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14* In the banter for Music/TheArrogantWorms song, "Mounted Animal Nature Trail", they imply Northern Ontario contains only one woman: "There are thirteen people who live there, all of whom are named Frank. Even the girl."
15* {{Music/Blondie|Band}} are a prime example of this trope resulting in an unintentional IAmTheBand on the part of Debbie Harry, the female singer of a band only otherwise featuring men. It didn't help that many thought that Debbie's stage name was Blondie. The albums released in the band's original run (between 1976 and 1982), always featured the entire band on the cover per her insistence. Debbie did not however, have control over the single sleeves, which almost always feature her alone.
16* [[MaleBandFemaleSinger Lead vocalist]] Mariqueen Maandig is the sole female member of Music/HowToDestroyAngels.
17* In Music/TheProtomen's RockOpera album series (based on ''VideoGame/MegaMan''), there's several main male characters, like Dr. Wily, Dr. Light, Mega Man, Protoman, and Joe. The first female lead, Dr. Light's girlfriend, Emily, is introduced for ''Act III''.
18* Music/JeffersonAirplane is a Rock band, which began with six men. While some members left and were replaced, iconic front-woman Grace Slick was introduced in time to be part of the classic line-up, with the release of their 1967 album, ''Music/SurrealisticPillow''.
19* Russian folk-rockers Music/OtavaYo, in which the violin player Yulia Usova, (and currently Lina Kolesnik), each stood out as the only woman among five or six men.
20* Music/SonicYouth is a Rock band consisting of (males) Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Mark Ibold, and (female) Kim Gordon.
21* Maureen "Moe" Tucker of Music/TheVelvetUnderground. Who in a subversion of both MaleBandFemaleSinger and FemaleRockersPlayBass, was the drummer.
22* Music/WolfAlice is fronted by songbird (and occasional screamer) Ellie Rowsell, with Joff Oddie (guitar), Theo Ellis (bass) and Joel Amey (drums). Ellie often recognises the fact that she appears to sound more masculine at times, and on tracks like Moaning Lisa Smile, Fluffy, Giant Peach, and (in an extreme example) Yuk Foo, it clearly shows.
23* Music/{{Paramore}}, Music/{{Tonight Alive}}, and Music/{{Stand Atlantic}} all fall into this category. Their lead vocalists are women, while every other member of the band is a man.
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