Page updated on March 10, 2010
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Have Joan Jett news to report? Email us at jettfc@aol.com, and please include the source of the information so it can be validated. JOAN JETT Plays the RUNAWAYS' "Cherry Bomb" from: spin.com by William Goodman
Tuesday night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, JOAN JETT dropped a "Cherry Bomb" on America.
Jett and her band the BLACKHEARTS ripped through a tight rendition of her 1976 rock anthem to support the upcoming release of The RUNAWAYS (in theatres March 19), the much-anticipated movie about Jett's all-girls 1970s rock band of the same name, starring Kristen Stewart (as Jett) and Dakota Fanning (as singer Cherie Currie). After the performance, Jett sat down with Leno for a brief chat about learning to play the guitar at 13, sexism in rock'n'roll, and working with Kristen Stewart.
"She was so authentic and so real," Jett said of the Twilight heartthrob. "We were joined at the hip. We were together all the time. She did an amazing job."
The film's cast and the band's original members have been busy preparing for the release of The RUNAWAYS. At the Sundance Film Festival in January, Fanning, Stewart, and Cherie Currie joined Jett & the BLACKHEARTS onstage at an exclusive, SPIN-sponsored concert to celebrate a screening of the film. And just last week, Currie spoke candidly to SPIN.com about the film, her friendship with Jett, and the dark side of life as a teen rocker.
WATCH:JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS, "Cherry Bomb"
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JOAN JETT Rocks and Talks with Jay Leno from: thedeadbolt.com.com by Reg Seeton
With The RUNAWAYS almost in theaters, rocker JOAN JETT stopped by The Tonight Show to perform one of the most popular hits of The RUNAWAYS, "Cherry Bomb", off the 1976 debut album that kick-started the success of the legendary all-girl group. After performing the now three decades old RUNAWAYS hit,JOAN JETT sat down with Jay Leno to talk rock and The RUNAWAYS now that Jett is back in the spotlight for the new film.
Although Twilight Saga star Kristen Stewart does a bang up job playing JOAN JETT in the upcoming film, The RUNAWAYS, there's nothing like seeing the real JOAN JETT live as she performs "Cherry Bomb" for a new generation.
Check out JOAN JETT as she sits down with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show after her performance of "Cherry Bomb".
New Greatest Hits Website from: Blackheart.com
With Greatest Hits coming out tomorrow, Blackheart will be launching a special website to coincide with the release. The website will contain the story behind each song, videos, streaming audio, and links to buy greatest hits digital, vinyl and cd.
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS - GREATEST HITS 2CD SET - 3.9.10 from: discussionsmagazine.com by Stephen SPAZ Schnee
Seldom does an artist appeal to as many different musical genres as JOAN JETT.
Lovers of '70s rock and glam drool over her groundbreaking work with The RUNAWAYS.
Punk fans love the RUNAWAYS and her gutsy, adrenaline fueled solo albums AND her production work on the Germs' sole album.
Top 40, '80s and New Wave fans love her early '80s hits including "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", "Crimson & Clover" and others. [more] JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS to release 2-disc greatest hits package from: examiner.com by Phyllis Pollack
Former RUNAWAYS member JOAN JETT is slated to release a greatest hits album. On March 9th, 2010, her BLACKHEART RECORDS label will release JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS Greatest Hits, featuring songs including "Cherry Bomb," "Bad Reputation," "I Hate Myself for Loving You," "Crimson and Clover," and her jukebox anthem, "I Love Rock N' Roll."
The RUNAWAYS are most remembered for their raunchy mid-Seventies track "Cherry Bomb," released when Jett was only 15 years old. The all-female teen rock band was formed by Jett and her late drummer Sandy West in Hollywood. The pair were introduced by controversial entrepreneur Kim Fowley, who gave West Jett's phone number. Fowley managed the band until their break-up. The RUNAWAYS were often featured in rock magazines including Crawdaddy and the now-defunct, but highly venerated Creem Magazine. Jett, who played rhythm guitar in the group, was often pictured with her gol top Gibson Les Paul. Jett would later pursue a solo career after leaving The RUNAWAYS.
Jett (aka Joan Larkin) says, "Fans have been asking me for years and years for a new Greatest Hits album. There has always been interest," she said. "But, over the past few years I have been executive producing a film about my first band, The RUNAWAYS. In the process, I revisited the music and have really been living with it. It made me realize that it would be great to get it back out into the market place for the fans and for a new audience." [more] JOAN JETTÕs Runaway heart from: citylinkmix.com by Joanie Cox
Before the RUNAWAYS ripped into the underground music scene in 1975, an all-girl rock group never stood a chance. Now, a biopic on the badass teenage band that featured JOAN JETT and Lita Ford will hit theaters March 19. While she's no longer selling CDs from the trunk of her Cadillac, Jett remains that raw rock legend who's still willing to empty her soul into a microphone and strum the strings off an electric Gibson Melody Maker whether there are 20 or 20,000 people watching. She's coming to Jupiter this Saturday to play a benefit concert for Safe Harbor's 23rd Annual Celebrity Dog Wash Festival with her band, the BLACKHEARTS. And, she told me in a recent interview, she'd be happy to wash a dog after her sound check.
