Direct sounding female Rock Bands ?
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Topic: Direct sounding female Rock Bands ?
Posted By: @thehop
Subject: Direct sounding female Rock Bands ?
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 01:26
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Hello, I'm clueless about in female Rock and therefore im seeking for good recommendations of relaxed & naturally "dark voiced" AND sounding female REAL Rock & Metal Bands. PLEASE: No Girlie-Pop with E-Guitars or fragile - voiced Lolita-Schoolgirls with Rock-Attidude ! Thank You! :) PS: Voices & Tracks I like and similair i searching ... The Rattles - The Witch (I prefer the Studio Version more) http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=WKd8zm-q6OM Heart (Ann Wilson) - Black Dog (2002) www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8pwfw9LY6o Atlantis Live (1974) Friends (SAMPLE-> http://c.imagehost.org/download/0277/Atlantis_74_Friends_Vinyl.mp3 - Atlantis_74_Friends_Vinyl.mp3 (2.1 MB) Curved Air (1971) Backstreet Luv (SAMPLE-> http://c.imagehost.org/download/0881/Curved_Air_71_Backstreetluv.mp3 - Curved_Air_71_Backstreetluv.mp3 (665 KB) Laura Veirs (2006) Galaxies (SAMPLE-> http://c.imagehost.org/download/0341/Laura_Veirs_06_Galaxies.mp3 - Laura_Veirs_06_Galaxies.mp3 (1.1 MB) Janis Joplin (1969) Ball & Chain 4 Non Blondes (1993) What's Up Heart (1987) Alone EDIT: I extended "Voiced" to Group Sound Drums Guitars Organ and so on... ------------- ^L^ |
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 02:13
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4 Non Blondes, Linda Perry, 7 Year Bitch, 12 Rounds, 22 Brides, Alisha's Attic, All About Eve, Dot Allison, Amanda Ghost, Tori Amos, The Amps, Angelfish (shirley manson before Garbage), Anouk, Fiona Apple, Baby Fox, Baby Gopal, Bandit Queen, Barbie Complex, Shirley Bassey, Battershell, Bel Canto, Heidi Berry, Bettie Serveert, Bif Naked, Blackmore's Night, Blake Hazard, Blood Sugar, Brigid Boden, Tracy Bonham, Boss Hog, The Botswanas, Michelle Branch, Breakbeat Era, The Breeders, Meridith Brooks, Catatonia, Chainsuck, Mag Lee Chin, Lauren Christy, Chug, Cinnamon, Collide, Come, Imani Coppola, Concrete Blonde, Amy Correia, Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Cracknell, Cranes, Sheryl Crow, CURVE, Daisy Chainsaw (now Queen Adreena), Damone, Vanessa Daou, Darling Violetta, Danielle Dax, Death by Chocolate, Delerium, Denali, Die Cheerleader, Die So Fluid (ex-Feline), Ani DiFranco, The Distillers, Dj Rap, DOLLSHEAD, The Donnas, Doro, Drain STH (now Superfixx), Drill, Echobelly, ELASTICA, Elysian Fields (Jennifer Charles), Emma Peel, Eve's Plum (now Vitamin C), The Eyeliners, Evanescence, Fear of God, FELINE, Fetchin Bones, Flake, FLEMING & JOHN, Fluffy, Frogpond, Frou Frou, Furslide, Nelly Furtado, GARBAGE, Genitorturers, The Geraldine Fibbers, Beth Gibbons (portishead), Girl Next Door, GUANO APES, Halfcocked, The Halo Friendlies, Kay Hanley (letters to cleo), Hana, Sarah Harmer, Beth Hart, Juliana Hatfield, Lily Haydn, The Heart Throbs, Lauren Hoffman (Cannibal named Ed hehe), Hooverphonic, Natalie Imbruglia, Imogen Heap (now Frou Frou), The Indians, The Innocence Mission, Ivy, Jack off Jill (now Scarling), The Januaries, JANE