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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts team up with Z2 Comics for graphic anthology

Z2 Comics, the music-based comics publisher, is teaming up with Blackheart Records for a new title celebrating the 40th anniversary of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts’ breakthrough album, I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll. Titled Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 40×40, the graphic anthology celebrates Jett’s achievements via a series of pieces based on the 20 […]

Joan Jett remembers "I Love Rock 'N Roll" writer Alan Merrill after passing

Alan Merrill, the co-writer of the hit song “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” has tragically passed away from coronavirus. Merrill was only 69 years old. Merrill wrote and record “I Love Rock ‘N Roll with his group the Arrows in 1975. The song grew massively in popularity seven years later when it was famously covered […]