Girl bands of the 1990s, ranked from brutal to brilliant Will your favourite come out on top? Debbie Harry was co-founder and lead singer of the band Blondie. Along the way Mathews a Canadian B movie actress took the stage name Vanity and Prince tarted the group up to perform in high heels and lingerie; lyrics of songs matched their appearance. To top our list of 80s hair bands is none other than Motley Crue. A better carry-over band from the 70's that had a bigger footprint in the 80's might be Genesis, for example. Girl band members from 90s and 00s then and now. The Spice Girls, En Vogue,  All Saints, Pussy Cat Dolls, Girlicious, Dixie Chicks, Be Good Tanyas, Destiny’s Child, Girls Aloud and Bikini Kill all owe some respect to their sisters from the 80’s. Melodyful doles out a list of '80s hair metal bands that made people sway to their music! The Pointers, Ruth, Anita, June and Bonnie began as a quartet in 1973 reaching commercial success in the 80’s as a trio recording 10 top 10 hits between 1979 and 1985; Bonnie left to pursue a solo career. A number of female singers gained popularity with their fiery brand of singing in the 80s and 90s. Girl groups might have been responsible for the sweetest 60s music, but their lyrics covered everything from teenage pregnancy to frightening dogs, as this playlist shows credit: unsplash/jontyson Where to begin… There are debates that the ‘90s are the best period of all-around music that ever existed. Sisters, Debbie and Vicki Peterson were joined by Susanna Hoffs and Annette Zilinskas formed in Los Angeles in 1981 as “The Bangs” changing the name to “The Bangles”  due to a legal issue. We can still remember the words to their biggest hit! Luckily we got to embrace this first wave of girl power and hope the likes of All Saints, Spice Girls, Girls Aloud etc appreciate the roads these epic girl groups paved for them! These fiercely glam gals gave us many a hit, from Venus to I heard a Rumour……fab! The purple great one “Prince” said he created this trio in his own musical image as female. uDiscover’s Top 10 UK 80s Indie Bands salutes some of the most enduring cult acts of the decade. The Go Go’s had a classic 80’s new wave pop sound that made music history as the first all women band to both write their own music and play instruments to a billboard #1 song. Oh how we LOVED these girls……need we remind you of walking like an Egyptian or dreamily singing to an eternal flame…. Started in 1981 this funk dance oriented group had a few hits that broke the top 100 on the charts, doing a bit better on the RnB charts. The Isle of Wight band popped into the UK Top 40 throughout the 80s, peaking at No.3 with 1986's Lessons in Love. For all the great bands like Fanny, The Slits, L-7, The Go-Gos, The Bangles, and so on, there are several dozen—nay, several hundred—who score one hit (or fewer) and then disappear before the ink’s dried on their record contracts. In the Jazz Age and during the 1930s, "all-girl" bands such as the Blue Belles, the Parisian Redheads (later the Bricktops), Lil-Hardin's All-Girl Band, the Ingenues, the Harlem Playgirls led by the likes of Neliska Ann Briscoe and Eddie Crump, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Phil Spitalny's Musical Sweethearts, "Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators" as well as "Helen Lewis and her Rhythm Queens were popular. They continue today as a duo. One of the 3 lassies, Fahey left in 1988 to enjoy married life to Eurythmic Dave Stuart, before forming Shakespear's Sister 3 … Many are called. The identity of the band (post-Peter Gabriel) is very much an 80's band with real musical cred and charting power. 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