Best 'Girl Band' EVER

[Enraged_Ape]

For me, there's only one clear front-runner, but they're all good.

[tuvor]

1. Tank ya, Ape, for including the Lennon Sisters.

Anacani's a little upset, but I explained to her that she's not a member of a girl group.

[Enraged_Ape]

8. It's-a the lovely Lennon-a Sisters!

Hey, they were awesome. They did a version of "Carolina Moon" that would bring tears to your eyes.

[6000eliot]

34. I have a feeling not a lot of your readers are going to get this reference

[CO Liberal]

46. Now It's-a Time For the Band-a to Get Down-a Funky

Play that funky music, white-a boy!!


Source: http://www.zeldman.com/

[mark414]

2. Sleater Kinney

[mark414]

31. no other sleater kinney fans?

:shrug:

[LincolnMcGrath]

33. They rock too!

[tigereye]

58. enh

think S-K are over-rated. Now Scrawl, those women could really play.

[Ellen Forradalom]

60. definitely cool

A top contender.

[Ellen Forradalom]

61. Babes in Toyland

can't believe you overlooked them.

[jdj]

63. amen to that. Kat could scream Bush right out of office.

Thanks to her, I didn't have to spend alot of money on psychotherapy. And when you think that she played lead guitar and did that, it is amazing.

I have to say, that my FAVORITE SONG of all time, ever, (which for a music buff is saying alot) is "Dust Cake Boy" off of Spanking Machine.

That song...there are no words.

[AngryAmish]

72. amen

[tuvor]

3. Hey, where's the Shangri-Las? n/t

[last_texas_dem]

The Shangri-Las are awesome

They did some intense stuff... really ahead of their time.

Of the poll choices, I went with the Bangles.

[Enraged_Ape]

14. I debated putting the Shangri-Las on

But the fact that they helped give Billy Joel his start as a session pianist, this unleashing his horror upon the world and starting the chain of events that will eventually bring on the Rapture, disqualifies them from this and all future contests.

[tuvor]

25. But you didn't let Lita Ford's solo career keep the Runaways off the list!

:evilgrin:

[Doohickie]

4. The Bangles, fer shur

[bobthedrummer]

5. ELASTICA, even though the drummer was a male

[CanuckAmok]

27. Yeah, that and that they totally ripped-off Wire.

Elastica weren't so much a band as a product.

Not like Josie and the Pussycats!

[bobthedrummer]

52. "Vaseline"!

[jdj]

64. then you have to count Hole in there if we are excusing 1 male

member.

[donheld]

6. You keep me hanging on.

[LincolnMcGrath]

7. SMOOSH

http://www.smoosh.com/

[GOPisEvil]

41. I saw them at South by Southwest!

12 and 10 years old! Pretty good, too! I enjoyed the hell out of their show! :bounce:

[LincolnMcGrath]

55. You got to go to SxSW!

Lucky Bastid!

I just bought the Smoosh CD. It is really good.

[GOPisEvil]

71. I go every year. I live here.

:-)

[LincolnMcGrath]

73. Austin is a cool city. You are so lucky.

I used to go to Smithville every winter to the Lone Star Ski School.



Man, I miss the nineties!

[CanuckAmok]

9. The Carrie Nations, you fools!

[last_texas_dem]

13. They may be the hottest girl band ever

Sucks they had to be fictional. haha

[CanuckAmok]

15. Okay, then, I change my vote...although...

the 5,6,7,8s and Josie and the Pussycats are also fictional...but...whatever!

My new favourite band:

[Enraged_Ape]

16. I beg your pardon. The 5,6,7,8s are REAL.

http://www.rockit-hk.com/Rockit04/Rockit0437.php?subname=5%2C6%2C7%2C8%26prime%3Bs

[CanuckAmok]

17. Not real enough!

Score one for Peanuts.

[last_texas_dem]

20. Josie and the Pussycats are fictional?

Next thing you'll be telling me the Archies were just a cartoon and the music was really played by studio musicians! :-)

I feel like I'm slowly losing my grip on reality... haha

[CanuckAmok]

24. No, you're thinking of Oasis.

It's okay...everything's fine.

