“Of the Runaways, Joan Jett was the true rocker, instinctively realizing rock & roll’s opportunities for pleasure, violence and triumph. But her identity was obscured by singer Cherie Currie’s starlet moves, producer-manager Kim Fowley’s sleaze-sisters hype and group chops that never overcame their limited heavy-metal sources. Bad Reputation hits closer to home. Doing Lesley Gore’s […]”
