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Originally Posted by GrantMercury
I know. Debbie was awesome, but Blondie wasn't really classic rock in my mind. More like new wave/punk.
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well, in that case Stevie Nicks isn't rock either. And let's face it, Debbie was 10x the rocker Stevie Nicks and Grace Slick were.
To me, rock is an attitude rather than a music style, and other than Janis, all of them were "cheesy rock" or AOR, at least at some point of their careers. For example, The Runaways were real rockers. Joan Jett and Lita Ford were cheesy AOR. Just my humble opinion, of course. That's why I'd take Patti, Debbie, Siouxsie (and you can add Mo Tucker, Wendy O, Exene Cervenka and someone I forgot: Chrissie Hynde!): sheer attitude, less posse, breaking stereotypes and being themselves rather than a marketing developed image. Under this light, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Kate Bush were more "rocker" than, say, Pat Benatar
Anyway, it's pretty surprising there are so few chicks in rock from those years, I really thought there were more.
PS: And I'll add a little known band from early 70s that was amazing: Fanny. And 2 "noobs": Kim Gordon and Kim Deal