Joan Jett - Bad Reputation

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Joan Jett began her musical career as a founding member of the 70’s rock girl band the Runaways. When the group broke up in 1979, Joan embarked on a solo career and recorded an album independently with the help of Paul Cook and Steve Jones (of the Sex Pistols), Clem Burke and Frank Infante (of Blondie), and Marky and Dee Dee Ramone. That original self-titled 1980 release brought some studio interest; Joan was soon signed to Boardwalk Records.

As 1981 began, the studio re-released that album under the title of Bad Reputation. The record made a decent showing on the US Billboard 200 album charts, reaching number 51. In Australia, the album peaked at number 45.