The Dark Side of Joan Jett's Music Career
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She loved rock and roll even when the boys told her she wasn't cut out for the job. Joan Jett has been defying expectations her entire life. When she was young, her first music teacher told her that girls weren't cut out for rock and roll. Later on, her first band was subjected to the same kind of sexism and they were often the targets of violent audience members who weren't quite ready to accept women as rock stars.
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Her first album was even rejected by 23 different record labels before she decided to take matters into her own hands and self-release it through her own label. None of these roadblocks were enough to stop her though.
Blackheart Records still exists to this day, and after spending 40 years living as an LGBT woman in a heterosexual male-dominated world, she is stronger and more resilient than ever.
This video will show you how she overcame adversity and prejudice to become one of the most influential women musicians of all time. Her story is one that is full of roadblocks, controversy, and tragedy, but it's one that's worth telling.
The Dark Side of Joan Jett's Music Career
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