What are your top 3 (5, 10, whatever) bands fronted by women?

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What are your top 3 (5, 10, whatever) bands fronted by women?

Post by HedonismBot » Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:34 pm

Mine are:
1) Bardo Pond
2) Acid King
3) The Breeders

EDIT: excellent lists everyone! Gotta add to mine:

Slowdive
Mazzy Star
Pixies
The Vaselines
Julee Cruise (RIP :'( :-* )
Sonic Youth
Uzeda
L7
Monarch (the French doom metal band)
The Raincoats
Band of Susans
Delta5
Bush Tetras
Medicine
Nico
Garbage

I’m sure there’s more that I’m forgetting. Keep ‘em comin’!
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Post by HedonismBot » Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:46 pm

P.S: It doesn’t necessarily have to be 3.

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Re: What are your top 3 bands fronted by women?

Post by UlricvonCatalyst » Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:54 pm

Fairport Convention (Sandy Denny era)
The Bangles
The Raincoats

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Re: What are your top 3 bands fronted by women?

Post by HedonismBot » Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:57 pm

UlricvonCatalyst wrote:
Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:54 pm
Fairport Convention (Sandy Denny era)
The Bangles
The Raincoats
Love The Raincoats. I was just thinking that this would be the next band on my list if I made it a top 5.
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Re: What are your top 3 bands fronted by women?

Post by JSett » Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:59 pm

I don't like to differentiate based on gender ("Female-Fronted is not a genre" etc) but will participate. I could make a massive list of small bands that I see on the regular in the UK and EU punk/emo scene but I'll narrow it down to some bigger ones people will have heard of and a couple you might not have...

Pre-The Woods Sleater-Kinney (their new stuff can fuck off)
Hop Along
Sincere Engineer
Shit Present
Couch Slut
Not On Tour
Fightmilk

Notable mention to Botanichesky Sad, a semi-recent find from Russia. I have no idea what she's shouting about but it's captivatingly honest and raw.
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Post by guitalias » Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:37 am

Baby Animals - Suze DeMarchi
Garbage - Shirley Manson
Skyhooks- Shirley Strachan 😉🇦🇺

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Post by Trout » Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:07 am

Throwing muses
Sonic youth
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Post by sal paradise » Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:55 am

Women are absolutely nailing the indie scene right now. Here is a list off the top of my head, so loads of gaps…

Big thief
Soccer Mommy
Alvvays
Slow Pulp
NewDad
Bleach Lab
Courtney Barnett
Ada Lea
Sharon Van etten
Snail Mail
Waxahatchee
Hazel English
Pillow Queens
Holly Macve
Squirrel Flower
Yumi Zouma
Barrie
Weyes Blood
Laura Stevenson
Momma
Lanterns on the Lake

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Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:04 am

In order of preference...

1. Portishead
2. Sonic Youth

Number 3 is much trickier as there are several bands from the 60s up to the present day I'm very fond of,
generally for a small handful of tracks though.

Jefferson Airplane
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
Joni Mitchell
Fleetwood Mac
Patti Smith
Siouxsie & The Banshees
My Bloody Valentine
P J Harvey
Babes In Toyland
The Soundcarriers
The Limiñanas
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Post by stevejamsecono » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:02 am

Slits
Bangles
Throwing Muses
Dolly Mixture
Go Gos
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Re: What are your top 3 bands fronted by women?

Post by Plumerai » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:11 am

cranes
siouxsie
lush

(added a few more)
curve
liechtenstein
the sugarcubes
shelleyan orphan
the glove
queen adreena
the cardigans
celebration
hope sandoval & the warm inventions
le volume courbe
hooverphonic
la femme
rasputina
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Re: What are your top 3 bands fronted by women?

Post by UlricvonCatalyst » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:49 am

Wot, no MBV??? Oh, how you've changed, OSG!

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Re: What are your top 3 bands fronted by women?

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:55 am

UlricvonCatalyst wrote:
Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:49 am
Wot, no MBV??? Oh, how you've changed, OSG!
Previous post edited. I forgot about them! ;D
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Post by jorri » Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:12 am

UlricvonCatalyst wrote:
Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:49 am
Wot, no MBV??? Oh, how you've changed, OSG!
semi-fronted? it seems like Kevin does so much that its hard to not think of Loveless like a solo project of his. Including the songs that he pitch-shifted his vocals on to sound female (which some think bilinda sang on).

Cocteau Twins
PJ Harvey (band? sometimes?)
Bardo Pond
Slowdive (maybe. see above)
i still dig the first YYYs album.
Breeders (or if mbv count, the pixies second to that :D)

(my mind going blank. keep coming up with solo artists but answer = >3 anyway)

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Re: What are your top 3 bands fronted by women?

Post by Larry Mal » Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:15 am

There are two front people but at the moment I'm in love with the Naked and Famous.
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