Female rock singers

[Spiff]

I first thought about this during Australian Idol 2003, when we had that dodgy Kelly Cavuoto chick who thought she could sing rock, and I started wondering just how many decent female rock singers there were. Two immediately sprung to mind:

Melissa Etheridge
Suze DeMarchi
Ann Wilson
Pat Benatar

So how many others are there? I'm probably forgetting some really obvious ones, but why aren't there as many? Is it because women are just not genetically able to handle rock music, just as men are not genetically able to handle asking for directions? Or am I just plain crazy?

Answers on a postcard or, if you prefer, here in this thread.

 

[mattt]

thats a tough one. I agree with all your selections, great singers. Belinda Carlisle is great, but probably more pop than rock. Jordis from Rockstar INXS is really good too. But yeah can't think of too many.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Belinda Carlisle

 

[Mark]

Joan Jett?
Debbie Harry?

 

[mattt]

na

 

[Mark]

Na? To Debbie Harry? When you mentioned Belinda fucking Carlisle?

 

[Spiff]

Lita Ford was OK I guess. Sorta.

 

[Bucko]

Lita ford, Chrissie Hynde, Suzi Quatro,

 

[Kem]

Courtney Love?

Oh, Kelly Osbourne

 

[mattt]

Debbie Harry blows. And The Go Go's were rock so Belinda Carlisle deserves a spot there.

 

[Mark]

You're mad, dude

 

[mattt]

Blondie sucks. Always Have Always Will.

But thats just my opinion

 

[Mark]

And you're entitled to it

 

[Keeper of the Seven Cheese]

Lita Ford haha \m/

 

[TinMan666]

I always had a thing for Belinda Carlisle.

I wouldn't class her as a really GREAT singer... but she gets the job done.

I'm struggling to think of too many more without straying into that "is this rock or is this metal?" argument that we're all so bored of.

What about Avril? I like Avril

 

[Mark]

Whatsherface from The Breeders.

 

[dreamwatch]

As the question was rock singers and not metal singers I give you the following:

KT Tunstall
Joan Jett, as already mentioned
Grace Slick
Annie Lennox
Tina Turner
Stevie Nicks
Skin.
Dolores O'Riordan
Alanis Morissette
Janis Joplin


Some of my faves.

 

[Icarus]

Belinda rules!

What about the bird from Roxette? Thats more pop as well I guess.

 

[The Amazer]

Belinda Carlisle
That bird from the Pretenders
The bird from Roxette (the name is ROXette, of course it is rock!)

 

[The Amazer]

oh, and Annie Lennox