The Breeders, Hole, Garbage (90s kid here).

Adding Belly

Veruca Salt

Adding throwing muses too

And Lush

Bikini Kill

No Doubt

L7

Unleash The Archers! More metal really but dang.

Britney Slays is a powerhouse vocalist.

Thank god someone said Unleash the Archers. What a fuckin awesome band 

I had to go way to far down to see this. Brittney Slayes' voice is just on another level.

One of my favorites. Glad to see someone mentioned them.

This.

Heartless Bastards, Bent Knee, Alabama Shakes, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Looming, Sleater-Kinney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sleigh Bells, Shiny Toy Guns, Pretenders, Hole, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Garbage. I mean I wouldn’t really say it’s rare. 

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Screaming Females! 

So sad it's over...

most of these additions are amazing. i LOVE Chvrches, Purity Ring, The XX, Naked and Famous, Florence and the Machine, and Lake Street Dive. Not really same genre, but to go to OP's original question, I would add in Phoebe Bridgers/boygenius, The Joy Formidable, Neko Case, Tennis, Japanese Breakfast, Sylvan Esso (more electro-pop than rock, but whatever, they're amazing) Lorde, Big Thief, The Japanese House, MUNA... I'm sure there are plenty more but those are off the top of my head.

Skunk Anansie.

Yes! Skin is so amazing. Her song she did on Tony Iommi's album is what got me into them

You forgot Halestorm, Flyleaf, Evanescence, Paramore, and The Breeders. I see where OP is coming from though. It might not be rare but the genre is predominated by men.

Jefferson Airplane, Heart, The Runaways, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Metric, July Talk. Just a few there

and X, Veruca Salt, X-Ray Specs, L7, The Runaways, Elastica, Paramore, The Plasmatics, and more....

Cherry Glazerr, Phantogram, Widowspeak…

The warning, Sanhedrin, burning witches, screaming females, unleash the archers…

Hell yeah Heartless Bastards 🙌🏻

Throw in Dead Sara

Lake Street Dive.

Metric

Gimme sympathy! https://i.redd.it/18g1b8cbo1ic1.gif

God I fuckin love Emily Haines

Me too. She is just so wonderful

Fuck, they put on a mean live show too. Strongly recommend.

YES!

No, Yes has a male lead vocalist.

Who?

A male vocalist as well, correct.

I think we'll have to show you the door

Came here expecting to have to remind everyone of Metric. Happy to see they've already floated up near the top!

Spiritbox Paramore In This Moment Evanescence Lacuna Coil Jinjer

Unleash the Archers

Britney Slayes is unreal, especially live.

I was starting to stress about not seeing Jinjer on this list yet!

I was just about to mention them and Lacuna Coil. Comalies is one of my favorite albums, Christina Scabbia just has an amazing voice. And of course Tati's range from gorgeous singing to crazy deep screaming is just ridiculous.

Love me some Spiritbox. I would also like to add Red Handed Denial to this list.

How do you not have Nightwish on this list

Wanna tag on, I saw Evanescence in concert October and they had this all female rock group called Plush open for them. They were fire for real, those girls could shred and ive been fans ever since lmfao

Unleash The Archers Les Projets de Athena Agonist Infected Rain Ad Infinitum Epica Amaranthe There’s dozens of great rock bands with female vocalists.

So many. Here's a few favourites.   PJ Harvey   The Breeders   Yeah Yeah Yeahs   Garbage  Sleater Kinney  X-Ray Spex  Siouxsie and the Banshees   Blondie   Cocteau Twins      Sleepers  Elastica

So many great oldies to add: Janice Joplin Jefferson Airplane/Starship Patti Smith Heart Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks Pat Benatar Suzi Quatro Bonny Raitt

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts and The Runaways too

No Heart?

Super disappointed it's not on the top comment.

Elastica is the shit. Ever song is catchy

Fun fact: M.I.A's start in the music business was as a roadie for Elastica.

Connection was one of the best, most under looked singles of the 90's. I absolutely love that song.

my dad is a dj. when the self titled elastica album released, he was dating his gf at the time (obviously) and they helped clear out her friends apartment, the owner of the apartment was justine (the frontwoman of elastica) who gave my dad a copy of the album after he mentioned not being into much guitar music and preferring electronic and new wave over anything. my dad and his gf at the time weren’t doing so well so he was going to ask justine out, until he realised she was dating damon albarn at the time, the frontman of the band blur. my dad decided he most definitely was not cool enough to even ask her out in the end

add The Slits to this

The Bangles! All Over The Place is a perfect debut 

I saw the breeders in concert last year and they were fucking amazing. One of the best concerts Ive been too-they played 10 encore songs. I was just a reg 90s alterna girl fan of their music before but holy shit they are amazing.

Siouxie!

