Joan Jett shocked and rocked a crowd of 15,000 Saturday night at the Fourth Annual Budweiser Wing Zing held at Easton Town Center. Jett, long known for her bad-girl image, surprised the audience when she came out on stage with a completely shaved head. With her exposed pate, multiple tattoos, body jewelry and black latex outfit, Jett pushes the envelope of visual ethereal androgyny and proves that she’s still “the queen of punk.” Coming on at 8:30 p.m. and performing for over an hour, Jett, along with her group The Blackhearts, belted out their trademark “I Love Rock and Roll,” “Crimson and Clover,” and a thoroughly rocked-up version of “Love Is All Around,” the theme song from the 1970’s “Mary Tyler Moore Show.””Joan Jett’s the reason I came out here,” said Bodhi, a deejay with QFM96, who is on the air 7:00 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday. “I like Joan because she basically doesn’t give a crap about what people think about her. She comes out and does her thing. If you like her, fine. If you don’t, you know, kiss her (expletive), basically.” “I thought she was awesome,” said Lori Shoemaker of Fulton, Ohio. “She’s still cool after all these years. She is one of the best women rockers around.” Molly Hatchet came on at 6:30 p.m. before Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, performing their signature “Flirtin’ with Disaster,” among other songs. For those not familiar with Molly Hatchet, this is definitely not a chick band. This six-man extravaganza, now consisting of Bobby Ingram, Phil McCormack, John Galvin, Bryan Bassett, Andy McKinney and Mac Crawford, got rolling in the late ’70s and has jammed on ever since. Their latest album, Silent Reign of Heroes, has had good sales and another album will be released next month, as yet unnamed. “What our music is about celebrates history. It’s about truth and friendship, being an American, being proud to be an American and feeling lucky that we live in a democracy, even though there are some things that aren’t perfect about our world,” said Phil McCormack, lead singer for Molly Hatchet. During the past 20 years of changing music styles, McCormack maintains an upbeat attitude, despite the fact that many younger listeners aren’t pulled toward rock. “It’s all what you like,” said McCormack. “It’s all subjective. That is the joy of music. That’s the beauty of it. If you like it and it makes you feel good, it does its job, you know? Who am I to say it’s not art.” Concerning the ominous messages in contemporary music, McCormack said, “The kids, you’re surrounded by hate and discontent and you got people pulling guns on you in school. These kids look around and go, ‘Wow, this is awful.’ They don’t really know what to make of it. I feel for them too. I feel lucky that I grew up when I did. That I went to school when I did. You could have sex and you didn’t have to worry about all kinds of freaky (expletive).”The audience, however, had no problem relating to Molly Hatchet. They roared their approval to the band in a deafening crescendo of applause and cheers. According to Dave Redelberger, head of promotions at QFM96, one of the concert sponsors, 5,000 people were expected. Fifteen thousand showed up instead and were packed elbow-to-elbow outside in the standing-room-only venue. “Wings, beer and rock ‘n’ roll – how can you go wrong?” said Redelberger. McGuffey Lane, a long-popular central Ohio band, was the first act 3:30 p.m. McGuffey Lane’s history is tied to Ohio State. Playing the OSU campus in the mid-70s, this band lived the dream of so many others, being discovered and signed to a record deal. This led to touring with such notable groups as The Charlie Daniels Band, The Judds, Marshall Tucker and The Allman Brothers. Although categorized into the Southern rock genre, funk and blues also inspire McGuffey Lane’s music. Recently, they have created their own music label and re-released several of their original albums on compact disc. Because of the new label, Amazon.com has listed McGuffey Lane as No. 1 in their emerging artists category. “We’ve been emerging for a long time,” laughs John Schwab, the group’s leader. While younger listeners may have never heard of McGuffey Lane, “I’m in my 30th year without a day job,” said Schwab, commenting on their success. Between McGuffey Lane and Molly Hatchet appeared The Dan Orr Project at 4:45 p.m. This three-man group brought a lot of laughter to the audience with such songs as “Little Jugs Need Lovin’ Too,” a tribute to small-breasted women, “West Virginia Dreamin’,” a spoof on the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’,” and “Rogaine,” a parody using the music from Eric Clapton’s “Cocaine.” The Fourth Annual Budweiser Wing Zing was sponsored in part by QFM96, Feazel Roofing, The Big Wazoo 107.1 and The Other Paper. Besides being a charity event, local area restaurants competed for the titles of “Best Overall Wing in Columbus,” “Best Tasting Hot Wing” and “People’s Choice Award,” with chicken wings selling three for $1. Proceeds from the sale of chicken wings will be given to Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Greater Columbus and the Charity Newsies.