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Title: Trans musician Laura Jane Grace collaborates with Joan Jett
Post by: Shana A on October 11, 2013, 08:07:55 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 11, 2013, 08:07:55 AM
Trans musician Laura Jane Grace collaborates with Joan Jett
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THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Against Me singer and trans woman Laura Jane Grace collaborated with Joan Jett for a song on Jett's latest CD, "Unvarnished", which came out this week.
The song, "Soulmates to Strangers," according to Jett in an interview in Rolling Stone, was an idea pitched by Grace to her following a conversation they had after doing a concert together last year. Jett's band did gigs in the past with Against Me and she had always wanted to write with Grace.
Jett on Laura Jane Grace's transition: I think it's an extremely brave thing to do. It's not easy to put yourself out there like that, but I'm sure she feels that she has no choice, the way she wants to live her life and the way she feels. I'm a friend no matter what.
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Joan Jett on Writing With Dave Grohl and the Downside of Social Media
'There used to be something called mystique that was a big part of show business,' she says
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By John Gentile
October 2, 2013 11:20 AM ET
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/joan-jett-on-writing-with-dave-grohl-and-the-downside-of-social-media-20131002#ixzz2hOOQHvek (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/joan-jett-on-writing-with-dave-grohl-and-the-downside-of-social-media-20131002#ixzz2hOOQHvek)
Over the course of nearly four decades, Joan Jett has made a lasting impact on rock & roll, first with her band the Runaways and then as a solo artist, recording timeless anthems such as "Bad Reputation" and "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" with her band the Blackhearts. This week Jett released Unvarnished, the Blackhearts' 10th studio album, which finds the band attacking phony people, defending outcasts and, as always, pounding out a riff-heavy classic rock sound. Rolling Stone recently spoke with Jett about the perils of social media, surviving Hurricane Sandy and working with Dave Grohl and Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace.
http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/trans-musician-laura-jane-grace-collaborates-with-joan-jett/ (http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/trans-musician-laura-jane-grace-collaborates-with-joan-jett/)
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Against Me singer and trans woman Laura Jane Grace collaborated with Joan Jett for a song on Jett's latest CD, "Unvarnished", which came out this week.
The song, "Soulmates to Strangers," according to Jett in an interview in Rolling Stone, was an idea pitched by Grace to her following a conversation they had after doing a concert together last year. Jett's band did gigs in the past with Against Me and she had always wanted to write with Grace.
Jett on Laura Jane Grace's transition: I think it's an extremely brave thing to do. It's not easy to put yourself out there like that, but I'm sure she feels that she has no choice, the way she wants to live her life and the way she feels. I'm a friend no matter what.
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Joan Jett on Writing With Dave Grohl and the Downside of Social Media
'There used to be something called mystique that was a big part of show business,' she says
Comment
By John Gentile
October 2, 2013 11:20 AM ET
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/joan-jett-on-writing-with-dave-grohl-and-the-downside-of-social-media-20131002#ixzz2hOOQHvek (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/joan-jett-on-writing-with-dave-grohl-and-the-downside-of-social-media-20131002#ixzz2hOOQHvek)
Over the course of nearly four decades, Joan Jett has made a lasting impact on rock & roll, first with her band the Runaways and then as a solo artist, recording timeless anthems such as "Bad Reputation" and "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" with her band the Blackhearts. This week Jett released Unvarnished, the Blackhearts' 10th studio album, which finds the band attacking phony people, defending outcasts and, as always, pounding out a riff-heavy classic rock sound. Rolling Stone recently spoke with Jett about the perils of social media, surviving Hurricane Sandy and working with Dave Grohl and Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace.