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Old 21-12-2009, 09:25
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What are your favourites, mine are:

Evanescence
Lacuna Coil
Delain
Flyleaf
Nightwish
Bif naked

The reason why I'm interested is because Scuzz had a female special at the weekend.
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Old 21-12-2009, 09:28
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What about Paramore? Do they count as rock?
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Old 21-12-2009, 09:30
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Forgot them I love Paramore.
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Old 21-12-2009, 09:43
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Blondie? That's the first that springs to mind anyway.
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Old 21-12-2009, 09:57
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No Doubt?
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Old 21-12-2009, 09:58
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...here's some that I like, some 'rock', some not:

The Breeders
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Broadcast
Cocteau Twins
Electrelane
L7
Babes in Toyland
Sidi Bou Said
Goldfrapp
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
M.I.A.
CSS
Minipop
North Sea Radio Orchestra
Rachel Unthank/The Unthanks
Mazzy Star
Kate Bush
Girlschool
The Fiery Furnaces
Luscious Jackson
Le Tigre
Patti Smith
Tori Amos
PJ Harvey
Portishead
The Pretenders
The Runaways
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Sleater-Kinney
The Slits
The Raincoats
St. Etienne
Veruca Salt

(some are no more, some are strictly speaking 'solo artists', but play with a band and everything, so I've erred on the side of inclusiveness.)
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:00
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What are your favourites, mine are:
(The Gathering - you cannot leave these out as they were such a large influence of 3 of middle 4)
Evanescence
Lacuna Coil
Delain
Flyleaf
Nightwish
Bif naked

The reason why I'm interested is because Scuzz had a female special at the weekend.
That list indicates a slight ignorance in the area of rock music.Where are the Gathering who vertially started the movement - even before Lacuna Coil who they influenced alot (although they have gone on a nu-metal direction since).I'll now add them to list.
Don't now Bif naked or Flyleaf - I don't think they are in the Goth/Symphonic rock genre - cannot comment about.
Most of those bands have become a little stereo typed to the genre.'90's stuff much better, although the Delain (project) is quite good.You seriously must check out Anneke van Giersbergen / The Gathering though if you haven't already.
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:03
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Potentially the best one ever, could have been Supernova, fronted by Dilana. If only the boys in the band had not been intimidated by her quality. The chose someone - as a lead singer - who looked like their pupil, and as a result, failed to achieve lift-off.
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:16
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That list indicates a slight ignorance in the area of rock music.Where are the Gathering who vertially started the movement - even before Lacuna Coil who they influenced alot (although they have gone on a nu-metal direction since).I'll now add them to list.
Well im sorry for being so ignorant, thats just some of the stuff i like as theres more. Just because you know alot more than me theres no need to call me ignorant. I like them and peoples tastes differ to yours so leave me be.
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:35
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B;lood Red Shoes
CSS
Deerhoof
Boredoms
Shonen Knife
Afrirampo

Not so much favourites as names I wanted to throw into the discussion, although I like what I've seen of all of them and Blood Red Shoes are excellent live.
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:36
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What a great band they are.
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:37
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Well im sorry for being so ignorant, thats just some of the stuff i like as theres more. Just because you know alot more than me theres no need to call me ignorant. I like them and peoples tastes differ to yours so leave me be.
Sorry I did over react a little perhaps, but I don't like the general trend that seems to happen that that the genuine creators of genres are sometimes air brushed out.Check Mandylion & Nighttime Birds by the Gathering.Delain have a track called 'The Gathering' which seems to show appreciation of Anneke / the band although I haven't read any articles to confirm this.Lacuna Coil, Nightwish & Delain have toured with the Gathering.Where you aware of them?
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:47
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I'll checkout the gathering when i next use a computer (using mobile at the moment)
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:55
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Old 21-12-2009, 11:06
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I loved Siouxsie and the Banshees. More piunk rock than 'rock' I know, but they were always my favourite.
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Old 21-12-2009, 11:10
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Courtney Love's Hole. (Well, if it was good enough for Cobain and Coogan...)

Grace Slick's Jefferson Airplane.
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Old 21-12-2009, 11:24
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The Cranberries and Paramore are my favourites.
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Old 21-12-2009, 11:27
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I loved Siouxsie and the Banshees. More piunk rock than 'rock' I know, but they were always my favourite.
I'd regard them as a geniune rock band.I'd say they were more goth rock (post-punk) more than anything (& an originator of the style), perhaps on the garage / pop side.Far more interesting than genuine punk which was beginning to fissle out at the time they released their first album.
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Old 21-12-2009, 11:46
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Garbage
Rockbitch aka MT-TV (all-female band now)
Sugarcubes (fronted by Bjork)
The Cranberries
The Cardigans/A Camp
Republica
The Mummers
Renaissance
Curved Air
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Old 21-12-2009, 11:49
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What a great band they are.
...that would be why I included this caveat:

(some are no more, some are strictly speaking 'solo artists', but play with a band and everything, so I've erred on the side of inclusiveness.)


...here's some more:

Stereolab
Lush
Rilo Kiley
10,000 Maniacs
Lone Justice
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Tilly and the Wall
Florence and the Machine
The Gossip
Royal Trux
Skunk Anansie
Heart
Elastica
Echobelly
Catatonia
Madder Rose
BaronBane
Bikini Kill
Voodoo Dolls
The Donnas

...and let's not forget The Carpenters
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Old 21-12-2009, 12:14
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Lush
Black tambrines
Aberdeen
Magneta Lane
Medicine
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Old 21-12-2009, 12:38
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My faves are;
Paramore
Evanescence,
Eisley (though their more dreamy pop/indie)
Flyleaf
No Doubt
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Old 21-12-2009, 12:46
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Not all 'rock' bands per se, but these are some of my favourite alternative female-led bands:

Cocteau Twins
Camera Obscura
The Organ (these were all female actually)
School of Seven Bells
Beach House
Autumn's Grey Solace
Howling Bells
Lucky Soul
Mazzy Star
Lush
Metric
Rilo Kiley
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Old 21-12-2009, 12:56
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My Favourite - Tarja Turunen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwbtbfAnI80
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Old 21-12-2009, 13:12
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Courtney Love's Hole. (Well, if it was good enough for Cobain and Coogan...)
No, not 'If it was Good enough for Cobain and Coogan'. Hole are a perfectly good band in their own right.

Tarja Appreciation shall make her an honorary band.

Few more...

1. Daisy Chainsaw and Queenadreena. (Frontwoman- KatieJane Garside)
( Why haven't they been mentioned yet? It's as if KatieJane temporarily falls out of existence every time a thread or list like this comes up! I know these bands aren't very well known, the latter especially, but come on...)

2. The Birthday Massacre. (Frontwoman- Chibi)

3. Onmyouza (Frontwoman (alongside a Frontman, but still)- Kuroneko)

4. Inugami Circus Dan. (Frontwoman and founder- Kyouko)

5. The Scissor Sisters (Backup vocalist- Ana Matronic)
(Do they count? Ana's only on backup vocals and they aren't strictly rock)

A couple of all-female bands:

1. Exist Trace (Frontwoman- Jyou)
(Other members- Omi + Miko on guitars, Naoto on bass, and Mally on drums)

2. Show-ya (Frontwoman- Either Keiko Terada, Stephanie Borges or Yoshino, depending on what year you're in)
( Other members- Miki Igarashi on guitar, Satomi Senba on bass, Miki Tsunoda on drums and Miki Nakamura on keyboards)


I'll also give Fiction (Frontwoman- Lucifer Luscious Violenoue) a mention, but I'm don't know much about them, so wouldn't know where to put them.
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