Jett was one of the few musicians at the time who truly carried the spirit of rock and roll on when other fakers were just creating lazy cashins. I thought it was a cover of an early 60s girl group song until i saw the jett laguna writing credit. Bad reputation is the debut solo studio album by american recording artist joan jett. Bad reputation the unauthorized biography of joan jett hal. A brilliant debut album from a true diehard rocker, bad reputation is a highly recommended addition to any serious music fans collection.
Joan jett set out to prove to herself that she could rock like a man, and she definitely does on bad reputation. We have an official bad reputation tab made by ug professional guitarists. March 2010 also saw the release of a hardcover biography and picture book, spanning her. Do you wanna touch me oh yeah joan jett 4 out of 4 stars 8. Bad reputation by joan jett enhanced, extra tracks edition. Joan jett rose to fame in the 1970s allgirl rock band the runaways. To book joan jett or another rock artist for your private party, corporate event. Joan sounds downright sweet at the beginning of make believe. Bad reputation is the unexpurgated story of joan jett, the single most. Instead of going back, i bought a learntoplayguitar book. This album is an interesting grab bag of joan jett s early work with standout tracks being do you wanna touch me. Like, its not a book, its not some long essay, its music, baby. Bad reputation is the unexpurgated story of joan jett, the single most exciting rocker of the american 1980s, one of the biggestselling. Booking agent book joan jett for corporate events, private parties.
Joan jett on david letterman bad reputation duration. Joan marie jett nee larkin, september 22, 1958 is an american rock singer, songwriter. Joan jett shredded her way through rock and rolls glass ceiling from the 1970s on. It was then reissued on boardwalk records in 1981 as bad reputation. Bad reputation is a rock song cowritten and recorded by joan jett and released as the debut single from her 1980 debut album of the same name contents 1 accolades. Jetts other notable hit songs include bad reputation, crimson and clover, do you wanna. Writers joan jett, kenny laguna, martin kupersmith, ritchie cordell. Joan jett is set to take the stage at wweas wrestlemania on april 7, the. Too many people do not think of the rocker joan jett as an important artist, and i doubt ms. Bad reputation is the unexpurgated story of joan jett, the s. Bad reputation, kevin kerslakes documentary about joan jett, could have easily taken its title from i love rock n roll, her irresistible shoutalong song from 1982. They basically let us record what became bad reputation and said, pay us. It was originally selfreleased in 1980 as a selftitled album after her previous band the runaways disbanded.
I said it would sound great with a fast, ramones punk tempo. What i liked least about the book was how often dave thompson added his own. Joan jett fought her bad reputationand scored a career. Bad reputation was first released by joan jett during her short solo career, on her debut album of the same name in 1980. Directed by kevin kerslake, bad reputation is a rare look inside the life of an artist whos often guarded and protective about herself and her legacy. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment bad reputation joan jett greatest hits. Joan jett bad reputation music from the original motion.
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