| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/12/2006 1:26:26 PM | I need to listen to the concievably best female vocalists in metal.
I'm not a huge fan of female singers which is really hypocritical cause I'm female and like to sing....that's why I need others opinions.
I'm not talking something like Kittie either. I'm not talking shit about Kittie but that would not be what I would consider the top of the list....I mean someone with some very developed vocal skills. | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/12/2006 2:28:58 PM | I'm taking this as there are none....or at least that seems to be the general opinion everywhere else.
*shakes head* | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/12/2006 2:38:37 PM | Well I am not sure this is up your alley or even considered by you to be metal.
But you could say give Lee Aaron a listen.
She is what was considered metal in the old days.
The only other band besides kittie actually i listened to with a female vocalist in a metal band would be arch enemy.
But i don't think you meant that since she sings kind of like in the "kittie" style | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/12/2006 5:55:18 PM | Lee Aaron......I've never heard of Lee Aaron.
I'll have to check that out.
I'm looking for a female singer that had or has a clear, traditional and accomplished approach to singer metal....not so much growling and stuff, but not excluding growling exactly either....but you know, easy on the ears without a bunch of effects and overlaps....a good singer.
Personally I liked wendy O williams even though a lot of their stuff was really corny sounding, but that was what was cool about it. Once you "got it" you realized she was a crazy woman with a pretty determined voice. Some people catagorize that as punk and I haven't heard everything but Maggots was a total play on power metal. That was a great album. | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/12/2006 6:44:19 PM | | Lee Aaron is a great choice, you might also like Sass Jordan and the lead singer from Bif Naked is also pretty good. | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/12/2006 11:24:45 PM | All depends on what you mean by metal if you are talking hair bands from the late 80's early 90's grab a listen to Femme Fatale (Lorraine Lewis),Vixen (Janet Gardner),Heart(Ann Wilson),L7(Donita Sparks),Runaways(Joan Jett and Lita Ford),Hellion (ann Boleyn),Girlschool(Kim McAuliffe),Saraya(Sandi Saraya),Toronto(Holly Wood),Headpins(Darby Mills)
Thats all I can recall at the moment gotta look at my collection,
Tsorath | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/13/2006 1:29:53 AM |
Lee Aaron is a great choice, you might also like Sass Jordan and the lead singer from Bif Naked is also pretty good.
Bif Naked is a solo act but yeah, she is pretty good. Actually, just on the Canadian front alone, there's some real rockin' chicks! You might wanna check out this band 13 Stone. Real rawkin' chick singer. Not really sure what you're looking for, like more in the vein of Heart (classic rock) or Distillers (punk rock)? Lee Aaron was the all time metal queen (in the 80s but now she is more jazz). Weird huh? | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/13/2006 1:37:32 AM | Not really metal, but have you tried listening to Amy Lee of Evanescence?
Great rock tunes, amazing ballads, she's a trained opera singer apparently!
Check them out!!!!!!!!!!!!
T-Bone | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 8:01:20 PM | | Hmm Try Tarja Turunen of Nightwish, Christina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil and Simone Simons of Epica! also, maybe within temptations songstress aswell, i cant remember her name though! | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/13/2006 9:47:44 PM | Lee Aaron has quit singing rock and now has a career as a jazz singer. She was one of the best female hard-rock singers around.
Also: Lita Ford,
Darby Mills of the Headpins,
Doro Pesch (not sure on that spelling) of the band Warlock
Holly Woods of the band Toronto
Joan Jett
the band Vixen, can't think of the singer's name right now, | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/14/2006 10:36:12 AM | female vocals in metal and hard punk music dont sound good
female ska singers, on the otherhand, sound AWESOME | |
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Posted: 5/14/2006 7:59:45 PM | I had a crush on Lee Aaron
Darby Mills Rocks, great set of pipes...damn i also had a crush on Holly Woods (Toronto).
Toronto had some great pop/rock tunes. | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/14/2006 9:11:26 PM | | I can't believe no one mentioned Suzi Quatro. Definetely a direct influence on the Runaways, Joan Jett, etc. with the whole tough gal, leather wearing, instrument playing thing. | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/14/2006 10:10:50 PM | ive been turned on to a new band called Benedictum (new cd Uncreation), who have an awesome leathery voiced singer who cites dio as an influence and their cd has two covers of dio on it....
http://www.strange-highways.com/ is my metal page where i mention them
but as far as others go -
lita ford
joan jett
suzi quattro
angela from archenemy (tho some mightnt like the death metal style vocals)
nightwish are a bit too operatic for me vocal wise
ive yet to find the female equivalent of a Rob Halford yet in metal!
l8rs | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/15/2006 10:58:59 AM | Actually there is a local Edmonton Alberta group called anxiety of Influence. The Lead singers name is Rochelle Ireland. She has some really good tunes. I believe they have a web site. Not sure what it is but look up here name on an engine and you should find it.
I am also a hard rock songer working on my first album. | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/15/2006 12:12:42 PM | I am all for females in a hard rock band. Women have been a part of music since forever from blues singers from the 20's to girl groups in the 60's to now.
Suzi Quatro is way awesome if yall havent heard check out her great band from the 60's called the Pleasure Seekers they rocked | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/15/2006 2:00:13 PM | Rock and Roll,
Great Topic !
Lee Aaron is my personal fav but she bailed on us to play Jazz. Biff Naked is a blast and one
of the sexiest women in music. Classics are Lita Ford, the runaways,Joan Jett. Must have watched the movie Light of Day a hundred times with her and Micheal J Fox . Patti Smith wrote the first punk song in 1975.
Vixen
Ann Boleyn
Doro
Amy Lee
Kittie London Ontario
http://www.metalmaidens.com/
For Those about to Rock. We Salute you !
Glen
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/15/2006 2:15:34 PM | i would have to say that Lee Aaron has the best set of pipes in rock music. it is a shame that you being from the states have not heard of her, or should that be it is a shame she did not get promoted better to the stateside record buyers at any rate, in my opinion, she is the best... Tsorath mentioned a number of good bands as well... he did forget to mention that Cherie Currie was the lead singer for the runaways as well  | |
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| Female singers in hard rock/metal.
Posted: 5/15/2006 6:16:35 PM | | A few years ago my buddies and I went and checked out Lee Aaron doing her jazz,I am so sure we made her feel good,we is all old school metal and looked the part and shouted out METAL QUEEN..... | |
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