1- Name five female rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
2- Name five male rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
3- Are men and women treated differently to one another in this ompetitive industry of music? If so why?
4- What genre of music is it hardest for people to accept women in, and do people recognise their talent?
5- Who do you think wrote the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T first- Aretha Franklin, Or Otis Redding?
6- Can you name a Feminist female artist, and a male misogynist artist?
7-Do you believe the rock industry favours men? If so how?
8- Name an influential male and female artist?
RESULTS:
MOLLY GREEN
1- Name five female rock artists/bands of the top of your head-
Debbie Harry ,Beth Ditto, Karen O Yeah Yeah Yeah’s ,en Stefani in her No Doubt days, Souixie and the Banshees.
2- Name five male rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
Kings Of Leon, The Killers, The Clash, The Cure,David Bowie
3- Are men and women treated differently to one another in this competitive industry of music? If so why?
i think women in bands, or all female groups tend to be less respected and usually seen as very gimmicky
4- What genre of music is it hardest for people to accept women in, and do people recognise their talent?
rock? especially playing instruments most- women tend to be singers if they are in bands
5- Who do you think wrote the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T first- Aretha Franklin, Or Otis Redding?
i have no idea!
6- Can you name a Feminist female artist, and a male misogynist artist? Alanis Morisette Snoop Dog.
7-Do you believe the rock industry favours men? If so how?
Im not sure... probably.
8- Name an influential male and female artist.- Kate Bush
Bruce Springsteen
JOE STERN
1- Name five female rock artists/bands of the top of your head. -N/A
2- Name five male rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
Slipknot,Blackhole,Gallows,Metallica,NIN.
3- Are men and women treated differently to one another in this competitive industry of music? If so why?
I think it's more conventional for men to dominate certain genres of music such as rock, whereas female musicians are more likely to be in girl groups or solo artists.
4- What genre of music is it hardest for people to accept women in, and do people recognise their talent?- rock/metal
5- Who do you think wrote the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T first- Aretha Franklin, Or Otis Redding?
Otis Redding
6- Can you name a Feminist female artist, and a male misogynist artist?
Beth Ditto and 50 Cent
7-Do you believe the rock industry favours men? If so how?
Yes because rock connotes aggression which isn't commonly associated with females
8- Name an influential male and female artist.
Karen O and Ian Curtis
CAL HUDSON
1- Name five female rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
PJ Harvey, Rolo Tomassi, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Paramore, the Slits
2- Name five male rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
The Hold Steady, Jimmy eat world, Weezer, Zero Boys, Circle Jerks
3- Are men and women treated differently to one another in this competitive industry of music? If so why?
i dont know if they are so much anymore, but if a band were to be made up of entierly of girls they would probably just be seen as a gimmick, as opposed to a band made entierly of men, which is considered normal.
4- What genre of music is it hardest for people to accept women in, and do people recognise their talent?
i would say a very machismo genre like metal, or rap, but that seems to be changing as some respected ladiiieez are taking their place in those types of music.
5- Who do you think wrote the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T first- Aretha Franklin, Or Otis Redding?
Otis Redding.
6- Can you name a Feminist female artist, and a male misogynist artist? Beth Ditto, Dr.Dre
7-Do you believe the rock industry favours men? If so how?
i don’t know if the industry favours men, infact it probably favours women as it is something different to use as a selling point.
8- Name an influential male and female artist.
PJ Harvey
MR SEAL-
1- Name five female rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
HOLE; BELLY; THROWING MUSES; FLORENCE+THE MACHINE; PJ HARVEY; (DEPENDS HOW FAR I CAN STRETCH THE DEFINITION ‘ROCK’).
2- Name five male rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
REM; NIRVANA; PEARL JAM; STONE TEMPLE PILOTS; RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.
3- Are men and women treated differently to one another in this competitive industry of music? If so why?
TRADITIONAL ‘ROCK’ AS A GENRE HAS MASCULINITY IN TERMS OF ITS AESTHETIC AND OFTEN ITS AUDIENCE: FEMALE ARTISTS ARE LESS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THIS MALE-EXPECTANCY.
4- What genre of music is it hardest for people to accept women in, and do people recognise their talent?
