Joan Jett's "secret life is so strange," says 'Up Your Alley' Producer: Inside the Album, Britny Fox

This is a full in bloom interview with producer Ric Browde - talks about Britny Fox, No Shame, John Mrvos, recording Joan Jett's 'Up You Alley,' Ricky Byrd, Kasim Sulton, Thommy Price, Kenny Laguna, and Bob Halligan, Jr.
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[@nedmerrill6228]

I check my house every night to make sure Kenny laguna isn’t around.

[@BillByham]

😊

[@TheRheannon]

Ahahaha

[@lauraalt7863]

😂

[@TheRheannon]

I knew Joan and Kenny from my airport job days..always lovely people. I’ve heard bad things about Kenny and I’m not saying it’s not true but from my personal experience I can only say he was a gentleman. He knew I was a fan and he actually took the time to ship me a bunch of tour merchandise. A jacket, a shirt, an autographed album to the airline. Didn’t ask for it. He didn’t have to do it. Yet he took the time to do it. Class act at least to me. Joan was always an awesome customer. She did have a bit of a an uppetty air on first glance, but when you spoke to her, she shocked you on how down to earth she is. Miss seeing them.

[@iluvhou]

@TheRheannon I didn't hear him say Joan or Kenny were rude to the general public. He spoke of their dynamic with each other.

[@DCtouring]

there monsters hide it well in public

[@LordVikingLive]

This happened to me in the 80ies or was it early 90ies? Alice Cooper was playing in my city and I didn't have a ticket, so I was out on the town drinking and suddenly these guys came in and I picked up on quickly that they weren't from my country. And we got to talking and drinking and they asked me if I was going to the Cooper gig and I said no I don't have a ticket. You do now they told me, and they said they would make sure to leave tickets for me and backstage passes at the gig next day. And I went there and yeah there were tickets and backstage passes. That was f-ing kind of these guys, and who were they who I got to know and get tickets and backstage passes from? Britney Fox. I still have the guitar pick they gave me. I play guitar too. Thanks again guys You rock. It was a great time.

[@user-cruton]

I'm from the area Britney Fox are from. They were always nice guys. Dean could be a little stand offish but the other 3 were so cool and down to earth. The drummer Johnny Dee is a GREAT drummer. Plays with Doro today

[@LordVikingLive]

@@user-cruton Yeah they weren't any divas thats for sure, didn't get to meet Alice tho, when I got backstage I met them again and the guys from Cooper's band, and I asked them "Where is Alice?" They said " He's gone back to the hotel" I said "Oh" They said "Yeah, he's old". LOL I figured out when it was November 27 1989.

[@mattrock12]

Great story!

[@kilo21swp]

Met them at a bowling ally when they were playing the Palace as one of the opening acts. Walked over cause I knew they were a band and talked to them. Cool guys and got to see the inside of their tour bus. They had some good songs.

[@aaronhill9018]

What we need now is to hear Joan’s rebuttal to this interview.

[@AnthonySforza]

Pretty sure it would probably look a lot like "Dude... what the hell?"

[@Coasterdude02149]

You'll never hear it. She's so brainwashed and controlled she will defend Kenny. In response to the Runaways reunion her response "Why the hell would we do that now? We're all in our 50's- what are we running away from? It's stupid" That was on KZbin somewhere, not sure if it still is

[@tArchStantont]

She can't and won't.

[@DCtouring]

@@tArchStantont i've had to work with her. she's an unbearable cokehead.

[@2AChef-n-BBQ]

To be brutally honest, Never really cared for Joan Jett, but got to meet her at a show I was working. She was incredibly nice, and had one of the best asses of any woman in Rock. Everybody knew she was a lesbo, nobody cared because she worked her ass off on stage, and can play. Maybe shes not the huge hit maker,but she puts on a good show,no short cuts.

[@katjay3125]

Its a mans ass..lol

[@robotpizza]

One of the points of the video was she's being "contained" by Kenny. Had she had other management that allowed her the freedom to be her...she may have produced much more music and possibly be one of the greatest. Of course, we will never know cause she's being controlled by her management and not allowed to be herself. Though, I'm guessing it's been going on for so long she doesn't know who she is.

[@2AChef-n-BBQ]

@@robotpizza he said 50 years Laguna has controlled her

[@harryhanz1690]

A lesbo? Okay gramps.

[@keithkoenig5320]

JOAN JETT is a Rock Icon, despite what you think of her!

[@mskatonic2124]

As a pleab who loves music, I love hearing the people behind it talk shop.

[@keithm9337]

I like these kinds of interviews as well: "behind the scenes".

