Doro Live

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Doro Live
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Live album by
Released1 November 1993
Recorded"Angels Never Die - Tour '93" in Germany
Genre Heavy metal
Length69:31
Label Vertigo
Producer Keith Bessey
Doro chronology
Angels Never Die
(1993)
Doro Live
(1993)
Machine II Machine
(1995)
Doro Live '93
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Video by
Released1993
Genre Heavy metal
Length90:27
Label Polygram
Director Michael Souvigner
Producer Keith Bessey
Doro video chronology
Rare Diamonds
(1991)
Doro Live '93
(1993)
Für Immer
(2003)

Doro Live was the first official live album by German hard rock singer Doro Pesch, recorded during the Angels Never Die tour in Germany and released by Vertigo in 1993. [1] The VHS Doro Live '93 was released at the same time only in Europe. It was filmed during two concerts in Germany on 6 and 7 October 1993 and contains two more songs: "The Fortuneteller" and "East Meets West". [2]

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with keyboards.

Doro (musician) German rock singer and frontwoman of Warlock

Dorothee Pesch, popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a German heavy metal singer-songwriter, formerly front-woman of the heavy metal band Warlock. Dubbed the "Queen of Heavy Metal", Doro's contributions to music and culture along with her publicized personal life made her a global figure in metal culture for over three decades. The name Doro has also been associated with the touring band accompanying the singer, whose members have continuously changed in more than twenty years of uninterrupted activity, the most stable presences being those of bassist Nick Douglas and drummer Johnny Dee.

<i>Angels Never Die</i> 1993 studio album by Doro

Angels Never Die is the fourth solo album of the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. The album was released in February 1993 and was produced by Jack Ponti and Vic Pepe. The two producers had worked with Alice Cooper on the hit single "Hey Stoopid" and had produced minor glam metal bands like Surgin’ and Baton Rouge. The sound and musical style of Angels Never Die is very similar to what can be heard on the second Doro solo album, alternating heavy rock tracks with large choruses and power ballads, in the vein of the declining glam metal that had dominated the American rock charts for the first part of the decade.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Rule the Ruins" Doro Pesch, Joey Balin4:09
2."Hellbound"Peter Szigeti, Henri Staroste, Pesch, Frank Rittel, Michael Eurich, Rudy Graf2:42
3."Only You" Gene Simmons 4:31
4."Bad Blood"Pesch, Jack Ponti, Vic Pepe4:13
5."So Alone Together"Pesch, Gary Scruggs5:24
6."Fall for Me Again"Pesch, Scruggs4:24
7."Für Immer"Pesch, Balin6:02
8."Metal Tango"Pesch, Balin4:03
9."Let's Rock Forever" (previously unreleased)Pesch, Scruggs2:20
10."Eye on You"Pesch, Ponti, Pepe2:56
11."All We Are"Pesch, Balin5:22
12."Enough for You"Pesch, Ponti, Pepe4:57
13."I Am What I Am"Pesch, Balin, Tommy Henriksen 2:43
14."Whenever I Think of You" (previously unreleased)Pesch, Scruggs4:24
15."Children of the Night" (previously unreleased)Pesch, Scruggs4:04
16."Burning the Witches"Graf3:29
17."Alles Ist Gut"Pesch, Staroste, W. Plass3:48
Total length:69:31

Credits

Nick Douglas musician

Nick Douglas is an American musician, best known for being the bass player of Doro Pesch's band since 1990. He released a solo album in 2001 and is releasing a second album in late February 2017. He worked with several other bands and artists, including Chris Caffery and BLAZE.

Johnny Dee (musician) musician

Johnny Dee is an American heavy metal drummer.

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References

  1. "Doro - Doro Live". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  2. "LIVE (1993)". DoroRocks.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2010.