# Recommend Me Some High Energy (guitar based) Bands With Female Singers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214 "2002-08-16T16:11:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/41 "2002-08-18T01:32:44Z")
I had to read the posts so far twice to confirm my shocking observation… nobody has yet mentioned **Concrete Blonde**! They rock. I also second recommendations for **Garbage** , **Elastica** , and **Sleater-Kinney**. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/42 "2002-08-18T01:51:48Z")
I wouldn’t describe Concrete Blonde as hi-energy guitar based. ‘Bloodletting’ is one of my favorite albums of all time, an absolute masterpiece IMO, but they don’t fall under the OP’s criteria. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/43 "2002-08-18T04:30:15Z")
Although all of their material is out of print in the US, **Inkubus Sukkubus** definitely fits the bill. You can order their stuff through [Resurrection Music](http://www.resurrectionmusic.com), a great source for goth/industrial stuff. It’s a bit pricey, and the shipping’s slow, but it was worth it for the two CD’s I got, _Wytches_ and _Vampyre Erotica_. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/44 "2002-08-18T04:31:53Z")
Although all of their material is out of print in the US, **Inkubus Sukkubus** definitely fits the bill. You can order their stuff through [Resurrection Music](http://www.resurrectionmusic.com), a great source for goth/industrial stuff. It’s a bit pricey, and the shipping’s slow, but it was worth it for the two CD’s I got, _Wytches_ and _Vampyre Erotica_. Hope this doesn’t double post, but I forgot to mention that they have a [page](http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/57/inkubus_sukkubus.html) on [mp3.com](http://mp3.com). Go download some stuff (my favorite is the title track off _Vampyre Erotica_). ---
**Author:** ![cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/45 "2002-08-18T05:56:53Z")
If you like blues try Kelly Richie, otherwise I agree with sam stone , except for Heart ( they sound like female to me) ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/46 "2002-08-18T05:56:59Z")
**Joan Osborne’s** new one rocks pretty good. Let’s see, there’s also **Kate Bush** though she’s a little “different”. **Tori Amos** has a few upbeat ones. **Patti Rothberg** is pretty cool though I don’t think she’s had a second CD out yet. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/47 "2002-08-18T06:05:49Z")
Damn, where’s Pat Benatar and Heart, maybe I’m just over the hill and don’t know it. There’s still a bunch not mentioned! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/48 "2002-08-18T06:32:06Z")
Trust me on this one. **Mary Prankster**. The absolute BEST rock band you’ve never heard of. If you do any of the IM stuff, email me your name and I’ll send you some of her songs. I’ve seen many great Rock and Roll shows, Dead Kennedys, The Who ( 2nd row seets on the floor at RFK stadium in 1995),etc…and Mary in a bistro, solo acustic, blows them all away. She’s so good I duped this post in an email. Check out her [website](http://www.maryprankster.com/main.html). Also, I cry _ **SHAME!!!** _ on **Jonathan Chance** for neglecting to mention the Queen of Cowpunk. _ **SHAME!! SHAME!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/49 "2002-08-18T11:57:57Z")
Just because she loves me and not you is not reason to get all excited. Jeez, some people. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/50 "2002-08-18T13:00:57Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Robot Arm_ > There was a cuddlecore punk trio from Vancouver called Cub… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ersatz Shmoe \* > Is that the same band that did the TMBG-covered “New York City”? > > I love that song. If I ever play there, I’m doing that song. Yes, it’s the same **Cub** that did _New York City_. I only saw them once, in November of '96 opening for TMBG, and they were fantastic. Shame they broke up, but they put out some great CDs if you can find them. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/51 "2002-08-18T14:39:55Z")