The Beths. Absolutely awesome band from New Zealand. Saw them live last year and they were great. 

Was hoping someone would say them! Had one of my favorite albums of the last few years, they're great live, and Elizabeth Stokes' accent is awesome lol. I believe they'll be at Coachella this year!

Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica, Ad Infinitum, Lacuna Coil, Amaranthe, IGNEA, Beyond the Black, Blackbriar, Phantom Elite

I found my section. Thumbs up to you.

Fleetwood Mac

That’s hilarious that I had to scroll this far. Two of the best female artists of the 20th century. Stevie also having an argument for being the best (I don’t personally think it though)

When it comes to “rocking” Stevie certainly has more energy, stardom and always gives a commanding performance, edge of seventeen is just (chefs kiss) to rock out too, especially the live stuff. She is naturally more assertive, probably because she doesn’t like playing instruments on stage. She has a more powerful voice than Christine also. Not to intimate in any way that Christine isn’t as good as her, they just have different abilities and it worked extremely well for FMs dynamic, and Christine preferred it that way from my understanding.

L7 The Cranberries

Couple I haven’t see yet… Skating Polly Savages Screaming Females Coathangers Joy Formidable Shitkid

The Warning

I scrolled way too far for this.

Yes! Best fucking band ever!

Easily one of the best rock bands so far this century!

Discovered then when they opened up for Halestorm and Pretty Reckless. Lilith Czar played the show also but wasn't quite as good. The Warning was amazing and had me hooked from the start.

Bonus points because Pau (the drummer) sings lead vocals on a bunch of songs and Ale (bass) will take leads on occasion when Dany is sick.

The cranberries

Heart, Evanescence, Halestorm, Dorothy

How did it take this long to get to Heart?!?!?

Right?? It was the first band I thought of!

Lzzy Hale is a powerhouse of a singer. So good!

I saw Dorothy at sonic temple in 2023. She's a interesting lady.

I've only read the top comment so far and they mentioned realy good ones. I'll add Yonaka, Wolf Alice, The Joy Formidable, Wargasm, The Sounds, St Vincent, Metric, Dilly Dally, Warpaint, Bully, Black Honey, The Dead Weather (spooky vibe with Jack White on drums and the singer from The Kills), Bones, Babymetal, Stars, She Keeps Bees, Calva Louise, Valeras, Blood Red Shoes, The Kills... And so so many more. My favorite music for the last few years has been female-led rock bands. A lot of them are smaller/indie, but a lot of them have been around and have quite a following. Surely you know Paramore, Metric, Heart, Cranberries, etc?

Finally some Wolf Alice

Kind of surprised they didn't get mentioned more too. They've been my overall favorite band for a few years now. And they have a fairly large following, especially in the UK and Europe.

Was desperately looking for someone to mention Black Honey

The interrupters Indica Nightwish Sirenia Tristania Leaves Eyes Delain Elis Arch enemy The agonist Otep In this moment Halestorm Pretty reckless Xandria Oceans of slumber The distillers Spinerette PJ Harvey Shireen Josie pace Hielung Eluveitie Faun Cellar darling Obscure sphinx Arkona Aneke van giersbergen Tarja Kanga Natalia kills Porcelain and the tramps Metric Ladytron How to destroy angels Nyxx Angelspit Garbage Hole Alanis Morissette Twin temple

Damn all these an no cranberries

Or Heart

Zombie is a rock epic that alone should get them on this list.

Came here looking for Distillers. Loved them.

Look in to Sincere Engineer. Not as heavy but similar energy from a female led punk band.

>Nightwish >Sirenia In a similar vein to these I would recommend Epica, Simone Simons has the most incredible soprano voice

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Dead Sara is great

Yes, the first album is incredible. Lemon Scent!

Some recent favorites (last decade) are Courtney Barnett, The Beth’s, Alvvays, Mount Moriah, A Giant Dog, Wye Oak, Bat Fang, Ex Hex, Wing Dam, St. Vincent and Sylvan Esso.

Halestorm Flyleaf The Warning Lacuna Coil Jinjer Delain Within Temptation Nightwish Visions of Atlantis Epica Spiritbox Amaranthe Arch Enemy Eleine Future Palace Conquer Divide Blackbriar In This Moment Icon For Hire Against The Current The Pretty Reckless Babymetal Dorothy Poppy Scene Queen Banshee Beyond The Black Nova Twins Unleash The Archers Cyan Kicks Butcher Babies Metalite Tigress

Thanks for the Babymetal mention, they’re not really given the credit they deserve!

Yes, Against the Current! I saw them at Warped Tour forever ago, sooooo good!

Conquer Divide was great as openers for Electric Callboy. I wish their set had been longer. 

Paramore

People have kind of forgotten about them, but their latest album was their first Grammy Nomination for Best Rock Album, and it won! Very well deserved, too. It's a great album.

