The 20 Most Influential All-Female Bands Ever

[emily1982]

HELLO!! what about the shirelles, the dixie cups, the chiffons, THE SUPREMES! bessie smith, the angels, the slits, or the frickin dishrags!!....oh yeah i guess they forgot. josie and the pussycats was from some stupid movie...COME ON!!!!!
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[Jett Ford]

Emily, I was honestly thinking sort of the same thing; I collect Supremes stuff (including the 70's hard to find music after Diana Ross left), and thought of them in particular right away. I guess this stupid poll was talking about what they consider "Rock and Roll".....I dunno....

<font color="#ff00ff" size="1">[ August 02, 2004 11:57 PM: Message edited by: Jett Ford ]</font>

[Wasted]

Weren't the Supremes a girl group and not a girl band? The difference being a band sings and plays instruments while a group only sings. Remember Rockrgrl limited themselves to only 20 bands. Maybe you would be happier if they ranked every girl band ever formed or they told us who was considered for the list, but didn't make it.

The Josie and the Pussycats reference was to the original cartoon band which I grew up with watching on Saturday mornings, not the stupid 2001 movie version. Although the soundtrack for the 2001 movie isn't that bad with former Letters To Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley providing the voice of Josie.

2001 soundtrack
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...cart=199138103
Cartoon
http://members.aol.com/horemheb/josie.htm

<font color="#ff00ff" size="1">[ August 03, 2004 08:52 AM: Message edited by: Wasted ]</font>

[almarockstar]

Emily, im really sorry but out of the groups u mentioned only one sounds familiar...

AS far as Courtney getting no R-E-S-P-E-C-T i have to agree.
She has done more than she will ever recieve credit for as far as the Girrrl movement goes. Because of her and many like her, some of us have found the inspiration and guts to strap on a guitar and rock out in front of mostly male audiences.

How about we make our own 20 most influentias girl bands? *** and it's ok if they have a boy or two in the band
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[Wasted]

SPIN magazine showed Courtney Love respect by ranking her higher than any other female on their list of 50 Greatest Rock Frontmen of All Time!

I'll start a new list with The Runaways at Number One!

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[emily1982]

Wasted, you are right about the girl group vs. band thing, but i feel that these women were amazing and really set the stage for the future. If anyone wants to learn about other great women in rock, garage punk, post punk, new wave etc... go here: http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/
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[vals3]

How about Fanny? They came along a bit before the Runaways.

[Jett Ford]

I've always been curious about Fanny! Any idea of what their music is like? Who would you compare their style to, if anyone?

[vals3]

Fanny consisted of the Millington sisters and different players throughtout their history. There first album that is received any recognition was "Charity Ball", released in 1971.

Prior to the coming of Fanny, no all female band in ANY genre of music, playing their own instruments and writing most all of their own material, had ever known success. Fanny was the first.

It should be noted that members of the early "girl bands," who played their own instruments, wrote original music and competed directly with all-male rock acts of the '60s and '70s, faced comparisons with male musicians on a daily basis. The media inevitably called Fanny "the all-girl band Fanny," and never just Fanny. Such distinctions worked to perpetuate a difference, a product of lesser value, and even if mitigated by a benevolent intent was nonetheless thorough in its discriminatory condescension. Women musicians in the '60s and '70s were considered to be an aberration, a side show distraction in a man's medium. The individual women of Fanny and a few like bands who pioneered the concept of women as serious rock musicians are deserving of immense respect, if for no other reason then because they took all the **** that comes with being different, and then simply refused to go away.

Thanks to Fanny and The Runaways, women in rock have left a legacy for generations of women to come.

[emily1982]

Thanks Topanga for the info on FANNY!!! I was pretty interested. Here is a link to a great women in rock site which includes more info on Fanny :http://www.aurealm.com/women.htm
By the way Wasted....the Shangri-Las and the Ronettes are girl GROUPS, yet they were listed on The 20 Most Influential All-Female BANDS Ever List, just to let you know..... [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img]