BELOW: Hear the Donnas’ new album for free and check out a video hit from 2003.

It’ll probably never stop bumming us out that bands like the Donnas are unfailingly introduced as “all-girl band, the Donnas,” (seriously, nobody ever says “all-boy band, the Rolling Stones”), but these California girls are tough enough to handle it.

Friends since elementary school, the band is celebrating 16 years of catchy rock tunes with equal doses of Ramones-inspired bop and Motley Crue-style swagger, the Donnas have just released their first greatest hits collection. Jokingly titled Greatest Hits Vol. 16, the album is packed with b-sides, rarities and live takes of old favorites.

Oddly, the few hits included in this collection almost seem to be afterthoughts. Continue reading »