Joan Jett

Joan Jett is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actress who started out as a founding member of the Runaways in the mid-1970s, playing rhythm guitar and sharing lead vocals before the group split. She recorded a solo debut album that major labels rejected, so she and producer Kenny Laguna issued it through their own Blackheart Records, then formed Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; their 1981 record I Love Rock 'n Roll produced a chart-topping title single that later entered the Grammy Hall of Fame. She has released further albums, including the platinum Up Your Alley, and in 2015 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted her and the Blackhearts. Her screen work includes the musical drama Light of Day (1987), Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) and the television film Big Driver (2014), and she was an executive producer on The Runaways and the subject of the documentary Bad Reputation (2018).