I actually filmed a movie in Cleveland in 1986 called Light of Day with Michael J. I’ve always had a great respect for the town.
“I remember a lot of the Runaways’ early big gigs and successful shows and actually some of our early bootlegs were done in Cleveland. “Some of my earliest great memories of playing on the road are from there,” she told Rolling Stone in December, upon receiving the big news. Related: Read Miley Cyrus’ Badass Hall of Fame Speech for Joan Jettįor Jett, who delivered her performance Saturday night with the same intensity that’s marked every gig she’s ever played, there was a certain sense of poetry to being inducted into the Hall at a ceremony held in Cleveland. Of course, no one loves (or delivers) rock & roll quite like Jett, who honed her no-bullshit chops and attitude as a member of groundbreaking all-girl Seventies hard rockers the Runaways, and subsequently blazed a trail with her Gibson Melody Maker that’s been followed by countless musicians - both female and male - over the ensuing decades. We couldn’t think of anyone better to join us.” Grohl previously co-wrote “Any Weather” with Jett for her 2013 album Unvarnished. “She’s a powerful, rebellious, musical force of nature. “Bad Reputation” herself joined him and Nirvana-mate Krist Novoselic for a blast through “Smells Like Teen Spirit” at last year’s induction. “She’s everything that Nirvana stood for,” Grohl said of Joan Jett in 2014, after Ms. Grohl had words of praise for Jett last year, when she helped him out for his induction. How True Is 'Respect'? Fact-Checking the Aretha Franklin Biopic Singer Paulette McWilliams on Her Years With Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, and Steely Dan
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