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Warlock were a German heavy metal band founded in 1982 in
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by members of the underground bands Snakebite and Beast. The band gained popularity and some commercial success in Europe in the mid-1980s, due to the personality and stage presence of lead vocalist
Doro Pesch Dorothee Pesch (born 3 June 1964), known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro, is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock. Dubbed the "Metal Queen", Doro's contributions to music and culture mad ...
. Warlock supported successful heavy metal bands on tour, such as W.A.S.P.,
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, Dio and
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. By the end of the decade, Doro Pesch was the sole original member who remained in the band and she was forced to change the name to Doro for legal reasons. Doro, the band, continues to play several songs taken from the Warlock repertoire in their live shows. The band has reunited for festival appearances and special occasions since 2003, under the name Warlock 1986.


History


Formation and first contract

The first nucleus of the band was formed under the name Snakebite in
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, West Germany in 1980, and was composed of
Doro Pesch Dorothee Pesch (born 3 June 1964), known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro, is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock. Dubbed the "Metal Queen", Doro's contributions to music and culture mad ...
on vocals, Michael Bastian on guitar, Frank Rittel on bass and Thomas Franke on drums, the latter coming from the band Stallion. Franke was soon replaced by Michael Eurich and, just before disbanding, Snakebite acquired the left-handed Peter Szigeti as second guitarist from Beast. Snakebite and Beast were two of the many bands playing in the local clubs and bars and recording cheap demos to promote their music. Pesch, Szigeti and Eurich did try-outs with other groups, but in October 1982 went on to form a new band with Thomas Studier on bass and guitarist Rudy Graf, who came up with the name Warlock and a bucket full of songs. The new band found a manager in Peter Zimmermann, who arranged gigs in support of German hard rockers Trance, contributing to build a solid reputation for Warlock in the local underground metal scene. After recording a four-track demo and sending it to several record labels and music magazines, the band obtained a contract with the Belgian
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. Frank Rittel joined Warlock on bass before they started recording their debut album ''
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'' in 1984, with producer Axel Thubeauville, a talent scout of German heavy metal groups. ''Burning the Witches'' was recorded in only six days and remixed by Rainer Assmann and Henry Staroste before publication. The album was well received by critics and fans and Warlock toured for the first time outside of Germany to launch their first release, often alongside their label mates Steeler. Unfortunately, bad distribution and poor financing for the tour from the record label crippled the commercial potential of the album, leaving the band profoundly dissatisfied with Mausoleum.


''Hellbound'' and ''True as Steel''

In early 1985, the band signed a contract with the major label
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and recorded their second album '' Hellbound'', produced by Henry Staroste and released in May 1985 on
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in Europe. The band started to receive attention from the media and appeared in TV shows in the UK and Germany. Their first full European tour brought them to Camden Palace Theater in London, where the concert was filmed for Warlock's first video release ''
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''. Warlock's live performance was welcomed with a rave review by the British magazine ''
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'' and the group was elected 'Best New Band' of 1985 in the Readers' Poll of that magazine. Doro Pesch was also elected Best Female Singer by the readers of the music magazine ''
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'' at the end of 1984. The band played at the Metal Hammer Festival at
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, Germany in September, alongside
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and
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. Later that year, after the tour for ''Hellbound'', guitarist Rudy Graf left the band and was replaced by Niko Arvanitis, a former bandmate of Rittel in Stormwind. This updated line-up recorded the album '' True as Steel'' in May–June 1986, produced again by Henry Staroste and mixed in the US by
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. The album received mixed reviews, but was Warlock's highest-charting in Germany, climbing up to No. 18, and got a fair amount of radio airplay in the US, due to the single "Fight for Rock". The band's first
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was made for that song and appeared on
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. On 16 August 1986, Doro Pesch was the first woman to front a band at the
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festival at
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, England, where Warlock played on the same stage of
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and
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. Warlock opened also the Monsters of Rock festival at the Maimarktgegelände Eisstadion in
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, with a roster similar to the British show and the addition of
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. 1986 and 1987 were spent on a tour which included UK dates supporting W.A.S.P., and European dates supporting metal superstars
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, during their 'Fuel for Life' tour.


