♪ On the 9th day...

...of Christmas, my Zombie gave to me: ♫

9 Female rockers
8 Mile Marshall
7 minute music
6 ft. tall Grace Jones
Ben Folds Fiiiiiive
4/4 time
3 Pips and Gladys
2 Live Crew
and Tom Waits tearing down a treeeeeeee!

As James Brown says, it's a man's world but it wouldn't be nothing without a woman.  Hence, here are 9  females that show us that women can rock the music scene as hard as any man:

1. Ann Wilson -and-

2. Nancy Wilson of Heart  The first women of rock to not only sing, but to write the songs and play the instruments.

3. Blondie Deborah Harry, really, and known for several new wave hits including Call Me, Rapture, and Heart of Glass.

4. Alanis Morissette Canadian rocker who gave us an ironic definition of the word "ironic."  She also played the part of "God" in Dogma.

5. Lady Gaga If you don't know who Lady Gaga is by now there is just no hope for you. And I am not apologizing for this pop star on a "rock" list.

6. Linda Ronstadt Started her career in the 1960s with a band called Stone Poneys.  She dominated in the 1970s as a solo act and is still rockin' today.

7. Grace Slick Singer for Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship.  Proved that women could front a band and be more than just a sex symbol.

8. Janis Joplin Part of the "27 club": musicians who died at the age of 27, usually at the top of their careers, due to problems with drugs and/or alcohol.

9. Stevie Nicks Part of the heart and soul of Fleetwood Mac.