Joan Jett is a groundbreaking pioneer who wouldn’t let anyone tell her who to be, what to do, or what instrument to play. She’s rebellion personified, which was no easy task to achieve. Early on in ...

Long before the lads of bands like Good Charlotte, Something Corporate or Fallout Boy were even born, the Philadelphia-born Joan Jett was busy building the foundation of the Southern California punk ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Janie's Fund From her teenage beginnings in The Runaways to ...

Joan Jett became a rock 'n' roll lifer the moment she cofounded the Runaways at age 16 with drummer Sandy West. Playing a mix of glam, pop, hard-rock and punk, the guitarist and singer was setting a ...

Female empowerment was on full display last weekend in Columbia, as legendary rocker and former Marylander Joan Jett joined Gen X superstar Alanis Morissette for two nights of sold-out shows at ...

Billy Idol and Joan Jett have never toured together until this year, which is surprising given their many common threads. Both emanate from the late 1970s punk world on different sides of the ocean.