Joan Jett formed legendary femme rock architects The Runaways in 1976, but didn’t find mainstream chart success until taking centre stage with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts in 1980. Two years later her emphatic transformation of the unassuming Arrows B-side I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll into a rabble-rousing power-glam anthem provided her with a US chart-topper for seven weeks straight. In 2006, having been embraced by a whole new generation as a riot grrl icon, Jett released her supremely salacious Sinner album. And she spoke to Classic Rock.
