The documentary, Bad Reputation, is here. From her early days as the bad-ass frontwoman of the all-female band The Runaways to her enduring hits with the Blackhearts, Joan Jett broke all the rul. Available up to two hours prior to the start of the movie- you can pick up your. For my 2018 "Anatomy of a Song" with Joan on the song, go here. Featuring: Joan Jett, songwriter/ producer Kenny Laguna, as well as a. In 2018, director Kevin Kerslake and and writer Joel Marcus released a documentary on Joan called Bad Reputation. Bad Reputation, the new documentary chronicling the wild life of Joan Jett, hits theaters nationwide September 28th. Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Bad Reputation, Kevin Kerslake’s feature-length documentary about rocker Joan Jett that bowed last month at the Sundance Film Festival. Raising a toast to Joan Jetts documentary Bad Reputation that releases on September 28, lets take a look at Joan Jett, the style inspo - the woman who inspired generations of female punk rockers, who wore glitter like a boss and was the face of the famous Black Shag. Joan was all in, fully committed to the spirit and sound of hard rock and a product of women who were starting to believe they could do anything guys were doing and weren't going to take "no" or "not yet" for an answer. Joan grew up on both coasts and was deeply influenced by the glam and punk movements of the '70s. She co-founded the Runaways in '75 when she was 16 and then founded the Blackhearts in 1979. Women's liberation was just getting started.Īnd then there was Joan Jett. There were plenty of female lead singers, but an instrumentalist-singer was rare. There were sisters June (guitarist) and Jean Millington (bassist) in Fanny, and bassist-singer Suzi Quatro and guitarist Bonnie Raitt in the early 1970s along with Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart in the mid-'70s. Female guitar and bass rockers were a rare breed back in 1975. The 2018 documentary Bad Reputation chronicles Jett’s ups and downs over the course of her 45 year career and is currently available for streaming on Hulu.
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