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Doro Pesch is performing this Wednesday, March 11th at the Bluebird Theater. Pesch got her start as a rock and roll singer at the age of three when she started singing Little Richard's "Lucille" around the house. It was a perfect start for a woman who would go on to become one of the few female lead singers in heavy metal in the '80s. By the time she formed Warlock in 1982 at age eighteen, Pesch was a veteran of hard rock. She later became the first woman to front a heavy metal band at the Monsters of Rock tour, in 1986. Her legendarily powerful voice captivated fans, and Warlock, while not a household name, became one of the more popular European metal bands of the era.

Warlock's breakthrough album, 1987's Triumph and Agony, was a true showcase for Pesch's sheer power and range as a vocalist. Following the release of that album, the band and Pesch came into conflict with management over the name of the band (Pesch has since won back the right to use the name) and 1989's Force Majeure was released under the name Doro. For that album, Pesch recorded a cover of one of her favorite three songs growing up, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum. The other two are "Ball And Chain" by Janis Joplin and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by 13th Floor Elevators. And that song as well as other tracks were successful in the late 80s when heavy metal reigned supreme on MTV.

Like most other artists of that era that wrote and performed metal, Doro saw a dip in her fortunes with the advent of alternative rock and grunge. Yet she continued to have a successful career in Germany and Europe and has released albums regularly over the last twenty-six years including her most recent, 2012's Raise Your Fist.



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