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The question is in the title Ladies and Gents.

Discuss.

PS: Amy Lee and Avril Lavigne are not acceptable candidates.

-AC

avril la.... oh (joke - i hate that *****)

courtney love was good in Hole but im not a big fan of her solo material

paz lenchantin is very clever and talented, same as her sister (who appears on more albums than one would know)

Anna Lenchantin was on "Songs For The Deaf" by The Queens Of The Stone Age.

I think hands down PJ Harvey is the most talented female Rock singer at the moment. Her latest album is pure genius.

-AC

yeah shes a good one

i think rid of me is still her best

I dunno. I think she's got better every album since and leading up to "Rid Of Me". With every album she improves.

-AC

i think rid of me and to bring you my love are better than stories...

uh huh her may well be her best though yep

"avril" and "rock" do not belong in the same sentence without the word "not" involved. best singer? that chick from Kittie is pretty rockin. courtney is a crack-whore, and that chick from evanesence is pretty good too.

"and that chick from evanesence is pretty good too."

Amy Lee and No she isn't.

-AC

i have always liked Stevie Knicks

There are tons of threads like this - i will merge in a little while.

Anyway i personaly love Brody Dalle, Christina Scabbia and Tarja Turunen. All very talented and all very beautiful.

Also not forgetting Karen O.

Ummm.....Hmmm.....Ehhhhhh.....can't think of any.

Christina Scabbia! yes she's one talented person!

How can any of you forget Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow, now that girl can scream, and in the process shows you how much of a joke Brody Dalle makes of it. And Hole and Auf Der Maur member Melissa Der Maur, she is pretty high on my list too.

Yeah I like Melissa Auf Der Maur. Also Kim Deal (Pixies/The Breeders), she hasn't got a huge voice like some, but it's really nice.

But if I had to choose one, it would have to be Lillo. I could listen to her sing all day, and i'm sure Lacuna Coil would be a completely average band without her. Close second is Otep, she's great too.

Melissa Auf Der Maur

and how long was she in Smashing Pumpkins for? couldnt have been long... but i remember she was there when i saw em live... and Auf Der Maur the band are quite good seen em 3 times, so cant be bad heh

I think Courtney is a better singer than Melissa Auf Der Maur. Brody Dalle and Karen O just seem boring I think.

-AC

i love Debbie Harry of Blondie.shes awesome.

Know what'd be great? If that was even a cuss word!

ROCK snger?

Blondie is SOOO 80's pop diva

But she rocks, yeah.

I'm forced to nominate Skunk Anansie, although it isn't EXACTLY rock.

blondie isnt pop...

funny how she still got mentioned (amy lee)

i dunno if she is the best but i like Joan Jett too.

oh yeah the bald lady, whats her name..she calls herself Skin I think. God she's scary. Good singer though, I forgot her. She's great on the track she did with Sevendust.

boride dalle, courtney love and shirley manson

brodie*

she managed to grow something on her beautiful bald head And yes, it's Skin. She was only really scary while singing 'Carmen Queasy' with Maxim off The Prodigy. *shudder* really scary. But her voice is amazing.

I don't see why we can't include Amy Lee, her voice is (cliche police) hauntingly beautiful.

Honorable mention to Kat Bjelland, Donita Sparks, Gwen Stefani, Steve Nicks, Fiona Apple, Amy Echo, Janis Joplin and all those other voc-gals.

"I don't see why we can't include Amy Lee, her voice is (cliche police) hauntingly beautiful."

That's post Pro-Tools.

It's not hauntingly beautiful, it's monotonous. I don't believe she is included because A) She just isn't anywhere near the best female Pop singer let alone Rock. B) She's a poser.

-AC

It's all subjective, as usual. I heard her live, given my other selections, I tend to believe I know what I am talkin' about.

Just an opinion.

I hear her live also.

-AC

I think" she belongs there. Moreso than Scabbia, and her Tura Santana(Manhole)/Nightwish cover band, anyway.

Like I said, it's an opinion. Add Joss Stone to my list.

I know, but I hope you weren't insinuating that Nightwish are an Evanescence cover band.

-AC

I've been a Skunk A fan since the get-go and have everything they ever released - I have more SA singles than I have socks. LOVE than band.

Wow, finally something we agree on. I don't own any albums, but I had quite a big obsession on them a year ago or so. Downloaded half of the stuff they created, also some of Skin's own projects.

I still maniacly listen to some songs like 'Charlie Big Potato' 'You'll follow me down', 'Lately', 'Secretly', 'Hedonism' or the remix they did with K's Choice on 'Not an Addict'

Skunk Anansie makes me happy

It was my signature sarcasm shining through. Point is, the whole "gothic" metal (gag me) band with female lead vox has been done before.

Arch Enemy, Tura Santana, Switchblade Symphony, Jack Off Jill, Nightwish, Evanescence, Crisis, Dark Chylde, you name it.

Nightwish may be audible, if they lose the theatrical vocs, and learn to sing.

"Nightwish may be audible, if they lose the theatrical vocs, and learn to sing."

Despite the fact that Tarja Turunen can sing in the style Amy Lee wishes she could to a level Amy Lee will never reach?

Amy Lee tries way too hard and fails way too often (aka all the time) to be called anything close to a GOOD female rock singer. She has a voice the is monotonous, smooth but monotonous.

She's the Rock version of Jessica Simpson.

-AC

You talk like I'm ****ing her, lol. Forget I ever said anything, as it looks like opinions and personal bias is going to be a roadblock here.

I respect opinions but I posted in my first post that Amy Lee and Avril Lavigne don't count. Purely because in MY opinion, anyone who believes they should be mentioned in the "Best Female Rock Singer?" thread, has lack of or no perception as to what musical talent is.

If it was your thread, fair enough. People mentioned Brody Dalle, I think she's shit but she is a female Rock singer who is honest with her music and her words. Unlike Amy Lee for reasons I have stated.

I like Stevie Nicks, which is one of the names you mentioned but you also mentioned Joss Stone who is a pseudo-RNB singer.

So if you don't like the criteria or guidelines set forth in my thread, leave.

-AC

Best Female Rock singer?

Tina Turner

that was a really good track, and most of the Skunk Anansie stuff was really good.
the 90's were actually a REALLY good era for music

have any one heard interviews with amy lee???


she thinks Evanescence's doing something unique and original... low-end rhythms sound deeper when they're offset by Lee's vocals wafting a few octaves above.

"Who would have thought they'd work together," Lee said of Evanescence's seemingly conflicting styles. "I'm surprised people didn't figure out that those two things went together before."

(quote taken from an mtv interview http://www.mtv.com/bands/e/evanescence/news_feature_061303/index2.jhtml )

what the ****?! ...Evanescence's nothing new , that idead's been done before by many bands and in a better way than Evanescence'll ever try to be

Janis Joplin
and Gwen Stefani if you count her rock

kim deal(pixies), annie lennox (eurythmics), kathleen hannah (bikini kill/le tigre), brody dalle(the distillers)...they all come close...

but if i were to choose the BEST female rock singer...it would probably be debbie harry of blondie.

I've said it before and will say it again: Ann Wilson from Heart.

PJ Harvey.

If rock is being defined widely, Joni Mitchell.

My personal favorites are Free Dominguez, Tanya Donelly and Andrea Zollo.

I read that Amy Lee was qouted as saying that Evanescence's new album was going to sound more like Portishead then anything else.

My gawd...

\m/

Annie Lennox is from my bit.

Not really rock though.

I'd say Shirley Manson of Garbage.

"I read that Amy Lee was qouted as saying that Evanescence's new album was going to sound more like Portishead then anything else."

Port-a-loo more likely. Coz they're shit.

-AC

the lead singer from kittie and my ruin are quite good. and jack off jill

oh and brody from the distillers

The one from a band called Nashville Pussy

TARJA TURUNEN!!!! She's so cool.

Avril...she is so rock droolio

The women out of Evanescense, she's good

Angela Gossow
the best

Fearnix why are you not rocking to Avril!


Rock with me droolio

Kathleen Hanna....the girl knows her shyte and she's purtyfulness so yus her.

Avril's new video - the song was okay....

Not QUITE the correct thread. Best and all that.

Stevie Nicks

Tarja Tarunen from Nightwish is an amazing vocalist. In their cover of the Phantom of the Opera, she does a siren, and every note is perfect. She doesn't lose support, nothing fades out, and I'm guessing she goes around two and a half octaves in that one section.

Brody Dalle definitly, and the whats her name from garbage.Sorry my minds gone blank someone help me out here.

Brody Dalle?

Blandest female singer out there.

And you're referring to Shirley Manson.

-AC

I Like Tori Amos

Yeah, Tori rules.

-AC

how come no one mentioned these ladys?:

Alanis Morissette
Alannah Miles
Pat Benatar
Heart (both)
Melissa Etheridge

Amy Lee and Gwen Stefani

Me!...and then
Skin from Skunk Anansi,
Sharon from Within Temtation,
Tarja from Nightwish,
Kristina from Lacuna Coil
Gwen Stefani

Aneke from The Gathering
Sandra from Guano Apes

hm... forgot the girl from Krezip.

most of you probably wont like her

Melissa Auf Der Maur

liz kristine from theatre of tragedy

her name is liv. ....sorry I know I'm a smartass...

Yes Shirley Manson thank you.

Hahaha, Amy Lee.

-AC

I like her, but she isn't worthy of note here.

Agreed.

-AC

Skin, PJ Harvey

saw PJ at Glasto, her Spice Girls outfit was lush.. I almost saw up it

I saw pics of that I think.

Was a great great show, the concert. I have it on my comp somewhere.

-AC

Scabbia droolio

PJ Harvey ... no one comes close ... NOT KAREN O!