DEATH METAL/ THRASH METAL – THIS IS A HEAVILY MALE GENRE (IN TERMS OF ARTISTS, AUDIENCE AND AESTHETIC).
5- Who do you think wrote the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T first- Aretha Franklin, Or Otis Redding?
ARETHA.
6- Can you name a Feminist female artist, and a male misogynist artist?
I’M NOT SURE EITHER ARTIST WOULD CLASSIFY THEMSELVES AS SUCH, BUT:
PJ HARVEY AND NELLY.
7-Do you believe the rock industry favours men? If so how?
ITS INSTITUTIONAL MALE BIAS (MOSTLY RUN BY MALES) AS WELL AS ITS PRIMARILY MALE AUDIENCE AND THE ROCK-LITERATURE (MAGAZINES/ AUTOBIOGRAPHIES ETC) THAT EMPHASISE NOTIONS OF MALE DOMINANCE/ HEROISM/ IDOLS, AND THESE ECLIPSE/ MARGINALISE/ LEAVE NO ROOM FOR FEMALES.
8- Name an influential male and female artist.
ERM… PATTI SMITH AND RAY DAVIES.
CHRISTINE USTEL- MUM
1-Name five female rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
Siouxie And The Banshees, Cher, Tina Turner, Elkie Brooks, Katrina And The Waves.
2- Name five male rock artists/bands of the top of your head.
Meat Loaf, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin.
3- Are men and women treated differently to one another in this competitive industry of music? If so why?
Not At All, it’s one area where there is no gender discrimination or any discrimination at all.
4- What genre of music is it hardest for people to accept women in, and do people recognise their talent?
Not At All.
5- Who do you think wrote the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T first- Aretha Franklin, Or Otis Redding?
Aretha Franklin.
6- Can you name a Feminist female artist, and a male misogynist artist?
Chrissy Hiend- The Pretenders, Mick Jagger- The Rolling Stones.
7-Do you believe the rock industry favours men? If so how?
No. if a good female rock artist comes along they would have support and encouragement.
8- Name an influential male and female artist.
Nielsen and Tina
MARTHA WOODWARD-
1- Name five female rock artists/bands of the top of your head. -Bruce Springsteen, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, Elvis, The Jam.
2- Name five male rock artists/bands of the top of your head. - Bloc Party, Jack Penate, Kings of Leon, Temper Trap, Editors.
3- Are men and women treated differently to one another in this competitive industry of music? If so why? - More male fronted bands, sometimes girl bands/female artists are only popular because of looks.
4- What genre of music is it hardest for people to accept women in, and do people recognise their talent? - Guessss maybe rap? rap genre seems dominated by male artists.
5- Who do you think wrote the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T first- Aretha Franklin, Or Otis Redding? Otis Redding.
6- Can you name a Feminist female artist, and a male misogynist artist? funny question! ummmm... i can't think of a male artists who doesn't like women. I'd say Lily Allen could be seen as a feminist artist, her songs sometimes dissssss men?
7-Do you believe the rock industry favours men? If so how? - Successful 'rock' bands seem to be fronted by men, female rock bands have a more pop sound to them like paramore or somethiiiiing. howling bells are the only female fronted 'rock' band i can think of that i actually like....
8- Name an influential female artist, and male heroic male artist. influential female artist would beeee... Debbie Harry from Blondie maybe, she's pretty coool. Male... Bruce Springsteen because i LOVE him ♥
ANALYSING THE RESULTS:
My results were very helpful and interesting in this project, several answers have backed up my research and statements making my work more accurate. This questionnaire I developed made me think about who would get the answers I either was looking for, or expected. I wasn’t expecting my mother to say Aretha Franklin for number 5, as she is very fond of her and in the right time generation. Although these questions are set and are quite vivid, it still allowed them to speak their mind and steer it into another direction. I didn’t want to interview them on this topic as it would take to much time, however it would have been the most effective. I also didn’t want a multiple choice questionnaire because I wouldn’t get enough opinions to analyse for my research project. Asking an older generation as well as a youthful was very effective as some of them have very different opinions and views on the music industry whether they like it or hate it.