How did you prep Kristen Stewart to play you in The RUNAWAYS?
We didn't have a lot of time to prepare, so I think she did some of it on her own. I gave her some CDs to listen to of the RUNAWAYS original music. I spoke to her for several hours about how I felt about the RUNAWAYS, what it meant to me. I gave her details I probably wouldn't tell most people. And then, she spent a lot of time just observing me while we were physically together. She watched my posture and the way I move through space and she sort of assimilated all that into her.
What do you think of the film?
I think it definitely gives you a sense of what we went through, what it was like to be in a band at that time Ñ certainly an all-girl band and what we were doing. The actors did a really great job and I'm excited to introduce the RUNAWAYS to a lot of people that probably don't know much about it. [more] JOAN JETT loves pets (and rock and roll, too) from: pbpulse.com by Leslie Gray Streeter
For the 23rd year in a row, local dog lovers will be able to bring their four-legged, bath-needing friends to Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary's Celebrity Dog Wash to have them scrubbed down by notables with big hearts.
But for the first time, some lucky canines could find themselves in the capable hands of a Blackheart.
"I've washed several dogs in my life," reports rock icon, vegan, animal lover, soon-to-be movie subject and Dog Wash headliner JOAN JETT, who will appear with her band The BLACKHEARTS at Saturday's benefit at Carlin Park. "I tried to wash my cat the other day, and it didn't work too well. She wasn't having it."
Perhaps felines don't appreciate the effort to keep them clean, but all of the critters who benefit from Safe Harbor's services as a hospital and no-kill shelter should be grateful for events like the Dog Wash, which raises money and awareness for the plight of the area's homeless animals.
Jett, who grew up surrounded with pets and goes out of her way to support animal organizations, says she's impressed with what she's learned about Safe Harbor, including its policy of not rejecting pit bulls, who are not accepted at other shelters. [more] Hollywood Feminist of the Day JOAN JETT from: womenandhollywood.com by Melissa Silverstein
The women at the Fusion Film Festival at NYU invited me to their screening last week of The RUNAWAYS. I'll talk more about the movie when it opens but I really enjoyed being exposed to a slice of women's history that I never knew about. My relationship to JOAN JETT began in the 80s when she came out with I Love Rock and Roll. Never even knew she was in a breakthrough girl band in the 70s.
Joan attended the screening and talked a little bit about what it was like to have created the first all girl rock band.
Here are some of the bits that Joan shared:
She is very proud of the RUNAWAYS and believes they did something important.
The RUNAWAYS were more successful in Japan and Europe and she believes that they were popular in Japan because of how women were treated there at that time.
When they got off the plane in Scandinavia they were greeted by thousands of blonde girls sucking on pacifiers but she never knew why.
People were really dismissive of the band in America because they were threatening.Ê She got such hate for trying to make art.
She doesn't believe much has changed in the last 30 years.
It's got to be the same in the film business- getting taken seriously. It's any area you get into. I don't think it's just in the music business, it's pervasive. For some reason people are afraid of powerful women. I don't really get it.
With Greatest Hits coming out tomorrow, Blackheart will be launching a special website to coincide with the release. The website will contain the story behind each song, videos, streaming audio, and links to buy greatest hits digital, vinyl and cd.
Seldom does an artist appeal to as many different musical genres as JOAN JETT.
Former RUNAWAYS member JOAN JETT is slated to release a greatest hits album. On March 9th, 2010, her BLACKHEART RECORDS label will release JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS Greatest Hits, featuring songs including "Cherry Bomb," "Bad Reputation," "I Hate Myself for Loving You," "Crimson and Clover," and her jukebox anthem, "I Love Rock N' Roll."
Before the RUNAWAYS ripped into the underground music scene in 1975, an all-girl rock group never stood a chance. Now, a biopic on the badass teenage band that featured JOAN JETT and Lita Ford will hit theaters March 19. While she's no longer selling CDs from the trunk of her Cadillac, Jett remains that raw rock legend who's still willing to empty her soul into a microphone and strum the strings off an electric Gibson Melody Maker whether there are 20 or 20,000 people watching. She's coming to Jupiter this Saturday to play a benefit concert for Safe Harbor's 23rd Annual Celebrity Dog Wash Festival with her band, the BLACKHEARTS. And, she told me in a recent interview, she'd be happy to wash a dog after her sound check.
For the 23rd year in a row, local dog lovers will be able to bring their four-legged, bath-needing friends to Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary's Celebrity Dog Wash to have them scrubbed down by notables with big hearts.
The women at the Fusion Film Festival at NYU invited me to their screening last week of The RUNAWAYS. I'll talk more about the movie when it opens but I really enjoyed being exposed to a slice of women's history that I never knew about. My relationship to JOAN JETT began in the 80s when she came out with I Love Rock and Roll. Never even knew she was in a breakthrough girl band in the 70s.
