Mixed-gender band

For most of its existence, Fleetwood Mac was composed of two female and three male members
The band Jefferson Airplane, fronted by Grace Slick, as a prototypical example of a band with one female member as the lead singer
The Breeders are an unusual example of a band with multiple female instrumentalists and one male instrumentalist

A mixed-gender band is a musical group in popular music that is composed of both male and female musicians, including instrumentalists, and is not entirely limited to vocalists, the latter being a co-ed group. Historically, such arrangements have been rare, with a substantial majority of bands being all male. This has been attributed to both social pressures making males more likely to take up musical instruments typical of a band such as guitars and drums, and the history of forming bands as an exercise in male bonding. Most mixed-gender bands feature a lineup of male instrumentalists with one female member as lead vocalist. A smaller number of mixed-gender bands feature multiple female members, or female members performing primarily as instrumentalists.