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Posted by: rokchik Aug 24 2007, 07:58 AM

Hey ladies (and Gents)

We always here about the male musicians who inspire people but I was just wondering if anyone had any female musicians who inspired them? Or even just women who you admire musically. Whether it was to play guitar, sing, songwrite whatever.

For me it would be

Stevie Nicks: her songwritting is so raw and emotional. She's been around forever and she's still going strong. When she sings it's just pure emotion; I still get goose bumps when I hear "Silver Springs" or "Landslide". Just an amazing talent.

Joan Jett: probably my favorite female guitarist. I've loved her since I was a kid. I can still remember doing air guitar to " I love Rock 'n' Roll" pretending to be Jett. I wanted to be in a rock band so bad....still do kind of....

Posted by: Hemlok Aug 24 2007, 08:01 AM

Mia Dyson: Rocks!

Joan Baez: Lovely!

Will elaborate later, gotta go to work.

Posted by: JVM Aug 24 2007, 08:12 AM

Kim Deal: need I say more.

There's a lot of others, but mostly singers. I don't know very many female musicians who inspire me unfortunately :/

Posted by: Slammer Aug 24 2007, 08:18 AM

Nancy Wilson From the band Heart.

Not to Mention her sister Ann Wilson on Vocals.

If you've ever heard any of Heart's music you'll see that Nancy could just flat out Play.

The Intro to the song "Crazy on you" is well Crazy!

Posted by: Robin Aug 24 2007, 08:22 AM

Grace Slick. Her voice is amazing. And she was sooo beautiful in the 60's

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cfTMdjkYM Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OXKEMnDnQ4c - Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to love. I think everyone have heard this song. Its soooooo awesome.


Lets not forget Carola!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AzgIGom7gFw

Btw swedes. What is the name of the Carola song where she sings "Bli her i mörket hos meg. Tiden den stannar når vi rör i hverandra". That song is rockin' man

Posted by: rokchik Aug 24 2007, 08:23 AM

Slammer, I agree Heart is a great band. Nancy can sure lay out some amazing riffs.

Posted by: The Uncreator Aug 24 2007, 08:42 AM

My Favorite Women Who Rock

Angela Gossow: Arch Enemy
Kate French: Vainglory
Simone Simmons: Epica
Tarja Turunen: Ex-Nightwish
Annete Olzen: Nightwish
Doro Pesch: Warlock/ Doro
Kimberly Goss: Singery
Floor Jansen: After Forever


These Musicians inspire me greatly, especially Gossow, Pesch, Turunen, Simmons, and Kate French, there vocals are amazing and there songwriting is top knotch, even though they are vocalists, they make me want to excel better at guitar, and music composing, and just music in general.

Posted by: MickeM Aug 24 2007, 08:50 AM

That's not Carola, that's Freestyle. If this is the song you mean; Vill ha dig i mörkret hos mig. Tiden den stannar när vi rör vid varann, å jag lättar jag svävar jag flyger fram, låt det aldrig ta slut.

haha, that came when I was a teenager and it was so popular.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aprg0eU2lKA



And to stay on Rokchicks subject, I remember joan JetT aswell and that song rocked hard but I would say Lita Ford, especially for "Close my eyes forever", her voice is really strong there.

Posted by: Robin Aug 24 2007, 08:55 AM

Ah I was sure it was Carola! Well anyway, its a funny song

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 24 2007, 09:01 AM

Bonnie Raitt
Also there is the woman on utube that can shred just as good as the guys can im not sure what her name is though

Posted by: Robin Aug 24 2007, 09:35 AM

WOW! I just stumbled across a band called Gallhammer. An all-girl black metal band! And this is REAL black metal!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J3px76Av88Q
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FeyAdbQLViE&mode=related&search=

Posted by: tonymiro Aug 24 2007, 10:10 AM

Lots,
but particularly
Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) - lots of reasons including attitude.
Patti Smith - great song writer
Lydia Lunch - attitude
Diamanda de Galas - wonderful voice
Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane era only though) - great voice and interesting song writing.
Patti Austen - again a great voice and versatile
Anita Baker - as above
Ella - repitition
Billie Holiday - everything she ever did but particularly the wake call of 'strange fruit'

Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: The Uncreator Aug 24 2007, 10:16 AM

Yeah they are pretty cool my friend on another forum showed them to me last year.

