Most people should already at least a little bit know who Joan Jett is, but if not, she's an American rock icon. She was part of the Runaways from 1975 to 1979, releasing five albums and becoming essentially legends in a very short amount of time. There's a movie about this that you can watch if you're curious. After the Runaways, she tried for a solo career. Her debut album got rejected by 23 labels before she finally released it independently on their own label that they started specifically to release it. Joan Jett didn't do this alone, but with Kenny Laguna, who put up his daughter's college fund to start the label. Laguna told her to look after herself, but Jett was determined to have a band, so she started Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. They starte out with lots of touring building up a fan base, then signed with a bigger label to keep up with the demand for her album. There have been 13 album releases since then and a lot of the songs have become rock classics, so if you're going to talk about female rockers, Joan Jett belongs in the mix. Enjoy.
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