Originally posted by PonyOne
Unfortunately, I think that many of the girl bands out there aren't really into the music so much as making the point that they are girls who play electric guitars and rock.

Sadly, as guitarists like Lita Ford, the lead singer/guitarist of Handsome 3some, and a host of others have showed us, girls/women can be proficient, talented and unique guitarists. But I think a lot who would make some really great rock are discouraged by the fact that rock is male-dominated, and worry that they'll have to either be sex objects or bitch about political causes to be heard or taken seriously.

I hate Kittie, the all-girl rock band who went on Family Values. They sound like a retard chorus! They're not good musicians, and the when the lead singer growls, it embarasses me, and I don't even have anything to do with them. a lot of girls need to realize is that music by the likes of Static X, Filter, and a host of other rock bands, require a deeper voice; at the very highest, a low tenor. And most girls are sopranos or mezzo sopranos. Even a girl with a deep voice (usually Alto) is gonna have a hard time playing songs of that nature because they just can't get the low growl & grind that a really big testosterone-pumped dude can.

A month or two back, there was a female musician who posted a message up asking for female musicians, and I was nice & gave her a few pointers on starting a band. Somewhere in the post I said "I respect your cause" meaning "I respect that you want to start a female rock band." And she jumps all over me about how she doesn't have a CAUSE and maybe I should ASK before I assume.

I ended up making some really scathing remark informing her that she was the one who needed to ask, not me, and that she should practice not being so touchy & overreactive. She never posted again.

Sadly this attitude mimics that of many female rockers I've met: "I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a snner I'm a saint, I do not feel ashamed" and all men should stand down as she proceeds to make bad, thoughtless drivel about how we're all pigs. She and her friends are gonna take back the airwaves and smack it to all us guys! Womyn unite!

If more girls and women could take an egalitarian mindset and just form a band cause they like making music, not to make a point about anything.

That said, most of the better girl bands I've heard voiced their instruments arond the sound of the vocalist's voice. If Kittie traded their ESP's for Jaguars, it'd probably help a little...