![]() Later on, Micki Steele, Jackie Fox Lita Ford, and Cherie Currie joined them, and thus the original lineup of the band was complete. She started by forming The Runaways, together with Sandy West. It was then and there that she adopted the alias of Joan Jett for musical purposes. She changed her name shortly after the relocation and the separation of her parents. When her family moved to West Covina, California, she had the opportunity to explore her music interests in a wider scope. She got her first guitar at the age of 13 and started taking guitar lessons, although she later gave them up because her instructor was only teaching her folk songs. Her interest in music began at a very young age. There, she enrolled in Randolph Junior High, and later, went on to Wheaton High School. Together with her two siblings, they were raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia and relocated to Rockville, Maryland in 1967. Her father worked as an insurance salesman while her mother worked as a secretary. Jett was born on September 22, 1958, in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia to her father, James, and her mother, Dorothy Larkin. She became famous as the lead woman of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, an iconic band with over 30 years of career. Watch her vegetarian testimonial and consider joining her in kicking the meat habit.Joan Marie Larkin, famously known as Joan Jett is a legend when it comes to Rock and Roll. Joan Jett’s love for animals led her to give meat the boot, but she later discovered the health and environmental benefits as well. Whether it’s the overuse of resources, climate change, massive water and air pollution, or soil erosion, raising animals for food is wreaking havoc on the Earth. Raising animals for food also damages the environment more than just about anything else that we do. In addition to the massive animal suffering cause by the meat industry, animal products have been linked to some of our nation’s biggest killers: heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and cancer. Joan attributes her great health and youthful appearance to her longtime vegetarian diet. Most never see the light of day, feel grass under their feet, or know what it feels like to be free. Cows, calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other animals are forced to endure extremely stressful conditions and fed drugs to keep them alive in these conditions, which would otherwise kill them. Punk rock icon and star of PETA’s “Canada’s Club Scene Sucks” campaign Iggy Pop presented Joan with the Nanci Alexander Activist Award (named after the founder of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, who is also a PETA President’s Circle member).Īnimals on factory farms are crammed by the thousands into filthy, windowless sheds and confined to wire cages, gestation crates, barren dirt lots, and other cruel confinement systems. At South Florida’s most touted vegan establishment, Sublime, Joan unveiled her new ad and was honored for educating her fans about animal rights and her continued dedication to alleviating animal suffering. PETA and animals are lucky to have Joan by our side. ![]() Legendary musician Joan Jett has given her voice to animals for years, and her dedication to sharing the advantages of a meat-free diet is an inspiration to us all.
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