Rock/pop bands with good female vocals... [Archive]

Bill Carr

19-01-2005, 14:32

I'm after some input from the musically knowledgeable forumites out there! My friends and I have recently started a band, doing a mixture of pop/rock/punk covers. We have a (so far) limited repertoir of songs, and I'm after some suggestions of bands/songs that we could cover. Thing is, we have a female vocalist, so ideally the songs would have to be in the right key for her to sing :D

Examples of what we've got so far:

Pink - Just Like A Pill
Nina - 99 Red Ballons
Blondie - Call Me
Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
Evanescence - Going Under
Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
Echobelly - Great Things

Give me what you got!

KRW

19-01-2005, 14:33

Write your own songs. It's far more fun.

Lorne.t

19-01-2005, 14:36

No Doubt - Just a girl/Don't speak
Garbage - I'm only happy when it rains/Special
Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of me /La la
Hole - celebrity skin
The Pixies - Gigantic
Siouxsie and the banshees - Hong kong garden/happy house
X ray spex - Identity
Penetration - Dont dictate
Elastica - Connected

More later if I remember...

mikeh1982

19-01-2005, 14:42

Donnas, Distillers, Tsunami Bomb cant think of any songs off the top of me head, and distillers might be hard to pull of (unique vocal talent :p)

actually see if u can find take the reins by TSunami Bomb pretty good from memory, some free MP3s here, should be more on emusic (bargain forum somewhere 50 free downloads) http://www.tsunamibomb.com/downloads.php

NicolaUK

19-01-2005, 14:46

The Breeders (The Amps, Kelley Deal 6000), Belly, Drugstore.

jmdomain

19-01-2005, 14:50

Babes In Toyland
Bikini Kill
Electrelane
Feist
L7
Le Tigre
Mr Airplane Man
Joanna Newsome :nuts:
Sleater Kinney
The Gossip

bazkeane82

19-01-2005, 15:44

anything by the yeah yeah yeah's

mikegray

19-01-2005, 15:44

Sahara Hotnights

agnetha

19-01-2005, 15:45

How about a bit of All About Eve?

Bill Carr

19-01-2005, 15:48

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys, keep it up! Looking for a repertoire of about 25-30 songs, so the more the merrier (knowing the disparate tastes in the band, doubtless quite a few will be deemed unsuitable!) :D

GregB

19-01-2005, 15:52

Jefferson Airplane
Lush
Throwing Muses
Belly

ohood

19-01-2005, 16:26

I second Le Tigre, Jefferson Airplane, The Breeders... I would add Nu (their album 'alphabravoshockpopdisco' is fantastic pop)

David Levy

19-01-2005, 16:36

Check out The Rockfords. They were a band put together by Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCreedy, and the female singer is amazing.

David Levy

19-01-2005, 16:37

Oh... what about Joan Jett and The Blackhearts? Lisa Loeb? Suzanne Vega? Liz Phair or Sheryl Crow?

GregB

19-01-2005, 16:38

Just noticed there is no mention of Bow Wow Wow

C30 C60 C90 Go would make a great cover tune

LouBarlow

19-01-2005, 16:38

Jefferson Airplane, Mr Airplane Man, and any other band with Airplane in their name...

ohood

19-01-2005, 16:42

Ladytron too, particularly the album '604' :)

thetope

19-01-2005, 18:02

Skunk Anansie?

LouBarlow

19-01-2005, 18:07

Is that a woman? :shocker:

jmdomain

19-01-2005, 23:47

Jefferson Airplane, Mr Airplane Man, and any other band with Airplane in their name...

Yeah! :D

mjb1975

19-01-2005, 23:49

I was gonna suggest The Breeders, but I can see Nicola's already got there - top band.

Euripedes

19-01-2005, 23:59

How about a bit of All About Eve?

Julianne Regan is a fantastic singer, but pity her band have had to use backing tapes in the past - Good Shout.

How about the Sisters of Mercy with Ofra Haza.

agnetha

20-01-2005, 00:52

How about the Sisters of Mercy with Ofra Haza.Only one song however, and I defy most people to warble as well as Ofra did.

That reminds me though, how about a bit of Berlin? Terri Nunn has a fantastic voice.

RPG

20-01-2005, 01:04

The Horrorpops :thumbs:

w8tm85

20-01-2005, 08:49

the wonderful kenickie :thumbs:

CLH

20-01-2005, 09:18

Heart ;)

Boink!

20-01-2005, 10:56

Bis (for Powerpuff Girls theme - excellent encore material :) )

mcallisterian

20-01-2005, 11:55

nightwish and evanescence

Rob

20-01-2005, 12:08

Aimee Mann

jmdomain

20-01-2005, 12:11

Minnie Driver.

