Okay, what do you know about Joan Jett? Here's some things to get started....

*Joan's birth name is Joan Larkin.

*Joan met promoter Kim Fowley when she was 15 years old. Joan was the first member of what would become The Runaways, also featuring Lita Ford on lead guitar.

*Joan recently appeared on Broadway in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

*Joan and ex-Runaways singer Cherie Currie recently released a new live limited edition recording of "Cherry Bomb" (The Runaways' signature song).

*In the 1990s Joan Jett raised money to help find the killer of Seattle band The Gits lead singer. Joan sang lead with The Gits, and the band was called Evil Stig. "Gits Live" backwards.

*Joan starred opposite Michael J. Fox in the movie "Light of Day". She also appeared in episodes of "The Highlander" series.

*Joan has a younger sister in the music business.

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Jett was born in Philadelphia, PA; her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 12 years old. By the time she was 15, she had formed her first band and was performing around town.

The group she was in The Runaways broke up in 1980.

Joan has a brother, James. She has a sister, Ann, who is currently with the band Honey House.

When Joan moved to Los Angeles with her family (after a family stint in Baltimore, Maryland), she was really into Liza Minelli and thought she may want to become an actress.