Australias Greatest Rock Chick?

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Not sure if a thread has been written before about women in rock in Australia but thought it would be an interesting topic to discuss Australias greatest rock chicks. I dont mean good singers or pop stars...but girls with balls (so to speak) who genuinelly rocked out. For me its gotta be Janet English. Very underrated because of her indie image (Spiderbait) and low profile...but my God she rocks when Kram lets her take the lead vocals. She also had a short but highly successful spin off band Happyland with her boyfriend at the time from Regurgitator.



My other nominee is an obvious one...the wildest of them all, the legendary Chrissie Amphlett. This song is a great example of her power....a good song where the male singer in the band leads out with the first verse and when she takes over, she blows the roof off. Not a big Divinyls hit but one my favorites.



Your thoughts?

 

[blackshadow]

Three worth a mention are:

Fiona Horne - Def FX

Adalita - Magic Dirt

Michelle Madden - Tourettes (definitely not as well known but she rocked hard, real hard when out front of Tourettes)
One of my photos of her from back in the day

And something a bit more recent...

 

[Ronnie Baby]

Vanessa Amorosi.

 

[Mootsy]

Caroline Kennedy

Deadstar

 

[Mr Eagle]

Suze DeMarchi

 

[raskolnikov]

Chrissie Amphlett by the length of the Flemington straight.

 

[blackshadow]

Even though I mentioned a few others Chrissie Amphlett is head and shoulders above any other Australian rock chick I've ever seen. Seeing her in the mid 80s and she was something else and she kept the performances up.

 

[blackshadow]

Vanessa Amorosi.

U wat mate?

 

[mellowyellow]

Probably not my thing but Renee Geyer is so underrated and such a wonderful soul singer who should have shone brighter then she did, here and overseas.

 

[Ronnie Baby]

U wat mate?

Absolutely everybody knows she is the best.


This post officially wants to be traded to Collingwood.

 

[DT2000]

Probably not my thing but Renee Geyer is so underrated and such a wonderful soul singer who should have shone brighter then she did, here and overseas.

So true, had she been American and signed by a big label - would've been huge!

 

[DT2000]

this chick was mental - in the good way!

 

[DEVO]

The big three for me are:

1. Chrissie Amphlett. Chrissie was in a class of her own and an inspiration to all the Aussie rock chicks who followed.

2. Suzi DeMarchi.
3. Adalita.

Others that I liked.

Susie Higgie (Falling Joys)
Fiona Horne (Def FX)
Sherine Abeyratne (Big Pig)
Abbe May
Brody Dalle (The Distillers) Pretty sure she is an Aussie.
Christa Hughes (MGF) may not be a rock chick, but she is pretty wild on stage.
Juanita Stein. Not very wild, just very hot.
Katy Steele (Little Birdy)

 

[BluesMan]

Isabella Manfredi is the current queen

 

[blackshadow]

So true, had she been American and signed by a big label - would've been huge!

She's got a big voice and big personality - great singer and performer.

 

[_VXV]

Karina Utomo of High Tension

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

The two gals from Brisvegas rockers, HITS give it some

 

[Zuma]

Christina Amphlett by the length of the English Channel

 

[Severe]

Brody Dalle (The Distillers) Pretty sure she is an Aussie.

She's from Fitzroy. I'm not really a fan but good pick.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

The big three for me are:

1. Chrissie Amphlett. Chrissie was in a class of her own and an inspiration to all the Aussie rock chicks who followed.

2. Suzi DeMarchi.
3. Adalita.

Others that I liked.

Susie Higgie (Falling Joys)
Fiona Horne (Def FX)
Sherine Abeyratne (Big Pig)
Abbe May
Brody Dalle (The Distillers) Pretty sure she is an Aussie.
Christa Hughes (MGF) may not be a rock chick, but she is pretty wild on stage.
Juanita Stein. Not very wild, just very hot.
Katy Steele (Little Birdy)

Some nice selections there.

 

[HoldenMagroin]

Chrissie Amphlett
The underrated Sarah McLeod

 

[Damp Squarie]

Chrissie Amphlett
Love the CS lips

 

[Bostonian]

Showing my age a bit here but who remembers the ladies from Skulker back in the 90's?

Saw them at quite a few gigs back in the day. Always put on a good show.

 

[Severe]

Amy Franz from Super Wild Horses gets my vote.

 

[blackshadow]

Amy Franz from Super Wild Horses gets my vote.

She goes alright but hardly a rock chick.