[@gustotrankin7383]

Its spelled plebe you pleb

[@luigivincenz3843]

I'm a late 80's kid. Listened to them all. and there is not one classic rock or pop station in my city which does not play one Joan Jett song every 4 hours.

[@NHndrsn1234]

I ran monitors for Joan Jett. She’s the real deal! She’s the definition of rock n roll through and through. Such a bad ass!

[@bradforward850]

🤣🤣

[@0oo00]

And you'd know

[@jukesjointOG]

@@0oo00Better than you or I.

[@davidrice3337]

She's better than BadCo ?!? Steppenwolf? And the Guess Who ? Her catalog is skinnier than last year's snake compared to those bands ! And she's in the hall of Fame? Thats crazy - Foreigner just got there ? That's overrated - big time

[@mafiosino]

Nita Strauss blows her away lol

[@dwade6322]

I listen to Joan talk about the Baltimore Orioles every week on 98 Rock in Maryland. I would never guess she could be influenced/controlled to this degree by another person. Wow.

[@davidrice3337]

You can't believe what these goofs say - they may or may not be truthful - usually if it don't make sense - it's a crock of shit

[@tiki_trash]

Everyone sees things from their own point of view, literally. Two people can see the same thing and come to completely different conclusions. It's funny how when the Beatles broke up, they each had completely different points of view when relating the same stories.

[@patrickancona1193]

This guy is a repeat Epstein island visitor, he’s a massive pos

[@mond000]

All of these rich/famous people are occultists who trade their souls for success. Cults work through mind control, which is spiritual through demon possession.

[@dukecraig2402]

​@@davidrice3337 Kenny's influence over Joan Jett is very well known, as is the thing about his wife and her, there was even a limo driver who came forward and talked about the two of them going at it in the back while Kenny sat right there as if nothing was going on. But that whole thing about him holding some kind of strange power over her and how her career has been dead because of him for years now is something that's not exactly a secret, this is probably at least the 4th or 5th time I've heard an interview with someone talking about that, and why she allows herself to be so manipulated by him is the big mystery, she has no problem bossing people around but as soon as he's in the room it's like some kind of voodoo power is put on her, they say she instantly turns into a different person, and you'd think after what Kim Fowley put her through she'd never let something like that happen to her but she does, and no one who has ever been around it can understand.

[@user-td4zp4gq2p]

Jett is an incredible live musician and she deserves all the muff she can get!😮

[@treeherder2201]

Truth

[@lauraalt7863]

😘

[@Azazel2024]

She really isn't tho

[@brando7266]

She'll never do better than cheri's beaver,

[@TatorTot-pm5ih]

Don't we all!!!

[@craig2e46]

I saw her in concert at Pine Knob north of Detroit about 5 years ago she was opening for Boston. She did a great job and rock the house.

[@BoltRM]

She always has great concerts!

[@user-qt1rr5tk9i]

Jett won a staring contest with me while singing and playing her guitar

[@strangevisions5162]

she was actually staring at me...I was in back of you.

[@nedmerrill6228]

@@user-qt1rr5tk9i shes nearsighted so all she saw was blur.

[@theironlukeve5544]

Not a lot of people realize the Cinderella and Britny Fox connection. Half of the original members of Britny Fox are founding members of Cinderella. Michael Kelly Smith and Tony Destra were forcibly fired by Cinderella's record label when they were recording Night Songs. Michael and Tony then went on to form Britny Fox. Tragically, Tony was killed in a car accident shortly before they were signed to record their first album.

[@thedude4672]

So they weren't necessarily "derivative"

[@katjay3125]

Tony was sacrificed for TK

[@dzapper7]

I'd forgotten that, but now that you mention it I remember hearing that back then. In my mind they were always Cinderella adjacent and for more reason than just the similar singing style and sound, but I couldn't remember why.

[@JB-js4xi]

Ive seen her live 6 times, mostly in the 80s and 90s. Joan Jett IS rock n roll personified. She always gives it 100% and I'm pretty sure she is doing exactly what she wants to do...playing LIVE with crowds on a heavy schedule all the time. It's what she DOES. I dont think she minds one bit not having a hit song right now or last year or whatever. She just loves the show and performing.

[@wademills1616]

She got pissed off because our audience wouldn’t bark like a dog. And walk off and ended her set early. It was great. Never could stand her. She walked off stage like a 2 year old having a fit. And the other two band were great and both did longer sets.

[@Orlando_Steve]

I saw her with Poison, Motley Crue and Def Leppard on a stadium tour a couple of years ago. She was probably the best performer there.

[@Kat-I-am3333]

She is a he...

[@Herestravy420]

She does it because its all she knows and she needs money...

[@Kat-I-am3333]

@@wademills1616 'she' is a dude...

