Re: for thee women

Bangles
modettes
contractions

gotta lot a time on my hands, dontcha know.

Oh fug it, I'll play:

Bodysnatchers (and, by extension I guess, Belle Stars)
Raooul
Go-Gos
Ramonas (yes there was an all-female Ramones cover band lurking around here during the 90s, though they ended up doing original material influenced by guess-who).
Runaways
Girlschool
VS.
L7
Shonen Knife
Sekiri
Gaia
Slits
Maleria
Kleenex/Lilliput
Raincoats
Harry Crews
Free Kitten
Delmonas/Headcoatees

Civet
Donnas
Halo Friendlies
Slumber Party
5.6.7.8.s
Babes in Toyland
Fluffy
Angel in Heavy Syrup
Some Girls
Fuzzbox
Frightwig
B Girls
Screamin' Sirens
Supersnazz
Hang on the Box
Fanny
Gore Gore Girls
Drain STH
Sahara Hotnights
The Like
7 Year Bitch



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Almost forgot: Pandoras!
Flirts
Ex-Girl
Subtonix
Dishrags
Not to mention a few hundred 60s "girl groups"



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Excuse 17
Dirty Burds
Trashwomen
Spitboy (and spin-off Instant Girl)
Yeastie Girls
Castration Squad (BTW, is there anything else available from these folks besides what's on Killed By Death #13?)
GASH

(and not to nitpick, but Au Pairs and Bikini Kill should probably be placed in the "mostly" category since there were guys lurking in said outfits as well. Good picks though!).

this site continues to unleash the most unruly female persona available.

A+

Hey!
There's a bloke in Lush and Bikini Kill and the Au Pairs
All great bands however. Lush are one of those bands where I've got great songs by them on about four compilations but don't own an actual Lush record.

Helium/ Mary Timony
Tarnation/ Paula Frazer
Cocteau Twins
Edith Frost
Amy Rigby
Kelley Hogan

Oh yeah...Sleater-Kinney

And I had considered Bananarama and the Pipettes, but their music was actually provided by boys, so they don't count, at least in my interpretation of Steve's original intent (which I admit is not an exact science. But I figured all-female line-ups. So Eric Erlandsen disqualifies Hole and that drummer guy rules out the Breeders.)



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The Wet Ones

the Shaggs

The Paybacks
Gallhammer
Cibo Matto

Au Pairs
Weekend
Bikini Kill
Zap Mama
Electrelane
ESG
Chicks on Speed
Le Tigre
Ex-Girl

Mostly:
Delta 5
Lush
Weekend
Sleeping Dogs Wake
Lali Puna
Luminous Orange
Stereolab/Monade
Young Marble Giants
Ms. John Soda
New Age Steppers
My Bloody Valentine
Psapp
Fiery Furnaces
Siouxsie projects
Laika
Pram
Altered Images
Ladytron
Bow Wow Wow
Throwing Muses

Arcadia



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oh yeah and a hell of a lot of Chica ya-ya's

This topic has put me in mind of something that occurred to me the other day. It's been quite a while now since I've seen any of the music magazines do any sort of "Women in Rock" special issue (Seems like Rolling Stone used to do one at least once a year).

Has the number of women in rock finally reached enough of a saturation point where everyone acknowledges that such special issues are just silly, and no one really considers a chick with a guitar to be such a novelty anymore?

And if so, how responsible is alt/indie rock for that welcome development?

I think you're right - there are so many mixed gender bands now I don't think there's a distinction, especially among younger folks who've grown up with it.

And yet, I'll revive my perhaps-misogynistic question from a few years ago: notwithstanding the fact that mixed gender bands are pretty much the norm these days, how come no truly outstanding female musicians have emerged? (I was thinking mostly of drummers when I asked this question the first time.)

Yeah, Janet Weiss and Linda what's-her-name from Steve Wynn's band are pretty good drummers, but they're not Rey Washam. And yeah, Rose from the Poster Children can hold her own on the bass, but she's no Mick Karn. And when I lived in Georgia in the early 90s, I thought it pretty cool that Magnapop had a rippin' female guitarist, but she sure wasn't even Karl Precoda. I'm just sayin'....

A few years back Juliana Hatfield got herself into quite a bit of trouble by saying something along the lines of it's impossible for women to be great guitarists. Which seems kind of funny, since I think she herself has kicked admirable guitar ass on her last few albums.

And I once again submit Anita Robinson from Viva Voce as a pre-eminent guitar monster. And apparently that Kaki King or whatever her name is has people swooning for her skills, but her stuff isn't really my cup of tea so I can't judge for sure.

Jennifer Batten

Playing with Jeff Beck

rhettlawrence wrote:

> And yet, I'll revive my perhaps-misogynistic question from a
> few years ago: notwithstanding the fact that mixed gender bands
> are pretty much the norm these days, how come no truly
> outstanding female musicians have emerged? (I was thinking
> mostly of drummers when I asked this question the first time.)
>
> Yeah, Janet Weiss and Linda what's-her-name from Steve Wynn's
>


linda pitmon! and tara key would be a great guitar player even if she were a dude!

I was just going to keep my mouth shut on this one, but that's just too difficult in our current political times...

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And yet, I'll revive my perhaps-misogynistic question from a few years ago: notwithstanding the fact that mixed gender bands are pretty much the norm these days, how come no truly outstanding female musicians have emerged?

yes it is a completely misogynistic (and retarded) question - so people can start here next time they wonder out loud why there are no women around this board.


no outstanding female musicians?

That rings to me the same as saying "Why are there no new outstanding male musicians?" or "Why are there no new outstanding bands?"

IMO, lame judgement call that says more about your interest in finding new music than it describes the current talent pool.
You might want to try: Why 'terrorist' & 'unfree' countries have had women presidents/state leaders for so long, while the 'land of the free' still can't get its collective thick skull around the idea?

instead of providing more examples myself, here's a populist view (just for drummers):

[www.wanderlist.com]

[answers.yahoo.com]


I guess one just finds what one looks for?



Post Edited (09-27-08 19:46)

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It's been quite a while now since I've seen any of the music magazines do any sort of "Women in Rock" special issue (Seems like Rolling Stone used to do one at least once a year).

Do they even care about rock anymore?

Xmal Deutschland were once upon a time an all female band.

Scrawl
Pulsallama
The Black Girls
The Catholic Girls
Rasputina
Miranda Sex Garden

Worth mentioning:

Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Nina Hagen, Lene Lovitch, Diamanda Galas, Kate Bush, Exene Cervenka, Siouxsie Sioux, Poly Styrene, Alice Nutter ...



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