Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
#1Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:35amTitle says it all really. Why is it that Kristen Lee Kelly does the vocals instead of Joan Jett on the Broadway Revival CD?
broadwayguy2
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#2re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:51amI recall correctly, Jett's label wouldn't let her do it since it was being released by another company. You will notice in the liner notes that several people are listed as appearing courtesy of another label.
#2re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 4:17amI love "The Perks of Being A Wallflower."
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#3re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 11:37am
Broadwayguy2 is correct.
At some point, Jett got angry with them about something and abruptly left the show.
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#4re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:34pmalso of (lesser) note- Kevin Cahoon also do not appear on the recording
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#5re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 1:31pm
Yet Lea DeLaria did?
haha.
I love listening to her talk about her Rocky Horror experience.
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#6re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 1:45pmI seem to recall Joan demanding her longtime producer should do the cast recording. When the powers that were disagreed, Joan walked, not giving a damn about her newly acquired bad theatrical reputation.
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#7re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:01pmI wish she had left the show before I saw it. Her performance looked to me like she wasn't happy to be there.
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#8re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:11pm
Early on, she had fun with it. Towards the end, not so much. She did abruptly leave shortly after the recording issue, with pretty hard feelings all around. I don't think Broadwayguy2 is correct, though. IIRC, it wasn't a contractual issue but rather a financial one. She chose not to do it.
She was an interesting choice for the role, and wasn't awful. They went out of their way to tailor it for her, for example, substituting a guitar solo in place of Columbia's traditional tap dance.
What does Ms DeLaria have to say about her experience?
#9re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 10:21pmDidn't she refuse to get her Equity card?
#10re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 10:24pm
Here it is:
https://www.broadway.com/Joan-Jett-Never-Joined-Union-Equity-Confirms/broadway_news/6036
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#11re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 10:28pm
Slight threadjack but:
"Despite Equity's well-publicized punishments, including the fine of Barry Williams earlier this year, the Executive Director said there will "not be any repercussions" in this matter."
What?
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#12re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/28/08 at 10:32pm
He did a non-union tour of Sound of Music and they fined him.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,622099,00.html
#13re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 1:49amwhat role did she play?
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#14re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 9:23amDouble post...edited the second one...somehow...
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Updated On: 12/29/08 at 09:23 AM
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#15re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 9:24am
^ She was Columbia.
IIRC, The Columbia order was:
Joan Jett, Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Lee Kelly, Liz Larsen (With Kristen Lee Kelly, and Aiko Nakasone (sp?) understudying, and when Larsen took over they bumped Usherette 2 over to Sebastian Bach as Riff Raff).
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#16re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 10:37amI'm really surprised Joan didn't make the recording, because I hear She really likes rock and roll.
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#17re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 6:04pm
There's a video of Time Warp with Jett as Columbia running around, it's gotta be in the last half of her run cuz she sings with so little emotion or commitment.
I think it was pretty intresting to go with a totally different sound with Columbia. Me being a shaddowcaster, Nell's squeak is so deeply etched in my brain that it's hard for me to warm up to Kelley and Jett.
I wish there was audio or video of Ana Gasteyer, I love her in absolutely anything.
Does anyone have a picture of Columbia in the revival? She's the only character not pictured in the CD booklet.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#19re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 6:19pm
thank you!
I just found this one too: 
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#20re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 6:20pm
God, she looks like a MAN!
LOVE IT!!!
edit: Haha, you beat me to it!
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Updated On: 12/29/08 at 06:20 PM
#21re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 6:51pm
It certainly is something...
then again, the only thing known about Columbia is that she's a "groupie", so there's almost limitless ways the role could be interpreted.
...but i'm still iffy about the biker/goth-grunge godess look
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Updated On: 12/30/08 at 06:51 PM
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#22re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 7:00pmshe handled the role well when I saw the show in previews. She seemed to really be enjoying herself, such a shame it didn't last.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#23re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 7:45pmWhy was she so reluctant to join Equity?
#24re: Why is Joan Jett not on the Rocky Horror CD?
Posted: 12/29/08 at 8:18pm
I searched Broadway.com to see what articles they had left from the production. There's only news stories and interviews (a real funny one with Lea DeLaria) but I found this little interesting bit in a Q&A with Daphne Rubin-Vega (Magenta):
Who's your dressing roommate?
Joan Jett. She's my bud. I love Joan. It's funny because when I was in the girl group Pajama Party, I was the one who was more "been there, done that." It was even like that with me and Idina [Menzel, in Rent]--she was like a sister, too. Now I get to have a big sister who's done **** I've never done! Joan can really tell me a thing or two about life. That's so great. And she's a survivor like me.
But she is a Broadway virgin.
Yes, which is so fabulous. I can teach her some things about that. When we first started the show, she didn't know that we were supposed to tip the dressers and stuff. Finally, I just said something to her and now.You see, Joan is the most generous person in the world. If she has Starbucks, everybody gets it. If she gets Krispy Kremes, there's enough for everyone. She takes things to the nth degree. It's cute. And now we vocalize before the show together. We have this little routine, get it over with together. Joan's idea of vocalizing is to walk down the hall screaming [from Joan's hit "Bad Reputation"] "I don't give a damn about my reputation..." She'd say "It opens my throat." There's no dispute there!
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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