[@guitargaragetv8306]

This is the best hard rock / metal interview channel on KZbin. Great job once again!

[@robbrown4621]

I just checked Joan Jett's tour schedule and she is playing arenas and amphitheaters all summer. She may be the middle group of three with Alanis Morissette. But even a middle act in arenas is expected to draw a thousand people. And the amphitheaters are 20,000 capacity. Characterizing Joan Jett as a club act (400 capacity rooms) is really unfairly diminishing where she is in her career.. She is still much bigger. And, also, who in their 60s in rock n roll has had a hit? Nobody. Not even the Rolling Stones or Paul McCartney...

[@listenanonymous]

Blackstar, Bowie.

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

Yeah....the 'beer money' insult was a bit over the top. The girl has a lifetime paying career in music no matter if you like her or not. I was never a fan. But, she gets respect.

[@tArchStantont]

She was playing county fairs and rib burn offs for a long time and I think what he is trying to say is she could have been more if it had not been for the controlling manager.

[@robbrown4621]

@@tArchStantont She is playing amphitheaters and arenas all summer and has not had a new radio hit in more than twenty five years. I think that she is a legacy act and in that light she is very successful. And by the way, many county fairs have thousands of people attend their concerts. Joan is the type of artist that is very much connected to the moment in which she arrived before the public. For her, that moment was in the hip and modern world of punk rock circa late 1970s. Imagine if The Beatles had never transformed from the exciting rock-n-roll band of the early 1960s into the psychedelic band of the late 1960s. That's what was The Dave Clark Five, for example. So by 1975 and later the DC5 had become a legacy act. That's what Joan Jett is today...

[@tArchStantont]

@@robbrown4621 She is not headlining big places. It's been opening gigs for a while. She's doing fine and she's making bank. I just think that creatively and commercially it would be better for her if she ditched Kenny in the late 80s and learned to be her own person.

[@thestarseeker8196]

It’s really sweet that Joan was so elated about going out and grabbing some 🍕. Wish her all the best, what the hell is going on with Laguna there..

[@brucedonaldson3627]

That guy needs to disappear

[@DCtouring]

that story is horrifying

[@TestarossaRocks]

Ric seems awfully whiny and condescending towards bands that made him a lot of money.

[@mhitson7483]

He certainly is

[@AKartes]

"I don't have my Poison royalties, oh noes!!"

[@The11eleven]

He probably made a couple million dollars, but was shortchanged $5 somewhere along the line, and that’s why he’s pissed

[@williamsherman1089]

Strikes me as that type lol​@@The11eleven

[@davidrice3337]

Maybe it's because this music is pretty much fucking garbage - As far as Joan Jett being an underrated guitar player ? She's overrated if anything - she's in the fucking RocknRoll hall of Fame - Steppenwolf ? Guess Who ? BadCo? Really !?!? Over Bad Company, who has all of those freaking iconic songs? Unbelievable

[@malakisands8180]

When I was in Virginia Beach in 1999 Joan Jett was getting ready to perform. I told my friend look who it is and we got to talk to her for 15 minutes before she went on and after the show went to a local bar with the band

[@nedmerrill6228]

@@malakisands8180 That was a Trans. Joan Jett.

[@MrOctober44]

Ric "I hate everyone I've worked with and will throw them all under the bus" Browde.

[@GarrettGrant-vg1im]

JOAN JETT is the lone hold out for a RUNAWAYS reunion, The drummer (Sandy West) that passed away wanted a reunion bad, In the Runaways doc you could tell she wanted it more than any member, she had no kids and her baby was the Runaways. I think I remember hearing LITA FORD say that it was JOAN JETTs Manager that is constantly at EVERY meeting or even there when they get together just to "Shoot The Shit" as he may be insecure about leaving them by themselves. It still be great for a RUNAWAYS reunion and they shoulda did it when the Movie came out and/or before Sandy Passed Away!!! GREAT BAND though.

[@Coasterdude02149]

I remember Sandy fighting back tears she wanted it so bad.

[@robertharding8394]

that guy lagunas probably telling her no

[@pete25901]

Nobody gave a shit about the runaways when they were at their so-called peak unless you lived in Japan. They were a jailbait band, certainly interesting but no great songs. I seriously doubt Jackie fox is interested in taking a pause from her law career to rejoin the runaways.

[@rediron44]

​@pete25901 BS too. Your musical taste sucks if you believe that.

