Anyone notice something about girls in bands?

GreenDay420:

The Open Door.:

Evanescence

Massive.

Others; Nightwish, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Paramore [even though they are pretty different from the former]

They're all doing pretty well.

yes, there are a few that has a chick in the band, but just a few. and in most cases (as above) she is the singer of the band. and the rets of the band is usually ignored and the attention is focused only on the singer. so it's like her and the backing music. it's odd really.

like imagine a case. it seems as though a female can't replace a member of an all dude band. let's see. err how bout dragonforce. if herman li was suddenly replaced by a female shredder, they won't be as popular i'm thinking.

so all in all, it's apparent that guys are dominant over girls in the 'rock' music industry. i don't agree with it, but it's quite the fact.

well said

Um....what about SLEATER-KINNEY??!!? (even tho they broke up...they were a major breakthrough in the indie-punk scene for 11 years!)
Or LE TIGRE or BIKINI KILL!!?!? <<Kathleen Hanna
Joan Jett??? The whole Riot Grrrl scene??

Although I do agree that the music world is male-dominated, you cannot deny women have been some of the most influencial people in the music world.

Nowadays, i think (some) girls are more obsessed with the hottness of the band members than the music itself.

Or they think that it'd be cool to be in a band or be a rock star or w/e but never take the time to follow through and take lessons or try to find others that have the same dream.

Being a girl myself, i don't just want to watch bands come and go, listen to the newest and the hottest...sure that's fine for some, but as for me...i much rather be the one on stage rocking people's minds and affecting their lives...but that's just my opinion

It's sad, but true that girl(s) in a band shouldn't be a lead singer. all the attention will be on her, and the band is just like a bunch of shit in the they-said background.
And most (not all) of the girls don't hav a charisma as a band leader, they just sell their beautiness. Just name the succeed band who had an ugly girl as their singer,,, i can't.

paramore have hayley singing (who just happens to be hot) and forward russia have katie on drums. i'm also a fan of the white stripes, and although he seems to have a bad reputation around here, robbie williams has a girl on bass, who is really good.

Over-Rated:

Metric Has A Girl As The Lead Singer... And Almost All The Local Bands In My Area Have A Girl In Them... I Still Think There Should Be More Mainstream Bands With Girls (That Aren't Girl Groups *Shivers* )

I agree.
Their should be more bands with girls singing or drumming or playing guitar. That would be cool.

Um, speculation here...maybe its just that girls don't want to do that? I mean, I'm a girl, and I know I want to start a band and be famous and all. But a lot of girls I know will join and form bands in high school. They'll sing, play guitar, drums, whatever, but usually by the time college is over, the band breaks up or the girl leaves the band to go do her job.

well, i hope to change the music world.
i have vowed to be in a band, hopefully doing bass/maybe lead vocals, and i WILL make good music.
and i WILL NOT be a whore. i will bash up any whore that crosses my path.
hahahaahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa *goes insane*

....O_o...*is scared for the female gender*

But its a good thing. I mean, a lot of women are thinking like that. Cuz before it was like you had to be a housewife, or a maid, or a nurse, or a midwife or something. Then came the age of female empowerment. To be a success, you have to have a job. You have to have a decent wage and have a high position as a doctor, lawyer, whatever. And even though women were involved in the arts, there weren't that many, especially in musical arts. I mean, don't get me wrong, for a long time, women and music have been synonymous in the East. But now, you can be a successful superstar musician woman and not be a stripper. You don't have to take off your clothes. Now, there's Amy Lee. There's that lady from Garbage. In the 70s, there were a lot of women in bands. I guess it just keeps going up. And now, more girls are taking an interest in actively creating music. So by the time the teenagers on here are 40, rock will be equal in terms of gender. Probably.

Flyleaf, man.

Franny.:

girls, even though i don't like to admit, are still inferior in the music world to men. sure, there are many many successful female artists, but the male count is higher. i wouldn't say females are less talented, but, as statistics have it, girls have lower self-esteem so if one guy stomps on them for playing music, they're done.

i'm a guitarist for a band where the rest are guys and there's no difference for us whether we're guys or gals. talent is all that matters. but in the media world, guys are more hardcore and girls have to look a certain way to be noticed at all (whether talented or not).

The singer in my band is female, and I don't really think she can handle it. A female voice that can really cut through a band setting and be effective is an unusual thing, and I think she sounds a bit weak.

As far as other instruments go, I think males are just more likely to pick up a guitar. It's as simple as that.

how can anyone forget the donnas, the corrs, avril lavigne or gogol bordello's backing singers? or the fucking dixie chicks?! they are all brilliant bands, so i totally disagree with the opinion that girls can't rock.

I've posted here before.I personally think it's a matter of opinions. I know I can't really stand listening to females sing. It's just a thing of mine. The only bands I don't mind a girl/woman singing are The Pretenders and ABBA. But other than that, I don't think I own too many songs on my ipod that are sung by females.

Deadline has a female singer, they're not FAMOUS famous, but they're really big on the punk scene.

(Real punk by the way, not a bunch of teenagers writing about their love lives.)

One day the fact that girls being rare in rock bands these days will just be something in the history books that people go "what the fuck?" at. Like some only guys were able to be in plays in Shakespere's time so all the female lines were played by guys.

Flaming Phalanges!:

Deadline has a female singer, they're not FAMOUS famous, but they're really big on the punk scene.

(Real punk by the way, not a bunch of teenagers writing about their love lives.)

Always thought punk was a media movement promoting people who would not usually be able to air their views a forum to get them across via music/publications/literature. Not elitism.

And, above all, would you be more likely to listen to the band if they had a token girl playing bass? Personally, I wouldn't at all. I'm bothered about the quality of the music and if the musician is male or female shouldn't be an issue at all.

Siouxsie and The Banshees, anyone?

How about the Runaways? Joan Jett and Lita Ford got their start in that group

Paramore has a female lead singer.

Anyone?

A Melancholy Autumn:

Paramore has a female lead singer.

Anyone?

yeah i said that. and they rock, so i dont see the problem...

A Melancholy Autumn:

Paramore has a female lead singer.

Anyone?

But there are so many prejudices against Hayley Williams.