>>>1. Joe Jackson, "I'm the Man".
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>>>A jazzman at heart, showing he knows how to rock out. "It's Different for Girls" is a classic of construction in any genre.
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>>How about the all-female band The Runaways? Back in the late 70's they were probably the first successful all-girl rock bands. Obviously Joan Jett and Lita Ford had decent solo carrers after the band broke up - which I believe was a direct result of the drummer dying.
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>Did she choke on her own vomit ? ( sorry, I was channeling Nigel Tuffnell )

Actually no. I did some checking last night and I was incorrect. Sandy West (the drummer) did indeed die, but not until Oct 2006 from cancer. Sandy West, Joan Jett, and Lita Ford were in the band from beginning to end, Cherie Currie did some keyboard and vocals work in the middle of the band's existance. They went though 5 different bass players - Micky Steele, Peggy Foster, Jackie Fox, Vicki Blue, and Laurie McAllister. Interestingly they all have become somewhat sucessfull....even Jackie Fox went to Harvard and became a lawyer..haha. Micki Steele of course become one of the Bangles. Apparenlty there is a documentary film about the band on showtime too...