Female bands or female fronted bands

[jackstraw650]

Hey you guys...........Your relative youth is showing........I can't believe none of you has mentioned one of the first and maybe the greatest of all.......Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company! For a great one from the present you can't beat Grace Potter and the Nocturnals!

 

[Molerat]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/U_D6nxAa7rA
The Sugarcubes


http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cz9JNDlcTgA
the runaways


http://www.youtube.com/embed/PCr8V5wAroA
The Slits


http://www.youtube.com/embed/pzJ3hiqsi0U
and of course the great Wanda Jackson

 

[Weezy]

Hey you guys...........Your relative youth is showing........I can't believe none of you has mentioned one of the first and maybe the greatest of all.......Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company! For a great one from the present you can't beat Grace Potter and the Nocturnals!

Relatve youth for sure but don't forget relative geekieness.
Lina Lovich

Lene Lovich - Lucky Number

 

[lockard666]

The Muffs!

 

[Wahoo650]

Here's three I listen to pretty regularly, and I haven't seen the Motels listed yet!

Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs - Gettin High for Jesus

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "100 Days, 100 Nights"

Ms. Izzy Cox: T for Texas: Muddy Roots Festival 2010: Cookeville, TN

 

[RoadRash]

Anybody mention Doro Pesch?

 

[JPanichella]

Love Is All


Love Is All- Felt Tip


The Cardigans


Carnival- the cardigans


The Concretes


The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love




What can I say? I like Swedish pop with girl singers.

 

[rat_ cxn]

killing heidi


Killing Heidi - I am


Killing Heidi - 'Superman/Supergirl' - Live @ Civic Park, Modbury, 26 February 2006.

 

[rat_ cxn]

baby animals
Baby Animals - 'Rush You'

Baby Animals - Early Warning - 1991

 

[biker_reject]

No one's mentioned The Donnas?!? I saw them in 09 on Conan and was blown away. B52s back in the day. I also liked Throwing Muses, Letters to Cleo, and Yo la tengo.


The Queen! Oh, God Damn!
Patti Smith - Horses & Hey Joe
Patti Smith " Rock n' Roll nigger"
Patti Smith - Gloria (Live at the Latitude Festival)
Patti Smith - My generation - Live

 

[rat_ cxn]

I got conned by a girl friend into going to see Killig Heidi, and to my surprise, they wer pretty damn good!

Kim Wilde
Grace jones,
Rogue traders,
Sandii @ the Sunsets
Martha and the Muffins...how could we forget Echo Beach?

And that band from Sweden that shall not be named.

yeh i was in a female fronted cover band and we did shit loads of killing heidi songs

 

[jackstraw650]

I noticed that Renn, the original poster, mentioned Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane. I had the good fortune to see them live a couple of times around 1970. The woman was awesome!! I'm attaching, hopefully, one of my favorite pics of Grace....kinda sums up the times back then.........

 

[biker_reject]

Oooh! Martha and the Muffins! Good one!

 

[Midcoastcustoms]

MARY MAGDALAN MIND AT WAR MUSIC VIDEO

 

[mwrenn]

Dang! Mary Magdalan got it going on! LOL
Check it out, I manage a band, Babs Martin and the Trip. She plays Psychedelic American Root Rock. Anyway, she posted her first vid from her new album today. It's her riding her Triumph motorcycle with a sidecar, accompanied by her song Raging Fate. If you like what you see, check her out online. The new CD rocks!


Babs Hot Raging Ride

 

[RoadRash]

The Great Kat

What a crazy bitch. ;D

 

[Wahoo650]

Here's another one from back in the day...

Driving..Pearl Harbor & The Explosions-..79'....Girl Geo's TV

And I don't know how we have gotten this far without anyone mentioning the woman responsible for all who came later, Wanda Jackson!

Then:
Wanda Jackson - Hard Headed Woman

Now:
Wanda Jackson w/Jack White - "Shakin' All Over" 1/20 Letterman (TheAudioPerv.com)

 

[VonYinzer]

Lords of Acid:
Lords Of Acid - The Crablouse

Human Waste Project:
Human Waste Project - "Shine"

The Plasmatics:
The Plasmatics " Butcher Baby "

X-Ray Specs:
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!

Lez Zepplin:
Lez Zeppelin performing "Whole Lotta Love"

Horrorpops:
Horrorpops - Miss Take

Izzy Cox:
Izzy Cox;Thorzine

 

[VonYinzer]

Oh ya, and the Creepshow. I have a SERIOUS love jones for this lady...
The Creepshow "The Garden" (Official Video)

 

[VonYinzer]

Shes hot as a blonde too:
The Creepshow "Take My Hand"