Best Aussie Frontwomen

[materamagic]

Is there anyone who would surpass Chrissy Amphlett for the best front woman in Aussie Rock?

To be honest there hasn't been a proliferation of women who have excelled fronting a band let alone having the opportunity to front one.

Last woman fronting a band that I saw was that chick from the Grates open for the Arctic Monkeys and she was all over the stage. Besides her the other women who have had success are popstars not really frontwomen.

 

[Hanis]

Suzi DeMarchi - Baby Animals

 

[driver 8]

Katie Steele

 

[Monkster]

Suzi DeMarchi - Baby Animals

Seconded there, hard to separate Suzi and Chrissy because they had completely different styles of leading a band.

 

[spanna050]

Seconded there, hard to separate Suzi and Chrissy because they had completely different styles of leading a band.

Yep, Suzi for me as well. I remember having the biggest cruch on her. Love her voice too.

 

[HBF]

Suzi DeMarchi - Baby Animals

Got my vote.

 

[moistie]

I'll go for Chrissy Amphlett. She was just nuts onstage.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Sarah McLeod - her performance with Angry Anderson on RockWiz took it to a new level - her guitar chops were good too

 

[IAMDASH]

Adalita - Magic Dirt

 

[Roddy]

Suze DeM gets my vote

 

[raskolnikov]

Amphlett is the best but a couple of other nominations would be Grace Knight(Eurogliders) and Angie Hart(Frente). I'm not a Frente fan but Angie has one of the best female voices I've heard.

 

[Ox12]

Adalita followed by Fiona Lee Maynard of Have a Nice Day then daylight.

 

[patsmith]

Suzi DeMarchi - Baby Animals

I went drinking with her niece the other day. She goes alright as well.

 

[rick James]

Adalita for sure. But then, I don't know who suzi is.

 

[rick James]

Suzi DeMarchi - Baby Animals

oh ok, yeah she's awesome too.

 

[krisholio14]

adalita and chrissy amphlett do it for me.

 

[billybrownless16]

Kat Spazzy

 

[Underdog]

Kat Spazzy sprung to my mind as well

Patience from The Grates is excellent and Katy Steele from Little Birdy is engaging

all have been mentioned

 

[materamagic]

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Chrissie Amphlett by the length of the straight.

I cant even think of anybody in second place.

She had it all, aggressiveness, good looks (in a scary maneating kind of way), a rock goddess voice, drugs and booze, and mosty importantly of all, great songs.

Others might have been ok but they lack the quality songwriting.

Angie Hart is a different category altogether, but she has a beautiful voice.

 

[superfraser]

I thought maybe some nominations for that howling bells chick? Shes hot and alot of people here liked that cd.

Natalie Bassingthwaite

 

[materamagic]

Chrissie Amphlett by the length of the straight.

I cant even think of anybody in second place.

She had it all, aggressiveness, good looks (in a scary maneating kind of way), a rock goddess voice, drugs and booze, and mosty importantly of all, great songs.

Others might have been ok but they lack the quality songwriting.

Angie Hart is a different category altogether, but she has a beautiful voice.

Also has a nice rack.

I heard that at the rock hall of fame that Chrissy and Mark went off schedule after their first set in 8 years because the audience were left wanting more, and they got an encore. Yes great songs, a few were written by other writers such as "Touch Myself" but most were written by Chrissy and Mark, their better stuff such as "Back To The Wall" "Only Lonely" "Pleasure and Pain" "Boys In Town" and others.

 

[boppa]

Patience from The Grates is excellent and Katy Steele from Little Birdy is engaging

Agree.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Fiona Lee Maynard

 

[bassett85]

I'll go for Chrissy Amphlett. She was just nuts onstage.

my vote too

she's really quiet offstage apparently