Posted by: Gen Aug 24 2007, 10:38 AM

I found an awesome woman guitarist 2 month ago, i think she s pretty good, her name is Katrina Johansson.
here s her descritpion: http://www.deanguitars.com/katrina_johansson.php

and you can listen some audio samples here : http://www.katrinaguitar.com/downloads.html she s really good!

Posted by: Hemlok Aug 25 2007, 07:15 PM

Mia Dyson Australian Musician

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtVzVdkWYpA

Posted by: Bjoerne Aug 25 2007, 07:21 PM

Alanis morisette and Anouk is nice to listen to sometimes , but im mostly into metal so the favourite female musican must be Angela gossow

Posted by: Jerry Arcidiacono Aug 25 2007, 08:54 PM

I really like Sandra Nasic of Guano Apes and Skin with Skunk Anansie.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Aug 25 2007, 10:19 PM

Chrissie Hynde

Posted by: muris Aug 25 2007, 11:00 PM

Bonnie Raitt and Nancy Wilson.

Posted by: AliMo Aug 26 2007, 02:02 AM

Hayley Williams of Paramore

Posted by: The Uncreator Aug 27 2007, 04:35 AM

here is just a bunch of women who kick ass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZn7k5rZLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8GOHJAnVh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HKKGrmiHtA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPWBTIv9qw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5f2X_j7eIs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5P6UI4wa-8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQN5UPIuuZs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dys1_TuUmI4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMGpcjzb67Q

Posted by: Owen Aug 27 2007, 04:54 AM

Lori Linstruth -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPG6H2_jpkQ

Need I say more?

Posted by: The Uncreator Aug 27 2007, 05:19 AM

Oh yeah defiently her!!

Her work in Stream Of Passion is awesome!

Posted by: Owen Aug 27 2007, 05:31 AM

First time I saw that video I wasnt sure whether to cry in exhasperation or lust in admiration.

Posted by: The Uncreator Aug 27 2007, 06:27 AM

do what i did and just do both!!

Posted by: rokchik Aug 27 2007, 08:31 AM

The Uncreator you never cease to amaze me....you have introduced me to a lot of great music with your posts and this is no different. I really enjoyed Nightwish. I'm kind of stuck in the 70's & 80's with the women rockers who I like. Now a days I feel it's all pop princesses and no talent wannabe's who just butcher old songs. (There are some great, original women in country but that is so not my scene.) I like what Jada Pinkett Smith is doing with Wicked Wisdom....she's definatley breaking some barriers down for herself and I respect her for that. There are some great women out there who rock hard, some I like some I don't but I respect them all.

Posted by: shredmandan Aug 27 2007, 08:36 AM

Im glad i looked over this before i posted This is the girl i was saying was on utube when i posted above.My opinion she is insanly great and i could listen to her just like i could Steve Vai She's that good to me

Posted by: rokchik Aug 27 2007, 09:15 AM

Wow she is amazing.

Posted by: Carrie Aug 31 2007, 09:52 AM

I've really enjoyed the music of Maia Sharp. Two of her songs have shown up on Bonnie Raitt's latest cd and many other artists have used her songs on their albums. She is also an outstanding musician who plays many instruments.

Posted by: rokchik Aug 31 2007, 08:55 PM

Hey Carrie.....welcome aboard the good ship GMC .

I've never heard Maia Sharp. I'll have to check her out. Thanks.

Posted by: mattacuk Aug 31 2007, 09:00 PM

Holy Carp she is amaizing !

Posted by: FlyingFin Sep 6 2007, 05:35 AM

Lori is a great musician!

