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The Holy Trinity of Modern Feminity in Rock

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Rock and Roll has constanly been plagued by machonigy and idiocrasy (Sometimes the same thing). It isn't unusual inside Rock to have Males who flaunt their (In my view) (non-existent) sexuality. The genre is a male dominated field, although many of rock's greatest songs are inspired by women. The male genre however, has had frequent notable talented females who have outshone their male counterparts. However during a lot of the past they have been forced to depend on male colleagues, such as Debby Harry's dependance on the band (Blondie), Stevie Nick's dependance on Lindsay Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac, even Patti Smith the godmother of punk had a dependance on male songwriters. Blondie; One of many female fronted 70s bands. However this trend has been bucked recently, while rock's status as "Alive" may be dubious in the modern climate, many female's independently strive to keep it alive, and this post will be about three of those females who ra...

My Favourite Albums 70-79

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79.  Murmur - R.E.M Alternative Rock Released: 1983 78.  Easter - Patti Smith Rock/ Punk Rock Released: 1978 77.  Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan Blues Rock Released: 1983 76.  Definitely Maybe  - Oasis Brit-Pop Released: 1994 75.  My Generation - The Who Rock Released: 1965 74.  Boston - Boston Rock/ hard Rock Released: 1976 73.  Rumours -Fleetwood Mac Soft Rock Released: 1977 72.  NeverMind - Nirvana Grunge Released: 1991 71.  Harvest - Neil Young Folk Rock Released : 1972 70.  Mr Fantasy - Traffic Psychedelic Released:  1967