Young women (they were all 16 and 17) simply didn’t form hard rock bands back in the mid-70s and it was tough. The Runaways were pioneers that got scalped. POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS was originally planned for 2020 and later. Both Jett and drummer Sandy West had approached Fowley and, recognising like-minded souls, he’d hooked them up.įowley did manage and produce the band (completed by vocalist Cherie Currie, bassist Jackie Fox and guitarist Lita Ford), but Jett was her own Svengali. Tommy Lee's wife has revealed how he broke four ribs prior to the launch of MTLEY CRE's 'The Stadium Tour'. Patriarchal rock myth tells us that LA producer/scenester/kingmaker Kim Fowley puppet-ed The Runaways into being. Jett acquired a guitar at 14, moved to California, hung out at Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco and waited to be discovered. Suzi’s style, attitude and casual appropriation of classic rock’n’roll into an entirely contemporary setting was a concept worth repeating: if Quatro could leather up Elvis and Eddie for a glam audience Joan could certainly ratchet up similar ingredients for the punk era. Joan Jett and Cherie Currie recently released statements defending themselves after bandmate Jackie Fox alleged that the band’s manager, Kim Fowley, raped her in front of the band. Jett was the first widely known woman who was super-hard rocker (with an urban edge), from her all girl band the Runaways (lead guitarist Lita Ford was a. If there was such a thing as a poster girl for riot grrrl, Jett was it: self-determined, tough, uncompromising, her proudly flaunted ‘bad reputation’ was surely something to aspire to.
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