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    Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

    I had a discussion with a friend a few months back about how despite how many females are in music, and the ratio of males:females in the general population, there are very few good female leads in good rock bands.

    So far, I've only been able to come up with three, GO!GO!7188, Tokyo Jihen, and The Breeders. And Tokyo Jihen is kinda hit or miss.

    Couple music videos from GO!GO! worth watching:
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJvM1B_mfDg]YouTube - 【PV】 Go!Go!7188 - Jet Ninjin[/ame]
    (yes, it's insane.)
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5C-C9Ym8P8&feature=related]YouTube - GO!GO! 7188 ukifune[/ame]

    Tokyo Jihen:
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7H0MFL2rTk]YouTube - 群青日和　東京事変[/ame]

    Breeders:
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RiJMZQXa2o]YouTube - The Breeders - Cannonball[/ame]
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e0MDUYsLyE]YouTube - The Breeders - Huffer (live 03-07-03)[/ame]

    So, anyone know of any others? Because it seems really odd that there are so few out there.

    Also, anyone have any ideas as to why? Females being less inclined to become interested in Rock? Female voices being less likely to appeal to rock fans? Record label execs that either reject female leads, or try to lead them into pop?
    Tags: bands, females, leads, rock, suck
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    Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

    Amy Lee doesn't suck, shes got a great vocie and evanescence is a good band.

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      Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

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        Hayley Williams of Paramore is pretty amazing


        [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiR838VOCrA]YouTube[/ame]

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          Sorry I'm old, the Wilson sisters rate pretty high in my book.
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            Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

            Hmmm, I guess I should ask for parameters on this discussion. What exactly were you looking for? If we're talking about bands that no longer are performing then you left out Siouxie and the Banshees. This is the sort of grave oversight that leads to mobs of pitchfork wielding punk rockers showing up at the wee hours of the morning on your front lawn. I liked them when they were punk, liked em when they were new wave, and even liked the pop phase at the end.

            If we're talking bands that were good in their heyday and have fallen since and/or broken up, you left out Garbage. Version 2.0 was the first album I've ever listened to back to back repeatedly. Everything since that album has been pretty lousy, but when they made that one in 1998 saying you didn't like Garbage was like saying you didn't enjoy breathing air. Also, Veruca Salt during the Eight Arms to Hold You era. Here you had two smokin' hot women, who could both play guitar. This was my ideal threesome. In fact, if you're female, hot, and play guitar I should pretty much just hand you half my stuff now. Trust me, it'll save time later.


            I think the reason you don't have more bands headlined by women is that women tend not to join "bands". You mentioned The Breeders. That's more of Kim Deal's solo project from The Pixies than anything. The Pixies were her college band before her drug addiction and ego clash with Frank Black ended it. She sort of grew into band leader from an experiment in college that really made good. You don't normally see women forming a group, though. Look through the top 40s and alternative stuff and you see more women playing under their own name with a backing band. Your Sarah McLachlans and K.T. Tunstells. They've got regular backing bands, but it's not a "group" so much as a solo project. Kind of like what Bruce Springsteen or Chris Isaac have going.

            I'm not really sure why that is, but I've noticed that when you see women in what could be considered a "real group", it's usually something artificially constructed. Kind of like The Go-go's or The Supremes. All-girl novelty pop or R&B acts. When you do see a talented female singer, they usually get moved into the main act instead of introduced to a band or ensemble. I think the music industry prefers this. Maybe it's easier to deal with acts that aren't mixed gender, you know which buttons to push to control them or something.

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              Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

              Amy Lee does have a beautiful voice but I haven't been able to get into any new Evanescence ever since the falling out with Ben Moody. Fallen and Origin were good.

              Tossing out some names: Mon Frere, Within Temptation, KMFDM, uhh ... Flyleaf, Avril Lavigne ...
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                Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

                I've always really liked Heart.
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                  Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

                  I never got to hear the live version of misery business, she can really belt it out lol.
                  Anyway, i think some clear choices were left out, NoDoubt, Gwen Steffanis voice is killer, kinda lost interest when they completely went pop, Blondie another great band (showin my age >.<) Joan Jett (idk if you could count her) and of course Fleetwood Mac kind of a duet thing, also theres Hole (yes Courtney Loves a huge slut that killed her husband, but made some decent songs), idk how far back you wanna go, ahhh damn gotta run we got Khimaira lol
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                    Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

                    Originally posted by Cerealkiller View Post
                    (showin my age >.<)
                    Funny you should bring that up today ...

                    And I agree, Courtney Love made some damn good music in her day.
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                      Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

                      So did Gwen Stefani when in No doubt, Don't speak is still played much in my itunes playlist.

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                          Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

                          Originally posted by Aksannyi View Post
                          I've always really liked Heart.
                          Nancy can play guitar thats for sure! They both have beautiful voices too....well back in the day. I remember when I went to one of their concerts and the bassist was so stoned he just stood there and swayed while he played. I don't think he ever opened his eyes. LOL At the end, he kept standing there and they had to take his guitar off and nudge him off stage. LOL
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                            Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

                            Heh. Heart was the first band that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread.
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                              Re: Rock bands with females leads that don't suck.

                              Boldfinger came up with the five or six I was thinking of... and about 50 more. lol


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