What Are Some Good Female Bands?

[octafish]

Ok, some good ones mentioned, glad to see L7, the Breeders, Girlschool, and P.J. Harvey.
I'll add some obvious ones.

Peaches.
Suzie Quatro, yes she was on Happy Days but she is a great rocker 48 Crash and Can the Can still rock the house.
Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly.

And some not so obvious.

The Spazzys, Melbourne all girl group, very Ramones influenced.
Your Wedding Night, ok very obscure but worth checking out.
Super Wild horses, very hot now, a great duo.

Oh and the 5,6,7,8's you've seen them in Kill Bill and Shonen Knife.

p.s. The Slits and the G.T.O.s

*edit* Shit shit shit I forgot Patti Smith

 

[RanD00M]

BrúðarBandið is an all female band.Sure,tracking anything done by them down will be hard,but worth it.

 

[DividedUnity]

If youre going to listen to paramore dont listen to their latest album. Its cack compared to riot and all we know is falling

Also Fireflight, The Agonist, Wir Sind Helden and Evanescence are all fronted by women

 

[the Dept of Science]

Some non-metal ones I would recommend:

Heavenly, the Pipettes, Camera Obscura, The Slits, PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Feist, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I think the Slits are the only all female band. I think PJ Harvey records all the instruments herself but has a backup band when playing live. Pipettes have 3 female frontwomen but all male backing.

 

[Snownine]

I listened to a bunch of songs from the bands people were recommending. I went on a camping trip for my bio class the day after I made this thread and had a bunch of these songs stuck in my head the entire trip.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

One of my favourite groups of ever.

 

[Marter]

Lights is a great vocalist, I suggest looking her up.

Nightwish is fronted by a female singer for the most part, although some songs are sung by Marco.

 

[Trivun]

Haven't listened to them myself yet, though I'm planning to, but I heard that Warpaint are a pretty good group . All female, by the way.

 

[Generator]

I kinda like Siouxsie and the Banshees, though no one else I know seems to; they're about equal parts pop and rock, though.

Also, for older bands, check out Heart and Stevie Nicks. If I'm not mistaken, both are primarily female bands, or at least equal parts female and male, and they both totally rule!

Oh, and even though it's already been said, Lacuna Coil is freaking awesome! Although, I think the singer is the only female of the band.

 

[Yoshemo]

Paramore
Meg & Dia
Evanescence
Flyleaf
and Shiny Toy Guns

 

[Shapsters]

Hahaha good female bands, dont make me laugh!

... *ahem* Heart is fucking awesome, OOOHHhhhhh BARRACUDA!

 

[Devi Darkside]

Daisy Chainsaw, The Distillers, Horrorpops, Lacuna Coil, The Soviettes, Bikini Kill, The Epoxies, Queen Adreena, Hole, Garbage, L7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vice Squad, No Doubt, Save Ferris.

There's a few good ones to check out, most aren't metal, and most are only lead by women but still pretty awesome.

Edit: Holy shit, I forgot Heart, Dresden Dolls and Rasputina! =P
And yes, I didn't put in Paramore due to the fact they were mentioned a lot already.

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

Lights of Autumn, Paramore, Evanesence, Halestorm, Heart, Pat Banatar, Kitty, Otep, Antigone Rising, Avril Lavigne, Lacuna Coil, Shiny Toy Guns, Morningwood. That might be enough to hold anyone over. Out of those, I think only Heart and Antigone Rising are all girl bands. Also, Mindless Self Indulgence has a male singer but a female drummer and guitarist. They're pretty good.

 

[sheic99]

Stiletto and The Devotchkas are both good and all female, but good luck finding stuff for Stiletto.

As for female vocalists, Whorehouse of Representatives, Zero Hour and Submission Hold are quite good. The first 2 might not fit well with some people.

 

[Kiju]

Heart.

'nuff said. :3

 

[el_kabong]

I really like King Ly Chee. They're a Hong Kong hardcore band with a female lead singer. I saw them open for NOFX in Beijing. I haven't been able to find a lot of their stuff through normal means, but they were great live. Also, close the opposite of that, I liked Tsunami Bomb when they were around. A little too poppy for my current tastes, but Agent M is a great vocalist.