Oh, and I also adore all of the girls in No Doubt and Sahara Hotnights

Got some great guitar playing women there!

Posted by: Luciana Sep 11 2007, 05:53 AM

for me:

Pj Harvey: i love her ability to sing

Björk: i love her pasion to sing....

and we can see them togheter!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH8wrM0NARo

amazing

Posted by: FretDancer69 Sep 11 2007, 06:27 AM

no you dont need to say more

She's amazing!!

Posted by: tonymiro Sep 11 2007, 06:50 AM

Couple of others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KImd7GXVYY&mode=related&search= (Catatonia)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzwUFJZUuKY (ok this isn't rock) but she has a voice to die for. What can you expect from Waterson Carthy...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfdsgQEtsC8 of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK7cKUNw9zI&mode=related&search=.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9gDrTwKyc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzWVWY5QUzg&mode=related&search=

and the late great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: Unleash-The-Shred Oct 20 2007, 01:28 AM

Angela Gossow - Vocalist to Arch Enemy

Im surprised nobody mentioned Janis Joplin.

Posted by: Fabian Schulz Oct 21 2007, 08:43 PM

Yeah Lori is really amazing. I'd like to buy one of her guitars, she is selling at the moment

http://lorinator.feminoise.com/selling-my-hm-strats/

but i dont have 850$

Posted by: Resurrection Oct 21 2007, 09:38 PM

Kim Deal (of The Pixies and The Breeders). Not a virtuoso player, but a great attitude!

Posted by: Twibeard Oct 22 2007, 07:24 PM

Posted by: 1mpr1m1s Oct 24 2007, 08:28 AM

http://lorinator.feminoise.com/ This girl rocks. And what about Lita Ford

Posted by: Robin Oct 24 2007, 09:28 AM

How could I forget Elizabeth Cotton! http://youtube.com/watch?v=awK3p0S-tuQ

And Bessie Smith http://youtube.com/watch?v=xKn-QVQzISo

Posted by: rokchik Oct 25 2007, 12:51 AM

Lita Ford is so great. I completely forgot about her...so bad I know. I'd also like to mention Annie Lennox. I love her voice. The Eurythmics were such a great band back in the day.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Oct 25 2007, 01:09 AM

+1 She could out sing Aretha Franklin!

Posted by: Robin Oct 25 2007, 03:18 AM

Ella Fitzgerald, just discovered her 3 minutes ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHV1g3LYVSE amazing voice.

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Oct 25 2007, 03:35 AM

+1 for Ella - I love her various versions of Mack The Knife - this is a good one ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouF4J45Mn5s

Best ever was the version she did with Count Basie.

Posted by: rokchik Oct 25 2007, 03:36 AM

Yeah she has such a unique voice...so amazing


and Robin Ella Fitzgerald is fantastic. Also check out Billie Holliday.

Posted by: Sweden Oct 25 2007, 05:19 AM

is it just me thinking of Courtny Love???

Posted by: Unleash-The-Shred Oct 25 2007, 05:47 AM

Ehh, I don't like her very much, I think Hole is a horrible band.

Posted by: botoxfox Oct 25 2007, 05:51 AM

Hmm... Well... Hehe...

Posted by: tonymiro Oct 25 2007, 07:31 AM

Anyone who likes Billie and Ella, try to check out Abby Lincoln - another wonderful female jazz singer.

Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: Unleash-The-Shred Oct 25 2007, 07:37 AM

How about Gabreila from Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Posted by: rokchik Oct 25 2007, 08:10 PM

Thanks Tony I never heard Abby Lincoln. But if she's as good as Billie Holliday or Ella Fitzgerald I'm game.

Posted by: mattacuk Oct 26 2007, 08:11 PM

Lori Linstruth for me

Posted by: fkalich Oct 26 2007, 09:00 PM

Lucinda Williams

Two from Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UfMu6SqcnFQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HH_cBYBCeMM

Metal Fire cracker is a regular for my daily exercise routine, which is intense. Not a fast song but emotionally intense. Love that song, love that whole CD.

