Women who rock – in pictures

Siouxsie Sioux, Ladbroke Grove, London, 1977 Photograph: Kate Simon

Blondie, live at CBGB, New York, 1976 Photograph: Godlis

Patti Smith, outside CBGB, New York, 1976 Photograph: Godlis

Grace Jones on the roof of her apartment in Union Square, New York, 1979 Photograph: Kate Simon

Janis Joplin and Tina Turner at Madison Square Garden, New York, 27 November 1969 Photograph: Amalie R Rothschild

Janis Joplin at Fillmore East, New York, 11 February 1969 Photograph: Amalie R. Rothschild

Kim Wilde, Mason's Yard studio, London, 1982 Photograph: Gered Mankowitz

Madonna on the roof of Kate Simon's studio on West 58th Street, New York, 1983 Photograph: Kate Simon

Patti Smith, Taco Rico restaurant, New York, 1979 Photograph: Kate Simon

Suzi Quatro, Mason's Yard studio, London, 1973 Photograph: Gered Mankowitz