![]() For me I thought his version was so sweet and innocent, and I think it represents this-I know I’m a woman and I love being a woman and I embrace it, but I don’t embrace the roles that people have carved out that a woman could be. I don’t really know what he wrote it about, but I don’t think it was a hermaphrodite. It was actually written by Paul Westerberg and I think it’s on the Let it Be album. Well actually it’s a really old Replacements song. Is the song "Androgynous" about a hermaphrodite? If so, where did you come up with the concept for that song? You just couldn’t walk into Tower records and buy it. So I basically made an album around "Fetish" to get it played on college radio, but it was something only the real fans had. We put "Fetish" on this record because it never really came out as a commercial release when it first came out, it was released as a college radio track, because it used to be that college radio wouldn’t play a track unless it was released on an album. Certain ones we would often do live and they started to change a bit from the original sound on the record so we wanted to re-record them. We actually didn’t re-record them, they are the same tracks that were originally on the Fetish record, but certain ones we did re-record it depended mainly on the vibe of the record. Why did you re-record songs like "Fetish" and "Baby Blue" for the Sinner album? I also started to do more vocal exercises and just learned a lot of cool little tricks to keep my voice strong, which I think really helped me to sing better. Also, two months ago I did the Rocky Horror Picture Show on Broadway and I think working with those actors I learned how to sing differently. ![]() Regardless, of whether we have a new record or not were always on the road, which I think, keeps me in shape and up to speed with things. I’ve never stopped performing and touring the country. People might not be aware of it, because certainly I don’t think all of my fans are hardcore fans, and plus the hardcore fans always seem to know what I’m doing before I even do it, but I’ve always toured. Joan Jett: I think because I never really stopped. How have you been able to keep that classic Joan Jett sound after all these years? Thanks, and I understand you being skeptical because I know I sure am whenever I hear about these bands that I grew up listening to are putting out something new. I was especially impressed with the whole sound of the record it sounds like it could’ve easily been something that you recorded back in the ’80s. I’m very skeptical when an older rock or punk act like yourself comes out with a new record, but I’ve got to say it was really good. I was really looking forward to seeing all of them as well because it had been so long since I had spoken to any of them, and it was like a reunion of sorts. I felt that he really kind of channeled Darby, because if your going to do this you got to be the best and I think Shane did about as good as anybody could do of filling his shoes. I think Shane did an excellent job of filling in for Darby as well. Though, I thought they were still great and were very tight. How was it playing alongside The Germs? Did you ever think you’d see them play again without Darby? They’ve been really welcoming and accepting of the band and all the other bands on Warped have just been really awesome to us as well. You’d almost never know that some of them weren’t even born back then. Warped Tour has been a blast! The kids seem to respond really well to it. How’s Warped Tour been for you? Are you finding it hard to fit in with the Warped Tour crowd seeing as how most them weren’t even born when "I Love Rock N’ Roll" came out? It’s the feeling of a very humble, passionate, and confident person who is proud of her accomplishments and is now content with enjoying the finer things in life like playing rock music to her thousands of fans without a worry in the world. I had the opportunity to interview Joan Jett while she was performing on this year’s Warped Tour and I got the same sort of vibe from her that I did when I interviewed Lemmy of Motorhead. ![]() "I Love Rock N’ Roll" thanks to people like Joan Jett, because they’ve not only helped in creating the soundtrack to my life but at the same time have influenced me to go after my dreams and to not let anyone get in my way. But through it all she’s made it in the rock world because of her stellar music and her fans appreciation for what she’s accomplished. Throughout the years Joan Jett has continually been judged and criticized by the media for her antics as a real wild child and for being an out of control Punk, to her current sexual preference. She’s also become the true icon to so many girls growing up with dreams of being a rock n’ roller and yet she still continually fights everyday to earn respect in the music industry. Over the years Joan Jett has earned herself a Bad Reputation as the undisputed queen of Punk rock. ![]()
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