[@chrisblaine1669]

Rumor was that Sandy was attacked by an older man while Joan sat in the room and didn’t help

[@danehlers9989]

Love these stories of Rock Stars that come from the inside that we'd never hear otherwise....😅 🖤 🤟

[@60zeller]

Most of Jett’s hits were covers

[@wahyawolfpaw1108]

Met Joan 4 times and she was my idol all my life i mean diehard fan but...I met Lita and she was very very very fun and down to earth. Her guitar skills are amazing, she is a TALENTED guitarist not a lead singer and she knows this.

[@Coasterdude02149]

Lita was always fucking awesome! She'd be a lot of fun to hang at a bar with and shoot the shit and listen to her stories.

[@shaunclifton5281]

Yes ! I ran into Lita in Pensacola and had the best time with her. She's sooo nice . I enlarged my pictures with her to 8 × 10's lol

[@Davido50]

Never IDOLIZE anyone! Enjoy but don't IDOLIZE. 💯 🙏🏻

[@shaunclifton5281]

@@Davido50 Agreed

[@jaywall6305]

I don’t care what anyone says, Joan Jett doesn’t belong on the top 10 most influential guitarist! Not even close

[@ZiggyB-hw9sm]

Maybe Female Guitarists

[@Keith-rk4td]

She doesn't claim that either. She knows she is a rhythm guitarist at best. Music magazines gave her that title.

[@mafiosino]

It’s a joke that she is lol

[@fishingafterdark]

Joan the skanky jett

[@mikeg6666]

You're absolutely right , same as Lita Ford. They don't belong anywhere near a list of influential guitarists....

[@doormasterjohn]

Her biggest hit was a cover. And its a straight up cover sounds almost exactly the same as the original- no people she did not write or co write " I love rock and roll" but I'm sure Alan Merrill enjoys the royalty checks

[@BillByham]

It's An AWESOME Cover Of Crimson & Clover 🍀 sit down fool .

[@nolslifegren]

Hes dead so no

[@53rdAndThird]

Joan is left-handed and plays guitar right-hand because when she was a teenager, she thought that she had to play right-handed because that's how most people play. With that in mind, it's surprising to hear this guy talk about how good she is as a rhythm guitarist. Try playing wrong-handed and see how not-easy it is!

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

Yeah but if she started like that how difficult could it be? I'm right handed but play drums (not that often) left handed. 1.) I had a left handed friend in middle school let me bang on his drums 2.) Sports ruined drums for me because in like, say soccer, as a right hander you use the left foot to travel/dribble the ball and the right foot for to power kick it across the field or in a goal. So my left hand on the hi hat and right for the power on the snare. Same principle applied to boxing. Tap with the left. Power with the right.

[@RickIfYoureNasty]

I’m a lefty playing a right handed guitar and bass. Same reason. It was all that was around to learn on so I learned the right way. Lol

[@davejones5745]

Lots of lefties play guitar right handed. I'm right handed, but I chock the chicken with my left.

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

@@davejones5745 Why do you prolifically pound pud with the left hand?

[@StellaWaldvogel]

Um, Jimi Hendrix? Paul McCartney? Lots of hard-to-miss lefties.

[@skodty]

I've never heard of this guy until today.

[@cancelbubble6535]

The Joan Jett covers album mentioned (The Hit List) is really good, IMO.

[@solomonsanchez1897]

Every Joan Jett album is a cover's album. She doesn't write her own music.

[@no_onein2024]

@@solomonsanchez1897 1992's "Notorious" album and 1994's "Pure and Simple" album had NO covers, ALL songs written or co written by Joan Jett

[@no_onein2024]

@@solomonsanchez1897 She wrote most of the Runaways' music. It's Kenny Laguna that MAKES her do all those cover songs. Its sad that he controls her so much.

[@jons.105]

@@no_onein2024 Right on!

[@freddiekirschman4933]

Let’s prioritize getting Ric back on to talk about The Dogs D’Amour please and let him talk for hours!

[@thedude4672]

I loved CInderella and Britny Fox, but I could never get into The Dogs D'Amour.

[@OtherMike5000]

*FunFact:* Joan Jett produced the *Germs - G. I.* album. Easily one or the greatest Punk Rock recordings of all time. Absolute MASTERPIECE!! She is an absolute LEGEND!! Respect.

[@harleymendez3968]

Read Lexicon Devil. She didn't produce it. She did next to nothing other than suggest doubling some vocals and guitars. The only reason she was there was to add name value to it. Her only motivation for showing up was to try and get Lorna Doom fucked up to try and take advantage of her. She is a disgusting human being.

[@tArchStantont]

She was there. The Germs indicated she was passed out drunk or high most of the time.

[@TaylorDelRey]

Yeah, she was asleep most of the time.

[@cwheremonster8870]

She has admitted that she had little to do with the effort. Pat Smear (who is way too kind) has taken the high road. Also confirming! “Yeah she was there getting high with us everyday”.

