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jamestr1jamestr1 Posts: 185
edited October 2006 in Other Music
What are some of your favorite "chick-fronted" bands? Sorry, if this isn't PC to some of you but I think that's the common term for it.

Some of mine are -

Liz Phair (not exactly a band but close enough)
Rockfords
The Aurora Beckons
Clear Blue Betty

I know I've got more, probalby have to dig through my 'Zen Touch' for them.

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  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    Damone
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Liz Phair is great.......(I own all of her albums)
    Sleater-Kinney is even better IMHO
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  • whatsthefreezerwhatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    garbage
  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    garbage and yeah yeah yeahs !
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  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Holly McNarland!! (again, not a band, but whatever... :))

    I concur with Liz Phair as well... she rocks.
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  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
    i never could really get into chick singers. i guess some heart, janis joplin, and the occasional fleetwood mac is all i can really stand. i'm not sure if female singers don't appeal to me, or just that the music is shitty.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    pjfan020 wrote:
    i never could really get into chick singers. i guess some heart, janis joplin, and the occasional fleetwood mac is all i can really stand. i'm not sure if female singers don't appeal to me, or just that the music is shitty.
    I almost mentioned some Stevie Nicks led Fleetwood Mac stuff.......Stevie had the voice and the looks before the coke got to her.
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  • jamestr1jamestr1 Posts: 185
    whatsthefreezer wrote:
    garbage

    Definitely, how could I forget them. Esp since they're local ;)
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  • Oh, JimmyOh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Fleetwood Mac is the only one who has ever intrigued me. I dunno why, but I generally hate bands with female lead singers.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Cat Power
    Sleater Kinney


    L7 had some good songs

    Lita Ford :D:p
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    intodeep wrote:
    Cat Power
    Sleater Kinney


    L7 had some good songs

    Lita Ford :D:p
    Don't forget Lita's former bandmate..........Joan Jett.
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  • pearljam_addictionpearljam_addiction Posts: 668
    The Cranberries
    Sleater Kinney
    Hole
    Heart
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    Blondie
    Fleetwood Mac
    Evanescence
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    pearljam_addiction wrote:
    Be Your Own Pet

    Just can't get into them. i got their cd. Listened to it a lot. Saw them open for sonic youth.. for some reason just not my thing.
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  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    AxlUlrich wrote:
    garbage and yeah yeah yeahs !


    yeah yeah yeah!!!

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  • Tek MoneyTek Money Posts: 642
    Fleetwood Mac
    The New Pornographers
    Moloko
    Frou Frou
    Cock Fight.
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,025
    Not exactly all "bands", but some of my favorites are:

    Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis
    Neko Case
    Tift Merritt
    Kasey Chambers
    Lucinda Williams
    The Dresden Dolls
    Tegan & Sara
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    Not exactly all "bands", but some of my favorites are:

    Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis
    Neko Case
    Tift Merritt
    Kasey Chambers
    Lucinda Williams
    The Dresden Dolls
    Tegan & Sara

    Good call on the Dresden Dolls, was just about to add them.

    Some others:

    Cat Power
    Garbage
    Regina Spektor (technically not a band, but meh)
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  • iamsampjiamsampj Posts: 784
    love love love the yeah yeah yeahs!!!

    gossip!! her voice is awesome.
    camera obscura - kinda mellow, but good.
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Metric !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Sarah Harmer (formerly in Weeping Tile) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Cranes
    Cat Power
    Feist
    Neko Case
    Tegan and Sara
    Tori Amos
    Sleater Kinney
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Beth Orton
    Bjork
    Mazzy Star
    Rilo Kiley
    Crash Vegas
    Sarah Slean

    split female/male leads:
    Broken Social Scene
    Arcade Fire
    Stars
    Yo La Tengo
    Sonic Youth
    Erics Trip
    Slowdive/Mojave 3
    Belle & Sebastian
    New Pornographers
    In my world everyone is a pony,
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  • Tek MoneyTek Money Posts: 642
    Todd, did you see the new pornographers in toronto?
    Cock Fight.
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    unfortunately I did not.....funds are very tight these days - we have a new baby at home and it pretty much boils down to diapers VS concert tickets right now

    i have seen them before though - amazing live band
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • larslars Posts: 524
    Crisis
    L7
    Babes in Toyland
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  • RonForchetteRonForchette Posts: 175
    The Gossip, rad band. Check 'em out.
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  • Tek MoneyTek Money Posts: 642
    Todd76 wrote:
    unfortunately I did not.....funds are very tight these days - we have a new baby at home and it pretty much boils down to diapers VS concert tickets right now

    i have seen them before though - amazing live band

    It was my first time seeing them. I loved it. No Neko though.
    Cock Fight.
  • righteousbaberighteousbabe Posts: 662
    Ani Difranco- not really a band but one of the best female singers and guitarists out there.
  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    All of the aren't bands, but just a general list of female artists I quite enjoy listening to:

    Neko Case
    Sleater-Kinney
    Dusty Springfield
    Loretta Lynn
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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  • moeaholicmoeaholic Posts: 535
    an all female band that i really enjoy is antigone rising. powerful vocals and the music is great.

    as far as female singers, i dig ani a bit, starting to get into evenescence (sp?), but my favorite band fronted by a woman is the cowboy junkies. margot's voice is angelic, simply beautiful.
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Bikini Kill are essential feminist punk.

    Sleater Kinney

    Le Tigre

    L7

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