# Hottest 70's era rocker chick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441 "2008-04-15T14:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/1 "2008-04-15T14:21:02Z")
For me Stevie Nicks gets the slight edge over Heart of Glass era Debbie Harry, with roller skating era Linda Rondstadt a distant third. For hottest but obscure, Sonja Kristina of Curved Air (obscure in the US anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/2 "2008-04-15T14:30:34Z")
When Heart debuted in 1976, I thought Ann and Nancy Wilson were both pretty hot. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/3 "2008-04-15T15:16:19Z")
Stevie Nicks. Absolutely. [sub]Unless I think of someone hotter…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/4 "2008-04-15T15:21:20Z")
[Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZphPSSXR8) a great clip of Stevie at her hottest/highest, backing Bob Welch at the 1978 California Jam. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/5 "2008-04-15T15:28:27Z")
Joan Jett. Her solo career didn’t pick up until the 80s, but she was in the Runaways during the 70s, so she counts. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/6 "2008-04-15T16:27:41Z")
Well, in '79-80 my roommate and I sent a letter to Chrissie Hynde, asking if she minded if we formed a religion based on her… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/7 "2008-04-15T16:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Well, in '79-80 my roommate and I sent a letter to Chrissie Hynde, asking if she minded if we formed a religion based on her… [/QUOTE] Simply because I respect her has a songwriter, singer and a bandmember (to me, she was the first “rocker chick” who clearly wanted to be seen as one of the band first - and she totally pulled it off, IMHO). But…damn! She is all kinds of Hot - she clearly grew her bangs out to take attention to her beauty. I remember seeing a high school photo in Rolling Stone one time (just looked; couldn’t Google it easily) and thinking - whoa! And then I saw this photo of her and some other punk rock girls at Malcolm McLaren’s shop SEX - it’s a photo from behind and Chrissie is wearing some sort of Playboy Girl type of outfit - just beautiful legs. I’ll be in my bunk. Oh - and yeah, Stevie is amazing, as is Debbie Harry and the Wilsons - absolutely no argument from me. Nancy is another truly great guitarist (mostly rhythm) who deserves to be considered simply as a guitarist in her own right, just like Chrissie… ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/8 "2008-04-15T16:56:15Z")
Let’s not forget Andrea True. How many women can you name who had a top 5 record and are still better known for their career in porn? ---
**Author:** ![Clivas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clivas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clivas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/9 "2008-04-15T16:56:20Z")
If Joan Jett counts she’s got my vote. Not only could she kick crap out of me, but she’d do it with a smirk on her face. There’s something sexy about that. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/10 "2008-04-15T17:00:50Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Let’s not forget Andrea True. How many women can you name who had a top 5 record and are still better known for their career in porn? [/QUOTE] Yeah but that was early 70’s era porn where the women weren’t exactly known for their good looks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/11 "2008-04-15T17:08:53Z")
I’d second Sonja! Curved Air are one of the groups I most regret not seeing live… ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/12 "2008-04-15T17:10:38Z")
Stevie Nicks. Or maybe Pat Benatar. (I loves me a redhead.) ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/13 "2008-04-15T17:18:52Z")
Siouxsie Sioux. She became really big in the 80’s but Siouxsie and the Banshees did debut in the 70’s. That woman is still super hot. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/14 "2008-04-15T17:26:17Z")
OK, this one is like one year outside the 70s, but [Kim Wilde](http://www.wilde-life.com/gallery/00002/04850/) was pretty cute. But I noticed that she has a website currently, and I have to say that [oh, yeah](http://www.wilde-life.com/gallery/00017/00247/), I’d [definitely](http://www.wilde-life.com/gallery/00017/00248/) hit [that](http://www.wilde-life.com/gallery/00017/00249) . ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/15 "2008-04-15T17:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=Grammanaut] Siouxsie Sioux. She became really big in the 80’s but Siouxsie and the Banshees did debut in the 70’s. That woman is still super hot. [/QUOTE] The book that has the photo of Chrissie Hynde at SEX also has a great photo of Siouxsie from before she formed the band and was just a super-extreme punked out club goer. In the photo I am thinking of, she is topless at a club, well, just to be outrageous… The book is called PUNK! and published by DK - a very UK-centric view of the punk scene - I think it is a collection of punk-related magazine articles from that era, with a bunch of new photos - two of which I seem to like very much! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/16 "2008-04-15T17:36:00Z")
Annie Haslam. Then Stevie. Or maybe a sandwich… ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/17 "2008-04-15T18:01:17Z")
Or, if you like your rock a little more countryfied, there’s the 1970’s[Dolly Parton](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000K7VL3S.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/18 "2008-04-15T18:01:30Z")
Depending on your definition of “rocker” I’ll throw these names in the hat… Olivia Newton-John The ABBA chicks ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/19 "2008-04-15T18:08:59Z")
Another vote for Joan Jett. She looked great [in the 70s](http://www.bobgruen.com/files/asst/R.147%20JOAN%20JETT%2077.jpg). She looks great [today](http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joanjett/photos/collection/photo/6/large). She looked great [blonde](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/JoanJett.jpg) (my husband took that photo). She even looked great [bald](http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r31/dinodressed2/JoanJett.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441/20 "2008-04-15T18:14:42Z")
Linda Ronstadt. See, I’m a girl, and my definition of hotness was wanting to be Linda Ronstadt. Prisoner in Disguise era, maybe. I even started wearing silver bangles and hoop earrings, my hair long so I could put it up, jeans and hippie blouses. A lot of that style is still with me to this day. I thought she was hot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-70s-era-rocker-chick/445441.md?page=2)