Interestingly most of the people’s answers relate to each other, showing a link in music knowledge, taste and time generation. For question number 1, Mr Seal chose Hole, Belly; Throwing Musses; Florence And The Machine and PJ Harvey. Cal Hudson also picked PJ Harvey which was good also. PJ Harvey was a female rock musician who ‘wouldn't call myself a feminist because I don't understand the term or the baggage it takes along with it.’ and also thought it was patronising to be called a Riot grrrl. She also appears in these two males answers, in being both a feminist and influential female musician to them. One of my results in the first question was quite shocking, how Joe Stern put N/A. I talked to him about this and he said this was because he couldn’t think of any female rock artist or bands apart form Avril Lavigne and gave up on that question. In addition to this Martha Woodward also answered this question but for males, which was quite humours to this project. There is a lot of mentioning of Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, where she is Joe’s influential female artist and features in one of Molly’s answers.
In question two there are many various male rock artists/bands mentioned, and many of them said it was music more easier to answer this question then the fist. This shows that there was and is still a lack of mainstream females artists/ or all girl band. Many of the volunteers who answered said this questionnaire was very challenging and took them a long time, there answers also don’t reference the same male artist or band at all in the answers, which shows this. I think my third question was quite hard to answer, as there is a gender balance. I thought with this question both sexes would answer to rock, but the reasons would vary. I thought that the men would answer saying that there isn’t so much discrimination anymore in this industry, and that females would say there was because there weren’t enough females in a certain genre. Although some of this was true, I thought Joe’s answer was rather sexist ‘ think it's more conventional for men to dominate certain genres of music such as rock, whereas female musicians are more likely to be in girl groups or solo artists.’ but entirely true in my opinion. I also though that Mr Seal’s answer ‘TRADITIONAL ‘ROCK’ AS A GENRE HAS MASCULINITY IN TERMS OF ITS AESTHETIC AND OFTEN ITS AUDIENCE: FEMALE ARTISTS ARE LESS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THIS MALE-EXPECTANCY.’ fits in perfectly with the research I undertook for Riot grrrl. This is because the rock scene at that time were very aggressive and discriminating to women, because it was projected to a male audience, consciously or subconsciously. I think as well the term Riot grrrl would be quite offensive at the time, because its still differentiating the sexes, but making one sound and seem more feminine isn’t solving it.
My mum was very biased I her answers. I think this was because of her strong passion for male rock artists. She adores The Rolling Stones, even though she knows they were very offensive to women and were misogynists. Her answer show this very clearly as she had no opinion on 4 and 3, but alternatively put Jagger for number 6. The answers to number 5 were intriguing, as there were only two possible answers. My mother was very shocked when I told her that Otis Redding originally wrote and sang the song, and Mr Seal also thought this, and Molly ‘had no idea’. This was really useful in my questionnaire as it was the male who wrote the song originally, and then Aretha intentionally manipulating it to a women’s perspective. Another song I was going to write about was ‘It Is a Man’s World’ By James Brown. This song was ironically written by his female co writer abut her view on observations between sexes. It was covered by feminist artist Cher on her ‘It’s A Man’s World and also Celine Dion.
The answers for the question for the rock industry favouring men were effective to me, as they answered not only my research, my query, and each others. I summed up the answers into a small paragraph; The rock industry favours men as it is associated with aggression and male dominance which leaves no room for females. Female rock bands usually have pop quality’s such as Paramore and don’t fit into the rock genre. Another contrasting answer was that if a good female artist came along the industry would give them encouragement so it doesn’t favour men, but where are these artists? Surely there are some good enough female rock bands/artists who have the ability to make it, but if this last answer was true wouldn’t it have been much easier for them to answer the first question? In my opinion I think a female rock band would get highly slated by many music reviews, not only because there females, but because it would seem entirely new as there hasn’t been a mainstream all female band in a while.
My last question was mainly for me as I am highly inquisitive, but to see the different genders and age’s musical inspirations. The most fascinating this was how none of there answers where form this generation, they were either past heroic rock models or very powerful mainstream women. My results seem as if the age hasn’t effected the answers at all, but gender slightly. The fact that Debbie Harry and Bruce Springsteen are still as influential now to young teenagers, as they were ‘heart throbs’ to them in the past is astonishing. I think that someone who has changed the music industry like that will never be forgotten, man or women, sex doesn’t and shouldn’t matter.
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