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3 Female-Fronted 90s Alternative Bands Who Deserve More Recognition for Their Contributions to the Genre

Alt-rock of today wouldn’t be the same without these 90s bands.

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Alternative rock and grunge of the 90s was notoriously a sausage fest. It’s not as bad now, but a lot of rock bands are still predominantly men. These female-fronted or queer bands of the 90s helped open doors for women in rock today, and they deserve way more recognition.

Daisy Chainsaw was a U.K. alt-rock/grunge band that, at one point, turned down an offer to sign to Madonna’s label. They stayed independent, which may have hurt them overall if you only measure things by mainstream success. Until her departure in 1993, vocalist KatieJane Garside was a force to be reckoned with on stage. Her artistic range allowed Daisy Chainsaw some freedom from genre pigeonholing, but in the early 90s, they toured with several American grunge bands.

After the 1992 release of their debut album Eleventeen, Daisy Chainsaw toured the U.K. with........

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