The B-52's (vocalist/organist Kate Pierson and vocalist/percussionist Cindy Wilson)
Bloods (all female)
Bush Tetras (vocalist Cynthia Sley, guitarist Pat Place, bassist Laura Kennedy, and (male) drummer Dee Pop)
Blondie (vocalist Debbie Harry)
Catholic Girls (all female)
Destroy All Monsters (vocalist Niagara)
Flying Lizards (vocalist Deborah Lizard)
Holly and the Italians (vocalist Holly Beth Vincent)
Lene Lovich
The Poptarts (all-female)
The Shirts (vocalist Annie Golden)
Talking Heads (bassist Tina Weymouth)
The Waitresses (vocalist Patty Donahue and bassist Tracy Wormworth)
The California Connection (1978 - 1985)
If you're interested in the early 1980's sound of L.A, you might want to visit Billy Eye and Judy Zee, who chronicle the Los Angeles rock music and club scene 1980-83. 45 Grave (Dinah Cancer, aka Mary Simms)
The Alley Cats (bassist Dianne Chai)
The Avengers (vocalist Penelope Houston)
The Bags (vocalist Alice Bag and bassist Patricia Morrison)
Black Flag (bassist Kira Roessler)
The Germs (bassist Lorna Doom, original drummer(!) Belinda Carlisle [aka Dottie Danger, later of the Go-Go's], and another drummer Donna Rhia)
The Go-Go's; toured in 1999; and also in 2000 with the B-52's (all female)
The Gun Club (2 female members)
Legal Weapon (vocalist Kat Arthur and bassist Patricia Morrison)
The Lewd (bassist Olga Devolga)
The Nuns (keyboardist/vocalist Jennifer Miro)
Pylon (vocalist Vanessa Ellison)
Romeo Void (vocalist Deborah Iyall)
Red Scare (vocalist Bobbi Brat)
Romeo Void (vocalist Deborah Iyall)
Suburban Lawns (vocalist Su Tissue)
U.X.A. (guitarist/vocalist De De Troit)
Vktms (vocalist Nyna Crawford)
X (vocalist Exene Cervenka)
Canadian Content, eh? (1978 - 1985):
The B-Girls (Toronto, all female)
The Curse (Toronto, all female)
The Dishrags (Vancouver, all female)
Martha and the Muffins (vocalist Martha Johnson and one time keyboard player/backup singer Marth Ladly)
Rough Trade (Toronto, vocalist Carole Pope)
Ruggedy Annes (Winnipeg, all female)
Martha and the Muffins (Martha Ladly, vocals and Martha Johnson, vocals & keyboards)
Little London, Ontario sub-section here:
- Zellots
- Terminals
- Generics
- Condo Christ
- Suffer Machine
- The Spores
- Crash 80's
- Ukase (Vocalist/diva Roze Whyte)
The UK Ska Revival Angle ("Two Tone") (1979 - 1982):
The Selecter (vocalist Pauline Black)
The Bodysnatchers (all female)
Rhoda Dakar
The Toasters (original bassist Vicky Rose and one-time trombonist Ann Hellandsjo)
