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Look at all these towns." JOAN: In LA, there's
a limited amount of cities you can hit when you're
a poor band and you're struggling,
making every penny count. ERIC: He just convinced us
on the spot that we would move
to New York. (DRUMBEAT PLAYING) ♪ Yeah... ♪ KENNY: It was a circuit. There was The Rat in Boston, The Malibu
and My Father's Place, Privates and The Ritz
in New York, The Left Bank in Westchester, these places
that were incubators for rock bands,
and they'd give you $500. Didn't cover much. JOAN: But you had
a lot more opportunity to play and survive. ♪ Yeah, oh, yeah... ♪ KENNY: We got a minor deal
in Europe. That was the beginning, but we couldn't get
anything going in America
a limited amount of cities you can hit when you're
a poor band and you're struggling,
making every penny count. ERIC: He just convinced us
on the spot that we would move
to New York. (DRUMBEAT PLAYING) ♪ Yeah... ♪ KENNY: It was a circuit. There was The Rat in Boston, The Malibu
and My Father's Place, Privates and The Ritz
in New York, The Left Bank in Westchester, these places
that were incubators for rock bands,
and they'd give you $500. Didn't cover much. JOAN: But you had
a lot more opportunity to play and survive. ♪ Yeah, oh, yeah... ♪ KENNY: We got a minor deal
in Europe. That was the beginning, but we couldn't get
anything going in America
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Look at all these towns."
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JOAN: In LA, there's
a limited amount of cities
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you can hit when you're
a poor band
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and you're struggling,
making every penny count.
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ERIC: He just convinced us
on the spot
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that we would move
to New York.
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(DRUMBEAT PLAYING)
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♪ Yeah... ♪
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KENNY: It was a circuit.
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There was The Rat in Boston,
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The Malibu
and My Father's Place,
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Privates and The Ritz
in New York,
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The Left Bank in Westchester,
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these places
that were incubators
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for rock bands,
and they'd give you $500.
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Didn't cover much.
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JOAN: But you had
a lot more opportunity
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to play and survive.
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♪ Yeah, oh, yeah... ♪
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KENNY: We got a minor deal
in Europe.
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That was the beginning,
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but we couldn't get
anything going in America.
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Movie Summary
Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.
