Best Female Rock Group

Okay, I know this "best of" thing has been done to death, but I think it's fun. A guy in my office and I were discussing this the other day. To limit the hair-splitting (although I suspect that's a good part of the fun with these things), "Female Rock Group" is defined as follows: the band must be fronted by females and the majority of the members must be female, and the majority of the material must be written by the female members. For example, The Breeders qualify for consideration (majority female, fronted by the Donnelly sisters and a kick-ass, if slightly pathetic outfit), while "Blondie" does not (only one female member, most of the music written by her boyfriend.) Female rockers, like PJ Harvey and Liz Phair, who write their own material and have relatively anonymous backing bands also qualify (don't quibble, it's my thread).

Now, let's get on with it!

My entries are:

1. Breeders

2. Bangles (yes, the Bangles. check out the cuts that were NOT chosen to be singles, e.g., "Dover Beach")

3. Sleater-Kinney ('nuff said!)

4. Bikini Kill (ditto)

5. Liz Phair.

6. Throwing Muses.

7. Belly.