International breakthrough and change of name

After the tour for ''True as Steel'', Pesch spent time in the US with new manager Alex Grob to promote the band and arrange tours and recordings in America. At the same time, Szigeti and Rittel decided to leave the band, apparently unwilling to face the commitment that a transfer to the United States would involve. They were promptly replaced by the American musicians Tommy Bolan (formerly of Armed Forces), and
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. With the new line-up, Warlock recorded in the US their fourth and last studio album, ''
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'', produced by Joey Balin in 1987. ''Triumph and Agony'' was Warlock's best-selling album, going Gold in Germany and reaching number 80 in the ''Billboard'' 200 US album chart. The videos for the singles "
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" and " Für Immer", shot respectively in the Los Angeles river basin and in the swamps of Baton Rouge, were on rotation on MTV's heavy metal program '' Headbangers' Ball''. Warlock toured Europe as support band for Dio and, after that, proceeded to make their first and sole extensive US tour, opening for
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alongside
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. They played also several shows on their own with different opening acts, such as
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. Eurich and Arvanitis quit after the tour and were replaced by
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(formerly of
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) and guitarist
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(sometimes mislabeled as Jon Devin). At the end of 1988, Doro Pesch remained the only original member and the only German still in the band. At this time, Peter Zimmermann, the band's ex-manager, sued for rights to the band name and merchandise, and won. Pesch continued to fight for the name, but conceded with record label requests to rename the band
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in order to continue her career; the first edition of the LP ''
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'', recorded with the final formation of Warlock, was the last one to expose a sticker with the name of the band next to DORO, with the exception of the compilation ''
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'' of 1991. Pesch eventually regained the rights to the name Warlock in 2011, after years of legal battles.
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is an active band and still performs Warlock songs in their live shows.


Other activities

After his departure from Warlock, Rudy Graf joined the German
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band Rage in 1986 and recorded with them the album ''
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''. Today he's working as a studio musician and songwriter. Frank Rittel, Peter Szigeti and former Snakebite drummer Thomas Franke played in 1987 on ''
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'', the first solo album by the former
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singer
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. Rittel and Szigeti formed in the 1990s the melodic metal bands Energy and Coracko, without much success. Michael Eurich formed the band
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with singer Michael Voss, which was active at end of the 80s. Doro Pesch reunited with Szigeti, Arvanitis, Rittel and Eurich to perform as Warlock at her 20th Anniversary celebration concert in Düsseldorf on 13 December 2003 and later at
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festival 2004. More legal troubles over using the name Warlock ensued with former member Rudy Graf and appearances of the reunited band at festivals and special concerts were billed as "Warlock 1986". Frank Rittel quit playing bass and retired from the music business in 2004. Arvanitis and Szigeti played together in late April 2005 at the 'Rock Classic Allstars' show in
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, Germany, with Martin Kesici,
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, Kai Hoffmann, Jeff Brown (ex-
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. In December 2008,
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released the first official
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to Warlock, titled ''Tribute to Steel'', with the special appearance of the band members. Since 2011, Tommy Henriksen has been a member of
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's solo band, and since 2012 he has also been a member of Hollywood Vampires, a supergroup that also includes Cooper, Joe Perry, and
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.


Music and style

Warlock were one of the few successful female-fronted heavy metal bands in the circuit during the 80s, when the scene was dominated by male singers. Doro Pesch's voice and stage presence immediately caught the attention of fans and press, and she became the principal means of promotion for the band, as well as the main spokesperson for Warlock. Warlock's music is always primarily described as heavy metal, and the band cite as main influences 1970s metal acts such as
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,
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,
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, and groups from the
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movement. Warlock's sound and songwriting evolved from the traditional heavy metal of their debut album ''
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'' to the faster and darker '' Hellbound'', which incorporates elements of
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, such as fast tempos, powerful choruses and fantasy-inspired lyrics. '' True as Steel'' is a more commercial album, where any reference to fantasy and the occult in the lyrics was abandoned. ''
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'' recovers elements of the first albums, but veers also towards a melodic and FM radio-friendly sound, influenced by the US production. Other bands that had a similar sound include
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, the late 80s' Judas Priest and Lizzy Borden.
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were also characteristic of Warlock and are present in the track listings of every album.


Discography

*''
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'' (1984) *'' Hellbound'' (1985) *'' True as Steel'' (1986) *''
Triumph and Agony ''Triumph and Agony'' is the fourth and final studio album by the German heavy metal music, heavy metal band Warlock (band), Warlock, released on 29 September 1987. The album was recorded in the US with producer Joey Balin and a different band ...
'' (1987)


Lineups

1982–1983 *
Doro Pesch Dorothee Pesch (born 3 June 1964), known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro, is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock. Dubbed the "Metal Queen", Doro's contributions to music and culture mad ...
– vocals * Peter Szigeti – guitar * Rudy Graf – guitar * Thomas Studier – bass * Michael Eurich – drums 1983–1985 * Doro Pesch – vocals * Peter Szigeti – guitar * Rudy Graf – guitar * Frank Rittel – bass * Michael Eurich – drums 1985–1987 * Doro Pesch – vocals * Peter Szigeti – guitar * Niko Arvanitis – guitar * Frank Rittel – bass * Michael Eurich – drums 1987–1988 * Doro Pesch – vocals * Niko Arvanitis – guitar * Tommy Bolan – guitar *
Tommy Henriksen Tommy Henriksen (born February 21, 1964) is an American musician from Port Jefferson, New York, best known for his work as a guitarist, bassist and songwriter with Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampires and German metal band Warlock. He has also fron ...
– bass * Michael Eurich – drums 1988–1989 * Doro Pesch – vocals *
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– guitar * Tommy Henriksen – bass *
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– drums


Timeline


References


External links


Doro Pesch's website
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