Kim Gordon performs at the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival at Camden Roundhouse in London on March 8, 2020. Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images.

On the day before this published, Aug. 26, we marked 102 years since the 19th amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. That’s right! There are women alive today who were born in a world where their entire gender was deemed unsuitable to participate in democracy.

It’s super depressing!

But now we live in a marginally better world where women have more rights than they did in 1920, though that’s a decreasing number, so let’s celebrate the anniversary with some more women who rock. I was under the impression I wrote my last women who rock column years ago, but apparently it was in March. Here I go again. This column stars two of the top acts from this year’s Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland.

The Runaways — “Cherry Bomb”

Joan Jett was included last time because she rocks at least as much as any other human being, but this also gives a shoutout to Lita Ford and Cherie Currie.

You know if you’ve seen the movie, but Currie was the lead singer of a band that included several future legends. She went on to have a solid solo career and as part of a duet with her twin sister Marie, and she recorded a song with Danzig. Ford went on to be a hair metal guitar virtuoso, with her biggest solo hit being “Close My Eyes Forever,” a duet with Ozzy Osbourne.

They rock, is what I’m saying.

Girlschool — “Race with the Devil”

Girlschool was part of the new wave of British heavy metal. You may not know the extremely wordy movement—not exactly catchy—but you know the bands: Venom, Diamond Head, Saxon, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Motorhead. And they’re as good as any of them, as far as I’m concerned.

Their closest association was with Motorhead, probably because they merged bands for a while. The LP cover billed them as Motor Headgirl School, but it’s mostly referred to as Headgirl. But Lemmy, as big a legend as he is, isn’t a woman, so he’s ineligible for this list.

That said, Girlschool could hang with Lemmy to the point he wanted that band in his band. That should tell you everything you need to know.

Leaves’ Eyes — “Hell to the Heavens”

I included Leaves’ Eyes but the real entry is Liv Kristine, who’s been in a bunch of bands and had a solo career. Before I go on, hit play on that video. I’ll wait.

OK, you’re back? I bet for the first 25 seconds, you were thinking, “Wait, she rocks?” Then the guitars started and you understood.

Kristine is extremely metal. She’s Norwegian, one of the most metal nationalities on Earth, and she lives up to it. She’s done symphonic metal like this, which I love, but she’s also done some gothic metal, which is just fantastic as well. She also pioneered the concept of an angelic-sounding singer paired with a harder, growlier singer. So she’s indirectly responsible for the producer forcing Amy Lee to work with Paul McCoy on “Bring Me To Life.” Whether that’s good or bad depends on whether you’re Amy Lee in 2002.

Sonic Youth — “Bull in the Heather”

Like the previous entry, this is actually about Kim Gordon rather than the band as a whole. Kim Gordon rocks.

I mean, you probably know Sonic Youth, and if you don’t, you should learn. So let’s focus on other cool stuff she’s done. She produced Hole’s first album, Pretty on the Inside. She co-directed the video for “Cannonball” by The Breeders (who could also be on this list). She’s had her installations in art galleries. She also had a background role in an episode of “Gilmore Girls” (which, admittedly, doesn’t rock but, you know, it’s on the resume nonetheless).

Gordon headlined the first night at Mosswood Meltdown in July.

The Linda Lindas — “Growing Up”

Yeah, I know this column is called Rewind, but if we’re talking women who rock, we need to talk about the Linda Lindas.

Ranging in age from 12 to 17, they rock a frankly incredible amount. They stole the show on the second day at Mosswood Meltdown and their Outside Lands set was one of the best of that festival. Every single from their upcoming debut album is fantastic. If I didn’t tell you their ages, you’d think they were in their 20s. I don’t mean that as a putdown to teenagers but as a compliment to their skill and polish.

Lots of people say the Linda Lindas are the future of rock, but listen to that song. That’s the present.

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