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JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS to release 2-disc greatest hits package
from: examiner.com
by Phyllis Pollack
Former RUNAWAYS member JOAN JETT is slated to release a greatest hits album. On March 9th, 2010, her BLACKHEART RECORDS label will release JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS Greatest Hits, featuring songs including "Cherry Bomb," "Bad Reputation," "I Hate Myself for Loving You," "Crimson and Clover," and her jukebox anthem, "I Love Rock N' Roll."
The RUNAWAYS are most remembered for their raunchy mid-Seventies track "Cherry Bomb," released when Jett was only 15 years old. The all-female teen rock band was formed by Jett and her late drummer Sandy West in Hollywood. The pair were introduced by controversial entrepreneur Kim Fowley, who gave West Jett's phone number. Fowley managed the band until their break-up. The RUNAWAYS were often featured in rock magazines including Crawdaddy and the now-defunct, but highly venerated Creem Magazine. Jett, who played rhythm guitar in the group, was often pictured with her gol top Gibson Les Paul. Jett would later pursue a solo career after leaving The RUNAWAYS.
Jett (aka Joan Larkin) says, "Fans have been asking me for years and years for a new Greatest Hits album. There has always been interest," she said. "But, over the past few years I have been executive producing a film about my first band, The RUNAWAYS. In the process, I revisited the music and have really been living with it. It made me realize that it would be great to get it back out into the market place for the fans and for a new audience."
Jett has said when she was young, one of her biggest influences was Suzy Quatro. The group was a mainstay in Hollywood, and toured both in The States and abroad.
Eight of the songs featured on The Greatest Hits album will also be featured in the upcoming feature film, The RUNAWAYS. The album will also feature, "I Want You," the previously unreleased track.
The collection will be released through Jett's own BLACKHEART RECORDS. Jett founded the label in 1980, making her the first female artist to own and operate an independent record company. JOAN JETT is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, who has attained eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including "Bad Reputation," "I Love Rock ÔN' Roll," "I Hate Myself For Loving You," "Do You Want To Touch Me," and "Crimson and Clover."
Among artists that have covered her works, Faith Hill sings a JOAN JETT composition, "I Hate Myself For Loving You," as the theme for Sunday Night Football on NBC, "Bad Reputation," is the theme for the hit televsion show American Chopper, and then there are the countless films that use Joan's music including Shrek, Charlie's Angels, Monster, and Tenacious D, to name a few.
While The RUNAWAYS were far from technically or musically proficient, their gutsy, rebellious attitude gained them a solid fan base. Jett would go on to have the most enduring career.
Jett is currently working on the release of the upcoming film, The RUNAWAYS, about her first band. Twilight actress Kristen Stewart will play Jett in the film, executive produced by Jett. 2010 will also see the release of the Second Edition of JOAN JETT's Gibson Signature Guitar, the "JOAN JETT Signature Melody Maker" (due out in March), and a photo journey book of Joan's life, by Todd Oldham, slated for release by AMMO Books this spring.
Jett has never endorsed any of the documentaries that have been released about the band.
DISC 1:
1. Cherry Bomb
2. You Drive Me Wild
3. School Days
4. Love Is Pain
5. Bad Reputation
6. You Don't Know What You've Got
7. I Want You
8. I Love Rock N' Roll
9. (I'm Gonna) Run Away
10. Crimson And Clover
DISC 2:
1. Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
2. The French Song
3. Everyday People
4. Fake Friends
5. Light Of Day
6. I Hate Myself For Loving You
7. Backlash
8. Activity Grrrl
9. Love Is All Around
10. Androgynous
11. A.C.D.C.
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