Cigarette Mom Rock
Strong FitLilith Fair Alum

Tori Amos

She played the piano like she was exorcising demons, and her lyrics made you reach for a mythology textbook. Tori made confessional art-rock that was too intense for pop radio and too beautiful to ignore.

What Genre Is Tori Amos?

Tori Amos is a strong fit artist of Cigarette Mom Rock — the gritty, emotional, female-led alternative rock of the 1990s and 2000s, and the feminine counterpart to Divorced Dad Rock. Tori Amos also performed at Lilith Fair, the all-female festival at the heart of the genre. Explore the full definition or the wider 90s female rock scene.

Key Albums

  • Little Earthquakes
  • Under the Pink
  • Boys for Pele

Listen

Cornflake Girl(Under the Pink, 1994)

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