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Doro Pesch (real name: Dorothee Pesch, born 3 June 1964, Düsseldorf, Germany) is a female vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock and one of the few female singers of the 1980s heavy metal scene, which was primarily a male-dominated genre of music. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1123x1777, 1413 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Doro (band) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1123x1777, 1413 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Doro (band) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... Warlock was a German heavy metal music band from Duesseldorf, originally assembled in late 1982. ...


After Warlock underwent many personnel changes, Pesch was the only remaining original member of the band. After changing her record label, she released the fifth album as Doro, as the former label owned the trademark on the Warlock name.


Pesch now pursues a solo career and lives in New York City. A recent album Classic Diamonds is a collaboration with The Classic Night Orchestra which reworked some of her earlier songs. Her latest album is Warrior Soul from 2006. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...


Biography

Originally Pesch was a member of the group Snakebite, but in 1983 she left to join Warlock. In 1987, after Warlock's fourth album, Triumph And Agony, enough band members had been exchanged that Doro Pesch was the only remaining member. What would be Warlock's fifth album was released titled Force Majeure in 1989. Warlock was a German heavy metal music band from Duesseldorf, originally assembled in late 1982. ... Triumph And Agony is the fourth album by German heavy metal band Warlock, released in 1987. ...


Her ten year contract with Polygram expired in 1995, when she signed with WEA (now Warner Music Group). PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... Warner Music Group is one of the four major record labels. ...


In 1995, Doro made her acting debut on the German television program "Verbotene Liebe" (Forbidden Love). This does not cite its references or sources. ...


After the "Love Me In Black" tour in 1998, Doro parted ways from WEA and signed at SPV Steamhammer. She also signed a U.S. deal.


She has recently signed with AFM Records and just recently has been confirmed for Scottish Metal festival Ragnarok which takes place in November.


Discography

Also see the discography for the band Warlock for her earlier vocal work. Warlock was a German heavy metal music band from Duesseldorf, originally assembled in late 1982. ...

  • Force Majeure (February 1989)
  • Doro (May 1990)
  • Rare Diamonds (March 1991)
  • True At Heart (August 1991)
    • Recorded at Digital Recorders in Nashville, Tennessee with mainstream rock producer Barry Beckett.
  • Angels Never Die (February 1993)
    • Recorded in Ocean Studios in Ocean Gate, New Jersey with producer Jack Ponti.
  • Bad Blood (1993)
    • "Bad Blood" was voted best anti racism video at the European MTV awards.
  • Doro Live (November 1993)
    • Recorded in Germany on the "Angels Never Die" tour.
  • Machine II Machine (March 1995)
    • Recorded at Ocean studios in Ocean Gate with producer Jack Ponti.
  • Machine II Machine: Electric Club Mixes (October 1995)
  • Best Of (1998)
  • The Ballads (1998)
  • Love Me In Black (1998)
  • Burn It Up (2000)
  • Ich Will Alles (2000)
  • Calling The Wild (September 2000)
  • White Wedding (2001)
  • Fight (2002)
  • Für Immer (2003)
  • Let Love Rain On Me (2004)
  • Classic Diamonds (13 September 2004)
  • Classic Diamonds - The DVD (2004)
  • Warrior Soul (2006)
  • Warrior Soul Winter Edition (20 Years a Warrior Soul) (November 24, 2006) (box set)

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