**Joydrop**. The _Metasexual_ album is fun. If you wish to try before you buy, email me or get me on ICQ and I’ll send you an mp3 or two. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/52 "2002-08-18T16:52:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Just because she loves me and not you is not reason to get all excited. > > Jeez, some people. \*\* Well, just because she wrote you a song… I’m not sure I’d crow about “The World is Full of Bastards”, IYKWIM. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/53 "2002-08-18T19:40:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*I wouldn’t describe Concrete Blonde as hi-energy guitar based. ‘Bloodletting’ is one of my favorite albums of all time, an absolute masterpiece IMO, but they don’t fall under the OP’s criteria. \*\* They don’t? Since when? I’d say the Sugarcubes or No Doubt (mentioned earlier in the thread) don’t really apply to the OP’s criteria, but Concrete Blonde could fit in quite well, especially when compared against Veruca Salt. I wasn’t necessarily thinking of “Bloodletting” however, which is one of their more mellow records. I was thinking more of older Blonde, such as “Free” or “Still in Hollywood.” Some tracks on “Mexican Moon” (my personal favorite Blonde album) would also fit the bill. Anyway, it was just a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/54 "2002-08-19T06:34:38Z")
**Daisy Chainsaw** , although they’re broken up now, sounds to me like almost exactly what the OP is requesting. Some of the members (including one-woman moshpit Katie Jane Garside) have reformed into **Queen Adeena**. I haven’t heard it, but it must be good. Total agreement on **P.J. Harvey**. All must bow down. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/55 "2002-08-19T07:26:37Z")
If your tastes run to thrashy power pop then former 80’s UK band **The Primitives** are your answer. > [@](#): > > Rolling Stone. Review of Lovely. Art pop or pop art, it makes no difference - in a perfect world, every song on this record would be a hit. The Primitives play as if they were late for an appointment, but the don’t let their infectious Sixties-style melodies get lost in the shuffle. Precise, pounding drums and wall-of-fuzz guitar are perfect foils for the smooth, cool vocals of Tracey Tracey, who is also the band’s tambourine player. The Primitives invite comparisons to Blondie, the Go-Go’s and the Buzzcocks; in other words, this is power pop to the nth degree. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/56 "2002-08-19T07:48:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Labdad \* > \*\*How about Jefferson Airplane, say between 1966 and 1970. You’ve got Jorma Kaukonen on guitar and Grace Slick on vocals. That sounds like it would fill the bill. \*\* I’ll second the Jefferson Airplane vote. (But the 71-72 Airplane is worth a listen to also) Be sure to check out _Hey Fredrick_ from 1969’s **Volunteers**. ---
**Author:** ![KozGuitar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@KozGuitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KozGuitar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/57 "2002-08-19T15:42:57Z")
Thanks, **JonTheHasher**! Glad you liked it! Now I have to get some time to sit down and check out some of the other stuff being thrown around in here… -Jon ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/58 "2002-08-19T17:14:19Z")
Since you asked for guitar playing I submit **Warlock/Doro Pesch** and **Sinergy** as bands with female vocals that are pretty heavy. Also if you’re into death metal you can try **Arch Enemy** but you might have a hard time understanding her. You might also try out **Nightwish** as the singer there is also an opera singer. All of these bands are heavy if that’s your thing, but they have the guitars that you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Trancey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Trancey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/59 "2002-08-19T21:01:05Z")
im not sure this fits in ur catagory of music but i suggest this one song Power Symphony - Never Dream of Goodness it has to be one of the best songs ive heard in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214/60 "2002-08-19T23:08:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > **Daisy Chainsaw** , although they’re broken up now, sounds to me like almost exactly what the OP is requesting. Some of the members (including one-woman moshpit Katie Jane Garside) have reformed into **Queen Adeena**. I haven’t heard it, but it must be good. Daisy Chainsaw is good, I don’t know if it’s readily available these days, but it is fun, noisy, garage-glam. Queen Adreena, with KJG and guitarist Crispin Gray from Daisy Chainsaw, is quite a bit different. Slower and less glam, it misses out on the frenetic thrill ride of its predecessor. Plus, I don’t think it’s available in the US, so investing in it can be expensive. On the whole I found it to be a let-down. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > If your tastes run to thrashy power pop then former 80’s UK band The Primitives are your answer. Mmmm, their first album (sigh, currently out of print here in the US) is damn good guitar pop, the comparison to the Buzzcocks is quite apt. Their later stuff failed to live up to the first album and was hit-or-miss-or-miss-or-miss, but dammit, _Thru The Flowers_ is one of the best songs ever recorded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-high-energy-guitar-based-bands-with-female-singers/124214.md?page=4)