Metal Chicks - Fret 1

Metal on the hole is a very testosterone driven form of music, but slowly and surely more and more chicks are joining bands, and kicking arse!

Before going into the who's who and paying homage to our Metal Goddesses, I'd like to look into why it's taken till now for women to really come to the forefront of Metal.

I think we first have to think, who was the first girl in a massive Metal band? The pioneer, well we know that the all girl band Girlschool was around in the mid 70s, but were they really that massive to count. Though they are probably idols for most girls looking to get into Metal, I think Sean Yseult was the first girl in a Metal band to become Massive on a global scale.

Sean, who holds a degree in graphic design joined her then boyfriend Rob Straker (later Rob Zombie)'s band 'White Zombie' in 1985. White Zombie went on to become the biggest pseudo-Satanic Metal band of the 90's before disbanding in 1998. Sean is currently heavily involved in fasion and art, having her own line of scarves and has also been a member of The Rawk Show - Fine Art by Musicians, in Texas.

Stay tuned for the 2nd Fret!