Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

I Love Rock 'N Roll

1982 · Hard Rock · WEA

Japan · P-1658

Credits

Producer: Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell
Written by: Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker, Joan Jett, Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Detroit Proto-Punk

Pull this thread and you get Michigan guitar noise from 1969 ballrooms to 1999 basements, unbroken.