Posted by: dango Oct 28 2007, 06:16 AM

I like KT Tunstall. I like her song and she is lovely. I don't know her personally but seeing her on TV and reading her interviews, she seems to be very nice parson, too.

Posted by: The Uncreator Oct 28 2007, 09:36 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQN5UPIuuZs

God i love her voice, and her songwriting style is awesome, Her lyrics are beautiful

Posted by: Unleash-The-Shred Oct 28 2007, 10:57 AM

No one mentioned The Great Kat.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5JxKbdu7L_8
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s-j1ZaSndh8

She is the best girl i've ever seen shred up a guitar.

Posted by: fkalich Oct 28 2007, 11:53 AM

Seek professional help.

Posted by: The Uncreator Oct 28 2007, 11:54 AM

No.

Posted by: fkalich Oct 28 2007, 12:37 PM

One of my three all time favorites.

I base these on these criteria

1) Attractive on stage. Call me shallow, but sorry, I think all singers should be attractive, goes with the turf.
2) Able to sing multi octave range, in tune with a musical tone. Like people have felt for say, that past 6 million years, other than with metal heads today. Also no screaming. I want singing. That is why I never cared for Heart. Besides getting fat, she screamed. Ok to be fat, jut not as a lead singer, except for the late Momma Cass, but that was an anomaly, pretty much a one time thing.
3) Play with a rock band, not pop. With rock musicians.

#3 on my all time list (perhaps best voice in a musical sense, but did not do enough songs to be higher). However, definitely top of the list in the cuteness factor. She later married John McEnroe btw, certainly most entertaining tennis player of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIdBDhgNXGY

That is Bon Jovi before he was Bon Jovi, and Elton John's bass player in her band (now decease). I have seen another video with Letterman's band leader playing with her.

edit: here is the one with Paul Shaffer (Letterman's man). Looks like same period based on hair cut. Bon Jovi still with her. Like the way she wiggles her butt walking off right at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3DRcHUv1_U

Posted by: guitarrista_sean Nov 5 2007, 01:43 AM

Jennifer Batten - amazing metal guitarist

Lita Ford - good guitarist, great frontwoman

Posted by: Francisca Nov 8 2007, 12:06 AM

Of all the female artists out there, only one truly inspired me. http://www.toriamos.com/ I've been to several concerts and she's just amazing. Whether solo on her piano or with her band, she completely blow me away.

Another band I loved listening to and who in a way has become special to me is http://www.nodoubt.com/

Some others I enjoy (enough to buy cd's) are http://trijntje.nl/ and
http://www.anouk.nl/

Posted by: blindwillie Nov 17 2007, 01:22 AM

Adding 2 to the list:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GAORHDm-2Fo, I haven't found one wheres she plays slide unfortunatly.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xanry9eG3hs&feature=related and another http://youtube.com/watch?v=1SJKtp16jeQ&feature=related

Posted by: Robin Nov 24 2007, 06:13 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WUrALU2zOTI&feature=related Marit Larsen. I loooooove this vid/song/performance so much.

Posted by: Fabian Schulz Nov 24 2007, 06:56 PM

oh marit is very cute and she can play very great

Posted by: Skyla°Lit Dec 12 2007, 03:57 PM

Nori Bucci...Love this girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkcM3NJ9Xuc

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Jan 5 2008, 04:16 PM

Ana Popovic, great blueswoman

Posted by: Mr T Jan 6 2008, 12:39 AM

Skin rocks! Great style and most of all a great voice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLwK_UKg-0

Posted by: JWBauer Jan 7 2008, 08:23 PM

How about Pat Benetar. I also like Anette Olsen from Nightwish. Got to see them in concert when the came to the US. Awesome show!

Posted by: The Uncreator Jan 7 2008, 08:26 PM

Annette Olzen is an amazing performer, saw them as well in the US, AMAZING Show!