It's not too common to see good female guitarists(where I'm from, at least), so are there any female Escapists out there who consider themselves to be good guitarists?
Are there any good female guitarists out there?
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This is something I notice in music in general, which is... odd.
I mean I can count the number of female lead guitarists I've heard of on one hand.
I mean I can count the number of female lead guitarists I've heard of on one hand.
There aren't many truly good female guitarist in rock at all. The only ones I can think off the top of my head are; Joan Jett, Jennifer Batten and Marnie Stern
I'm sure there are others but there are a lot less than male guitarists, even though most the male guitarists look like women
I'm sure there are others but there are a lot less than male guitarists, even though most the male guitarists look like women
Im not trying to be sexist, but when you think about it the only two mainstream genres that are dominated by women would be pop and arguably country, neither of which require really complicated guitar playing, and when that isn't the case most bands put women as lead vocals, and just having a woman sing in a "rock band" becomes a selling point. The only 2 bands I listen to that I can think of that have females as something other then vocals that isn't some unheard of indie band would be Sleater Kinney and Sonic Youth. Sleater Kinney being a all female rock group and Sonic Youths Guitar/Bass/Vocalist is a woman. For the most part epic guitar playing as you refer to it would mostly be found in Rock, and for the most part, Rock is viewed as a male only genre, there are exceptions but very few.
Kaki King is phenomenal...
She does very creative stuff on her own and played guitar on a lot of Tegan & Sara songs awhile back.
There's also Amy Milan, who is one of the lead singers/guitarists for STARS
St. Vincent is a fantastic guitarist/vocalist who does her own stuff and recently played guitar with The New Pornographers.
She does very creative stuff on her own and played guitar on a lot of Tegan & Sara songs awhile back.
There's also Amy Milan, who is one of the lead singers/guitarists for STARS
St. Vincent is a fantastic guitarist/vocalist who does her own stuff and recently played guitar with The New Pornographers.
Huh, Nancy Wilson of Heart rank about the absolute best, she was the first when there was zero woman guitarist in the whole rock industry.
There's more than you'd think. Nancy Wilson and Joan Jett have been mentioned. There's Aimee Mann and PJ Harvey, and if you go into punk and it's various subgenres there's loads of them.
I'm sure I could name more if I really sat down and thought about it.
I'm sure I could name more if I really sat down and thought about it.
The major one i can think of is Orianthi: her bio from her site speaks for itself "She's opened for her hero (Steve Vai), backed an Idol (Carrie Underwood), traded solos with a legend (Carlos Santana) and shared the stage with the King of Pop (Michael Jackson)"
well if you count bass guitar as well then Emma Anzai from sick puppies would count (i seen them live and honestly she has talent)
Yeah, Kaki King is pretty great.
Wata from 'Boris' is the most amazing female lead I've ever heard.
Wata from 'Boris' is the most amazing female lead I've ever heard.
I can think of bass guitarists, the one from the original Smashing Pumpkins, the one from The Pixes, the one from the Sick Puppies and the one from Hole. 'side from that...errrrmmmmm...
I'm not a female but I know plenty of female guitarists who are pretty damn good including some of my students.cormacdffy said:
Not sure where you live, but where I live female guitarists of reasonable skill are so common that people just accept it as ordinary, nobody even bothers to mention it anymore. They're no more noticeable than good male guitarists.
Agh i was going to mention herThe Shade said:
props. She's amazing, watching her solos while on tour with Jeff Beck are so fucking awesome.My tech at work showed her to me, he's also a bass player and he grew up with Roscoe Beck. Not really relevant but fucking cool nonetheless.
joan jett, pj harvey, lita ford, cristina martinez, corrin tucker, bonnie raitt, jewel, nancy wilson, susan tedeschi, kelley deal, liz phair, kathleen hanna, ruyter suys, miki berenyi, jennifer batten, brody dalle, chrissie hynde, courtney love, susanna hoffs?
There are a few.
There are a few.