Joan Jett is a busy girl these days. First, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts are releasing the definitive double-disc “Greatest Hits” collection, along with double-disc vinyl on 3/9/10. The amazing thing is that the album release is coming out just in time for the March release of “The Runaways” movie, where Joan is also the executive producer. The two-disc collection contains eight songs featured in the film, “The Runaways,"including one previously unreleased track featured in the film. The album also includes rerecorded material featuring several Runaways favorites, along with re-mastered original material including such hits as “I Love Rock N’ Roll” and “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Bad Reputation,” and a cover of Tommy James & The Shondels “Crimson and Clover."
You’ll get your first look at Kristen Stewart channeling her inner rocker – Joan Jett, to be precise – in her upcoming movie, The Runaways. The movie, which arrives in theaters on March 19, is a coming of age story about the all-girl rock group. It also stars Dakota Fanning, who plays Cherie Currie.
The actresses premiered the film at the Sundance Film Festival last month, where they cheered on Jett and her band the Blackhearts during a lively concert, even joining them on stage at one point.
“The Runaways,” movie is a rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As the first successful all-girl hard rock band, The Runaways were hugely influential. Band members included guitarists Joan Jett, lead guitarist, Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox. The band was brought together in late 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, who thought a novelty act of teenaged girls performing in leather and lace would be an easy sell, but the girls ended up proving to be serious and influential musicians with songs like “Cherry Bomb.” The band lasted about four years together, falling apart over management and money issues.
The film mostly focuses on Jett and Currie and follows them from the band’s meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment. Sorry to hear the focus won’t also be on Runaways lead guitarist Lita Ford who churned out some tasty little numbers as a solo artist: including her rock hit, “Kiss Me Deadly” and a “Close My Eyes Forever” duet with Ozzy Osbourne. ” Check your TV guide, because Joan will be hitting the talk show circuit and touring in support of the album and the movie.
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Good stuff! Can't wait to see it and really excited to get the new album since I dumped my vinyl collection years ago when moving!
good news indeed!
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