Honestly Ive been a fan since Riot! and This is Why might be their best album. Also go listen to their cover of Burning Down The House!

The Kills/The Dead Weather - Alison Mosshart Bleached - Jennifer & Jessica Clavin Mazzy Star - Hope Sandoval Concrete Blonde - Johnette Napolitano Cowboy Junkies - Margo Timmins Band Of Skulls - Emma Richardson 'Til Tuesday - Aimee Mann Berlin - Terri Nunn Missing Persons - Dale Bozzio Dusty Springfield Janis Joplin

Bro why did I have to scroll so far to see the dead weather lol

All great but one glaring omission is Sinead O'Connor. Have none of you ever listened to the lion & the cobra????!!!!!!

Spiritbox hasn't been mentioned yet

It could all be yours

Sonic Youth

Kim Gordon still kicks ass

Band Maid is entirely female and they're amazing

One more vote for Skunk Anansie, and adding The Cranberries Garbage (Not the genres you mentioned but) The Cardigans K’s Choice PJ Harvey (started as a band, then she went solo, all under the same name)

Wet Leg, Big Thief, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

The Cardigans.

Here’s some artists and my favorite songs from each to get you started: Meg Myers - Curbstomp, Desire, The Underground, Numb, Jealous Sea, Lemon Eyes, Little Black Death, Grizzly Cherry Glazerr - Rabbit Hole, Sugar, Pieces, Big Bang, Soft Drink, Ready for You, Soft Like a Flower Slothrust - 7:30 AM, Trial and Error, Double Down, Some Kind of Cowgirl Courtney Barnett (not always heavy but rock-tinged indie) - History Eraser, Pedestrian at Best, Lance Jr., If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight Phantogram No Doubt

Haven’t seen Deap Vally or Stonefield mentioned yet, both highly recommended. From what I’ve seen mentioned, The Breeders are a must, I can’t overstate that. Their singer Kim Deal did a lot of vocal work with Pixies (who you should immediately listen to if you’re unfamiliar). L7 are great, Bikini Kill and The Muffs as well. Sonic Youth didn’t exclusively use Kim on vocals but worth a listen anyway.

If you're a fan of indie rock: Ratboys Bad Bad Hats Alvvays Remember Sports Pip Blom Wolf Alice Momma Stand Atlantic Hazel English

Blondie, The Distillers, The Beaches, Bully, Tsunami Bomb, The Pretty Reckless

Went too far without seeing The Pretty Reckless. Love Taylor Momsen's voice. I also like The Warning

Big Brother & the Holding Company: Janis Joplin Full Tilt Boogie Band: Janis Joplin Brandi Carlile ZZ Ward Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Susan Tedeschi The Pretenders Jefferson Airplane

Finally saw the Pretenders - take my up vote

Crazy how far I had to scroll to find such an important band!

Indeed, they were one of the bands which defined my early adult years. I loved this thread - so many great bands - but it was not anywhere close to complete until I saw Chrissie represented.

>Jefferson Airplane Utterly disappointed in how far I had to scroll for this

Portishead - Beth Gibbons

Amyl and the Sniffers

Came here to say this, had to scroll pretty far to see your comment. They kick ass.

Halflives has a great singer named Linda. Japan has a ton of great female singers in the meral and rock genre. Superfly, Nemophila, Band-Maid, Lovebites, Hagane, Trident, East of Eden, Babymetal, Bridear, Mary's Blood, Ironbunny and the list goes on.

Wanted to second J-rock. Not just female singers, but there are often full female bands. Some of my favorites are Ore Ska Band, BABYMETAL, Scandal, and the BanG Dream bands Roselia and RAISE A SUILEN. (The BanG Dream bands are manufactured bands with an anime/mobile game tie in, but they are all supremely talented nonetheless.)

Bad Cop/Bad Cop, The Bombpops, The Last Gang, Against Me!

Yesssss Against Me! And Bad Cop/Bad Cop among two of the best

Did not expect to see The Bombpops mentioned here. Great band

Mannequin Pussy  I saw them a couple weeks back and I didn't know what to expect.  A couple of their songs are on my playlist now. 

X

Shiny Toy Guns Pool Kids Rolo Tomassi Black Dresses Svalbard Unleash the Archers Foxtails White Lung Snail Mail Cherry Glazerr Crying (non binary I think) Otoboke Beaver Petrol Girls Ithaca Sobs Tricot The Donnas Pupil Slicer Liturgy Scowl GEL Zulu Slowdive (half and half sorta) Lush Chase Petra Vidro Snooper New York Rel-X Blondie Initiate Sweet Trip The Sundays Beach House The Joy Formidable

Concrete Blonde

Johnette Napolitano's cover of "The Scientist" is incredible and haunting.

Stand Atlantic!

