Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

(Joan Jett/Kenny Laguna)

Little boy asked me why people get mad
I just told him they were probably sad
Is that true
I just don't know
I got no answers

So the little boy asked me why the people are sad
They're just survivin' they don't know what they have
Is that true
We come and go
I got no answers

When I'm down feeling lonely and confused
I just hide it all that's the only thing to do

A little girl asked me why the sky is so grey
It wants to rain on this cloudy day
Is that true
And what will it wash way

I got no answers
I got no answers
I got no answers

After splitting with The Runaways, and releasing her first solo album, Joan Jett placed an ad in LA Weekly looking for bandmates. Gary Ryan, Eric Ambel, and Danny “Furious” O'Brien joined her, creating the orginial Blackhearts lineup.

After their initial tour though, O'Brien was replaced with Lee Crystal.

Early on, keeping the band afloat was not easy. Joan and producer Kenny Laguna struggled, sometimes selling copies of albums from the trunk of his car. Eventually unable to keep up with the demand for Joan Jett’s album, they signed with Boardwalk Records.

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