bands with rad ladies in them

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ok so this list is waaaay far from complete but here’s a list of some of my favorite bands with women in them. it’s a pretty diverse list (like seriously - classic rock to metal to indie pop), so there should be something for everyone. most of them are female fronted, there are also a couple girl bands and bands with women playing instruments. each band is listed with their genre(s) and also a song that I feel exemplifies them pretty well (although that’s mostly personal opinion). a couple also have some cool facts added bc why not. feel free to add your own faves!

• Paramore - pop punk/ alternative; “Brick by Boring Brick” - probably one of the better known female fronted bands, and by far the best known in the pop punk/ emo scene.
  
• PVRIS - rock; “My House” - they’re a very new band but they’re becoming popular very quickly which is super rad because one, they’re amazing, and two, the lead singer Lynn Gunn also plays guitar (which is cool bc lots of bands have female singers but not very many have women who play instruments) and is openly gay.
  
• We Are The In Crowd - pop punk; “The Best Thing (That Never Happened)”
  
• Crystalyne - pop rock; “Punks Don’t Dance” - they’re super underrated imho so do yourself a favor and go check them out
  
• Tonight Alive - pop punk; “What Are You Afraid Of”
  
• Hey Violet (formerly Cherri Bomb) - pop punk/ alternative; “I Can Feel It” - they’ve been associating with 5sos a lot lately but don’t let that tarnish your opinion of them bc they’re an amazing all girl band!! and as if that weren’t enough, they were super young when they got together - they were all fourteen year olds, I think.
• Bikini Kill - riot grrrl punk; “Rebel Girl” - required listening if you wanna be a real punk (as opposed to a fob punk)
  
• Be Your Own Pet - punk; “Black Hole”
  
• Against Me - punk/ alternative; “Unconditional Love” - the lead singer is a trans woman (Laura Jane Grace) which is hella cool
  
• CHVRCHES - pop rock/ electronic rock; “The Mother We Share”
  
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - riot grrrl punk; “Bad Reputation”
  
• Halestorm - rock/ metal; “I Miss the Misery”
  
• The Pretty Reckless - rock/ alternative; “Heaven Knows”
  
• Save Ferris - ska punk; “Nobody But Me” - honestly they’re what got me into punk
  
• Fleetwood Mac - soft rock/ British rock; “Go Your Own Way”
  
• Bratmobile - riot grrrl punk; “Feels Blind” - also required listening for punk girls (haha jk it’s punk there’s no required listening but seriously do yourself a favor and check ‘em out)
  
• The Cranberries - Irish rock; “Zombie” - THEIR LEAD SINGER’S VOICE IS SO PRETTY OH MY GOD
  
• Flyleaf - alternative/ metal; “All Around Me”
  
• Cobra Starship - pop punk; “The City’s at War” - the lead singer is a dude but their keytarist and backup vocalist Victoria Asher is a (rad) lady
  
• Neon Trees - pop rock; “Love in the 21st Century” - again, the lead singer’s a dude (but he is openly gay which is great), but the drummer is a girl HOW COOL IS THAT seriously how often do you hear about female drummers
  
• Echosmith - indie pop/ pop rock; “Cool Kids”

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Also 

• Deap Vally  - an all girl band thats a mix between hard rock and blues; “Baby I call Hell” or “Walk of Shame” 
  
• Halsey - an amazing pop artist that just released her new album “Badlands” 
• The Distillers - a hardcore punk band fronted by Brody Armstrong “City of Angles” 
• Tigers Jaw - a pop punk band with Brianna Collins on keyboard and some vocals, their guitarist also does a lot of the vocals “I saw Water” or “Plane vs. Tank vs. Submarine”
• The Agonist - a deathcore band fronted by Alissa White-Gluz. One of the first girl screamers I’ve ever hear! “Anxious Darwinians”
• The Summer Set - like the neon trees is a indie pop group fronted by a man, but has a female drummer, Jess Bowen! “Take it slow”

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More!!

• Chumped - pop punk, super cool, when I saw them she gave a speech about personal boundaries and feminism! Check out “Something About Lemons”
• Daughter - indie, really relaxing!! “Smother”
• San Cisco - indie pop, super rad female drummer named Scarlett Stevens!! “Fred Astaire” and “Awkward”
• Lake Street Dive - kinda jazzy but really awesome. Rachael Price has the best voice of the century, hands down. “What I’m Doing Here”
• Misterwives - indie pop, Mandy Lee is the cutest person ever, and they’re super upbeat and fun! “Vagabond” “Reflections”
• Sonic Youth- rock. Kim Gordon. enough said. “Bull In the Heather” (kathleen hanna from bikini kill is in the music video) 
• Crystal Castles- electronic, super cool, and Alice Glass is a total badass. “Baptism”
• Cherry Glazerr- indie rock, girl power. Lead singer’s name is Clementine, which is awesome!! “Teenage Girl” “White’s Not My Color This Evening” 

• Icon For Hire- punk rock, Their lead singer is called Ariel Bloomer, check out Now You Know, which is about sexism in the music scene 
  
• Melanie Martinez- alternative pop, super amazing artist with a unique style, her concept album Cry Baby just came out
• mindless self indulgence- electronic rock, fronted by a dude but it has a female drummer (kitty) and a female bassist (Lynz) “Shut Me Up” 
• Brody Dalle- rock, “Don’t mess with me”
• Marmozets- rock/metal, they really have got their own sound, i love it “Move, Shake, Hide”
• MØ- indie pop, from Denmark, mostly famous for the hit, ‘Somebody to lean on” w/Major Laser and Dj Snake, but her solo work is much better “Pilgrim” 
• The Hush Sound- pop punk, they’ve got a bit of a jazzy vibe over their music, and the lead singer’s voice is amazing! “Medicine man”
• New Years Day- Metal, “Do Your Worst”