The musical culture all over the world for the most part rests on female voices, whether it be an opera or an operetta, a chamber ensemble or a church choir. Everywhere listeners are delighted with the melodic soprano, coloratura or lyrical, moderately sounding mezzo or low contralto. Musical performances would be unthinkable without them. However, there are female voices in pop culture, in heavy metal, and in hard rock. They are everywhere, in any genre. Rock groups, both foreign and Russian, are formed on the principle of a quartet, quintet or other composition that meets the tasks that musicians face. The soloist always takes leading positions, being, as it were, the center of everything that happens on the stage. She organically interacts with musicians, at a concert all the participants become a single organism.
World of music
Pop and rock bands with female vocals are finely organized music bands with millions of fans around the world. Concerts of such associations never take place indoors, their stage venues are stadiums, huge beaches on the ocean or the square of megacities. Rock bands with female vocals carry their work to the masses tirelessly, tours can last for weeks and months. The forms and compositions of the ensembles are about the same for everyone - these are drummers, guitarists, those who play bass strings, brass instruments, and, of course, all-consuming female vocals.
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The singers take on the lion's share of creativity, they play the main role and are always in the center of events. The grateful audience is waiting for "their" performer.
Progress towards success
Rock groups with female vocals, with a fairly respectful attitude to art, are quickly becoming popular and gaining a lot of fans. Fame stimulates creativity, vocals are being improved, musical accompaniment, arrangements and compositional component of performances are getting better.
Rock bands with female vocals of the second half of the 20th century
Ensembles with female soloists began to emerge in the middle of the last century. At first it was a few groups, such as The Pleasure Seekers, led by Susie Quattro or The Supremes with Diana Ross. But gradually, foreign and Russian rock bands with female vocals began to appear everywhere. Currently, there are many instrumental ensembles with talented soloists. Rock groups with female vocals, the list of which includes dozens of names, known and not very, regularly participate in various ratings.
Russian and foreign
If you pay attention, it can be noted that mainly in these ratings appear foreign rock groups with female vocals. The list of Russian soloists stands apart, as it were, and it has already become a tradition, since Russian musical culture is a completely separate entity, and it cannot be confused with European cultural values, much less with musical achievements in the United States.
Style and popularity
Unbridled expression is what distinguishes American rock bands with female vocals. Foreign modern and not very pop and rock bands have been forming over the years. The compositions changed, the soloists came and went, but thanks to just such changes in groups, true-minded people gradually gathered who followed the same musical interests in their work.
USA and Europe
The most famous rock bands and soloists:
- Evanescence is a pop-rock band, one of the most successful in the world. The first album in a studio recording called Fallen was sold in the amount of 15 million copies. Soloist Amy Lee, with strong and soulful vocals, is the backbone of the group and a recognized leader in the long list of performers.
- Paramore - an American supergroup, a permanent participant in all kinds of charts, is a laureate of prestigious music awards. She specializes in pop punk, which has no equal. Today Paramore has three musicians and a guest drummer. Soloist Hayley Williams is said to be not only one of the most talented performers, but also the sexiest singer of recent times.
- Nightwish is a Finnish metal band that successfully performs against Tarja Turunen’s great vocals . Fantasy lyrics that are not fully understood, rich keyboard arrangements, tireless solo guitars - all this speaks of the fundamental nature of the group.
- Siouxsie and the Banshees, a post-punk band from the UK, combines melancholy melodies with the rhythmic accompaniment of electronic instruments. The dreamy soloist Suzy Sue is an indispensable and main link in any concert.
- Cranberries - Irish "Cranberry" under the direction of the colorful Dolores O'Riordan. The group began with sales in stalls of compact cassettes with their recordings, but today it gathers fans' stadiums. Soul songs that take soul, filled with deep meaning, are desired on many radio stations in the world.
- Crucified Barbara is a popular Swedish band. She started with garage punk rock, and today on stage during the performance of "Barbara" reigns the classic heavy metal and stunning game of singer Mia, who in her free time is nicknamed Coldheart ("Frozen").