[tuvor]

10. OMG! I just realized you forgot...

The Shaggs!



A lot of people are gonna be seriously pissed off. Okay, two or three at most.

[imenja]

29. woah, I missed them

quite the album cover they've got.

[Lautremont]

65. The Shaggs KICK ASS!

Foot Foot rules!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

11. The Ronettes

They weren't the first, but they certainly set the tone for every "girl group" that followed.

[borlis]

12. Heart gets my vote

Although they are not all girls.

[imenja]

19. jinx

I posted that right below you but didn't see yours until after ward.

[imenja]

22. the Graces and Patti Smith

Grace Slick and Grace Jones. Jefferson ____ in none of it's reincarnations was all female, but Grace rules.

I forget Patti Smith. She's my all time favorite.

[yellowdogintexas]

57. Heart!

[jdj]

62. the Wilson sisters are a cosmic entity.

I also want to include Lunachicks, L7, Babes in Toyland, Bikini Kill
Tribe 8, 4 non-blondes too.

there are alot we never heard of

I want to include Hole despite Erik Erlandson.

And I think Polly Jean Harvey and Diamanda Galas qualify as bands because PJ plays every instrument under the sun and Diamanda uses her voice like an electric guitar, among other things.

I didn't vote, because none of my favorites are up there.

I think musically Lunachicks are the most talented, but too hardcore for most, with Tribe 8 running a close second in that category, and L7 were the best mainstream hard rock girl band.

[Bride of Cthulhu]

86. Heart gets my vote too!

n/t

[imenja]

18. Heart should at least be an option

they are getting my vote right now. They beat the Bangles.

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

21. L7. Are you crazy?

Perhaps you are really young. That would be the only excuse.

[Floogeldy]

39. I LOVE The L7's

:)

[tigereye]

59. yay! L-7 kicks major ass!

literally and figuratively!

[jdj]

66. they really hit on a sound that we hadn't heard since Debbie Harry

in Blondie. The songs "Everglade" and "One More Thing" reminded me alot of the way Debbie Harry sounded "One way or Another"

[tigereye]

82. hmm

never thought of it that way. I'll have to listen with a fresh ear. Although I have to say, when I listen to a lot of early punk, I can really hear those disco and 70s rhythmic influences. Even in Clash songs and later, in the Minutemen. Since I have been taking drum lessons, I notice those types of things a lot more.

[elshiva]

23. Indigo Girls

They rock.

[jdj]

67. why'd ya have to go and do that?

geez that brings back memories.

I remember the dawning of these ladies, I feel so alienated from music right now because there just doesn't seem to be anyone doing any of this stuff in the present gang, it's all R&B influenced music which isn't that creative, just mostly about sex and runs, or rap which not that many women can do well.

All these white chicks doing the R&B influenced stuff are kind of repulsive to me, just because so many black women that can sing circles around them end up having to stand behind them and sing back-up so someone like Jessica Simpson can push her tits together and suck on her finger and look stupid.

[elshiva]

87. I love the Indigo Girls.

Intelligent, beautiful, and talented.

[aaronbees]

26. my vote is for...

Sleater Kinney as well. But of those selections, I'd say the Go-Gos.

[Amfortas]

28. Go-Go's who ?

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

30. The Beatles

Pretty drug boys.

On edit: drug boys constantly on drugs

[enigmatic]

32. The Shaggs!

There are The Shaggs, and then there are everyone else...

The Shaggs

[immoderate]

76. Beat me to it. Shaggs rule.

"Oh the poor people want what the rich people got"

--IMM

[enigmatic]

85. Philosophy Of The World- The Shaggs website

http://home.flash.net/~tomj/shaggs/

[AntiCoup2K4]

35. The Rolling Stones

[CanuckAmok]

36. well... there goes the last shred of my....

...desire to interact sexually with others.

[Az]

37. Where's Morning Musume!?!

[Floogeldy]

38. The Roches

[Misunderestimator]

48. I love the Roches

[Floogeldy]

56. Looks like it is just you and me

If people only knew . . . .

