# Bands of mixed gender with more than one female member? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122 "2002-05-03T18:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/21 "2002-05-04T00:19:55Z")
**Stereolab** : two female singers and a keyboard player. The lineup has varied, at one point the lead singer was the only female member. **The Velvet Underground** had Nico and Mo Tucker. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/22 "2002-05-04T01:51:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mullinator \* > \*\*4 Non Blondes had 4 members, only 1-2 were guys (sorry, shoddy memory and flash in the pan fame). \*\* Just one. I originally thought two, because the bass player looked very boyish. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/23 "2002-05-04T02:15:44Z")
The Partridge Family. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/24 "2002-05-04T09:53:22Z")
The Throwing Muses. Godspeed You Black Emperor! Band of Susans. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/25 "2002-05-04T10:40:09Z")
Fuzzy Belly (phase 2, with Gail Greenwood on bass) Dance Hall Crashers Mary’s Danish ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/26 "2002-05-04T13:24:17Z")
The **Einstürzende Neubauten** (German godfathers of avant-garde industrial, but they hate the term ‘avant-garde’ for some reason) for about ten minutes in the early 1980s, with the ladies being Gudrun Gut and Beate Bartel, and the gentlemen being Blixa Bargeld and Andrew Chudy. The ladies left, but I think they’re still making music. This whole lineup collpased before their first album, BTW - nowadays, they’re six men, including the two original fellows. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/27 "2002-05-04T14:17:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > Prince had Vanity and Appalonia Not in his band, and not at the same time. Prince pulled the strings on an all-girl band called **Vanity 6**. After Vanity left the band and Apollonia took her place, the name changed to **Apollonia 6**. Nevertheless, I suspect you were thinking of Lisa and Wendy from **The Revolution**. While we’re on the subject of bands that orbited Prince, however, Sheila E’s band also fits the criteria given by the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/28 "2002-05-04T16:12:54Z")
The Human League Just about any band with a row of backup singers ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/29 "2002-05-04T18:57:04Z")
Talking heads,at least on thier stop making sense tour The Comitments ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/30 "2002-05-04T19:17:25Z")
Whoops, forgot one: Imperial Teen ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/31 "2002-05-04T23:53:18Z")
October Project ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/32 "2002-05-05T00:19:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bdgr \* > **Talking heads,at least on thier stop making sense tour** I’m not sure that they count–I guess I’m looking more for regular members (even if they were only around for one album). ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/33 "2002-05-05T01:08:35Z")
Steeleye Span had two women (Maddy Prior and Gay Woods) on their first album. Woods left shortly after that, but she rejoined the band in the '90s (and then Prior left a few years ago). They’ve changed lineups many times, but on most albums Prior is the only woman (except for the most recent ones where it’s just Woods). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/34 "2002-05-05T01:29:26Z")
All on or were on Bloodshot Records I think: **Hazeldine** , if they’re still together, 3 women and a guy drummer. **Meat Purveyors** - 2 & 2. **Freakwater** - 2 & 2. I think the lead singer(s) from all above is one of the women too. **Trailer Bride** has a woman singer, never seen tehm though, sure like too, they may have another women in there too. ---
**Author:** ![dawnjoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dawnjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawnjoy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/35 "2002-05-05T04:44:38Z")
That Dog Ace of Base ---
**Author:** ![dunne\_u.wurrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@dunne\_u.wurrie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunne_u.wurrie)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/36 "2002-05-05T05:11:23Z")
Martha and the Muffins ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/37 "2002-05-05T07:05:41Z")
Black Sorrows Voice of the Beehive ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/38 "2002-05-05T12:40:55Z")
Nashiville Pussy. The bass player is a hottie (the new one’s one of those quiet cute girls, the original looks like a stripper, so take your pick. I prefer the new girl, myself) and the lead guitarrist is a fucking maniac. This, in turn, makes her INCREDIBLY sexy. The band sounds a lot like AC/DC, except with a lot more swearing, and the lead guitarist seems to have taken a lot of ques from the lead guitarist from the former band as well. Lot’s of head banging and just running around to the music. I think the giving head to beer bottles while playing is something strickly her, but either way, she’s a maniac on stage. And the music rocks, too. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/39 "2002-05-05T12:48:12Z")
Did Cardigans? “Cardigins”? ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-of-mixed-gender-with-more-than-one-female-member/107122/40 "2002-05-05T16:47:25Z")
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