The following would like a word regarding “girls” in bands in late 70s and early 80s
The Motels
B-52s
The Waitresses
The Plasmatics
Pearl Harbour and The Explosions
Altered Images
Romeo Void
Missing Persons
Berlin
The Go-Gos
The Raincoats
Bush Tetras
Talking Heads
Blondie
10,000 Maniacs
Fleetwood Mac
That’s just off the top of my head I’m sure there are more
Also Sara Lee was in Gang of Four by then…
If anything in punk, new wave, etc the line ups were more diverse up through the mid 80s than the typical four+ dudes combos that keep forming