[@BurningBridgesForever]

@@cwheremonster8870 "She was there getting high with us everyday." Meaning, perhaps, they all did something while high and in between passing out?

[@stevenholquin2127]

The Rock & Roll Life Style is Not For Everyone This is Why Joan Jett Has Lasted So Long She is a True Rocker

[@RFXLR]

One of the biggest travesties is that Joan is in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame and Lita isn’t. Now this interview explains a lot. The reason she’s such a machine is that she’s not allowed to be spontaneous either as a human being or as a musician.

[@brettconnerley8670]

Lita Ford, not too long ago, talked about meeting with Joan for lunch and that it had been years since they’d seen each other. Lita’s intent was to clear the air and hopefully reconcile. Joan shows up and has Kenny in tow which pretty well ruined any real conversation Lita had planned.

[@thedude4672]

Oh, wait. I assumed that Joan got in via The Runaways. Are you telling me that her crappy two-hit-wonder band got into the RRHOF before the legendary Runaways?

[@elinino5275]

Lesbian privilege

[@KevinGonzales-zv9xb]

Maybe they put her in as a combo.

[@boardskins]

Lita Ford? The one almost-had-a-hit wonder? lol

[@JACOBSJohn818]

How the heck could you not know where you live. Must of been some fire bud.

[@thedude4672]

I've had the most potent but in the world, and it didn't do that to me. Probably opiates rather than weed they're talking about

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

i had some insane sensie back in the 80s(me and my friend smoked a half quarter in record time),i made it from one small town (thumbing) to another without any recollection of the voyage but i made it home

[@JACOBSJohn818]

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 The brief time i smoked in 80's.(Did not start smokin till'89' at 15) Only got dirt weed but it was ok. Did not start getting better shit till '93'-'94' or so.

[@BillByham]

... been there ^

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Ric's Joan Jett story always cracks me up haha Hell, the Brinty fox story is a laugh too.

[@mutantryeff]

I would love to see Joan Jett do an album with Scott "Wino" Weinrich. That would be awesome. Go listen to the 'Adrift' album by Wino.

[@saltpeter7429]

What a cool idea. Thst does sound badass. I have not listened much to the new OBSESSED album, one spin at work. I should go back and listen again...

[@teecuzbruh4058]

WOW that's one we'll never will hear FIB talk about, WINO. Unless I missed it. I'm a big WINO fan!

[@stevenmorello2551]

WOW. Thanks for posting this.

[@user-ez3cp4nj1w]

I saw Joan Jett open up for The Police in Shea Stadium, She was great.

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

Same concert...she was booed off the stage in Chicago. Crazy times.

[@deanrane1961]

I was there man 1983, REM came on before her. She blew the place apart! Great concert all around.

[@kevinmcguire1766]

I saw her open for The Police in Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY and she and her band were great there, too. They really won over the audience.

[@4dmind]

Interesting interview - nice new logo for the channel. I enjoy your interviews greatly.

[@sbeard73]

I really enjoyed Britney Fox

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

I saw them live in like '89 opening for Ratt and Kixx. I was there to see Britney Fox, I really liked that first album.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Don't lie FFS, Shittny Fox, gimme a break , useless crap.

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

Me too ❤❤

[@jasongoad1084]

Me too. Great band.

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

Me too ❤️❤️

[@flyonwall360]

I've seen Joan Jett twice, and she put on a great show. I always thought that she could have been so much more.

[@bloodstone2k]

I'd love to hear him talk about the Dogs D'Amour. They're one of those band that never got the play they should have, but were so solid and talented.

[@tmm4461]

Fascinating stories, never a black and white situation.

[@elinino5275]

I never understood how female artist would let these managers/producer control them. Seems so damn bizarre. Lita also. Shania twain Celine dion. Im sure there's more

[@thedude4672]

Not just female. It's pervasive among male artists, too

[@taintedlife2618]

And people give Madonna so much 💩. Shes been in control since day one. Always did what she wanted and it’s not like she hasn’t gone through a lot either. She didn’t have a Svengali or a father like to control everything and guide her like Michael Jackson or Beyonce.

[@katjay3125]

Satanism..they are handlers

[@michaelwills1926]

@@taintedlife2618she is a major tool of the establishment, all these folks are. It’s the cost of fame ergo, they all have controllers.

[@daverice2426]

Under the thumb of one dickhead manager or another since she was 16, must be a huge mindfuck

[@stevewelborn8744]

I love you and your channel. That said I think this guy is a jerk. I still liked the video.

[@DBMorris]

I agree with you totally!!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Does a real man with a set scare you?

