# Groups where female is not the lead singer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 27, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977 "2022-06-27T16:34:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/82 "2022-06-28T16:05:17Z")
Not their regular drummer, but I do love that Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters let 11-year-old Nandi Bushell, who had challenged Grohl to a drum-off previously, take the drums for a number in a live concert. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jsDgrKdczAE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGHIgRyhJMA8=&rs=AOn4CLByik1l2YlM3kyHn16J_eaYU-nEVg "Foo Fighters "Everlong" w/ 11-Year-Old Nandi Bushell, The Forum, Los Angeles, 8.26.21") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsDgrKdczAE) Really, I’m just including it because it’s a happy story and god knows we need more of those. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/83 "2022-06-28T17:06:17Z")
DNCE of “Cake by the Ocean” fame has a female lead guitarist and a Jonus brother as the lead singer ---
**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:** [June 28, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/84 "2022-06-28T17:12:55Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I should mention the B52s had 2 female backup singers who sometimes played instruments. And [Tracy Wentworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Wormworth) has been their regular bassist since 1990. She records and tours with many others in between. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/85 "2022-06-28T17:13:14Z")
I saw Todd Rundgren performing on some talk show maybe 20 years ago (Probably Conan O’Brien), being backed up by Melissa Auf du Mar (from Hole). Junior Brown is usually backed up by his wife Tanya Rae and other bandmates. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/86 "2022-06-28T18:00:25Z")
**The New Pornographers** Have two women in the band, but almost all the lead vocals are by males. And one of the women is _Neko Case_. **Crash Test Dummies** had a female keyboardist. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/87 "2022-06-28T18:08:27Z")
**Meshugga Beach Party** has a female keyboardist. Nobody on vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/88 "2022-06-28T18:26:45Z")
Coal Chamber comes to mind - original bassist Rayna Foss left after the first album and was replaced by another female bass player, Nadja Peulen, before the band broke up in 2002. They then hired a third woman bass player, Chela Rhea Harper, when they briefly reunited in 2011. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/89 "2022-06-29T04:42:44Z")
Bobbie Nelson (Sister Bobbie) joined Willie Nelson and Family as a pianist in the early 70s and played with the band until passing away earlier this year. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/90 "2022-06-29T15:10:29Z")
Electric Wizard ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/91 "2022-07-06T19:16:57Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Gaelic Storm is an Irish music band whose fiddle player is always a woman, and they’ve had a good number of them. As of this post it’s Katie Grennen… And they just got a new fiddle player. Now it’s Natalya Kay. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/92 "2022-07-06T21:37:44Z")
When Kevin Gilbert put together a touring band to promote [Toy Matinee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Matinee) in 1990, his [girlfriend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Crow#1994%E2%80%931997:_International_success) played keyboards, while Gilbert sang lead. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/93 "2022-07-07T07:25:43Z")
While Andrea Corr was the lead singer of the band The Corrs, her two sisters played drums and violin. Their brother James was the lead guitarist. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/94 "2022-07-07T11:07:57Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > My Bloody Valentine Naah, Butcher is as much a vocalist as Shields is. I’d add Superchunk, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Mars Volta. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/95 "2022-07-07T16:57:37Z")
In the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, has Breezy Peyton playing the washboard. AFAIK, she doesn’t sing. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/96 "2022-07-07T16:58:55Z")
You also have (had) Lorna Doom of the Germs. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/97 "2022-07-07T17:03:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Breezy Peyton playing the washboard. AFAIK, she doesn’t sing. I’ve hung out with the band after shows. People always ask why they don’t feature Breezy on vocals for a song and she just laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/98 "2022-07-08T13:42:03Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > You also have (had) Lorna Doom of the Germs. And very briefly, Dottie Danger (Belinda Carlisle) on drums. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/99 "2022-07-08T14:01:40Z")
**The War on Drugs** has Eliza Hardy Jones on keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/100 "2022-07-23T23:18:47Z")
Just thought of one: In Måneskin the bassist is Victoria de Angelis (female) but the vocalist is Damiano David (male). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977/101 "2022-07-26T08:43:25Z")
**The Negro Problem** (don’t be turned off by the name — great band, fronted by composer Stew, who has been seriously compared to Cole Porter). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977.md?page=4)