10 Greatest Female Hard Rock Singers Of All Time

As the '60s got underway, the entire concept of rock music had been blown wide open. Gone were the original bluesy songs for people to dance along to...this was now a serious form of music coming to wreak havoc on the land. Though there is a lot to laugh at about the psychedelic scene in retrospect, you know you weren't messing around whenever Grace Slick stepped up to the microphone.

Making waves on the San Francisco scene in the late '60s, Slick was every bit the wild woman that she seemed, turning every single song into her own primal release of emotions. Compared to something like the Grateful Dead or even the mellower side of Jimi Hendrix, songs like Somebody to Love were a stark look at the gloomier sides of the '60s scene, where the trips quickly turned into nightmares if you weren't careful.

That's before you even get to the sound of Slick's voice, which had enough power to blow you away without any need for guitars. Look no further than something like White Rabbit, as she delivers a performance so reckless that it could be used in opera.

While the flower generation did have some great female songwriters like Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick had the attitude and vocal chops to give someone like Jim Morrison a run for his money.