[ SOME FEMALE ARTISTS I LOVE ]
-> Shikhee D'iordna AKA Android Lust
Born in Bangladesh, moved to NYC in 99'. An AMAZING vocalist with tons of range, haunting and surreal music video performances, and not to mention a more than welcome addition to the Industrial Scene of the 90's. Love her.
-> Maria Brink of In This Moment
Maria, a true showgirl. Knows she's good and flaunts it. The Queen of Fryscreams. Was crowned Rock Goddess of The Year by Loudwire in 2013 and 2015. And dubbed the "Hottest chick in metal!" in 2010 by Yell! magazine. Extremely talented musician. Frequently performs with Chris Motionless of popular metalcore band Motionless in White. She's awesome.
-> Amy Lee lead vocalist of the 2000's Band Evanescence
This might be one of my favorite music videos yet. The album cover for the band's "Fallen (2003)" has a place on my bedroom wall. Creator of the Iconic "Bring Me To Life (Wake Me Up)" (Yes, *that one*.) Her voice is ethereal. This song portrays her double life as a star. I absolutely LOVED her performance.
-> Otep Shamaya! From self-titled band Otep!
"Apex Predator - Otep"
(The video above is age-restricted for its violent and sexual imagery/topic.)
It's the first song I heard of hers and also my favorite. Otep is an openly lesbian musician. This song is about a captor falling in love with her victim. The 2013 album "HYDRA" is actually a concept album based on a novel she was working on.
"None Shall Sleep (2013)"
"It's a concept album about a girl corrupted by the world, corrugated by evil, ripped away from the golden, molten elixir of creativity, and abandoned on the placid, jagged rocks of a cruel and barbaric island where the rats poison themselves. This is a story of her personal alchemy of theophagy, revenge and righteousness. Her rise from the smoldering ash as a bruise that never heals transmuting, therianthropic, to the infinite, still-born messiah, a vigilante serial assassin, codename: Hydra." -Otep Shamaya
-> The girls from Conquer Divide
This ones special. The ENTIRE band is made up of talented female musicians.
In this 2015 hit it's
Kiarely Castillo - Clean Voals
Janel Duarte - Unclean Vocals (with some additional clean vocals)
Kristen Sturgis - Rhythm Guitar
Isabel "Izzy" Johnson - Lead Guitar
Sarah Stonebraker - Bass
Tamara Tadic - Drums
This song opened my eyes (wide shut.. get it?) to a whole new world of female vocalists in the metalcore scene when I first heard it come out and I don't regret it. Up until then I was still sticking with the classics : BMTH, MIW, BVB, PTV, AA, and... notice a pattern here? All boy bands. They revolutionized my playlist.
-> Lindsey Vogt from Eyes Set To Kill
Lindsey has extraordinary musical chemistry with her bandmate Justin Denson. With her clean vocals and his chilling screams they make nothing short of art. I love their contrasting voices in every song. And "Darling" is no exception. Total banger, super addictive.
-> Alexia Roditis
Although not usually my style Destroy Boys' lead vocalist really surprised me with this one! Same shock value that Buddy Nielsen from Senses Fail gifted us in 2013 with "Mi Amor". She's Spanish and she sung this beautifully. I once translated this for a friend. I love how her voice draws out and lingers in her songs.
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If it’s not too much, would you mind suggesting some faceclaims of color that could be in a modern punk/alternative band? Thank you so so much :)
Non-binary:
ARROWS / angryarrows (1990) African-American - non-binary - he/they.
Alok Vaid-Menon (1991) Indian - gender-nonconforming, non-binary transfeminine - they.
Quintessa Swindell (1997) Black / White - non-binary - he/they.
Chella Man (1998) Hongkonger, Jewish - deaf - trans genderqueer - he/him.
Ariela Barer (1998) 75% Ashkenazi Jewish 25% Mexican - non-binary - she/they.
Sivan Alyra Rose (1999) Chiricahua Apache, Afro Puerto Rican - genderfluid - she/her they/them - pansexual.
Ian Alexander (2001) Vietnamese / White - he/him - enby boy - queer.
