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Female-fronted NWOBHM
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:57 am
by lynx
Despite the well-known video of that guy who said women have no place in metal, there were quite a few bands:
Girlschool: no comment necessary
War Machine: really good, may not be considered NWOBHM by some because of the dates
Siege: really horrible
She: really poppy
Thunderstick: not too great, not horrible either
Satanic Rites: just started listening to them, not bad so far
I've probably missed one or two I can't recall, and some I don't know about.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:14 pm
by Khnud
Oral - sexploitation band. One decent song, the rest are meh.
Rock Goddess - run-of-the-mill nwobhm.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:28 pm
by khiijol
i love the oral 12"! the barely competant yet catchy ac/dc riffs complete with thick accent and retarded lyrics... great take on the pistols/professionals cover too
agreed that siege kinda sucked - the american one was obviously way better
canis major were mostly pretty bad but i really like that track "fire"
ground zero demo is really solid. runestaff had some good tracks too
"i'm not dead yet" on the thin end of the wedge 7" is really awesome too... quite theatrical. the other side is just ok
y diawled - "noson y blaidd" is the best one for me
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:59 pm
by bigfootkit
Don't forget Diamond Lil, i really enjoyed their posthumous "Patron Of Hell" 7", but they may be just a little too early to qualify as a pure NWoBHM band.
I believe they existed from '75 to '78 if memory serves.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:20 pm
by khiijol
diamond lil were cool, they certainly have an older style hendrix/sir lord baltimore sound going on. i think that 7" is recordings from 76
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:13 am
by Keir
khiijol wrote:y diawled - "noson y blaidd" is the best one for me
Me too. Also, some of Rhiannon Tomos' solo work could be classified as NWOBHM (especially if we are considering bands like She and Thunderstick).
After Hours - haven't heard them but they are supposed to be in the vein of Girlschool/Rock Goddess
Amazon - another borderline act
Avenue, Lost Property, Rough Justice, Sian - seen these bands in Malc's encyclopedia but they all appear to be more rock than NWOBHM
Vermilion - quite punky but I rather like it
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:36 am
by chatzial
MASQUE is by far the best female fronted metal group from the UK,
but chronologically they are post-NWOBHM
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:39 am
by lynx
I forgot 7 Year Itch: kind of average, a little new wavy
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:26 pm
by khiijol
do you have more info on after hours? sounds interesting
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:48 pm
by lynx
And of course the infamous very first Elixir demo. I don't think even anyone here has heard it.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:20 pm
by Astra Wally
THIN END OF THE WEDGE
Well maybe they sound a bit too soft to be qualified as heavy metal though
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:59 pm
by lynx
There's also 3 songs on the Tredegar Remix+Rebirth CD, but I didn't know it was a female until I read the liner notes.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:02 am
by Keir
McCoy briefly had a female singer (Nikki Brooks) but did not record anything with her. It's a shame because she did a great job on
Freemind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMeU5PliaQ
khiijol wrote:do you have more info on after hours? sounds interesting
Sorry, I didn't see this question before. Here is a link with some more info:
http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/after ... demo).aspx
Martin Popoff describes them as "a female-fronted band comparable but scrappier than Girlschool or Rock Goddess. B-side:
Suspicious is less the rocker than the combative
All Over Town." Malc's book offers a similar description (he also compares them to Avenue on the A-side and Amazon on the B-side) but not really any more info.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:53 pm
by khiijol
whoah that mccoy video is killer!! thanks for the info on after hours