Some of the pioneering female rock bands made it a point to be transgressive. The Slits. The Cramps. 7-Year Bitch. Bikini Kill. Hole. Get the message? Band-Maid are more sly about it. Who could be afraid of a girl band wearing maid uniforms? Well, one of their albums is called "World Domination", and they play hard rock with lots of attitude. It's a shot in the arm for an art form frequently said, at least by Western critics, to be dying.