In 1976, the Runaways released their first self-titled album, which failed to impress critics and music buyers alike. The musicians' fashion choices also alienated them from mainstream fans Currie chose to wear lingerie on stage, and Jett often appeared in her trademark red, leather jumpsuit. They also felt dismissed by audiences and critics because of their young age and their gender the public didn't seem to know what to do with five girls who sang about sex, rebelling and partying. The band was ahead of its time in many ways, with its hard-rock sound emerging during an era when disco music was king. The final line-up included Jett on guitar and vocals, Sandy West on drums, Cherie Currie on lead vocals, Jackie Fox on bass guitar and Lita Ford on guitar. Jett started her musical career as a teenager, forming her first serious band, the Runaways. 'I learned to scream from Marc Bolan of T. There, she found inspiration from the glam rock stars of the day. The post Joan Jett & The Blackhearts’ Changeup appeared first on SPIN.Moving to Southern California, Jett began frequenting a popular youth club known as Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco. How do you decide between your children? Or your animals. Some might be a favorite for a minute, but then it switches.

So, there isn’t one song, in particular, that’s a favorite? It sounds like you’re sitting in a room and getting your emotions out. What I’m proud of, I think is just the way it came out. They’re all my babies and they all mean something special to me. Well, I could go to a song, but I’m proud of them all. I trusted her judgment because she would tell me if it sucked. She’s the one that said it’s a good idea…. Is there’s anybody really special that really helped you make this album? If you have the capacity to listen on a Dolby Atmos system, you’re going to hear things coming out of 16 speakers and mixed differently than you would stereo. We mixed this Changeup record with those attributes as well. We also did not just do regular stereo mixes, but there was a whole new Dolby Atmos immersive system that people are using. This is going to sound weird, but it was better than I thought it was when I think of my own self. Was there any kind of discovery in making Changeup ? It was a really fast process also from the finished recording to it being out. We were initially in the studio in November, and then in January and February. Now, I don’t know if we’ll ever have time for that or not, but if I had…to choose one or the other, I’d have to go with my electric guitarĮverybody I’ve mentioned it to seems to like the idea, so if we can make it work, we probably will. I think it would be fun to do a very short tour, like a month, in small venues where we just did our acoustic stuff. We wanted to figure out a way at it, ‘What can we do to give the fans some extra bits or something? Maybe we’ll record a few of these songs acoustic.’” After being on the road in August 2021, Joan and the band started recording Changeup in November.ĭoes this change the way you view women playing acoustic guitar? Is it a whole new way of thinking? Now, last year and this year, are both the 40 thanniversary of the Bad Reputation album and I Love Rock ‘n Roll album. I wasn’t looking to do something necessarily. It went over well, and so I didn’t fear it as much. She continues: “We did Bad Reputation and a few other songs and it felt good. We couldn’t really set up electric, it was just an impossible task, and so we decided, the whole band will be there and we’ll just try to do some of these acoustic.” premiere, to perform a few songs from the film. “A couple of years ago, we did a documentary called Bad Reputation that was in theaters for a little bit,” she says. You need more playing electric guitar.’”Įnter Changeup (released March 25), Joan’s first-ever all-acoustic album that came about, as she explains, by doing extra tracks for fans. Joan tells me she was “repelled” by the acoustic guitar, based on the biases surrounding women in music: “I said, ‘You have plenty of girls playing acoustic guitar. I had no use for it throughout my career.” “I wanted that electric guitar and I did not want to even see an acoustic guitar. Girls can play rock and roll,’” Joan says.

“You had to remember, when I was a young girl wanting to play a guitar, people told me, ‘Girls can’t play electric guitar. A definitive “no way” was Joan Jett’s response when asked if she’d always planned to record an acoustic album.

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