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Jan 26, 2024 · Joan Jett, the legendary rock musician, has had her share of health challenges throughout her career. Jett was diagnosed with Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness that can cause a range of symptoms, including fatigue, joint pain, and neurological issues.
Jun 1, 2024 · So, while Jett found herself in the centre of an industry full of drugs and alcohol, the underage musician only ever got arrested for attempting to hold on to some keepsakes, symbols of her teenage success.
Aug 1, 2022 · Joan Jett has been railing against assumptions for her entire life. Her first music teacher told her that girls couldn't play rock and roll. Her first band was subjected to sexist and violent treatment from audiences who weren't ready to accept women as rock stars with just as much bravado and as many chops as men.
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for founding and performing with the Runaways, who recorded and released the hit song "Cherry Bomb".
Mar 27, 2024 · How teenage Runaway Joan Jett turned into a grown-up luminary for music with attitude, humanist politics and gender equality. (Image credit: Ron Galella, Ltd via Getty Images) “There’s nothing more threatening than a girl with a guitar,” Joan Jett famously said back in 1999.
Aug 6, 2023 · When Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joan Jett started the all-girl band The Runaways in the ’70s she was convinced everyone “would love 16-year-old girls playing rock’n’roll”. The band faced a rude awakening.
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Jun 6, 2024 · Joan Jett formed legendary femme rock architects The Runaways in 1976, but didn’t find mainstream chart success until taking centre stage with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts in 1980.
