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JOAN JETT headlines Warped Tour
from: wnypapers.com
by Joshua Maloni
Sure, JOAN JETT loves rock and roll, but if you think about it, she really is rock and roll. The founder of BLACKHEART RECORDS, owner of Top 10 hits like "I Hate Myself for Loving You," and should-be, soon-to-be inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the embodiment of rock star. She, as she once professed, doesn’t give a damn about her reputation; she formed her own label to stick it to the industry, and she proved herself by playing guitar better than the boys. She wears black leather like it was made just for her; she changes the color of her hair to match her mood and verbally flicks off so-called government strong-arming like a cheap cigarette butt.
To put it in perspective, all of today’s mascara-wearing pop-punk rockers owe their paychecks, record deals and tour buses to Jett. Had she not made glam rock rock, and sounding off sound good, these newbies would be playing "Disco Duck" or some such on their synthesizers.
The thing is, while these modern day rocker-boppers are trying to be cool, or act punk, JOAN JETT just is. From the time she wakes up and straps on her boots, to the time she finishes her set and sends another crowd off into a frenzy, she is what they strive to be.
This summer, Jett and her BLACKHEARTS mark 25 years of riotous rock with a trifecta of transgressions. On June 6, the label released "SINNER," Jett’s first album release in a decade. The 14-song disc is classic Blackheart: explicit lyrics; loud guitars; songs about love, hate, society and standing up for what you believe in.
As if the new album wasn’t enough, Jett is re-releasing her entire catalog, which has been remastered by Greg Calbi (David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop).
"It’s a good way to mark 25 years of Blackheart existing," she said during a phone interview. "I think it’s great. I’m very excited about it, that now we have everything out.
"It’s been a long time. A lot of those records have not been available."
The anniversary is another opportunity for Jett to flip off the industry insiders that once ignored her.
"Nobody wanted to deal with me. Nobody would sign me. The majors, the minors. We had rejection letters from all of them," she said. "And, these are all people who heard ‘I Love Rock-N-Roll,’ ‘Crimson and Clover,’ ‘Do You Want to Touch Me’ and ‘Bad Reputation.’ They said that we had no material … that’s amazing; either they can’t hear hits, or they don’t listen. They didn’t just have one chance, they had four chances to hear hits, and they didn’t."
The icing on the warm weather cake is Jett headlining this year’s punkfest – the Vans Warped Tour – something she’s very much looking forward to.
"I’m totally a punk rocker at heart," she said. "That’s really where I grew up – in that scene. I’ve never been to any of the Warped Tour shows. I’m just kind of imagining a big punk rock circus vibe.
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