Poll: Joan Jett Still Loves Rock 'N' Roll...

Results of 183 votes:

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   Joan Jett in Edgeplay (2004)

    

   Joan Jett may seem like just an awesome stage name but Jett is actually her mother's maiden name. She took it as her name when her parents divorced, dropping her birth name Larkin. Her mother was her …
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   Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna at an event for Bad Reputation (2018)

    

   Joan and partner Kenny Laguna took her first solo album, "Bad Reputation," to 23 record labels and they were rejected by all of them. Joan and Kenny decided to created their own label - Blac…
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   Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett in Light of Day (1987)

    

   In an attempt to jump-start an acting career, Joan starred in Light of Day (1987). The project seemed to have everything needed to succeed - Michael J. Fox starring as her brother at the height of his…
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   Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, Jackie Fuchs, and Sandy West in Edgeplay (2004)

    

   Joan was still in high school when she joined the band The Runaways, one of the first all-girl bands who played their own instruments. The band burned white-hot for a few years and then split. Her ban…
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   'Weird Al' Yankovic in 'Weird Al' Yankovic: I Love Rocky Road (1983)

    

   In 1983, 'Weird Al' Yankovic released a parody of Joan's song, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" called "I Love Rocky Road." The comic strip "Bloom County" featured a character simi…
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   Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks (1999)

    

   Her song "Bad Reputation" was the theme song for the underappreciated Paul Feig show Freaks and Geeks (1999). UFC fighter Ronda Rousey - uses the song for her walk-outs. At Cal Ripken's requ…
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   Joan Jett at an event for Bad Reputation (2018)

    

   Joan has the honor of her own guitar - the Gibson JOAN JETT Blackheart Melody Maker - making her the first woman with her own Gibson electric signature model. Gibson developed the guitar working close…
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   Joan Jett in Bad Reputation (2018)

    

   After The Runaways imploded, Joan was ready to get back to work, placing an ad in the LA Weekly saying, "Joan Jett wants three good men. Show-offs need not apply." Those who measured up beca…
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   Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, and Kristen Stewart at an event for The Runaways (2010)

    

   In 2010, a film about The Runaways' brief life was released, starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. Kristen Stewart and Joan spent considerable time together prepar…
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    Joan Jett at an event for Bad Reputation (2018)

     

    While Joan is a liberal who is strongly opposed to the war in Iraq, she still supports the troops by going on USO tours - more than 60 times as of 2011. She supported Howard Dean in the 2004 election …
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    Joan Jett

     

    In 2010 Joan walked in the annual Dressed to Kilt fashion show. From their website: DTK is now the largest and most prestigious Scottish fashion event in the world. We believe that fashion without the…
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    Joan Jett in The 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2015)

     

    After being eligible but passed over for several years, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. After being inducted by Miley Cyrus (whom Jett has ment…
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    Joan Jett and Kathleen Hanna at an event for Bad Reputation (2018)

     

    Called the Godmother of Punk, Jett has influenced and collaborated with a multitude of respected musicians. These include Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters), Laura Jane Gr…
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    Joan Jett at an event for Bad Reputation (2018)

     

    Jett is a vegetarian, a spokesperson for PETA and she is an active member Farm Sanctuary, a group focused on protecting animals. After becoming a vegetarian, Joan learned about the toll animal farmin…
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    Joan Jett

     

    Joan on shaving her head: I'm bald to the skin. I had been planning it for six months, figuring if I shaved my head on the millennium, I'll sit and contemplate my life, and what it means to be alive d…
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    Joan Jett and Raúl Esparza in Bad Reputation (2018)

     

    Joan played Columbia in 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show. The cast included Lea DeLaria, Dick Cavett, Luke Perry and Raúl Esparza (Sebastian Bach played Riff Raff after Esparza left the …