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Pretty Maids was founded in 1981 by guitarist Ken Hammer with vocalist Ronnie Atkins, guitarist Pete Collins, bassist John Darrow, keyboardplayer Alan Owen and drummer Phil Moorhead. In 1983 they recorded an EP with producer Tommy Hansen in Jailhouse Studios. Shortly after Collins and Darrow was replaced by Rick Hanson and Allan Delong. In 1984 they released "Red Hot and Heavy" again with producer Tommy Hansen in the Jailhouse Studios and guested by rock/blues-guitarist Billy Cross. Hanson left and was in a short period replaced by Benny Petersen (Ex White Lion) - but he left to found Jackal. In 1987 they worked with producer Eddie Kramer on "Future World", which featured Graham Bonnet on backing vocals and I consider it as the bands best effort. The band toured with Angel G. Schleifer, but as we all know he joined Bonfire in 1988. Instead the rest of the band hired Richy Marx and shortly after they recorded "Jump the Gun" with producer Roger Glover and drummer Ian Paice - both from Deep Purple. But the long work on the record did not pay off - it flopped and Marx, Moorhead and Delong left.
Owen, Atkins and Hammer continued, though but with new bassist Kenn Jackson and drummer Michael "Mini" Fast. In 1992 they recorded "Sin Decade" with producer Flemming Rasmussen - but Owen left and was replaced with Dominique Gale (The Shout). It was a strong record but did not sell that good either. Later that year they released the EP "Off-side" wich gave them a minor hit with John Sykes "Please don't leave me". In 1993 "Stripped" was released wich featured keyboardist Henrik Nilsson and Knud Lindhardt on backing vocals. Hammer was also to be found in the coverband Find Lizzy. In 1995 Atkins made a guest appearence on Blind Guardian's "Imaginations from the other Side" and Pretty Maids released "Scream"- also a very good release. In 1997 Owen returned and the band released "Spooked" guested by keyboardist Tommy Hansen also. In 1998 the band recorded the album with the long title "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing" guested by Knud Lindhardt again and they toured with Gale as Owen didn't want to do concerts. In 2000 Pretty Maids has released "Carpe Diem".
Two more albums followed. Another studio album called "Planet Panic" (2002) and a live recording called "Alive at Least" (2003).
In the beginning of 2006 drummer Michael Fast left the band and Allan Tschicaja (Royal Hunt & Kingdome Come) came in for his replacement. Also new to the band is Morten Sandager on keyboards.
Their latest studio album is called "WAKE UP TO THE REAL WORLD".
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Thanks pretty, You Rock!!! Getting the word out about my photo book, Metallica: The Club Dayz.. It's available though Amazon world wide. Amazon dot com Cheers Bill (Former Chief Photographer of Metal Rendezvous Int. Heavy Rock - Metal Magazine)
"In friendship's fragrant garden there are flowers of every hue each with it's own fair beauty and it's gift of joy for you". Hugs & Always Much Love//Nillan xoxo
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Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs makes £leTriKa style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check £leTriKa out!
Hugs from Brazil, Claudio David
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