| Description |
216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Big Mama Thornton -- Wanda Jackson -- Aretha Franklin -- Ronnie Spector -- Tina Turner -- Janis Joplin -- Grace Slick -- Fanny -- Carole King -- Marianne Faithful -- Suzi Quatro -- Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie -- Ann & Nancy Wilson -- Linda Ronstadt -- Bonnie Raitt -- The Runaways -- Siouxsie Sioux -- The Slits -- Poison Ivy -- Patti Smith -- Tina Weymouth -- Debbie Harry -- Chrissie Hynde -- Pat Benatar -- Exene Cervenka -- Kim Gordon -- The Go-Go's -- Cyndi Lauper -- Annie Lennox -- The Bangles -- Melissa Etheridge -- Kim Deal -- L7 -- Kathleen Hanna -- Courtney Love -- PJ Harvey -- Sheryl Crow -- Alanis Morissette -- Gwen Stefani -- Shirley Manson -- Sleater-Kinney -- Susan Tedeschi -- Amy Winehouse -- Amy Lee -- Karen O -- Grace Potter -- St. Vincent -- Hayley Williams -- Brittany Howard |
| Summary |
Award-winning radio personality Meredith Ochs takes an insightful look at 50 rock icons who indelibly shook up the music scene, whether solo or in a band. Profiling women from the 1950s to today, and from multiple genres, Ochs tells the dramatic stories behind their journeys to success, their music, and their enduring impact. More than 100 photographs make this a rich volume, and the idols include Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Heart, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Joan Jett and the Runaways, the Go-Gos, Karen O, Sleater-Kinney, Grace Potter, and more. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Rock music -- History.
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Women musicians -- Biography.
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Women musicians -- Pictorial works.
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| Added Title |
50 fiercest female rockers |
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Fifty fiercest female rockers |
| ISBN |
9781454930624 |
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1454930624 |
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