![]() He mentioned a local bass player, Gary Ryan, that had recently been crashing on his couch. Weekly "looking for three good men." John Doe of X sat in on bass for the auditions held at S.I.R. With Laguna's assistance, Jett formed the Blackhearts. Joan Jett, performing in a Joe Namath New York Jets jersey, in Norway, 1980s Joan Jett and The Blackhearts File:Jett Rocks.jpg Laguna remembers, "We couldn't think of anything else to do, but print up records ourselves, and that's how Blackheart Records started. Jett and Laguna released it independently on their new Blackheart Records label, which they started with Laguna's daughter's college savings. In the United States, the album was rejected by 23 major labels. ![]() Jett's self-titled solo debut was released in Europe on May 17, 1980. Jett and Laguna entered The Who’s Ramport Studios with the latter at the helm. Bits of the original footage of Jett were used in a completely new project never commercially released, an underground movie called DuBeat-Eo, produced by Alan Sacks. The plug was pulled on the project halfway through shooting, but in 1984, after Jett had become a major star, producers were looking for a way to make use of the footage from the incomplete film. They became friends and decided to work together. While working on the project in 1979, Jett met songwriter and producer Kenny Laguna, who came in to help Jett with writing some tracks for the film. Later that year, she moved to Long Beach, New York and ultimately, Los Angeles, where she reluctantly began fulfilling an obligation of the Runaways to complete a film loosely based on the band's career called We're All Crazee Now!, with three actresses standing in for her departed band members. ![]() While there, she cut three songs with ex- Sex Pistols Paul Cook and Steve Jones (one of which was an early version of a cover song called " I Love Rock N' Roll," originally written and performed by The Arrows). In the spring of 1975, Jett was in England pursuing a solo career. Soon after, Jett produced The Germs' first and only album GI. Altogether they produced five albums from 1975 until they disbanded in spring of 1979. After Currie and Fox left the band (to be replaced by bassist Vicki Blue and later, Laurie McAllister), the band released two more albums: Waitin' for the Night and And Now. While The Runaways were popular in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada and South America, they could not garner the same success in the U.S. They found success abroad, especially in Japan. ![]() The band toured around the world and some of their opening acts included Cheap Trick, Van Halen and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The band recorded five LPs, with Live In Japan becoming one of the biggest-selling imports in U.S. While Currie initially fronted the band, Jett shared some lead vocals, played rhythm guitar and wrote or co-wrote a lot of the band's material along with Ford, West and Currie. Micki Steele (who was later replaced), Jackie Fox, Lita Ford, and Cherie Currie completed the line-up. Joan Jett is a founding member of The Runaways along with drummer Sandy West. She moved to Los Angeles, California The Runaways She moved to Wheaton, Maryland in 1967 and attended high school there. Joan Jett was born at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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