Australian Guitar

JOAN JETT

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The Cherry Bomber GREATEST ACHIEVEMEN­TS

From the very beginning of her career to today, Jett has been an outspoken feminist who uses her guitar to smash through boundaries and speak her mind. Her perfectly in-the-pocket playing is always just what the song needs – especially if the song needs to take no crap. WHERE TO START Bad Reputation by The Runaways A punky, dirty rock’n’roll anthem that sticks a middle finger up at society. BOSS LEVEL I Love Rock N Roll

Listen to the way Jett and co-guitarist Ricky Byrd play off each other, building a cycle of tension and release between chord stabs and single notes and splitting what is effectivel­y one guitar part into two.

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