# Girls in the band, but not the singer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872 "2007-08-25T05:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/61 "2007-08-27T06:15:52Z")
Ska-punk band Less Than Jake had a female saxophone player named Jessica, who quit the band around 1998 to become a teacher. She was a real sweetheart, but they’re all great people. Neko Case played drums in Cub before becoming an alt-country and power pop goddess as a solo act and with the New Pornographers. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/62 "2007-08-27T06:22:30Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Neko Case played drums in Cub before becoming an alt-country and power pop goddess as a solo act and with the New Pornographers. [/QUOTE] When? I didn’t know about this. I’ve only heard of Valeria Fellini and Lisa G. as Cub drummers. edit: Holy crap. Looks like Neko played on some of Betti-Cola. I did not know this. [Allmusic.com](http://Allmusic.com) completely misses this fact. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/63 "2007-08-27T06:38:50Z")
And yet another Mellencamp violinist, Lisa Germano…who was, I believe, the first of the female Mellencamp violin (fiddle) players. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/64 "2007-08-27T06:52:40Z")
There’s a cute chick playing drums in Vincent Gallo’s band in this [youtube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3ZqY6n23M) of a post-rock performance. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/65 "2007-08-27T11:01:00Z")
The [Zutons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zutons) have a rather cute [saxophonist](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/susie_bubble/Fashion%20Style/abi4.jpg), Abi Harding. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/66 "2007-08-27T13:28:22Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Socks] Skid Row- Rachel Bolan on bass. [/QUOTE] Hate to break it to you, but [Rachel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Bolan)’s a guy. Motley Crue had [Samantha Meloney](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Maloney), of Hole, fill in for Randy Castillo for one of their tours. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/67 "2007-08-27T16:19:58Z")
Here’s an early one. Linda LaFlamme, the keyboardist of San Francisco proto-psychedelic band, It’s a Beautiful Day. I don’t think she even sang backup. She left after their classic first album, _It’s a Beautiful Day_, featuring “White Bird,” and the band was never the same. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/68 "2007-09-04T05:52:03Z")
Does anyone know about Ash or Sick Puppies? They both have female guitarists, but I don’t know enough by either band to determine if either woman ever sings. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/69 "2007-09-04T05:59:46Z")
Charlotte Hatherley did indeed do backing vocals for Ash. She is no longer with the group, having embarked on a solo career. ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/70 "2007-09-04T14:30:56Z")
[QUOTE=Juliette: Culture Junkie] Not sure if any of thee have been posted yet, but… Velvet Underground - Maureen “Mo” Tucker (drums) (Nico wasn’t _really_ in the band, right?) [/QUOTE] Sorry, but Mo Tucker sings on “After Hours” and the always delightful “I’m Sticking with You”. The second is admittidly an outake, but showed up on the VU album and the box set. Mo has also put out a couple of solo albums. ---
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/71 "2007-09-04T18:09:38Z")
Did anyone mention Lenny Kravitz’s drummer during the late 90’s and early 00’s? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872/72 "2007-09-04T23:51:18Z")
[Nashville Pussy](http://www.nashvillepussy.com/) has a rotating lineup of (usually) two girls and two guys with just a male vocalist. I haven’t heard their entire catalogue, though. Does the E Street Band’s Patti Scialfa sing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-in-the-band-but-not-the-singer/416872.md?page=3)