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MUSIC: JOAN JETT rocks Roseau fair
Song stands as Billboard record
from: grandforks.com
ROSEAU, Minn. - The New York Times called her the "godmother" of female musicians with loud guitars and idealistic dreams. Others have called her queen of punk and the last rock star.
JOAN JETT will rock the Roseau County Fair at 8 p.m. Thursday in the grandstands. Tickets are $20.
At 15, Jett formed The RUNAWAYS, the teen rock group that changed the rules of rock 'n' roll for girls. The band recorded five LPs with one - the live album - becoming one of the biggest-selling records in Japan and a U.S. punk/rock classic, which still sells today.
Jett was a teenager when The RUNAWAYS disbanded and she found herself in England and out of work. She met with producer KENNY LAGUNA, entering The Who's Ramport Studios, with Laguna at the helm. The result was Jett's solo debut, simply titled "JOAN JETT." Back in the United States, at least 23 major labels rejected the album. Jett and Laguna decided to release it independently on their own BLACKHEART RECORDS label, making Jett the first female performer to start her own record label.
Hit it big
Soon after, Joan formed The BLACKHEARTS. When it became too difficult to keep up with the demand of the album, Joan signed to Boardwalk Records. After a year of touring and recording, Jett and The BLACKHEARTS' new single, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," went No. 1 on the Billboard charts for eight weeks.
It stands as Billboard's No. 28 song of all time.
A string of Top 40 hits followed, as well as sell-out tours. Jett was the first American act of any kind to perform behind the Iron Curtain and the first English-speaking rock band to appear in Panama and the Dominican Republic.
The band also became the first rock band to perform a series of shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway, breaking a record for the fastest ticket sell-out.
In the '90s, Jett released "Pure and Simple," an album that boasted collaborations with riot girls Kathleen Hanna, Donita Sparks and Kat Bjelland.
Her cover of "Love is All Around" (the "Mary Tyler Moore" theme) became an anthem in women's sports. Jett also supplied theme songs for the premiere ESPN X-Games and has contributed music to all the games since. In 2001, Jett returned to Broadway to star in the original cast of "The Rocky Horror Show."
She's also made major musical contributions to hit films such as "Shrek," "Charlie's Angels" and "Monster."
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