Top Ten Female Drummers
Sheila Cecelia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957) better known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American percussionist, singer, author, and actress. She began her career in the mid 1970s as a percussionist and singer for The George Duke Band.
Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974) is an American drummer and occasional singer known for her work with Jack White in the Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. On an impulse, she played on Jack's drums in 1997.
Regardless of the reasons, the fact remains that there is now a slew of talented, successful female drummers for whom Karen Carpenter paved the way. The notion of a female drummer is fairly commonplace today, but successive generations need to be reacquainted with music history and one of its pioneers.
Cindy Blackman Santana (born November 18, 1959), sometimes known as Cindy Blackman, is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman is best known for recording and touring with Lenny Kravitz.
Now Cohen has her own instructional program for drummers called Maximum Meytal. She's also created an original album through Kickstarter, will launch a Kickstarter for her second album, and she's given a TEDx Talk on how the internet helps her succeed.
Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker is an American musician and singer best known for having been the drummer for the New York City-based rock band the Velvet Underground.
Jennifer Carole Ledger is an English drummer and co-vocalist for the American Christian rock and hard rock band Skillet. At the age of 18 she became Skillet's drummer, when their former drummer Lori Peters retired.
The best female drummers are those musically inclined ladies who saw a great deal of success manning the drums within a band or as a solo musician. You might not find them on the "Rolling Stone" list of 100 greatest drummers of all time but each has solidified their place as one of the best female drummers ever.
Sandy West (July 10, 1959 – October 21, 2006) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and drummer. She was one of the founding members of the Runaways, the first teenage all-girl hard rock band to record and achieve widespread commercial success in the 1970s.
Hannah Welton-Ford (born June 29, 1990) is an American musician, drummer and vocalist from Louisville, Kentucky. Previously a member of fusion trio Pandorum and later rock band Bellevue Suite, she played in Prince's backing band 3rdeyegirl with guitarist Donna Grantis and bassist Ida Kristine Nielsen.
Regina Ann "Gina" Schock (born August 31, 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland) is best known as the drummer in the all-woman rock band The Go-Go's. Schock's career began as drummer for Edie and the Eggs, a band assembled to feature the John Waters star Edith Massey.
Senri Kawaguchi (川口 千里, Kawaguchi Senri) is a Japanese drummer. In Japan she is sometimes known as tekazuhime (手数姫), ("Princess of Many Strokes"). She has the image of a gecko on the front of her 20 inch bass drum, and on her Zildjian drumsticks.
Caroline Georgina Corr MBE (born 17 March 1973), known to fans as the "Chick with Stick", is an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band The Corrs. In addition to the drums, Corr plays the bodhrán, cajón, percussions and piano.
Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is a jazz drummer, composer, singer, record producer and entrepreneur. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and many others.
Petrucci and her sister, Maxine Petrucci, first formed Madam X with vocalist Bret Kaiser and Chris Doliber. She left Madam X to join Vixen in 1985 and stayed until 1991. She returned when Vixen reunited in 1997, bringing in her sister Maxine into the fold, but the reunion ended in 2001.
Samantha Maloney (born December 11, 1975) is an American musician best known for playing in the bands Shift, Hole, Mötley Crüe, Eagles of Death Metal, and in Peaches' live band "The Herms".
Patricia Theresa "Patty" Schemel (born April 24, 1967) is an American drummer and musician who rose to prominence as the drummer of alternative rock band Hole from 1992 until 1998. In 1998, Schemel left Hole, and in the early 2000s reunited with Hole frontwoman Courtney Love during her solo career, and later drummed for Juliette and the Licks.
Kate Schellenbach (born January 5, 1966) is an American musician and television producer. She was the drummer of Luscious Jackson and was a founding member of an early, punk incarnation of the Beastie Boys.
Carla Azar is an American drummer and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings. Azar played drums on Jack White's albums Blunderbuss and Lazaretto and toured with him.
Honey Lantree Biography by Bruce Eder Anne Margot Lantree, better known as Honey Lantree, was notable as one of the few female drummers to come out of the British Invasion.
Deborah Mary Peterson (born August 22, 1961) is an American musician and the drummer of the band The Bangles. She sang lead vocals on two of the band's released singles, "Going Down to Liverpool" (1984) and "Be with You" (1989). She is the younger sister of fellow Bangles member Vicki Peterson.
Linda McDonald is the drummer of the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens (billed as the "World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden").
Lynn Truell (born Lynn E. Perko) is a drummer best known for her work with the early American hardcore punk scene band The Dicks, as well as with the alternative rock band Sister Double Happiness and is currently drumming with the indie rock band Imperial Teen. Truell was born in Palo Alto, California.
Paloma McLardy (née Romero, born 3 January 1955), better known as Palmolive, is a Spanish-born drummer and songwriter who was the original drummer for influential punk groups The Slits and The Raincoats.
