@Kat: I lol'd reading that, it's so true. lol I don't want to sound mean or anything, but I'm much more apt to be super *** annoyed by a bad female singer than a bad male. That isn't to say some males can truly give them a run for their money, but in some of those cases it's because they sound like a bad female vocalist. haha
I think, its just that rock music has a masculine sound to it, just in the instrumentals alone. Its just the fact that a woman has to sound hard, to fit in to rock music. As country/pop/R+B have a more, somber, or an upbeat note. Women can sing that, and its great.
Maybe I'm in the right genre (or wrong depending on the listener) but Arch Enemy, Iwrestledabearonce and Kitty all have female vocalists. As does Nightwish and Lacuna Coil. Granted, they're rock/metal bands, but still...
Nightwish and Within Temptation are good female vocalist bands that have been mentioned and mostly Autumn is another great band they have both male and female vocalists so you get a little of both in some songs or just male or female in other songs.
A female vocalist from a "band" that I can "tolerate" is the one from Collide; evidence presented:
There's other decent female vocalists, I don't just listen to one "genre," so I find them in various types of songs. The singer from Portishead isn't half-bad, either.
Ah... Death Note & Collide, it's obligatory that I post it...there's spoilers in the vid, though...I think:
I found this band after they had a song on the Queen of the Damned movie <.<
They're called KidneyThieves.I don't know if they've been signed to a record label yet and I had to get albums off their website. I dunno how to embed the video sorry.
Some female vocalists are great, but bands like Flyleaf and Paramore give me a headache. I don't think high pitched vocals mesh well with rock. Just my opinion.
After going through some of my old Cd's way back from 1990 i noticed most the best bands all have male singers..I argue with my pal he said female singers rock also..So after Digging some more i found a few cool bands with Women lead singers..Are Male vocalist better than female?..(my opinion is a deffo yes)..(My friend say no)..can you post some
vids of other female vocalist..(remember they gotta be in a band no solo artists please)..I posted a couple of songs of females bands i like..Thankyou for you time all.