![]() Did you think differently about him and what he meant to your life after those allegations surfaced? After his death, in 2015, he was accused of rape by a former Runaways bassist. But it was her representing all of us - it wasn’t just necessarily about Cherie. I started jamming on the “Cherry Bomb” riff, and he started with the chorus - “hello Daddy, hello Mom.” I’d say 20, 25 minutes, we came back and said, “Sing this.” It was great to be in that creative process, happening right there for a specific person. Kim and I went in the other room, and he said, just start playing me something, play a riff. So Kim said we’re going to write you a song. Cherie Currie showed up to audition, and she had no song to sing. Was the Runaways’ “ Cherry Bomb ” one of those immediate songs? You have to sit down and go, this is so stupid, no one’s going to listen to this - that’s how it starts. But basically, I have to remind myself: It’s work. You don’t sit down, because if you sit down, then you have to come up with something, and if you don’t, what then? Maybe five times in my whole life have I sat down and a song was pretty much there - idea, melody, riff. But I think I feel more fearful that you’re not going to come up with anything. 19, in Michigan, with Australia on deck next year, and their catalog has just begun streaming.ĭo you still get the same joy from writing a song that you did early on? The Blackhearts’ ongoing United States tour resumes Oct. “You should sweat when you’re onstage,” she said. ![]() The effect is the same though: hot, figuratively and literally. Her leather looks are actually faux she is a longtime animal advocate. At 60, she is still clad in black and leather, with expertly winged eyeliner - even offstage. Her ferocity and defiance have never diminished. I didn’t have a Plan B.” (As Iggy Pop puts it in the doc: “Joan Jett was nobody’s sidecar.”) “For me, it was all in, completely,” she said of being a rock musician. Her drive was to keep playing, no matter the consequences even when women were sidelined, she persevered. 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 rockers of the ’70s, then as the frontwoman and guitarist for the Blackhearts, her enduring band. All Rights Reserved.Joan Jett has worked. LYRICS | MERCHANDISE | NEWS ARCHIVE | PRESS KITS | VIDEOGRAPHY HOME | BIOGRAPHY | CONTACT | DISCOGRAPHY | GALLERIES | INTERVIEWS | LINKS | LIVE DATES Produced by Kenny Laguna, Joan Jett and David Snowden: VariousĬlick on the LIVE DATES link for upcoming shows ![]() ![]() Previously uncollected videos include the rarely-seen "I Love You Love Me Love" concept video "Real Wild Child," and "Unfinished Business," the song Jett recorded for the WNBA's New York Liberty. Real Wild Child: Joan Jett Video Anthology is a 2-DVD set featuring more than 35 videos tracing Jett's record-breaking career as the front woman of the Blackhearts.īoth concert footage and classic videos are presented in chronological order on REAL WILD CHILD, with no-holds-barred commentary from Jett and longtime manager/partner Kenny Laguna, as well as rare and previously unreleased bonus material.Īlong with the Jett classics: "I Love Rock and Roll," "I Hate Myself for Loving You," "Do You Wanna Touch Me?," the DVD offers live versions of "Bad Reputation," "Crimson & Clover," and a live "Cherry Bomb," featuring Jett and former Runaway Cherie Currie, recorded in 2001. Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Bad Reputation Nation
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