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JOAN JETT still a tough act to top
from: modbee.com
by Sean Daly
It remains one of the purest, loudest, sweatiest shows I've seen. The club crowd leaned rapturously forward for two-plus hours; the rocker acknowledged the fans' passion by flicking baptismal drops of perspiration with a lascivious smirk. And all the while, the hits were relentless, grindy pelvic odes to young lust, youthful rebellion and the randy power of an isolated guitar riff.
"Bad Reputation." "I Hate Myself for Loving You." "I Love Rock N' Roll."
Standing 5-foot-4, and no more than 100 chiseled pounds, JOAN JETT was a marvel that night a few years back at D.C.'s venerable 9:30 Club. There was nothing fancy about her gig, mind you. There was no great meaning to her music. She wasn't breaking rules, at least not then. But there aren't many solo stars, male or female, who can bring it like Jett.
It's been a good year for the 51-year-old Pennsylvania native. In March, she released a remastered swarm of greatest hits, a two-CD, 21-tracker issued by her own BLACKHEART RECORDS. The package was timed to the April cinematic release (now on DVD) of "The RUNAWAYS," a glossy biopic about the first all-female rock band, a glammy '70s outfit that featured Jett, played by half-lidded "Twilight" ingenue Kristen Stewart.
In real life on the unreal Sunset Strip, the RUNAWAYS also starred such notables as destructive singer Cherie Currie, future metalhead Lita Ford and soon-to-be-Bangle Micki Steele. But Jett, just a teen at the time, was the band's catalyst. She co-wrote the stuttering come-on (and the band's unofficial theme song) "Cherry Bomb" with band manager Kim Fowley, and her guitar and vocals added switchblade edge. The RUNAWAYS were built to burn fast, but Jett soon embarked on an '80s run that made her a superstar.
The punk sprint of "Bad Reputation" is just as potent as anything by the Ramones. And she injects swagger into her covers, too: Gary Glitter's dinosaurian "Do You Wanna Touch Me," Sly Stone's groovy tolerance plea, "Everyday People," and Bruce Springsteen's ecstatic "Light of Day,"
With respect to Billy Idol, it's tough to top Jett's rebel yell.
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