- Arch Enemy is the most popular band from Sweden with intense vocals by Angela Goss. He has been performing for 15 years with constant success. Previously, the soloist was a professional journalist, until she met one of the Arch Enemy members and shared her secret with him about her passion for vocals. Since then, Angela does not write reports, on the contrary, others write about her.
- Otep - the group was created by the brutal Otep Shamaya, who before that had been actively fighting for the rights of sexual minorities. Now the singer spills her energy at concerts, directing powerful vocals in the direction of heavy and death metal.
- Within Temptation is a Dutch band with a symphonic rock genre. Sharon del Adel, a vocalist with a very decent clean soprano, follows the style of Celtic motifs. Her vocals are unique and envelops the audience with a fleur of female immediacy.
- Guano Apes is a world famous German band with an English repertoire. Soloist, Croatian girl Sandra Nasic, with good taste and voice. The group has long been in the status of restaurant barkers, but now its popularity is off scale.
Rock bands with female vocals Russian and Slavic
On the territory of the post-Soviet space there are many instrumental and vocal groups of various directions. The vast majority are rock bands with female vocals (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian). Created at different times, having popularity or so far unknown - they all strive to somehow express themselves. At the same time, many are trying to find a path to fame through the producer. This is only possible with professionalism and a decent repertoire.
Most Popular
What are Russian rock bands with female vocals? The list of the most famous includes the following groups:
- "Night Snipers" is a popular Russian group created in 1993. The permanent soloist Diana Arbenina adheres to the classical repertoire. He writes songs to verses of famous poets such as A. Akhmatova, I. Brodsky, Garcia Lorca, Listvytskaya Julia. The audience of “Night Snipers” is heterogeneous, representatives of the most diverse sections of the population are always present at the concert.
- Propaganda is a Russian rock band created in September 2001 as part of a quintet and two soloists, Maria Bukatar and Anastasia Shevchenko. On the eve of the 15th anniversary, the album "Purple Powder" was released. The group is currently in a resurgence phase after a long period of calm.
- Zemfira is a Russian super popular rock band created in 1998. The permanent soloist is Zemfira Ramazanova. According to the research, she was named the founder of a completely new direction in rock and pop music. Since 2012, Zemfira has been included in the list of “One Hundred Most Influential Women of Russia”.
- Chicherina is a Russian rock-style band created in Yekaterinburg in 1997 as a quartet. Soloist Julia Chicherina is the author and performer of most of the songs from today's repertoire. Collaborates with such rock musicians as Ilya Lagutenko, Sergey Mazaev, the group "Bi-2".
- Masha and the Bears is a Russian group formed in 1997 with the help of Oleg Nesterov, the lead singer of Megapolis. The initiator of the creation is Maria Makarova, who became a soloist, signing a contract with Nesterov, who agreed to become a producer of a new creative team.
- "Nastya" - one of the oldest rock bands in Russia, was created in 1986. Founder - Anastasia Poleva, former soloist of the popular rock band from Sverdlovsk "Nautilus Pompilius". As part of the new collective, the singer recorded her first album "Tatsu", full of oriental exoticism. The years 1988-1991 were for Anastasia the most creative period of her life. Since 1993, Poleva and her group have been living and working in St. Petersburg.
- Velvet is a Russian rock band, founded in 2005, performs in the style of pop rock, art rock, soft rock. The personification of the team, Catherine Belokon, the author of poems and music of all songs, is a professional musician. Katya has a diploma in music theory. The group exists in quintet format.
Musicians of the future
Rock groups with Russian female vocals, the list of which is extremely extensive, are represented by lesser-known but promising bands:
- "Utah",
- "Slot"
- Tractor Bowling
- "Mill",
- Butch
- Fleur
- "Linda",
- "Two two,"
- Mara
- "Surganova and orchestra",
- Luna
- Murakami
- "Fly",
- "Blonde Xu",
- Total
- "Willow Nova."
Russian rock, female vocals, bands and soloists with instrumental accompaniment - all this is part of today's musical culture of Russia.