Rock has historically been a pretty sexist business. Women have usually struggled to break through, and when they do, I think it should be celebrated. I have several previous posts featuring women rockers. In some cases, they were overtly political about sex and gender; in other cases they just went about their business, kicking down the doors, while letting someone else figure out what it meant.
http://zapatosjam.blogspot.com/2020/07/girls-rock-1-pioneers-leslie-gore-suzi.htm
https://zapatosjam.blogspot.com/2021/03/international-womens-week.html
https://zapatosjam.blogspot.com/2021/03/international-womens-week-2.html
https://zapatosjam.blogspot.com/2021/03/international-womens-week-3.html
Now, here are two bands which will blow up every remaining
stereotype you may have had about women in rock.
Band-Maid
This may be the hardest-rocking listenable band since AC/DC.
The first song gives you an idea of
their usual approach. The second is a ballad about a lost relationship. If you’re into the technical stuff, listen
with headphones, because the arrangements and mixing are phenomenal. In my
opinion, their rhythm section is the best in rock since Geddy Lee and Neil
Peart in the early days of Rush.
“Take me Higher”: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z7mf96vcxlgkui0/BAND-MAID___05.%20Take_me_higher%21%21_Live.mp4?dl=0
“Daydreaming”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCaeUkrItyY
Mary’s Blood
In the U.S., heavy metal has been on a thirty-plus year slog into ever darker, harsher and doomier territory. I think it badly needs a re-imagining. Mary’s Blood are one of a wave of all-female metal
bands doing exactly that. Their songs
are catchy and sometimes even romantic. These two songs are polar opposites, but each is anchored by that essential element of any metal song, the guitar solo.
“Marionette” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLM2unV0kwU
“Infinite Love” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06OvVV7aPAg
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