Joan Jett gets named the greatest female electric guitarist

 Everyone knows Joan is pretty much the shizz....legendary shizz!!! Exciting list! I might have to go out and buy my first ever issue of Elle...o wait Carrie Brownstein is in it!? OK I'm DEFINITELY going out and buying my first issue of Elle, I really really really love Carrie...can you guys tell?....does it show???:-P

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I'm a little bummed that it was mostly a rock 'n' roll list. Deborah Cox, who plays mostly blues, is a phenomenal guitarist. She really got me into blues. I feel like the list should have been more eclectic.

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I'm glad that Kelley Deal has snuck in there - and I KNOW she's an identical twin - but they really should have researched the picture better - that's Kim!

Where's Bonnie Raitt? PJ Harvey? And Tanya Donnelly should be in there too.

Juliana Hatfield.

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I can't wait for the movie! Although I don't know who I'll see it with... none of my friends listen to the Runaways =( 

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..who is offended by the very existence of this list? What in heaven's name has gender to do with playing guitar? Is it a physically challenging activity, like tennis? I've been playing for a long time, and while I wouldn't make anyone's "greatest" list, I never found physical strength to be a factor.

 I do understand that some feel that women have received short shift in the open lists - perhaps Elle would have done better to compose a list they feel would have been more fair, including women. But to print a segregated list only contributes to the feeling that women aren't quite ready to  - how to put it - play with the big boys, and brings a little of the feeling of Dr. Johnson's walking dog....

Anyway, Joan Jett? She's wonderful, but hardly for her guitar playing, which - does what it needs to do.

PJ Harvey, now, could have been on any list. Underrated player.

Lita Ford?  Are they serious? 

 Unfortunately look through any guitar mag and you'll see the sad lack of women featured anytime, regardless of the playing style. 

My 2 cents...give me Linda Perry any day.

I haven't seen the list, is Kaki King really not on there?!? 

If I dared to make a list Carrie Brownstein, Kaki King and Mary Timony would most definitely rank pretty friggin high! 

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"I know how I was born and I know that I have no choice. I know it may not show on the color of my skin, but I know it’s in my heart and in my soul."-Sara Quin

I'm stoked. I'm glad she's gettin' her props where it is due. I can't wait for a new album to drop.

I got request can you please interview Doria Roberts if you hadn't.  If you had, I don't recall.  Some out celebs get way too much attention on this site.

I read about her sometime last year, I think. I was pretty impressed to see her play. Good skills.

Oh, Jennifer Batten. I attended a clinic half a life time ago. I knew then I wasn't cut out to be a soloist (when it comes to guitar playing). Pretty rad.

And I agree on including Nancy Wilson :)

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Courtney Love would be on my list

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 Orianthi is brilliant Im glad she made the list:)

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unfortunatly , they focus solely on the electric players.....for , i feel , if you throw an electric into Emily;s hands (indigo girls ) she'd give lita ford and the others listed a good run for the money......

i'm also wondering why Joan Jett is on the list at all......she's a rythm guitar player.....not a lead. but ,hey , what do i know.....

Bonnie Raitt at the very least--Nancy Wilson.

and it is offensive about a list being for women (as someone here said), yet this has always been the case that women were not even considered serious or exceptional guitar players (it's a male ego territorial thing). I guess they don't even consider acoustic guitar? Of course, it is nonsense, but the reality is this whole thing stems from women (historically) being held back from certain gender restricted pursuits such as published writings, art, music, and then later when women broke that barrier, female bands or individual performers were not taken seriously (like they are "new" to it by male standards).

I remember Wynonna Judd (another fantastic guitarist and vocalist) talking about this in a recorded commentary with greats like Emmy Lou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt and Roseanne Cash. Most women got their break from the country western/rock/pop crossover genre. And then there were the few rock and roll women that are the icons we think of, but it was always hard for them too.

I can't wait to see the movie!!!

Joan Jett and the blackhearts was my very first concert! She was incredible! She was in Mtl last year but I couldn't make  it... Stoopid work...

Kristen Stewart seems like a really good choice. She looks like she'll be able to bring out the rawness that is Joan Jett. 

thats great enough said.

yep she can rock that guitar and looks damn sexy at it. I would've included Kathleen Hanna; and although her "weapon" of choice is not the electric but I would've also included on the list, Melissa Etheridge... she is damn good at it.

Mmm that Nancy Wilson is so sexy.

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i'm going w/ her former band-mate LITA FORD!!!

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Joan Jett is awesome, I agree to some extent. Although Chrissie Hynde should be up there.

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