B-)

[PurityOfEssence]

68. Runs in the family...

Just knowing they're out there is enough of a comfort.

Lotsa fun, too...

[Floogeldy]

69. Runs In The Family

Runs In The Family
(Words & Music by Terre Roche)

I can't get over what I saw.
And I can't change the law of averages.
I'm going down.
My uncle did it; my daddy did it.
I'm beginning to think that it runs in the family
Oh no, runs in the family.

One by one we left home.
We went so far out there.
Everybody got scared.
My uncle did it; my daddy did it.
I'm beginning to think that it runs in the family
Oh no, runs in the family.

All the boys could have gone to school.
All the girls were pretty enough to play the fool
Something about the danger zone
Wouldn't leave the bunch of us alone.

I remember that night.
It was the one I picked a fight with you.
I'm holding the bag
Just like my mama did;
Just like her mama did.
Now there's gonna be a new kid in the family
Oh no, kid you're gonna run in the family.
Oh yeah, kid you're gonna run in the family.

Copyright 1979 DeShufflin Inc.

B-)

[Floogeldy]

40. Morrissey

!

[swag]

42. The Bangles and the Gov

[Magrittes Pipe]

43. The Pleasure Seekers.

Not only were they fronted by Suzi Quatro (Leather Tuscadero, for you I-only-get-my-music-from-TV-shows folks); but they brought us possibly the finest ode to alcohol abuse ever, "What a Way to Die."

You've got the kind of body
That makes me come alive,
But I'd rather have my hands across
A bottle of Colt 45.

Oh, baby, come on over.
Come on over to my side.
I may not live past 21,
But what a way to die!

[ProfessorGAC]

44. I Went With Donna's, But. . .

. . .before them i would have said Bangles or Runaways, (post Cherrie Curie.) GoGo's just weren't really that good, although i did like "Our Lips Are Sealed" and had a thing for Janie Weidlin.

But, the Donnas rock, and there's really no pretense. It's just rock. And, they all can play some. I'd rather listen to their stuff than to garage rockers like Jet or White Stripes.
The Professor

[kwassa]

45. The Supremes

[slor]

47. Where is Cibo Matto?

They certainly deserve to be listed, rather than fall into the "other" category. How about Luscious Jackson? I guess there are too many to name.

[blindpig]

49. Cowboy Jazz

a western swing outfit that played the Baltimore/DC area in the late 70's. Too good.

Surprised nobody mentioned the GTOs(girls together outrageously), who made a record or 2 for Frank Zappa's Bizarre Records around 70.

[TN al]

50. 4 non-blondes

[StopTheMorans]

51. U2

[flvegan]

53. Nelson. Man those chicks were pretty.

[hey mon]

54. Alice Cooper.

Ugliest girl. Ever. :evilgrin:

[Algomas]

70. The Castration Squad...

They opened for X in Berkeley back when X played hole in the wall beer joints. They sucked so bad the audience got a bit violent. The lead singer resorted to spitting at them before being hustled off stage.
Ahhhh, those were the days!!

[GalleryGod]

74. Coral Gables-1989-BANGLES concert

Hoffs is in a peasant dress with No visible UNDIES:wtf:
"I think I just saw the face of god!":evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :bounce:

[Dogmudgeon]

78. That was no face you saw, GalleryGod

:evilgrin:

--p!
She was born in 1956, you know.
That makes her 51 years old.
Sixty in Canada.

[name not needed]

75. Megadeth

[MissMillie]

77. MissMillie and the Hairballs

just kidding

:silly:

[Dogmudgeon]

79. Separate Checks

A band from Philly, 1985-1990. Excellent by any standard.

--p!

[ChickMagic]

80. The Breeders

I love those girls. Dixie Chicks come in second for me.

[Aristus]

83. Amen! I miss Kim and Kelly Deal and their greasy hair!

They were terrific singers and kinda sexy too!

[ChickMagic]

84. I loved

their use of feedback - one of the most artistic I've heard. I miss them terribly.

[iconoclastic cat]

81. I wish I could say Bikini Kill, but they weren't that good.

I do like them, though.