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Need Some Good Chick Rock For My Wife

adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
edited May 2006 in Other Music
I'm trying to find some good female fronted rock bands for my wife. I'm trying to ween her off of Avril and Kelly Clarkson. She won't listen to anything to hard or raw though. She likes Garbage, some Cranberries, some Hole, and old Alanis. She also enjoys the Like. Any suggestions? She didn't care for Yeah Yeah Yeahs (not melodic enough and too raw). Please help me find something that we'll both enjoy together! I'm not to big on female bands but will be willing to give it a shot. HELP ME PLEASE!!!

EDIT: She's digging on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs now.
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  • releaseNYreleaseNY Posts: 153
    bonnie raitt.

    i don't really like female singers, but her, i can listen to.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Gemma Hayes is pretty cool. Her song 'Let a good thing go' is amazing.
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    adam42381 wrote:
    She won't listen to anything to hard or raw though.

    you mean like Sleater-Kinney? cause they're good (imo); they are hard and raw sounding, much of the time; patti smith has been around for ages, and she will always be my favorite woman rocker.
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  • FridaynightbourbonFridaynightbourbon Posts: 9
    Juliette and the licks and Patti Smith
    Raise your hands in the air and give me a hell yeah!
  • NCBRINCBRI Posts: 1,902
    I like Juliana Hatfield.
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  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    how about Melissa Etheridge
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  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    the cardigans is a good opition.

    the pretenders.

    and 'show your bones' by yeah yeah yehas is not that raw and have some nice melodies on it.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Ooh, ooh, I forgot: 'Over the Rhine' are a great band. Their album 'Eve' is a good rock album. They've veered into alt. country in the later years, but when they rock, they rock, melodically :) They are Christians, but they hardly wear it on their sleeve. I remember being an innocent 12 year old brought up in a conservative Christian home, surprised to find the word 'Shit' on the Eve album. Wow, that was controversial ;)

    Edit: have a go with the noisettes as well. Slightly like Yeah yeah yeahs, but more melodic I would say, at least more than Yeahs' first album. The second is pretty melodic.
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  • clayton12clayton12 Posts: 337
    Damone. They are from Boston and rock so hard. Great, fun, pop metal. Sounds like Bon Jovi with a chick.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    current?
    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    old?
    Shonen Knife (pop-esque wierdness. but chicks like it. and so do i.)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonen_Knife

    The Raincoats (almost as fucked up as Sonic Youth. Rocks a bit harder, though)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raincoats

    Ruby (Lesley Rankine from Pigface. Only one album, but it's industrial-chick goodness!)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_(band)

    The Avengers (original punk goodness. Eddie like-um)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_%28band%29

    Exene Cervenka ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exene )
    uh huh! From the band "X" -- http://www.xtheband.com/index.html
    Exene Cervenka and the Original and the Original Sinners (http://www.nitrorecords.com/artist.php?artist_id=20)

    Human Waste Project (good '90s style hard rock with chick screams)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Waste_Project

    The Gits (worth a mention?)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gits

    Blondie (another DUH! viva debbie harry!)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_%28band%29
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Veruca Salt
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Echoes wrote:
    Veruca Salt

    I second that motion.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • clutching_benjaminclutching_benjamin Posts: 95
    PJ Harvey should be number 1 on any list. I would also recommend:

    Be Your Own PET
    Cadallaca
    Cat Power
    Giant Drag
    Howling Bells
    Isobel Campbell
    The Detroit Cobras
  • azwyldcatsazwyldcats Posts: 710
    check out Beth Hart, Magnapop, L7, K's Choice, Fiona Apple
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  • gtbrown77gtbrown77 Posts: 141
    No Doubt

    Liz Phair
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Rilo Kiley
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  • Pearl JuliPearl Juli Posts: 1,213
    Heart.

    Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks solo.
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  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    adam42381 wrote:
    I'm trying to find some good female fronted rock bands for my wife. I'm trying to ween her off of Avril and Kelly Clarkson. She won't listen to anything to hard or raw though. She likes Garbage, some Cranberries, some Hole, and old Alanis. She also enjoys the Like. Any suggestions? She didn't care for Yeah Yeah Yeahs (not melodic enough and too raw). Please help me find something that we'll both enjoy together! I'm not to big on female bands but will be willing to give it a shot. HELP ME PLEASE!!!
    I would agree with an earlier poster, Fleetwood Mac seems like an ideal fit. :) Then work on her for some PJ songs. ;)
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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Nelly Furtado - Folklore
    Veda
    The Raveonettes - they have a mix of girl/guy. Check out "Pretty in Black"
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Also Hammerbox. Carrie Akre from "Goodness" her old group. I used to listen to it back in the 92'
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  • goto_lgoto_l Posts: 1,189
    Poe or Liz Phair probobly would be perfect. Go with Liz's newer more pop stuff, the subject matter in her early stuff might be shocking at 1st.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Perhaps these:

    tori amos
    ani difranco
    cat power

    Or maybe alittle more rockin:
    sleater kinney
    pretty girls make graves
    be your own pet (first full length album comes out june 6th they are opening for sonic youth on their summer tour)
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  • Clifwith1fClifwith1f Posts: 143
    Imogen Heap maybe...not really rock, but still good stuff
  • *Boy*Boy Posts: 112
    Concrete Blonde/Johnette Napoleatano (sp?)
    The Peanutbutter Conspiracy
    Heart
    Anouk
    Within Temptation
    Kitty lol
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    *Boy wrote:
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  • (UK)_foxymop(UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    KT Tunstall could be what you're looking for :)

    http://www.myspace.com/kttunstall

    She's not hard or raw .. and will get your girlfriend away from Avril and Kelly.

    Not sure if KT will get your girlfriend into anything heavier, but sometimes you just have to face it .. some people won't ever get into hard rocking stuff, no matter how hard you try to educate them :)
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  • jodijodi Posts: 183
    Skin / Skunk Anansie
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    i dont know the name and it might've already been mentioned, but what was kim deal's band post-pixies? the one with the song "cannonball"? she's one of a small handful of women rockers i really dig.

    also, some may consider it some sort of blasphemy, but sheryl crow isn't half bad.
  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    soulsinging wrote:
    i dont know the name and it might've already been mentioned, but what was kim deal's band post-pixies? the one with the song "cannonball"? she's one of a small handful of women rockers i really dig.
    Kim's band was The Breeders
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  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    Just an update here: I picked up the Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Show Your Bones" yesterday at Target when shopping with the wife. We've listened to it twice while driving around and she seems to be digging it. She did ask "So why do you say that this is supposed to be better than Avril Levinge?" I need a good reason to give her other than Avril writes poppy crap music. Help me out. BTW, thanks for pointing me in the direction of YYYs. Finally some chick rock that we can both enjoy.
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