Joan Jett Album

JOAN JETT

Bad Reputation is the debut solo album by Joan Jett, originally self-released in 1980 as Joan Jett after her previous band The Runaways disbanded, then re-issued on Boardwalk Records in 1981 as Bad Reputation. (More from Wikipedia)

Her first solo album, Joan Jett was released in England in May 1980; however, after shopping the album in America, she was turned down by 23 different record companies. Eventually Joan Jett founded Blackheart Records and had albums pressed herself, financed by her daughter’s college savings account. At concerts, the records were literally sold out of the trunk of producer Kenny Laguna’s car. The album was eventually picked up by Boardwalk Records and re-released under the name Bad Reputation.

(November 2013)