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

dc · Post by dc » Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:20 pm

luau wrote: ↑
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Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:56 am
Tsunami/Liquorice
/Grenadine.

touche! i've actually got a Jenny-signed copy of "Nopalitos" around here somewhere, along with signed Tsunami and Licorice discs

JackFawkes · Post by **JackFawkes** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:25 pm

That's too vague of a prompt, so I have absolutely no way of narrowing down to just three...
Also, aside from my #1 pick (at the end of my post) I literally cannot rank the rest, I really do like them all.

Simply listing the first ones that come to mind off the top of my head:
Cocteau Twins (Elizabeth Fraser)
Garbage (Shirley Manson)
No Doubt (Gwen Stefani)
The Joy Formidable (Ritzy Bryan)
The Cranberries (Nell Quinn)

More off the top of my head that I really like but don't know the vocalist(s) name(s)...
Diet Cig
Metric
Evanescence
The Pierces
Crystal Castles

But absolutely, without a doubt, my favorite is Florence and the Machine (Florence Welch and Isabella Summers).
I have seen them every single time they've come through Northern California and they are legitimately one of my top three favorite active bands. Florence Welch's voice might honestly be my favorite sound on planet Earth.

Jack

EDIT: Damn, reading through everyone else's posts there are SO many excellent ones that I completely forgot! ...I'm just gonna stick with my 11 above because that's already more than 3, and as Nigel Tufnel said... "These go to eleven."

antisymmetric · Post by **antisymmetric** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:16 pm

There are so many (lots of good examples already mentioned) but off the top of my head- Smoke Fairies, Gemma Ray, Mermaidens, The Delines, and any of Jay Clarkson's projects.

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:08 pm

Three pages and no one has mentioned:

PRETENDERS

I [heart] the 90s.

Veruca Salt
Liz Phair
Elastica
Belly
The Geraldine Fibbers

Axolotl · Post by **Axolotl** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:54 pm

Portishead
Trixie Whitley
Plasmatics

Blonde Redhead
Dengue Fever
No Doubt

Post by **Telliot** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:24 pm

Welp, there's a lot; too many to list here, but off the top of my head:

Portishead
Sylvan Esso
Fiona Apple
Meggie Lennon
Little Dragon
The Go-Go's
Broadcast
Weyes Blood
Aimee Mann
The Marias
Blondie
Noga Erez
Sade
Men I Trust
Emmylou Harris
Patsy Cline
Bjork
Dusty Springfield
Stereolab
Steady Holiday
Feist
Neko Case
The Pretenders
Big Thief
Cocteau Twins
Linda Ronstadt (70s era, specifically)
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
Nikki Lane
TuneYards
St Vincent
The B-52s

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:25 pm

I love that Veruca Salt '95 Glatsonbury performance. I never got to see them live, but there's this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsQcB52V18

I loved the '90s too. Lots of women fronting/and or supporting great alt rock bands. I'd go to a festival like Lollapalooza and see a whole slew finishing up the day with Elastica, Hole, and Sonic Youth for instance. Women rock.

bluemonday · Post by **bluemonday** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:31 pm

Both time I saw The Cramps, there were different women on bass, but always Ivy on guitar. Lux is obviously the ultimate front man and as hard as it is to take your eyes of him, Ivy was right there in front laying down the psychobilly riffs, standing steady like a foil to his mania. Such a badass. I'm still impressed by her style and presence.

ThePearDream · Post by **ThePearDream** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:32 pm

I can't believe that no one has mentioned Stereolab. An all time favorite of mine.

Also, in no particular order.
The Breeders
La Luz
L7
Babes in a Toyland
Portishead
Essential Logic
Sleater-Kinney
Alvvays
Wet Leg
Khruangbin
Pip Blom
Goat
B-52s
Seapony
Le Tiger

marqueemoon · Post by **marqueemoon** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:52 pm

Can’t believe I forgot Alvvays.

Great band. Hopefully they have something new in the works.

jthomas · Post by **jthomas** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:53 pm

Pretenders
Tedeschi-Trucks
Bangles

Surfrajettes
Jefferson Airplane
Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes

beauzooka · Post by **beauzooka** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:54 pm

Throwing Muses
Geraldine Fibbers
Wye Oak

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:03 pm

marqueemoon wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:52 pm
Can’t believe I forgot Alvvays.

Great band. Hopefully they have something new in the works.

They released a new single & announced an album yesterday…

marqueemoon · Post by **marqueemoon** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:15 pm

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:03 pm

marqueemoon wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:52 pm
Can’t believe I forgot Alvvays.

Great band. Hopefully they have something new in the works.
They released a new single & announced an album yesterday…

PorkyPrimeCut · Post by **PorkyPrimeCut** » Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:42 pm

ThePearDream wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:32 pm
I can't believe that no one has mentioned Stereolab. An all time favorite of mine.

Ooops! Another one I'd forgotten to mention.

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