[@stevewelborn8744]

@@johnsmith-ug5tp nope. I just don't like jerks. What about you?

[@DBMorris]

@@johnsmith-ug5tp that's what you call a real man? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

@@DBMorris Yeah, its called speaking ya mind, and not being afraid to. Not bowing to the woke pathetic milquetoasts of the world. WAAA! WAAA! Ya mean, you offended me. F OFF!

[@StONed-yx5qq]

Joan Jett loves rock and roll….

[@genesutton6383]

Joan had a following when I was a kid The runaways were big and she took off after that. I went into high School in 1980, there is a couple times that I saw her I think it was the cars I can't remember who else but their band was very tight they were good all their songs sound exactly the way they should.

[@angryagain3801]

I'm pretty sure Joan Jett opened for The Police one year 1983 and then opened for Ratt in 1987. She might have also opened for Loverboy once in my city . I can't recall her ever headlining a big arena on her own in my city.

[@patrickmoreau7592]

That is a weird story Great video

[@Lunchladydoyle]

I’ve seen her live 3 times. She had the place rockin’ all 3 shows. Her band is tight as hell and she’s super energetic on stage and obviously having a great time.

[@lovejen01]

The record companies never gave Joan any real support. When it comes to women that really rock such as Joan and Lita Ford the industry could not figure out to promote them.

[@tArchStantont]

The Runaways were on a major label ffs

[@angryagain3801]

How can you say Joan didn't receive any record company support? She has a number one hit single (I Love RnR) and two big selling albums in her career .

[@lovejen01]

@@angryagain3801 she didn't get any real support you look up interviews she has done over the years and there is documentary came out few years ago talking about it.

[@fixpedalboards1969]

Ric is awesome! Never met him but he has some golden ears.

[@RobertSmith-lg7jp]

Britney had a couple of good songs and the solo in Long way was pretty good. Saw Joan in late 90's and she put on a great show.

[@ChristopherElli-cc1ly]

The True Queen Of Rock And Roll!

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

Joan Jett dated a friend of mine, Ann Marie and my friend, Tommy was an LI cab driver who used to drive her around...and yet I never met her...and if I did, I'd talk baseball and the Baltimore Orioles with her

[@martinzaehringer1697]

She must be loving the Orioles now

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

@@martinzaehringer1697 my friend Tommy told me she's diehard

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

I love behind the scene information. It’s never as you expect. Especially in pop entertainment land

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

i love joan jett.

[@MrRoarkeFI]

Joan is a nothing but a cover act. Why people are so in awe of her is mind blowing. Most of her hits were covers. Half the songs on her records are covers. She has no business being anywhere near the RRHOF.

[@billyt9987]

Thanks for saying exactly what I was gonna say. You saved me a bunch finger tapping.

[@Coasterdude02149]

Exactly! I've always said that and got torn apart because I'm a Lita fan. Never liked Joan, never had an original hit, all covers. Joan might be a "great" rhythm player, Lita knows her way backwards forwards and sideways on a guitar. Met them both- Lita was awesome, Joan always seemed to have a stick up her ass,

[@matthewramey5677]

Joan barely knows 4 chords . So overrated

[@scottyjordan3036]

WOKE shes a girl.

[@angelotro]

(Elvis has left the building...)

[@elru2276]

I remember when she opened up for Robert Plant on the Now And Zen tour. They both played and amazing show!! I was there for Plant! Joan Jett rocked the house!! Awesome show!! I was so bummed out when the concert was over. I wanted to hear more Plant and Jett!!

[@adamfindlay7091]

Shes all for her fans which does count for something.

[@walkerstark4564]

Fucked up to hear about Joan Jett being controlled like that, willfully it sounds like. At the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame with Nirvana she tore it up. I caught the video footage and was like “Kurt who.” Really talented

[@shawnstephens1251]

Met Joan Jett in the early eighties. She was just getting started in her solo deal and when I met her, she looked just like her album cover. She was nice enough and polite and seemed to be normal enough. Or what passed for normal in the world I was living in at the time.

[@louisdufour4106]

OMG I remember Brittany Fox opening up for Joan Jett singing Girls School. What a great talent

[@claytonstrickland8336]

I've seen Joan Jett and the Blackhearts open for other bands twice, once for The Cars and once for Aerosmith. The Blackhearts destroyed both of them.

[@strangevisions5162]

was it Aerosmith after Tyler was on American Idol?

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

Wrong: "poison" were wearing Kix's "old clothes." Anything KIX did, successfully, or interestingly, poison appropriated from them. Period.

[@thedude4672]

I loved Britny Fox!

[@anthonyfisher5076]

REALLY?

[@thedude4672]

@@anthonyfisher5076 Really

[@pilsking1976]

I like their first three albums. There are some great songs there.

