“There’s nothing more threatening than a girl with a guitar,” Joan Jett famously said back in 1999. More than 20 years later she hasn’t changed her stance. She has never been afraid to speak her mind ...
Joan Jett became a rock 'n' roll lifer the moment she cofounded the Runaways at age 16 with drummer Sandy West. Playing a mix of glam, pop, hard-rock and punk, the guitarist and singer was setting a ...
To trace the trajectory of singer-songwriter-actress Jett’s rocket rise to fame, Rolling Stone contributor Thompson begins with her 1958 birth as Joan Larkin in Pennsylvania, followed by her family’s ...
Joan Jett is a groundbreaking pioneer who wouldn’t let anyone tell her who to be, what to do, or what instrument to play. She’s rebellion personified, which was no easy task to achieve. Early on in ...
From her teenage beginnings in The Runaways to her steadfast run with her solo project, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, which spawned hits such as I Love Rock ’n’ Roll and I Hate Myself for Loving You, ...
Joan Jett has gotten her flowers for her talents on stage and in rock music history, without a doubt. However, I think some of the more casual fans of Jett don’t understand just how talented she is as ...
Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers May 17-23. On a raucous night at the Rosebud Bar & Kitchen in Somerville in 2011, ...
In a full-circle moment, hit songwriter Evan Bogart will be working with Jett over 40 years after his father Neil Bogart first signed her to Boardwalk Records in the early 1980s. By Ethan Millman ...
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