“I liked it when our idols didn’t share every little bit. Of course, the advent of social media only added to this, creating an ouroboros of crowd-pleasing-to-facilitate-sales. And the separation between rock’n’roll being a rebellion against the status quo became ingratiating to the status quo.”
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All of a sudden you started seeing bands like Fall Out Boy and Pete Wentz on TV all the time. “I feel like a lot of people make records just to be famous now” Jett muses, “and just do whatever that will get them in the spotlight.” In particular, the pair agree, this is a problem that has gotten progressively worse over the past twenty years. One that derides the commercialisation of rock’n’roll, quails at the rise of fascism in their country and hasn’t got any fucking time for social media. Overall, though, theirs is a tight, shared thought process. Even now, as they sit together on the other side of the Atlantic on a camera-less Google call, the two bounce off one another, sharing ideas and saying so out loud if they disagree with something the other has said. It’s not a surprise Jett calls Laguna a “godsend”.
“Now we own the records” Laguna says matter-of-factly, “and they’re worth a lot.” Those future smash-hits (‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’, ‘Crimson and Clover’, ‘Do You Wanna Touch Me’) - “ nobody wanted them”. The two of them circumvented the glass ceiling all those years ago by releasing Jett’s solo work on their own independent label Blackheart Records and have lived their lives in close tandem ever since. Best friends co-songwriters the manager and the talent. Laguna and Jett are a close platonic coupling. “She was clearly good looking, wrote really good songs and yet we couldn’t get through the door,” Laguna adds, “people found it threatening.” Jett sums it up in a gravel-toned deadpan: “I was playing with my dick too much.”
“We got 23 rejection letters from all the majors and minors” Jett tells Gigwise, still ever so slightly unbelieving all these decades later. That was the year that Jett, then only 20, started out as a solo artist following the collapse of her teenage band The Runaways. So make sure you're there to rock out to hits like "Pour Some Sugar on Me," "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," and "I Love Rock and Roll." Check out the current Def Leppard Tour schedule below to learn more about available seating options at upcoming shows, and get your tickets today.Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna have been, Jett says, “a little army trying to fight together” ever since 1979. Which means you're just a click away with seeing four of the hardest rocking bands of the '70s and '80s, live on the same stage together! But lucky for you, this website can help you find amazing tickets for every show, and at every price point, too. See the Legendary Def Leppard Live on Tour!ĭef Leppard are hitting the road with Motley Crue, Poison, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts in 2022, and fans hoping to catch these iconic bands live on stage together will need to get their tickets today! With 100 million records sold worldwide, Def Leppard are one of the most commercially successful bands of all time - so you can bet the competition for the best seats at the hottest shows will get crazy.
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