[@DM-sy4hg]

Ew.

[@donbergeson6771]

I don't who he "fired" but it wasn't the drummer. Johnny Dee was the drummer. I onow this because he was the first drummer i ever saw play live at a major show when Britny Fox opened for RATT and he's now a friend of mine.

[@sword-and-shield]

When it comes to Rock, Joan can stand straight, on her own, regardless of what anyone says.

[@ChrisCrites-yz2iw]

Wow...just wow. That is a BIG revelation.

[@GeneralTHC]

Yes, Joan Jett was a bonafide star circa 82-83, but she was really a one-hit wonder for the most part. Well, I guess she had 2-3. Pretty amazing she was able to milk that into an entire career.

[@maha77]

Joan Jett was my first concert as a teen in 1983, I remember at one point she looked right at me, hey Joan do you remember me, I was wearing the Ocean-Pacific t-shirt. Seriously though. she was the BEST concert I've ever seen, I saw many big acts after that but none topped the energy of Joan

[@teecuzbruh4058]

DUDE said Ocean Pacific,,,,YEAH BUDDY those were the days

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

Joan Jett was the odd bird booking in 7-23-83 Comiskey Park Chicago MTV concert. She was booed off the stage. She and the band took beating from crowd that was throwing anything they could up on the stage at the Blackhearts. My memory has them cutting off their set early...

[@jamesgibson3242]

I had no idea of most of these things. I was her #1 fan starting in 1982 in high school but over the years moved on to other artist as my #1 artist. I had no idea she was such a great rhythm guitarist. I knew she was a good player but had no idea she could play as well as he describes. Amazing. From what he says it sounds like Kenny Laguna is more than a producer but is a "handler". Not everyone in entertainment has a handler but if he has been controlling her for 40 plus years like this then it appears she may be a mind controlled slave and was groomed and shaped to be who she has become. Just the mere fact that she was so obedient to not thinking she could go out and get pizza is a bad sign. Without having a handler she may have taken a different road in her career and personal life. By the way I have that cover album and I thought it was really good. Too bad it didn't do so well.

[@Sarah-gf9ed]

Love Joan. She is one of my favourite female artists. Love her music and style ❤

[@jay8656]

Britney Fox for me are the Poor Man’s Cinderella. Cinderella are one of the best Blues rock band of there time.😎

[@marvelharris9540]

say what you want about britny fox, but that gold metal flake les paul in the girl school video is cool as hell

[@thedude4672]

The main girl in that video used to drive my 13 year old just-hit-puberty self wild!

[@whamsie4022]

The Britny Fox guitarist was in Cinderella. They needed to boot him to get their deal. The similarities were not by coincidence. BTW, I always through the Britny Fox drummer looked out of place. This story explains why.

[@realasadoughnut]

After reading Dave Grohls book Storyteller I have a newfound respect for Joan Jett.

[@DrTomoculus]

As if Kim Fowley wasn't enough.

[@danstone8783]

No amount of fame and money worth having to live life like Joan has lived in my opinion.

[@DrTomoculus]

@@danstone8783 Well, I kind of lose respect for her, because I'm pretty sure she witnessed the rape of one of her bandmates, and said nothing, nor seemed to have any conscience about it.

[@katjay3125]

Joan is a man

[@harleymendez3968]

She and Fowley were basically symbiotic business partners. She did more than just sit there and watch it.

[@DrTomoculus]

@@harleymendez3968 I absolutely agree with you. I don't have a lot of respect for her, nor him.

[@schlooonginator1227]

Is it just me or is Joan Jett morphing into Judge Judy?

[@DBMorris]

🤣😂🤣😂 🤣😂

[@Coasterdude02149]

Seem to be a trend. Jimmy Page has morphed into Michio Kaku

[@thedemonnemo]

Joan may be cool but she'll never be Judge Judy cool.😅

[@alanrogs3990]

Ouch

[@OAlem]

@@Coasterdude02149 😂

[@troy5731]

Joan Jett played our tiny camp in Bosnia or Kosovo...didn't really even have a stage, amazingly I wasn't out on patrol and had time to check it out. I respected her but wasn't a huge fan or anything. They absolutely effin ROCKED. Such an unexpected great experience.....Joan Mother Effing Jett.

[@marsmidnight4085]

FREE JOAN JETT!!

[@BillByham]

🎉

[@myprivatewar]

Long live Queen Joan 🍻🍻🍻

[@SuperPsychoterror]

Wasn't Joan Jett part of the big Stadium tour in 2023 w/ Motley and Poison? I'm sure she got a decent payday from that one.

