16 of Rock’s Coolest Female Drummers

If you look backward through the history of rock 'n' roll, you'll find that the ratio of women to men has always been, in a word, unbalanced.

At the time of this writing in 2025, less than 10 percent of the inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are women. But this should not lead one to believe that women — lots of them, in fact — were not then and still crucial to the development of the genre, including as drummers.

Drumming is arguably one of the more physically demanding roles in a rock band, but the idea that it couldn't be done by a woman simply didn't occur to a number of the female drummers you'll find in the below gallery. Inspiration is inspiration, as far as Gina Schock, drummer for the Go-Go's was concerned back when she was a kid idolizing the work of John Bonham ,