Its not going to make everything better, but its a start.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You have a lot of folks singing your praises in this film.
Was any of that surprising to hear?JOAN JETT: Its all surprising and surreal.
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Ive got such great friends and Ive had great experiences.
It kind of wraps up my career and I feel good about the whole thing.
Its not easy to watch yourself over and over again.
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The movie takes on the bigger topic of women in rock.
Most women and girls out there unfortunately experienced various degrees of this.
They speak for a lot more women, not just the women involved in the movement.
Not much has changed.
The girls are out there.
Its not for lack of talent.
The companies just arent coming to them.
Lots of people, like Dave Grohl, point that out.Yeah!
But its coming more from the actual music fans, the audience, the regular people.
The industry people maybe dont see it but the regular people do.
They acknowledge youre not just a greatgirlguitar player, youre a great guitar player.
And theres the pressure on talented women to be marketable and get on magazine covers.Right.
Youve got to decide as an artist, what do you want to do?
If you want to just play and dont care about being famous, then great.
Speaking of popular, theres a moment when David Bowie and Freddie Mercury come to one of your concerts.
What memories do you have of that?I was petrified.
I was so nervous.
Do you know who Led Zeppelin is?
What do you mean you never heard of Led Zeppelin?!
Anyway, so its probably 76, and were about to go on our first tour overseas.
Give us something fun to do.
And Plant said, In England, they have these ornate hotel room keys so we would collect them.
We thought Oh, great!
I just turned 18 or 17, so I was considered an adult.
I had four keys and two of the other band members each had one.
And he threw me in jail!
They were threatening the other two girls, like theyre going to call their mothers.
Anyway, we never got to France, had to cancel our gig.
And that was because Robert Plant said it would be a good idea.
Youve played with Dave Grohl a bunch.
Whats your friendship like?He is the best, I swear.
It tells you, yes, its possible to be really famous and not be a complete ahole.
He gives nobody an excuse to be a dick.
Aside from the documentary, whats next for you?More touring, writing new music.
Theres a new song in the movie called Fresh Start that comes at the end credits.
That will be the single.
Was it written specifically for the movie?Kind of.
I need to find the fire again.
Ive had that experience a couple times.
Part of it was just thinking about about rock in general.
Its always been a young persons game, writing about sex, love and partying.
As rock and rollers get older, what do they write about?
Is it still sex, drugs, and rock and roll or bigger existential questions?
How do you go deeper and not get too heavy or preachy?
Im not sure theres an answer but were looking for it.
