A coming-of-age biographical film about the s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored. Kim Fowley : Dog shit! Urine-stained dog shit! Rock 'n' roll is a blood sport, a sport of men. It's for the people in the dark, the death cats, the masturbators, the outcasts who have no voice, no way of saying "I hate this world, my father's a faggot, fuck you, fuck authority - I want an orgasm!
This ain't women's lib, kiddies - this is women's libido! I wanna see the scratch marks down their fucking backs! Now, do it again. Like your boyfriend just fucked your sister in your parent's bed. Like you want a fucking orgasm! Sign In. Play trailer Biography Drama Music. Director Floria Sigismondi. Top credits Director Floria Sigismondi. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer The Runaways: TV Spot. The Runaways. The record then was picked up by Boardwalk Records and re-released as Bad Reputation.
Her rock-pop sound, however, didn't quite catch on. I Love Rock 'n' Roll became a huge hit, driven in large part to the title track, which hit the top of the pop charts in early Building on her newfound fame, Jett released Album in , but it failed to match her earlier success.
Jett again tried acting with a role in Light of Day with Michael J. The film failed with critics and at the box office, but she had a minor hit with the theme song, a Bruce Springsteen cover.
Two more albums followed with little commercial success. She did, however, receive a lot of positive reviews for 's Pure and Simple. The title came from her style of music. Outside of her own music, Jett worked as a producer for groups such as Bikini Kill and L7, along with several other female-led rock bands that drew inspiration from Jett and the punk-glam rock sound of the Runaways.
She also recorded with the surviving members of the Seattle punk band the Gits as Evil Stig. In , Jett released Fetish , which featured a mix of old and new material.
She took a long break between full studio efforts as she faced difficulties with her record company. Her next full studio album was 's Naked , quickly followed by 's Sinner , both of which she released through her own record label.
Sinner marked a change in direction for Jett. The song "Riddles" was her first political song, which she wrote as "a commentary on the state of our country," she explained in Interview magazine.
Jett put out her latest studio album, Unvarnished , in The project gave her a chance to work with such artists as Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana fame. The following year, Jett learned that she was going to receive a special honor for her contributions to music.
Jett told Rolling Stone that joining the hall is "a culmination of all you've dreamed about doing as a musician. The film was based on a memoir by singer Cherie Currie, but Jett was an executive producer.
Now Jett is entering uncharted territory for a woman in her line of aggression: that age when male elders like the Rolling Stones and the Who pass into rugged gravitas. Jett recently had an operation on her right shoulder. But Jett attends to her health. She works with the same rigor. Jett was on the road with Heart earlier this year, and her current tour with the Who goes into November. Women all of a sudden become matronly? Jett is the same age as Madonna but rarely used flirtation or sexual controversy to get noticed.
In the Runaways, a band pitched as glam jailbait by late producer-manager Kim Fowley, Jett showed the least skin; she was typically seen in red leather or basic black, neck to ankle. The most sensual thing about Jett, even now, is the commanding gaze of her brown, wide, almond-shape eyes.
Do your thing, play your music. Jett is at once blunt and sly about her own sexuality. They feel they have the right to know. Jett is an intriguing bundle of moods in conversation — warm, funny, reflective, challenging, proud — depending on the subject. She is mostly frank and often physically exuberant in making a point. You see those famous pictures of Led Zeppelin.
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