[@DR676767]

She was

[@DanaW752]

JJ and The Blackhearts were terrific in concert. Motley Crew, however, lipsynced, airplayed, and used dancers and lighting to deflect their inadequacies. It was ridiculous.

[@SuperPsychoterror]

@@DanaW752 I never cared for Motley, not even when they hit the scene in 83.

[@localcrew]

“I love rock & roll...” AND chainsaws! Just subscribed!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

I like Joan for not shoving her sexuality in everybody's face even when it became the "in thing" to do.

[@BillByham]

!

[@harleymendez3968]

@johnsmith-ug5tp She’s like that because her tastes are illegal. But it’s open secret. Myley Cyrus all but admitted she got her drugged up a lot and took advantage of her for a few years before she got too old.

[@pal4597]

Opened for Joan in Italy. Very nice lady. Kenny was an interesting cat. 😂

[@joshuanewburger]

Freaking great.

[@RandomDudeFromSomewhere]

That bass player from Britney Fox ended up in another Philly band named LeCompt later, they were good.

[@Guido.Fawkes.1]

Like you said, B. Fox were a weak Cinderella clone. The last hurrah of signings in the late 80’s were all the C-level bands.

[@AnthonySforza]

That's admittedly one of the jagged pills I have had to swallow in recent years. Is that not only being a kid from the 80s, but also having gone down the road of "Musician" myself, I have had to look back at bands I once idolized and with a scrutinous eye, admit that "Wow... these guys arent really talented." Dont get me wrong, I wont sit here and jerk myself off with thoughts of grandeur as though I would have been something back then, but doing it oneself, there are certain things you pick up on over the years and then listen to music more analytically. Like "What makes this song so good/like this/this part/etc?" Then break it down in a way to where it makes sense and you can possibly kind of use the ruins to build something new. Dont get me wrong, a lot of those songs were absolutely fun and catchy as all hell, I still blast them... but you can tell it didnt really take a lot of "Talent" to make them. However, it at least took a human brain, with feeling and emotion, unlike today.

[@metalmickey]

I hope you got the Dogs Damour info for a video. Love them guys. Met Tyla in 1990.

[@Babaziba]

I have no doubt that the stories are accurate. Kenny Laguna has really kneecapped her career, maybe because he was afraid of losing her if she really made it big again. He could have pushed her to record new music more often, or kept her from putting not-as-great tunes on an album, or pushed to tour more in opening slots to get her name out there for the next generation, but he did none of that. He justs wants to keep her under his thumb. Plays her keyboards, at 80. Grandpa's on stage with Joan Jett. How sad is that? (I'm guessing he shelved Cherie Currie's latest album for 10 years because of jealousy - It beats anything Joan's put out in forever.

[@TheLordGoat]

I heard he was super controlling since the beginning, he wouldn't let her do interviews alone, She didn't go anywhere really and he was insecure but, also when times were low he supported her financially so she stayed loyal. He knew what he was doing though. Shame she couldn't really use her talent to the max

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Joan doesn't make a bad album.

[@mhitson7483]

Fantastic interview as always

[@derekmoody1358]

I heard it's opiates more than pot

[@thedude4672]

That would make more sense.

[@derekmoody1358]

@@thedude4672 sad😢 I don't judge tho

[@HappyHermitt]

Joan Jett was one of the most beautiful womrn Ive seen in her more youthful days

[@notintohandles]

How sad.😔

[@davidGerT]

Why is she in RHOF and Ted Nugent isn’t. It’s one of the questions that needs to be answered. I’m all ears.

[@davidGerT]

I want to hear from the rock and roll gods. The best of the best. Why is Joan Jett in the RHOF and Ted Nugent isn’t?

[@davidGerT]

Please speak up. Loud and proud!

[@user-xr2lv4ll6j]

Jesus, this was a good one! Joan Jett does come off a little odd in every interview I've read or seen her do. Bizarre.

[@gunmonkey6545]

Wow, this is one bitter dude. Why would you ever talk about someone else’s private life, even if it were true, because you feel that they screwed you over. Fortunately, I wouldn’t believe anything this guy says, he’s just repeating rumors. I also find it interesting that he has a laundry list of people that supposedly screwed him out of money and royalties.

[@cherobinson6371]

I met her at age 10 about 1980 in White Rock BC Canada. She was hanging at a Coke dealers place.

[@wallofrock6725]

Does anyone else remember a different version of the video “Little Liar”? Seems like I remember what I believe was the 1st version of it, it was a little different and had a few different scenes. It was kind of like what they did with the KISS video of Hide Your Heart - quickly make an alternate version to keep controversy to a minimum. But I don’t remember any specific scene that would have been inappropriate in the Little Liar video.