JENSEN, jewel, JOYDROP, Jucifier, Brenda Kahn, Katastrophy Wife (ex-Babes in Toyland), Katydids, Katell Keineg, Kidneythieves, Killing Heidi, The kills, Kittie, Komeda, Karyn Kuhl (ex Sexpod), L7, Lacuna Coil, Lamb, Lava Baby, Avril Lavigne, Letters to Cleo, Michelle Lewis, Lisa Loeb, Inger Lorre (ex-Nymphs), Love Club, Luscious Jackson, Lush, Luxt, Luxx, Tara MacLean, Madder Rose, Manda and the Marbles, Marry Me Jane, Amanda Marshall, Mary's Danish (Battery Acid), Mazzy Star, Holly McNarland, The Millions, Miranda Sex Garden, Mollies Revenge, Mono (Marine Research), Abra Moore, Morcheeba, Morella's Forrest, Alanis, Motorbaby, The Muffs, My Ruin, Leona Neass, The Nields, Nightwish, No Doubt, Heather Nova, NY Loose, Nymphs, Olive, One Dove (Dot Allison), Opal, Omatic, Original Sinners (x-X), Beth Orton, Over the Rhine, PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Phantom Blue, Sam Phillips, The Pierces, Piss Factory, Power Symphony, Julie Plug, Plumb, Poe, Portishead, The Prissteens, Puracane (x-Barbie Complex), Queen Adreena, Radio Vago, Rasputina, The Ravonettes, Ramona The Pest, Red Five, Republica, Rilo Kiley, Eileen Rose, Ruby, Bic Runga, RACHAEL SAGE, Roxy Saint, Saint Etienne, Saloon, Salt, Hope Sandoval, Save Ferris, Scarnella (x-geraldine fibbers), Scheer, CASEY SCOTT, Scratching Post, Shea Seger, September 67, Sexpod, Shakespeare's Sister, Bree Sharp, Shelby Starner, SHIVAREE, The Shroud, Silver fish, Sinboy, Sinergy, Sing Sing (x-Lush), Single Gun Theory, SKINDIVE, Skunk Anansie (now Skin), Sarah Slean, Sleeper, Kendra Smith, Snake River Conspiracy, Sneaker Pimps, Spike 1000, The Spinanes, Splashdown, Squatweiler, Star 69, The Start, Stereolab, Stone Fox, Sugarsmack, Sun 60 (joan Jones now solo), The Sundays, The Superjesus, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Switchblade Symphony, Tapping the Vein, This Mortal Coil, Throwing Muses, Mary Timony, Torrez, Emiliana Torrini, Trip 66, The Tuesdays, Tuscadero, Velocity Girl, Veruca Salt, Violet, Violet Indiana, Ana Voog, Wild Strawberries, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, ZuZu's Petals. |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 02:16
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hehe... that should keep you busy.
My all time favorite female vocalist is probably Toni Halliday of the band CURVE.
In the same vein of Curve, you have Portishead, Hooverphonic, Garbage, Saint Etienne, Baby Fox, Elastica ..
Maybe start with the ones I have capitalized and we'll go from there...
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 03:28
Folks, note this should be 'prog' recommendations, we seem to going down a trip hop road, here..good suggestions though.. 
I'll always recommend Rennaisance. Annie Haslam has a beautiful voice. On the non prog side of tings, I would definetely second the brilliant and gorgeous Toni Halliday of Curve. Also, try the Cocteau Twins (Liz Frazer) and The Sundays (Harriot Wheeler) |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 05:09
| I see he also mentioned Emiliana Torrini. She's very good too. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 05:38
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For the most beautiful female voice check out The Gathering.
You might also want to check out Mostly Autumn.
