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Soon after, Jett produced the Germs' only album, (GI). Altogether, they produced five albums from 1975 until they disbanded in the spring of 1979. After Currie left the band, the band released two more albums with Jett handling the lead vocals: Waitin' for the Night and And Now. While the Runaways were popular in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and South America, they could not garner the same level of success in the United States.

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While touring England with the Runaways in 1976, Jett first heard the song ' I Love Rock 'n' Roll' when she saw Arrows perform it on their weekly UK television series Arrows. They found success abroad, especially in Japan. The band toured around the world and became an opening act for Cheap Trick, Ramones, Van Halen, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. This lineup recorded three albums, with Live in Japan becoming one of the biggest-selling imports in US and UK history. While Currie initially fronted the band, Jett shared some lead vocals, played rhythm guitar, and wrote or co-wrote some of the band's material along with Ford, West, and Currie.

After the brief tenure of singer and bass guitarist Micki Steele, Jackie Fox, Lita Ford, and Cherie Currie soon joined to complete the band, creating the classic lineup.

Jett, at the age of 16, became a founding member of the Runaways alongside drummer Sandy West. In Los Angeles, Jett's favorite night spot was Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, a venue that provided the glam rock style she loved. Shortly after the move, her parents divorced and she changed her name to Joan Jett, because she thought it had more of a rock-star sound than her birth name (she has admitted in recent years that 'Jett' was not actually her mother's maiden name, even though that is what she used to tell people). Her family then moved to West Covina, California, in Los Angeles County, providing Jett the opportunity to pursue her musical interests. She took some guitar lessons, but soon quit because the instructor kept trying to teach her folk songs. Jett got her first guitar at the age of 13. In 1967, her family moved to Rockville, Maryland, where she attended Randolph Junior High and Wheaton High School. Her family was Protestant, attended church, and went to Sunday school, but were not strict in their religious beliefs. Her father was an insurance salesman and her mother was a secretary. Joan Marie Larkin was born on September 22, 1958, to James and Dorothy Larkin, at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia (although some sources list her birth date as September 22, 1960, which is incorrect ).

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Jett lives in Long Beach, New York, and has been a New York resident since the late 1970s. In 2015, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has been described as 'the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll'. She has three albums that have been certified platinum or gold. Jett's other notable songs include ' Bad Reputation', ' Crimson and Clover', ' Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)', ' Light of Day', ' I Hate Myself for Loving You' and ' Dirty Deeds'.

With The Blackhearts, Jett is known for her rendition of the song ' I Love Rock 'n Roll' which was number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song ' Cherry Bomb'. Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, musician, record producer, and actress.