 

[Dusk of Dawn]

Paramore, flyleaf, no doubt, and blonde are all good i also like ltttle birdy and florence and the but there not really rock

 

[Aur0ra145]

Save Ferris - come on eileen
Letters to Cleo - ever seen 10 things I hate about you?
Sixpence None the Richer - easy rock band
Stalking Roxy - Ska band
Tsunami Bomb - Pirate punk
Wir sind Helden - German band
Tricot Machine - French band
Evanescence - Can't believe nobodies mentioned them yet
The Veronicas - don't like them, but fits the op's question
Highball Holiday - another ska band
Squirrel Nut Zipper - Big Band Swing
Vera Lynn - best vocalist/most influential female singer ever.
Suspect Bill
Ocean 11
Checkered Cabs
Hermes House Band - Que sera sera, I will survive, etc.
Kinky coo coos
The Pepper Pots
Tip the Van
Sonic Boom Six - Skacore
Dance Hall Crashers - Pop Rock
Radiation Kings - 1950's swing/reggae cross
Oreskaband - Japanese ska band
Half Past Two - 1990's punk band
Chase Long Beach - maybe my new favorite band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI-QHCoXbaY
Flight 180 - sounds kinda like The W's
The Heat Machine (AKA The Incredible Heat Machine) - kinda like save ferris
2nd Time Lucky - popska
Prague Ska Conspiracy - Czech ska band
Blue King Brown - sorta like No Doubt
Skasmopoliton
Dr. Octopus - australian band, early punk type band
Skapoint - super secret government band
The Penguin Skazz
Rubix Cuba - latina band
Chupaskabra - Florida band, good singer
The Selector - kinda like the Clash
The Bohunks - LA based band
Brite Spot Collective
The Elixxirs - Canada based ska/punk band
Karmacanix - British Columbia band
Los Furios
Mobtown
The Pressure Sounds - new improved version of the Checkered Cabs
The Fabulous Rudies
Seven O'clock Scandal
Five Star Affair
ABBA - how haven't they been mentioned?
The Barrymores - sounds a lot like the Misfits
The Local Skank - all female ska band www.thelocalskank.com
Not from Concentrate
Rude Zombie - a lot like Goldfinger (back in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater days)
Berry Roll - Japanese Punk band
Browny Circus - yet another japanese band
The Soviettes - Minnesota based punk band
The Distillers - girl fronted punk band
The Epoxies - Kinda have a new retro sound to them
The Devotchkas - almost sound like the Casualties
Horrorpops - pop punk, but good - actually, I like them alot
X-Ray Spex - UK based band
Bikini Kill - punkcore band
Lost Cherrees - The vines like almost
The Eyeliners - girl based punk band
Go Betty Go - harder sounding Letters to Cleo type, pretty good
The Messengers - kinda like the Distillers, but not as assaulting singing
Lunachicks - might have been mentioned before
Detestation - I'm sure the metal loving escapists will appreciate them
Vice Squad - Dark rock, 1980's sound
Anti-Product - screamo?
Honeycreeper - ummh, don't know what to make of them
Witch Hunt - Hard Rock? Not bad in my opinion
Contravene - yeah.
Jellyroll Rockheads - ummh, yeah another screamotype
Bodysnatchers - rockeasy
Melt Banana - Heavy Rock
The Slits - 1980's
Blondie - deserves a mention
The Fabulous Stains - movie band like spinal tap
The Runaways - heat maybe?
Sonic Youth - might have been mentioned before
F-Minus
One True Thing - rock, very good singer
Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer - best name ever
Ley Royal Scam - Letters to Cleo influence evident, not bad though
The Avengers
Angry Amputee - sounds sorta like the Distillers
Dresden Dolls - BEST FEMALE VOCALIST I'VE HEARD
The Rondelles - rock easy, dead now
Sahara Hotnights - different to say the least
Hang on the Box - weird japanese band
Malignus Youth
Naked Agression
Ashtray - fun band
The Plasmatics - very odd band
Sleater Kinney - good, can't put them in a genre
Erase Errata
ChumbaWumba
t.A.T.u - hasn't been mentioned yet? weird


Well, I think that's enough to keep you occupied for a while, cheers!