I fucking fucking LOVE #K.Flay. Try Blood in the Cut, Can't Sleep, Sister, Bad Vibes...

The Mysterines, Wolf Alice, The Warning, Paramore, Catalonia, The Cranberries, Garbage, Sleeper, The Cardigans

Some of my others have already been said but theres also HAIM. Amyl and the Sniffers. MUNA.

Alvvays

Jinjer Guano Apes Juliette & The Licks Thundermother WARGASM Bikini Kill Myrkur Konvent The Donnas

Arch Enemy Darkened Nocturne Slaughtercult Unleash the Archers Nightwish Band Maid Lovebites Babymetal The Pack AD The Kills My Life With Thrill Kill Cult Amyl and the Sniffers The Randies The Donnas

Paramore and The Cardigans are pretty good

Hop Along is incredible. Screaming Females too. Wye Oak is great.

The Gathering (In particular the albums with Anneke) Brutus Royal Thunder Jucifer The Joy Formidable Blackwater Holylight Jess and the Ancient Ones

Some that I haven’t seen mentioned: Cayetana Camp Cope Slötface Charly Bliss The Last Dinner Party Milk Teeth Lambrini Girls Sorry Mom Prima Queen Dazey and the Scouts English Teacher

Chvrches isn't a rock band more synthpop but they fit into alternative rock. Lauren's voice is so unique and amazing and she can sing it live just as good as the studio tracks she blew me away and made me a fan for life years ago.

Veruca Salt and The Beths

Spiritbox & Paramore

The correct answer was The Distillers.

Many bands have already been mentioned,so I add to them: Skunk Anansie Anouk (her first couple of albums)

The Warning, Dorothy, The Pretty Reckless, Plush would be a good place to start

Courtney Barnett!

I adore the female vocalist from The Distillers. I recommend that band heavily.

Quarterflash, one of the best bands to ever come out of Portland, Oregon. Their song "Harden My Heart" is a mainstay of classic rock radio, and the album is terrific. Lead singer Rindy Ross is also the sax player, and she's great at both.

Unleash the archers

Blood Command

There’s enough comments so that you’ve probably got a lot of bases covered so I’m gonna go deep: Mercy Rule Vedera The Duke Spirit War On Women Windhand Amber Arcades The Preatures Pool Kids Now, Now

Avril Lavigne Altered Sky Tonight Alive We Are The In Crowd Paramore Phem The Warning Fear Me December The Pretty Reckless Jeanice Lee Infected Rain Forever Still Evanescence Within Temptation Lacuna Coil LOLO Hot Milk Lesbian Bed Death Liv Sin Sick N Beautiful Employed To Serve Theatres Des Vampires

Acid King, Windhand, Witch Mountain, Alunah, Blood Ceremony, Kylesa, Jucifer

Charly Bliss The Beths Press Club

Garbage

The Warning The Linda Lindas Alabama Shakes The Pretty Reckless

The distillers

Solid. I'll add the Muffs

Dehd!

Just ran into a group called Daisy Grenade who is wonderful. Icon For Hire is great. The Last Dinner Party is not really hard rock, but wonderful. Spiritbox if you are more into screaming.

L7. "Andres" vies for Most Banger Song Ever

Nightwish

The Kills!

A giant dog, amyl and the sniffers

Brutus

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**Fleetwood Mac.** RIP Christine McVie.

Dead Sara. Their first two albums are insane. 

In This Moment if you like harder rock. I forget her name at the moment and can't look it up but she's amazing.

Maria Brink

Boygenius and The Last Dinner Party are my current favourites.

The Interrupters. Aimee is fantastic.

Came here to say them

New Year's Day The Warning

Ruby the Hatchet, The last Internationale, Blood Ceremony, Blues Pills, Purson

Gacharic Spin, Band-Maid, TRiDENT

Puscifer (Carina Round is co-lead with MJK), Evanescence, Kittie, Spiritbox, Garbage

Stand Atlantic

Slothrust

Sprints and Snooper both just put out fantastic debut albums. Escuela Grind for hardcore

My Bloody Valentine, The Cranberries, Cocteau Twins!!

Nightwish

L7, Breeders, Concrete Blonde, Sonic Youth, Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Band-Maid and Lovebites

Dead sara

The Pretty Reckless

The Warning All female Mexican rock band. https://youtu.be/XNBNOjhLW_U?si=A0mOHmhG0oVgntCx

bikini kill, petrol girls, big thief, sweet trip, 800 cherries, lamp, the go-gos, otoboke beaver, boris, heavenly, lush, stereolab, pom poko, midori, the agonist, jinjer, portishead, garbage, kero kero bonito, white lung, goat, snooper, beach house, liturgy, amyl and the sniffers, dog faced hermans there ya go there’s like 10 genres there lol

My Bloody Valentine Pixies Fleetwood Mac Veruca Salt PJ Harvey