Stella Mozgawa is an Australian drummer. She is best known as a member of the indie rock band Warpaint, with whom she has recorded three studio albums. Alongside her work with Warpaint, Mozgawa has contributed to recordings by musicians Kurt Vile, Andy Clockwise, Adam Green, Cate Le Bon, Jagwar Ma, the xx, Tim Presley, Rodes Rollins and Regina Spektor.
Allison Miller is a New York City-based drummer, composer, and teacher. She has recorded five albums as a bandleader: 5 AM Stroll, Boom Tic Boom, No Morphine-No Lilies, Live at Willisau, and Otis Was a Polar Bear, as well as working as a session musician.
Lori Peters is currently the drummer of Skillet, starting shortly after the release of Invincible (2000). She was born on November 29, 1973 in Kenosha, WI. In high school, she was involved the Jazz Band and Symphonic Band, and she continued her education for 3 years at Columbia College, Chicago.
Kittie was formed in 1996 when drummer Mercedes Lander and guitarist Fallon Bowman met in gym class. Mercedes' sister Morgan Lander became the lead vocalist and guitarist after weeks of Fallon and Mercedes jamming. Tanya Candler completed the lineup by joining as the bassist. Kittie made demos and started playing concerts in 1998.
Viola Smith (née Schmitz; born November 29, 1912) is an American drummer best known for her work in orchestras, swing bands, and popular music from the 1920s until 1975. She was one of the first professional female drummers.
Kid Rock's influences include Bob Seger and the Beastie Boys. Drummer Stefanie Eulinberg has cited, as an influence on her playing style, Tony Thompson, Chester Thompson, Neil Peart, Dennis Chambers, and Terry Bozzio.
Demetra Plakas. Demetra "Dee" Plakas (born November 9, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer in the all-female rock band L7.
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Georgia Hubley (born 1960) is an American percussionist, vocalist, and visual artist. She is one of the two founding members of the indie rock band Yo La Tengo. She is married to the group's other founding member, guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan, with whom she lives in New Jersey.
Torrance Heather Castellano (born January 8, 1979, in San Francisco, California) is the former drummer of The Donnas, announcing her retirement in July 2010. She met future bandmates Maya Ford, Brett Anderson and Allison Robertson in junior high school.
Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, California, November 15, 1970) is a contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and Indigenous musicians. She is known for her work as a performer in avant-garde, jazz, world and new music.
Yoshimi is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms. Alongside her drum playing skills with the Boredoms, she also performs on the vocals for OOIOO and also plays trumpets, guitars and keyboards as well.
Scarlett Stevens She adds a number of vital elements to San Cisco’s deceptively sunny sound, including lead vocals and drum parts that can catch you by surprise with off-the-cuff wildness and well-thought-out weirdness.
Hannah Blilie is the drummer of the American R&B band Chanti Darling and formerly Gossip and Shoplifting. She has also performed with Sarah Dougher, Chromatics, Stiletto, Mr Yuk, The Lumpies, Vade, The Vogue, and Soiled Doves.
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Belinda "Lindy" Morrison OAM (born 2 November 1951) is an Australian musician originally from Queensland. She was the drummer in indie rock group The Go-Betweens from 1980 to 1989, appearing on all the band's releases from their first LP in 1981 until the band's first break up on 26 December 1989.
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Thompson is the President of the female founded KTMUSICPRODUCTIONS, a record label based in Harlem, New York. She has released all her albums via the label, the first being Like Clockwork, in 2010.
Tobi Celeste Vail was born in Auburn, Washington, to teenage parents. Both her grandfather and her father were drummers. When she was young her parents moved the family to rural Naselle, Washington, where her father worked in a youth detention center.
Teresa Taylor (born 1962), also known as Teresa Nervosa, is an American musician and actress. She is best known as being a drummer for the American punk band Butthole Surfers
She is a professional drummer, who has drummed for the female fronted band Cherri Bomb. She has played at various prestigious festivals such as T In The Park, Oxegen, Reading, Leeds, Rock en Seine, Sonisphere and Summerfest.
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Tennessee thomas Female drummers have come a long way since Karen Carpenter back in the '70s. Over the decades they have become more and more prominent, thanks in no small part to the likes of Cindy Blackman, Samantha Maloney and Sheila E.
List of famous female drummers, featuring bios and photos when available. This female drummers list contains the most prominent and top females known for being drummers. The female drummers of note are listed by their level of prominence, and you can be sorted by various bits of information like date of birth or birthplace.
Florrie performed with Selfservice at night and worked part-time as a nanny during the day. A meeting with the manager of Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi led Florrie to a successful audition as the drummer in the houseband of Xenomania, the successful Kent-based production team.