Female bands/artists of the 70's

METALPRIEST

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In 1974, female fronted band FANCY did a cool (seductive sounding) cover of Wild Thing!!



Yes that's Les Binks (Judas Priest drummer Stained Class - Unleashed In The East) on the cover. :grinthumb

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Heart does it for me as far as 70's female rockers go. Sure they turned into bubblegum fluff in the 80's but the majority of tunes off their first 4 albums were outstanding. Bebe Le Strange, Private Audition, and Passionworks had a few decent numbers, but you could tell much of the magic was gone once the Wilson's took total control of the band. Great musicians but still needed a little help to keep the ship sailing.
 

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How about Annette Peacock? Her sound was Beat poetry-inspired, sorta progressive, sorta jazzy, half-spoken, half-sung, rhythm (rather than lyrics) oriented. She did a project with Bill Bruford, and Bowie was a huge fan. You can hear her influence in Bowie's music, and also in Brain Eno's, Laurie Anderson's and Patti Smith's music. Stylistically, her music was all over the place, sort of like Joni Mitchell's in the late '70s.

Her Beat poetry side:

The Succubus

We Are Adnate

Her jazzy side:

No Winning, No Losing

Too Much in the Skies

Her progressive side:

Back to the Beginning (with Bill Bruford)
 

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Hey everybody, just stumbled across this forum while researching the all-female bands Fanny and Birtha. Saw both in 1973 at Charlie B's Outdoor Arena (see ticket stub below, Birtha was misspelled as Bertha). Charlie B's held outdoor "Woodstock style" music festivals in upstate SC in the early 70s, it was close to Clemson University.

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