But he and Jett, who is single, have been creative partners since Laguna had a long history in Sixties pop and bubblegum as a writer, producer and keyboard player. Today, Jett is acknowledged as an inspiration for the feminist-punk riot-grrrl movement, and her name is an established shorthand in fashion. 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. I get it. People can be rude. But I feel like I was in it for life.
Jett is more reserved, less certain, talking about her influence and legacy. Dave Grohl can sum it up for her. If there's gonna be a Runaways movie, it should be about what we accomplished, the tours we did, the bands we played with, the people we inspired.
I'm not gonna participate in a Jerry Springer fest, bottom line. With any band, you're gonna have interpersonal conflicts, but if that's what they thought The Runaways were about, about breaking a bass or putting on make-up, well, it's very disappointing. Very, very disappointing. I wanted nothing to do with it because that's not the band I was in. The Runaways"] I had a funny feeling I was about to get fired from a band that I helped create.
View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Create a list ». Still Sexy at Sixty. The Runaways group broke up in and Jett moved to New York to begin a solo career. The record sold very well for an independent release, leading to a contract with Boardwalk Records, who reissued the album under the title Bad Reputation ; it soon climbed to number 51 on the American charts.
Originally the B-side of an Arrows single, the title track was an enormous success, spending seven weeks at number one in the spring of Album , released in , went gold yet had no hits that compared with either "I Love Rock 'n Roll" or "Crimson and Clover.
Jett starred in Paul Schrader 's film Light of Day, which featured the Top 40 title song, yet she didn't have another Top Ten hit until , when "I Hate Myself for Loving You," taken from the Up Your Alley album, hit number eight; the album became her second platinum record.
After the album's success, her career had another slow period, with 's all-covers album The Hit List making it to number 36 and 's Notorious failing to chart. Between Notorious and 's Pure and Simple , a new generation of female rockers came of age and everyone from hard alternative rockers like L7 to the minimalist riot grrrl punk rockers like Bikini Kill claimed Jett and the Runaways as an influence.
As a consequence, Pure and Simple received more press and positive reviews than any of her albums since the mid-'80s. In , Jett recorded the live album Evilstig with the remaining members of the Gits , a Seattle punk rock band whose lead singer, Mia Zapata , was raped and murdered in Jett reunited with the Blackhearts for the album Fetish , and in Sinner , a return to her punk roots and ten of whose 14 songs were found on the Japanese-only record Naked , came out.
The next few years were spent touring with spots on the Warped Tour and as an opening act for bands like Alice Cooper , Aerosmith , and Green Day. When Jett returned with a new album, it was with touring guitarist Dougie Needles , longtime drummer Thommy Price , and even longer-time associate Kenny Laguna all on board.
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