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Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) [1] is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Often referred to as the " Godmother of Punk " and the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll ", she is regarded as a rock icon and an influential figure in popular rock music .
She married actor Robert Hays and they had a son together, Jake Hays. The couple divorced in 1997. ... The Runaways featuring Joan Jett and Lita Ford (1997) 20th ...
He has continued to work with Joan Jett, as performer, producer and manager, on her later albums and tours, and acted as Executive Producer on the 2010 film The Runaways, about Jett's earlier band. [9] [12] [13] On April 18, 2015, Laguna, along with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [14] [15]
The Runaways, a 2010 biographical drama film executive-produced by Joan Jett, focuses on the group's beginnings and explores the relationship between Currie and Jett. Dakota Fanning portrays Currie. Currie married actor Robert Hays on May 12, 1990, and they had one son together, the musician Jake Hays. [51] [52] Currie and Hays divorced in 1997 ...
By the spring of 1977, Jackie told Jett that she’d had enough. But she says Jett got on her knees and begged her to stay—and a few weeks later, they set off on an extended tour through Japan, where they were legitimate stars. Hundreds of fans greeted the Runaways at the airport, and their days were filled with photo shoots and TV appearances.
Joan Jett, left, and Kristen Stewart, right, as Joan Jett in "The Runaways." AP; Apparition. Jett and Stewart met before the movie was filmed so Stewart could learn about the rock star from the ...
I just got through doing a punk off-off-Broadway production of AMidsummerNight's Dream with Talking Heads and Joan Jett music. I was in that David Bowie video ‘Fashion.’” I was in that David ...
He was a member of Joan Jett's backing band, The Blackhearts, touring with them and playing on Jett's album Up Your Alley (1988) as well as contributing a number of tracks to her compilation album The Hit List (1990). Sulton was the bassist and sang background vocals on the breakout Meat Loaf album Bat Out of Hell.