Musicians:
Azis (1978) Romani - non-binary - gay.
Nat Ćmiel / Yeule (1997) Chinese-Singaporean - non-binary - she/they.
Grove / theyisgrove (?) Black British - genderqueer - they/them - queer.
Women:
Freema Agyeman (1979) Ghanaian / Iranian - Sense8.
Dichen Lachman (1982) Tibetan / German - Supergirl.
Nyla Rose (1982) Oneida / African-American - trans.
Roberta Colindrez (1986) Mexican - queer.
Maika Harper (1986) Inuit.
Jurnee Smollett-Bell (1986) African-American, possibly other / Ashkenazi Jewish - Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey.
Samira Wiley (1987) African-American - lesbian.
Kat Blaque (1990) African-American - trans.
Anh Wisle (1991) Vietnamese.
Zazie Beetz (1991) African-American / German.
Kanya Sesser (1992) Thai - born without legs.
Slick Woods (1993) African-American - bisexual.
Park Gyu-young (1993) Korean - Sweet Home.
Kawennahere Devery Jacobs (1993) Mohawk - not straight but otherwise unlabelled.
Linnea Berthelsen (1993) Indian - Stranger Things.
Khadijha Red Thunder (1994) Cree, African-American, Spanish - After.
Lyrica Okano (1994) Japanese - The Runaways.
Sasha Lane (1995) African-American, Māori, English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish - lesbian.
Adeline Rudolph (1995) Korean / German - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Mei Pang (1996) Malaysian-Chinese.
Brianna Hildebrand (1996) Mexican / German, English, Irish - not straight, chosen not to label herself otherwise!
Tati Gabrielle (1996) Korean / African-American - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Andy Blossom (1998) Chinese.
Anna Lambe (2000) Inuit - bisexual - Trinkets.
Ayumi Roux (2001) Japanese / French.
Aaron Philip (2001) Afro-Antiguan - has cerebral palsy - trans.
Minni Jo (?) English, Puerto Rican - NCIS.
Musicians:
Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941) Cree.
Jada Pinkett-Smith (1971) African-American / African-/Creole-Barbadian, African-/Creole-Jamaican.
Natasha Khan (1979) Pakistani / English.
Ebony Bones (1982) Afro-Jamaican.
Riz Ahmed (1982) Muhajir Pakistani - Sound of Metal.
Fefe Dobson (1985) Afro-Jamaican / Unspecified First Nations, Irish, English, Dutch, Scottish.
Janelle Monáe (1985) African-American - bisexual and pansexual.
Juliana Huxtable (1987) African-American - trans.
FKA twigs (1988) African-Jamaican / English, Spanish.
Rina Sawayama (1990) Japanese.
Sho Madjozi (1992) Tsonga / European.
Sky Ferreira (1992) Portuguese Brazilian / Ashkenazi Jewish, Cheyenne, Ojibwe, Chippewa Cree, Scottish, French, English, Irish.
Nikki Gould (1995) Mi'kmaq, White.
Kehlani (1995) African-American, French, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Spanish, Mexican, Filipino, Scottish, English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh, as well as distant Cornish, Irish, Choctaw - lesbian and polyamorous.
Asami Zdrenka (1995) Japanese / English, Danish, Irish.
Jasmine Sokko (1996) Singaporean.
Rico Nasty (1997) African-American / Puerto Rican.
Nakamoto Suzuka (1997) Japanese.
Kiana Ledé (1997) African-American, Swedish, Mexican, Cherokee.
Willow Smith (1998) 75% African-American 25% African-Creole-Barbadian and African-Creole-Jamaican - bisexual and polyamorous.
Kikuchi Moa (1999) Japanese.
Jannine Weigel (2000) Thai / German.
Amy Love / Nova Twins (?) Black British.
Georgia South / Nova Twins (?) Black British.
Kayla Phillips / Bleed The Pigs (?) African-American.
Audrey Campbell / Pleasure Venom (?) African-American.
Gabriella “Guitar Gabby” Logan (?) African-American.
Shikhee D’iordna (?) Bangladeshi.
