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I don’t know where this comes from, and in fact I haven’t seen anyone outside Brazil celebrating it, but here we call July 13th the International Day of Rock. Apparently, it was inspired by the ‘Live Aid’ concerts that took place in London, Moscow, Philadelphia and Sydney in 1985.
I decided to take this opportunity to share some of my favorite rock bands that are formed by or have women in their line-up. I chose ten bands of many styles.
- Arkona
Masha Scream (Vocals)
My favorite band ever. Arkona is a Russian folk metal band. I’m addicted to almost everything folk-related. Also, I’m a big, big fan of female unclean vocals and girls with swords, so it was really easy to start loving this band. Masha ‘Scream’ Arhipova, the vocalist, is awesome. They will release a new album in September. You can check the album’s art at their website.
Sample: Tuman Yarom
Marie Curie. Credits: Wikipedia.
Marie Curie was a French (born Polish) physicist and chemist. Along with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henry Becquerel, both physicists, she received her first Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1903, “in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel.” She would receive her second Nobel Prize eight years later, in 1911, this time in Chemistry, “in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element.”
In 1894, she was denied a place in Kraków University because she was a woman.
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