The first record I vividly remember having a profound affect on me was I Love Rock & Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Everything from the cover – in which Jett defiantly stares the camera down and is dressed to the nines in a hot pink blazer – to the muscular power rock that was as catchy as it was rebellious – suggested a foreign world that was equal parts enchantment and menace. I wanted to know where these folks came from and why they were so angry?! I was not yet in my teen years, so the angst was more a curiosity to me than it was an emotion I could relate to.
But the minute the needle dropped onto the record and the opening power chords resounded, I was transported into a new, brighter world from which I never wanted to leave. Daily life seemed monochrome and dull in comparison.
Clay Jordan plays guitar in PacificUV, a a band from Athens, GA who have recently released their third album WEEKENDS on Mazarine Records.
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