Scuttler

20-01-2005, 12:30

Aimee Mann

I was just about to post that. :thumbs:

ohood

20-01-2005, 12:41

Peaches :)

jmdomain

20-01-2005, 12:49

Sarah Cracknell from St Etienne has a lovely voice.
Patti Smith for the throaty growl.
Marianne Faithful - Silky, smooth.
Nina Persson of The Cardigans - Beguiling voice.
Joni Mitchell - Well it's Joni Mitchell isn't it. Sweet, fragile and tranquil sounding voice.
Chrissie Hynde - A different kind of voice to all of the above. Unique.

mullethead

20-01-2005, 12:55

Kristin Hersh :thumbs:

LouBarlow

20-01-2005, 12:56

A lot of you are naming solo artists now - cmon people, that's just cheatin'!

jmdomain

20-01-2005, 12:57

A lot of you are naming solo artists now - cmon people, that's just cheatin'!

Kate Bush. :D

mikegray

20-01-2005, 12:58

I have a huge deja vu about this thread, but still:

Charlotte Martin :p

Bill Carr

20-01-2005, 13:08

I have a huge deja vu about this thread,

:?:

Cheers for the input folks, much appreciated! :thumbs:

mikegray

20-01-2005, 13:54

:?:

Cheers for the input folks, much appreciated! :thumbs:

There's been a number of threads with similar questions about female vocalists.

Oh, and Nerina Pallot - www.myspace.com/nerinapallot

Bill Carr

20-01-2005, 14:06

There's been a number of threads with similar questions about female vocalists.

Ahh, all is now clear. Ta.

Jim2k

20-01-2005, 14:08

No ones mentioned Transvision Vamp....please explain yourselves! ;)

NicolaUK

20-01-2005, 14:21

No ones mentioned Transvision Vamp....please explain yourselves! ;)

Or The Primitives :lol:

shufty

20-01-2005, 14:42

guano apes and lacuna coil have two of my favourite female singers in them :)

GregB

20-01-2005, 14:48

Or The Primitives :lol:

or Shampoo :nuts:

jmdomain

20-01-2005, 14:51

or Shampoo :nuts:

Or Daphne & Celeste. :nuts:

Their lyrics:

'Oooh stick you, your mamma too, I'm your daddy!' :D

Bill Carr

20-01-2005, 14:55

Let's not get silly now folks :D

jmdomain

20-01-2005, 15:09

Righty-ho.

The Au Pairs are a must-listen.

puddleduck

20-01-2005, 15:14

Elastica (first album), or anything by Throwing Muses, Belly or The Breeders

LouBarlow

20-01-2005, 16:05

Scissor Sisters....well it sounds like a bird anyway.

Also see The Bee Gees...

Erol

20-01-2005, 18:32

Pixies (Gigantic and Bam Thwok)
The Concretes
Donnas
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Sundays
Aimee Mann
Joy Zipper (Baby You Should Know)
Melissa Auf Der Maur
Alison Kraus
Loretta Lynn
Patty Medina
Emiliana Torrini
Cibo Matto
Furslide
K's Choice
Kim Ferron
The Distillers
Kristen Barry
Skunk Anansie
Abra Moore
The White Stripes (In The Cold, Cold Night)
Charlotte Hatherley
The Arcade Fire (In The Backseat)
The Radio Dept. (Strange Things Will Happen)
Gwen Stefani
L7
Patti Smith
Sophie B. Hawkins
Heather Nova
Sozzi
Lara Fabian
Mary Beth Maziarz
PJ Harvey

daltonisbond

20-01-2005, 19:40

Three I like that I've discovered recently are Metric (http://www.ilovemetric.com/), The Organ (http://www.theorgan.ca/), and Controller.Controller (http://www.controllercontroller.com/). All Canadian and all great IMO.

pivotalgubbins

20-01-2005, 22:26

Hmm, must bive another mention to Yeah Yeah Yeahs - check out Maps, an amazing song!

Corrado

21-01-2005, 09:32

How about Veruca Salt?

MetalGearAl

21-01-2005, 09:47

Ladytron too, particularly the album '604' :)
Good album, but not sure it suits the style of music in this case :)

Stevie G

21-01-2005, 18:20

Fiery Furnaces not been mentioned?
The Duke Spirit are a new band....very good.
Yeah Yeah Yeah's are excellent. Detroit Cobras are a great covers band.

Sahara Hotnights :n0rty: Very nice looking Scandinavian four piece.

Questor

21-01-2005, 20:09

Lacuna Coil and Echobelly for me for great female vocals

Sleeper - mmmm Louise Wener - huh huh - he said Wiener < /butthead >