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We Do Love Rock and Roll
from: browardpalmbeach.com
by Jamie Laughlin
The ´70s and ´80s were a very fashionable time to be a parentless youth, especially if you were a little girl. Annie and Punky Brewster were amazingly strong fictitious kids who became our peer role models. They didn’t fear the government or social services; they didn’t conform with normal children standards; and they didn’t need their birth parents – just a loyal dog and some music. Then came JOAN JETT, and she was real. That’s when we all started growing up.
Her story was more sordid and sultry than anything Hollywood ever fed us; she caught her boyfriend cheating on her with her own mom and she ran away from home – no dog, just her guitar. Of course, her pseudo-adoptive family was as dysfunctional as everything she had run away from; her manager/eccentric father figure Kim Fowley dressed little Joan and friends up in more black leather and lace then you could find in any Frederick’s of Hollywood catalogue, and then fed them to swarms of hungry fans. And they rocked, oh, how they rocked. Soon JOAN JETT wasn’t just some kid who left a bad situation; she was touring the world, hanging out with The Damned, doin’ Blondie’s hair, and shimmying around from guitar to lead vocals to bass before it all dissolved. She didn’t need prom.
When the RUNAWAYS got too big to cuddle, Fowley went out for a carton of ciggies and didn’t return; that’s when Joan went solo. That’s when she rose to patron sainthood – or at least picture-in-the-locker-worthy status. Her songs were the rebellious anthems of our chrysalis into grown-upness, and, to top it off, she produced them on her own record label, Blackheart.
We watched with awe as she grabbed the testosterone-dripping world of punk by the balls. She produced a record for the Germs, discovered talented young groups, and held the industry’s back door open for women, all while recording a shitload of catchy, hard-driving rock albums with her own group, JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS. These days she’s burrowing into the minds of a new generation of kids (even though orphans aren’t so en vogue anymore) by spreading her industry knowledge over the airwaves on her weekly Sirius radio show – on a separate time slot, but the same station as erstwhile manager Fowley. Oh, and if you were wondering, she’s still filling stadiums. She plays today as part of Marlins Super Saturdays at Dolphins Stadium (2269 Dan Marino Blvd., Miami). Tickets range $12 - $260. Visit www.ticketmaster.com. Oh, yeah, I think there’s a baseball game too.
Date/Time: Sat., June 30
Price: $12 - $260
Event URL: http://www.ticketmaster.com
Event Location
Dolphin Stadium
2269 Dan Marino Blvd
Opa Locka, FL 33056
305-623-6100
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