Women of Rock N Roll: Gen-X Alternative Edition
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Remember these bands/artists? I'm guessing most of these women featured are in their mid 50s to early 60s today, and most of them probably don't shave their armpits, but back in the 90s these were some pretty solid songs from the Alternative genre. Totally forgot about all of these artists until Howard Stern played a clip in his opening segment from Veruca Salt and a few months later Tracy Bonham. I went to Youtube and then fell down a rabbit hole. Here's what I came up with.
What female songs/artists do you remember from that era?
PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1Tj…
Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xi8NvSe…
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyVSKydU…
Bjork - Army of Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPeheoBa…
Garbage - Androgyny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I2S_29I…
(who would of thought they were 20 years ahead of their time)
What female songs/artists do you remember from that era?
PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1Tj…
Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xi8NvSe…
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyVSKydU…
Bjork - Army of Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPeheoBa…
Garbage - Androgyny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I2S_29I…
(who would of thought they were 20 years ahead of their time)
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https://youtu.be/tM60GAPIXTY
Heather Nova - Walk This World
https://youtu.be/ji73VzXyGKE
The Breeders - Cannonball
Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Alannis Morisette - pretty much anything from Jagged Little Pill
The 90s had some pretty great chick rock. But my favorite was The Cranberries - Zombie. I still crank that up every time I hear it.
https://youtu.be/6Ejga4kJUts
Although... I think Miley Cyrus was born a couple decades too late. She could have been a 90s alt rock queen. When I saw that she was doing a song with the guys from Pearl Jam and Soundgarden for a Chris Cornell tribute, I checked it out just to piss myself off; I knew it'd be terrible. Only thing is....it wasn't. She did Say Hello To Heaven and damn that girl has some pipes. I was impressed.
https://youtu.be/EEO3rVk2__Q
https://youtu.be/I0XE3-xeBbQ
That was early 2000s, but same style, and the first time I heard it I was driving in the afternoon and thought damn that song was kinda hot..
https://youtu.be/9ipCKIxdHTs
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
https://youtu.be/6KnYw4EwYGc
Elastica - Connection
https://youtu.be/ilKcXIFi-Rc
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
https://youtu.be/0NhqN0KcWAE
Plus Sonic Youth, L7, and....fuck...I can't remember the name but the singer's voice is really breathy, like the actress Joey Lauren Adams
Really liked Sinead O'Connor's cover of Nothing Compares...and then I hear Chris Cornell's version.
https://youtu.be/6KnYw4EwYGc
Belly - Gepetto
https://youtu.be/SBi676v4Gs4
https://youtu.be/2eBZqmL8ehg
https://youtu.be/YRWC5YueHnM
https://youtu.be/YRWC5YueHnM
https://youtu.be/mm_7oUvpMV8
https://youtu.be/5w2YLdjxS_M
Maybe the biggest one nobody's mentioned so far: No Doubt. When Tragic Kingdom came out when I was in 9th or 10th grade, I had a massive crush on Gwen Stefani. My buddy waa partial tobNatalie Imbruglia.
https://youtu.be/VV1XWJN3nJo
I'm surprised no one said Fiona Apple yet.
How about the chick metal band Drain STH? Okay, they were a gimmick and never got huge. https://youtu.be/Q7thNPgvU6M
https://youtu.be/L9Wnh0V4HMM
https://youtu.be/pZ5FpXLOh-Q
https://youtu.be/Z-HLxpWGCzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZA_7Ftt…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTSUwIZ…
I saw Sonic Youth at The Outhouse in Lawrence KS back in the day. It was a punk rock club before it was a strip club. I fell in love with Kim Gordon that night.
https://youtu.be/NOGEyBeoBGM
https://youtu.be/w6Q3mHyzn78
Joan Jett peaked in the late 70s and early 80s as some weird kind of pop punk lite. She may have been releasing nostalgia albums in the 90s, but she was definitely not part of that scene.
And all of their careers more-or-less peaked in the GenX time frame.
https://celeb.gate.cc/tiffany-darwish/ga…
I have no fucking clue who Belinda Carlisle or Patty Smithe are.
https://celeb.gate.cc/belinda-carlisle/g…
I remember one song "we got big feet" or something
https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/go-go…
Lita Ford and Pat Benatar
HM to Ann and Nancy Wilson
Who are the rocker chicks today? *crickets*
Lzzy Hale
Taylor Momsen
Dorothy
The Warning
Plush
Amy Lee (still)
Lilith Czar
Just to name a few.....
Fucking longball… laughing my ass off at my phone and my wife asked what I’m laughing at, “oh nothing honey.”
Thanks Shai
https://youtu.be/BoyUUu1rPhE
One more of today's rock chicks: Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox
https://www.nitastrauss.com/