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Posted By: @thehop
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 06:15
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Hello @ all Thanks for your answers :) Hey Plankowner its much to eat - where should i begin ? Can You give me some concrete clues - near my Musicexamples? I'm looking "real simple funky" Rock (not only the Voices) - with much earthy Guitars - real groovy drums - no computed sounds - not so much sounddesign ;) Curve, Emiliana Torrini sounds nice (youtube), but i prefer more for "older voices" and "real rockbrides". The Gathering, Mostly Autumn good Voices - but im looking more the fleet-footed, danceable kind of Rock. bye now so far - must explore some of your tips. PS: This Way around :O) 5678's -> Dance in the Avenue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfRM2FVIntk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfRM2FVIntk Funky Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cqW-WU5Usk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cqW-WU5Usk Not soo groovy - but also O.K: Tiny Vipers - On This Side http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLnBVx0Ano - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLnBVx0Ano ------------- ^L^ |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 06:36
Then your on the wrong website. Having said that, give White Willow a try. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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@thehop wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 08:10
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Sunshine Blind (now Fear Makes Perfect) http://www.sunshineblind.com/ - http://www.sunshineblind.com/ http://www.myspace.com/fearmakesperfect - http://www.myspace.com/fearmakesperfect http://www.myspace.com/sunshineblind - http://www.myspace.com/sunshineblind
Maple Bee (ex-Medieval Babe, ex-Queenadreena) http://www.myspace.com/maplebee - http://www.myspace.com/maplebee
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Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 08:31
So how about Duffy? At least she's funky and sounds like an old woman 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 08:58
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one of my birthday gifts was of a famous Italian female singer doing Battiato covers.. .great stuff... great voice... on the Stevie Nicks range of things. Sort of husky... and hot.... very hot . *begins to sweat* some chick named Alice... must be really famous... no need for a last name on the album. ahhhhh here we go... love goggle http://%20en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_%28Italian_singer%29 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_(Italian_singer) ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: @thehop
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 23:55
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Hello Musicfriends, i know now that my association about Progressive Rock are wrong resp. different. My kind of rock means more the Swamp (?) Groove Rock (?) is there a category for this? Thanks to all! Last Examples: Papa Mali http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPBt2cx5FN8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW3aqgpZfbA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bnzn9xW9MI Regina Spektor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwT7-CJNCgM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_cOkWjYEiE ------------- ^L^ |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 02:30
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aye.. I'd suggest, Tracy Bonham, Guano Apes, Lauren Hoffman, Jane Jensen's "Comic Book Whore" a must, Save Ferris, PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Heather Nova ...
Well I must admit when it comes to female artists, it's very hard to put them together in any fashion.. Most either lean toward trip hop or punk. I'd say go through the list of the easily accessible and let me know what you like and I'll do my best to give you anything similar.
Not many classic sounding females ala, Linda Perry, Janis Joplin... Beth Hart caught my attention with her debut "Screaming for my Supper," but has seriously disappointed me since. Luxx, also had a very strong female front woman, she's since disbanded Luxx and last I check was doing a series of plays protraying Janis...
Check out Babe Ruth (King By Tor would kill me if I didn't suggest this one
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 02:45
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Oh, and please do check out Shivaree ... try the track "Goodnight Moon." |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 02:49
Is that Katie Jane Garside?
Very nice Dean, ordered the double disc "Chasing Eva" and pre-ordered "Home."
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 08:54
No, it's her kid sister Melanie - she played bass with Queenadreena on The Butcher & Butterfly ------------- What? |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 14:26
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Nice. Thanks again! |
Posted By: @thehop
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 15:26
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Hi, In the meantime i found a category for my search : Stoner / Psychedelic Prog and the magic finnish Instrumentalband ( I like the Albums 1 2 and The Battle Of The Axehammer (live) (2004) Pharaoh Overlord -> Komaron Runner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffmBEepzk20 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffmBEepzk20 Maybe there's similair Band with singing angel like that ??? It Hasn't Happened Yet -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GnoLJIIS4w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GnoLJIIS4w cheers QUOTE: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2628 - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2628 'Pharaoh Overlord' is a side project of the Finnish band 'Circle'. The group is an instrumental trio, with Janne Westerlund as guitarist, Jussi Lehtisalo playing both bass and guitar, and Tomi Leppänen playing drums. Also guitarist Aki Peltonen is on their third record. The band’s music is very repetitive stoner rock, where the musicians improvise on a single riff and rhythm per track. The acid bands of the late 60’s are their main influence. ------------- ^L^ |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 11:24
Joni Mitchell!!!!!!!
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Posted By: ignatiusrielly
Date Posted: September 13 2008 at 14:36
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One of the best singer/songwriters of all time: Tori Amos. Not prog? well, honestly her music is (or was?) much more daring and inventive than all tose Genesis, Crimso or Dream Theater impersonators out there
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Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: September 15 2008 at 14:41
| Try Groovy Judy. This female American guitarist and singer fancies herself as the female Jimi Hendrix (one song is actually called "Jimi's Sister"!), and her two brilliant albums sound like a cross between Hendrix and Sly & The Family Stone - sleazy, funky, rocking late sixties/early seventies grooves. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: September 15 2008 at 16:05
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A long list, Plankowner, but you left out the Feminist Improvisation Group, featuring, among others, Georgie Born, Lindsay Cooper and Irene Schweizer. You also forgot Rock Bitch. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 04:08
More that correct! Can't get better than this.
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 14:53
Heh, well didn't want the kids to see Rock Bitch
And I haven't heard of Feminist Improvisation Group. Will check them out. Thanks.
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