Edith Johnson / Meet Me @ the Altar (?) African-American.
Ada Juarez / Meet Me @ the Altar (?) Salvadorian, Dominican - lesbian.
Téa Campbell / Meet Me @ the Altar (?) African-American - lesbian.
Men:
Danny Trejo (1944) Mexican.
Zahn McClarnon (1966) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Sihasapa Lakota Sioux, Polish, Irish, French, German, English.
Marcus LaVoi (1968) Ojibwe.
Naveen Andrews (1969) Malayali Indian.
Clayton Cardenas (1985) Mexican, Filipino.
Richard Cabral (1984) Mexican.
Arjun Gupta (1986) Indian.
Rüzgar Erkoçlar (1986) Turkish - trans.
Eugene Lee Yang (1986) Korean - gay.
Andrew Koji (1987) Japanese / British.
Julio Torres (1987) Mexican - esp his role in Los Espookys.
Chai Hansen (1989) Thai / Unspecified Australian.
Xavier de Guzman (1988) Filipino.
David Castañeda (1989) Mexican.
Kiowa Gordon (1990) Hualapai, English, Scottish, Danish, Manx.
Adonis Bosso (1990) Ivorian.
Harvey Guillen (1990) Mexican - queer.
Jade Hassouné (1991) Lebanese - unsure of sexuality but not straight.
Jake Choi (1992) Korean.
Ryan Potter (1995) Japanese / Ashkenazi Jewish, Swedish, English, German.
Justice Smith (1995) African-American / Italian, French-Canadian - queer - Generation.
Aria Shahghasemi (1996) Iranian.
Luka Sabbat (1997) Afro-Haitian, Irish, English, German.
Nico Hiraga (1997) Japanese / German, English, Scottish, Dutch.
Musicians:
Doug Wimbish (1956) African-American.
Vernon Reid (1958) African-American.
Ice-T (1958) Louisiana Creole [African, French] / African-American.
D. H. Peligro (1959) African-American.
Ernie C (1959) African-American.
Will Calhoun (1964) African-American.
Corey Glover (1964) African-American.
Lenny Kravitz (1964) Afro-Bahamian, African-American / Ashkenazi Jewish.
Benji Webbe (1967) Afro-Jamaican.
Serj Tankian (1967) Armenian.
Arnel Pineda (1967) Filipino.
Derrick Green (1971) African-American.
Lajon Witherspoon (1972) African-American.
Miyavi (1981) Japanese / Korean-Japanese.
Tosin Abasi (1983) Nigerian.
Matt Heafy (1986) Japanese / Irish, German.
Jason Aalon Butler (1986) African-American / Scottish.
Kanki Tomoya (1987) Japanese.
Yamashita Tōru (1988) Japanese.
Moriuchi Takahiro (1988) Japanese.
Kohama Ryōta (1989) Japanese.
Marz23 / Lin Zhirong (1991) Taiwanese.
Moses Sumney (1991) Ghanaian - aromatic.
Roshon Fegan (1991) African-American / Filipino.
Choi Myung-Hwan / Mokyo / Thurxday (1991) Korean.
Scarlxrd (1994) Jamaican, Ghanaian / Jamaican, White.
Remington Leith (1994) Unspecified Indigenous Brazilian, White.
Denzel Curry (1995) Afro-Bahamian.
Do Han-se (1997) Korean.
KennyHoopla (1997) African-American.
GARZI (1997) African-American.
Jaden Smith (1998) 75% African-American 25% African-Creole-Barbadian and African-Creole-Jamaican.
ZillaKami (1998) African-American.
Iann Dior (1999) Afro-Puerto Rican.
Poorstacy (1999) African-American.
Yoon Jin-young / Ash Island (1999) Korean.
Trippie Redd (1999) Irish, Unspecified Native American, African-American.
Danny Denial (?) African-American.
CX KiDTRONiK (?) African-American.
Jaxon Rose (?) Black New Zealander.
theOGM (?) African-American.
Some musicians have acting roles but they’re under the musician category to show they have musician / music related resources!
I’d also suggest this post for more alternative musicians of colour!
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