How about Aimee Mann?

all were/are great instrumentalists who are also excellent vocalists:

Ok. I'll take your word for it.

I think maybe that's enough for female guitarists. What about some more female drummers?

Please explain "rock faces."

What about Hole? Are they any good?

Ha! it was Courtney Love who inspired me to pick up a guitar. I figured if an untalented crack headed twat like her could play, then I could damn well do it too.

I learnt to play at the grand old age of 30. I'm not saying I'm as good as her, but I will say that the chords for some of their stuff are very, very basic. They had to be, she was stoned most of the time.

that woman is like looking at a car wreck waiting to happen

Well, the car wreck is over, it's basically the debris that were looking at now.

From the classic Bon Jovi touring song, Wanted Dead or Alive:

"I've seen a million faces, and I've rocked them all."

It's a reference to the rockstar experience of being up onstage in front of a huge crowd, rocking hard.

If the question is confusing, try it without the "faces":

Do they rock?

The answer to that question is all you need to know. Whether or not they can play an instrument is entirely beside the point.

Do they rock? The answer to that question is all you need to know. Whether or not they can play an instrument is entirely beside the point.

I don't think Rock is what they need, I think it's more what my guy friends call "F@ckability Factor".

Not to mention, few of them wanted to even really look at a women that was better than them in male dominated fields.

Get over the "are singers musicians" thing... It's Iconoclast's article, he gets to make the rule! ;~D

Not much of a drummer fan, more into guitars, but here is a small list of women I have either heard play on recordings or seen play in person. Listed in order of earliest to latest that I came to know of them:

Moe (Maureen) Tucker (The Velvet Underground)
Cecilia Lynch (Frightwig)
Mimi Parker (Low)
Sara Lund (Unwound)

Moe (Maureen) Tucker

yeah but she was waitin for her man...26 dollars in her hand.

jeez you remember more than ive forgotten hahahahah

--"Thanks, Ted. The rule is: can they play an instrument as well as most guys in a rock band? Specifically, drums and guitar."--

Here are some more. When it comes to guitar there is Ruyter Suys from Nashville Pussy and Corin Tucker from Sleater-Kinney.

The drummer Janet Weiss from Sleater-Kinney is good too. Another real good one is Stefanie Eulinberg. She plays in Twisted Brown Truckers, Kid Rock's back-up band. Another one is Meg White from The White Stripes (one of my favorite bands). It's hard to describe her playing. She's overrated and underrated at the same time.


--"On the Mar Y Sol Festival album, there's a blues band called Nitzinger. He (John Nitzinger) introduces the members. I can't hear him real well, but when he introduces the drummer, he says, (I think I hear him right)"--

I know his drummer back at that time was Linda Waring. But I don't know if it was her that played with him at the festival.

Just writing that last sentence I'm reminded of a blues guitarist I saw in Vegas about 5 years ago. Her name was Teresa Russell. She was very good. But that might have been the alcohol. I wonder if she's still around. I bought a cassette that night but Lord knows where it is now. If you like blues you should check her out.

Thanks, Icono for getting my brain going. Trying to think of female musicians got me looking through all my old cassettes and bringing back some good memories.

after three days of holding this one back, i no longer have the strength to restrain myelf.

your best argument can be summed up in two words: linda mcccartney.

your best argument can be summed up in two words: linda mcccartney

Neither a singer nor musician.

Sheryl Crowe and Tift Merritt - two of my faves.

Sheryl Crowe is pretty good. I haven't heard of Tift Merritt.