New Wave Outpost Forum

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:23 pm**

Doesn't it seem that new wave embraced that cool concept of a sexy female fronting an otherwise all male band more than any other genre of music? Let's see if all of us can pitch in and name as many bands with a female lead, from obvious to the totally obscure. Remember that I'm not talking about all female bands or bands with 3 boys and 2 girls and the 2 girls are background singers who play triangle. It would be interesting to see how many we end up with.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:42 pm**

Very cool. Some of my favs...

Suburban Lawns
Slow Children
Altered Images
X

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:28 pm**

The Passions
Bow Wow Wow
Nena
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Pretenders
Torch Song
Yaz
Eurythmics
Blondie

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:53 pm**

Missing Persons

And I think Wendy O. Williams was the only girl in the Plasmatics, but I could be wrong.

...Oh, and Culture Club.[:D]

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:08 am**

Motels
Fay Ray
Avengers
Selector
Holly & the Italians
Berlin
X-Ray Specs

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:19 am**

Til Tuesday

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:43 am**

Face to Face
Fatal Charm

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:50 am**

Katrina and the Waves, infamous for that "Walking on sunshine" crap.

Now y'all are gonna have that F-N song stuck in your heads.[:D][:D]

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:00 am**

Scandal

Hayzee Fantayzee

Yeah, Wendy O. was the only girl in Plasmatics.

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:57 am**

Nuns(who forgets Jennifer Miro and her bondage shows...)

Cichlids(two wild female singers in this obscure combo)

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:38 am**

Ahhh the Nuns!! I performed on stage with them a few years ago in NYC. I was interviewing Mistress Jennifer for a goth column I had at the time and she invited me to perform with her. I had a blast!

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:44 am**

This got me thinking... were there any predominantly female bands with male frontmen? And no, Robert Palmer doesn't count.

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:04 am**

More female fronted groups:
Edith Nylon
The Glove
Rough Trade
The Photos
Girls at Our Best
Johnny Average Band
Lone Justice
The Shirts
Pearl Harbour & the Explosions
the Vels

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:20 pm**

Romeo Void

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:24 pm**

Young Marble Giants/Weekend
The Sugarcubes
Brilliant
Gina X Performance
The French Impressionists
Maximum Joy
Chakra/Wha Ha Ha
Sandii & The Sunsetz
Sheena & The Rokkets
Swamp Children/Kalima
Hard Corps
Cocteau Twins
Swing Out Sister
Ludus
Yapoos/Guernica
Colourbox
Yip Yip Coyote [8D]

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