Girls Just Wanna Rock Out! The Fiercest Female Rockers

From Stevie Nicks to Patti Smith, we’ve gathered the ultimate list of groundbreaking frontwomen who have made rock history. These are women who have ignored the rules of a relatively male-dominated game. Instead of playing pop music or strumming an acoustic tune, these women opted for electric guitars, fast drumming, and bold, unyielding lyrics.

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There’s a high chance that the women on this list had to fight, work and play harder just to be granted the same recognition as their male counterparts. When they finally made it, they tore up the rule books they were given by society and re-wrote the manual on their own terms.