A documentary about Jett, directed by Kevin Kerslake, lauded for the tragic As I AM: The Life And Times Of DJ AM, is nearing release. Jett is about to launch a clothing line with Todd Oldham, and is producing an album for rockabilly icon Wanda Jackson. Celebrated punk artist Shepard Fairey released a limited-edition print of Jett reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s canvases.
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong considers her a role model, and covered Jett’s Don’t Abuse Me. Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson considered her his lucky charm, and ritualistically phoned her before his bouts. Just as David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album did for her: “The whole record was about someone trying to aspire to be a star, and I could relate to a lot of the lyrics.”īy now, Jett has reached near-messianic status. Joan Jett with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong in 2014 (Image credit: Getty Images) Something that gives you the courage and energy to continue following your dream.” Not making it more than it is, but a song can just hit you at a certain time. “I think what’s always kept me going is the belief that rock’n’roll could change your life.
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Over the years she’s written songs full of piss and bravado, such as the Bad Reputation and the tongue-in-cheek Black Leather, a song that doesn’t extol the virtues of her favorite stagewear so much as emphasise that she’s going to do what she wants to: ‘ Black leather, I wear it on stage/Black leather, I’m gonna wear it to my grave/Black leather, I will wear it anywhere/Because my name is Joan Jett and I don’t care.’ People just don’t want to see girls doing things they don’t think girls should do.” The guys said: ‘I can’t believe we’re opening for a bitch.’ And then Scorpions were mad because they were a German band and we were bigger in Germany than they were. And, you know, if I was Rush I wouldn’t be laughing at me. “I remember those guys standing at the side of the stage laughing at us. “One time, The Runaways opened for Rush, I think in Detroit,” she recalls.
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