Inspired by a Twitter thread from Kris Graft a while back, that he just revived in a link to a playlist on one of those streaming audio things you have to subscribe to therefore I never will, here’s a thread for amazing rock acts that just so happen to be female-led and/or substantially composed.
We’ll start with Heart.
Doro & Warlock
Ann Lewis
Phantom Blue
Carmen Maki & Blues Creation
Poly Styrene & Xray Spex
Sheila Macartney & Fay Ray
buck
the suzann
joanna gruesome
seagull screaming kiss her kiss her
wendy o. williams/the plasmatics
shizuka
super junky monkey
this gets my seal of approval
a lot of the bands from the j-rock thread would work here
SLEATER-KINNEY!!!
though the first awesome lady rocker i thought of was Kim Deal
the Breeders rule
the Amps rule(d)
Pixies, notably, used to rule and now they don’t. WONDER WHY
I was about to bounce into this shit to rep for the Breeders, so yeah.
Mari Hamada
live janis
45 grave
u.x.a.
bloody panda
Ohara then posted advertisements for band members that read,
“Seeking guitarist, bassist and drummer to form the biggest band in the
world, as soon as possible. Must have dark personalities.”
tokyo jihen
OOIOO
ZELDA
pairs
Gives me a Siouxsie Sioux vibe.
Haha! This is amazing.
I realize this is mostly a Jack White thing, but hey. I think it’s the first piece of music that my wife ever shared with me.
And, I mean. PJ Harvey.
Stretching the definition of rock here, but this –
– reminds me so strongly of this…
even pushing 70 she is still an incomparable rock and roll shaman, see:
while i am not a true blue bikini kill superfan, rebel girl is so fucking heavy it rules. i was kinda disappointed when i found out the guitar player was a boy and not a real heavy lady but good on you dude all the same!
Gonna take it a bit older