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Pretty Maids is a Danish HeavyMetal/HardRock band, started by Guitarist Kenneth Hammer and Vocalist Ronnie Atkins in 1981. The band has gone through a long list of past members, but since 2010, the lineup has been as follows:
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Pretty Maids is a Danish HeavyMetal/HardRock HeavyMetal / HardRock band, started by Guitarist Kenneth Hammer and Vocalist Ronnie Atkins in 1981. The band has gone through a long list of past members, but since 2010, the lineup has been as follows:
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* HairMetal: The band started out as a mix between this and Arena Rock, but their later releases (especially in the 90's and 2000's) lean a lot more closely on regular HeavyMetal or HeavyRock. IT's still as melodic as ever, it's just also heavier than when they started.
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* HairMetal: The band started out as a mix between this and Arena Rock, but their later releases (especially in the 90's and 2000's) lean a lot more closely on regular HeavyMetal or HeavyRock.HardRock. IT's still as melodic as ever, it's just also heavier than when they started.
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* AerithAndBob: Hammer and Shades aren't exactly common last-names in Denmark, and neither is Atkins or Tschicaja for that matter. Sandager, however... that's a fairly normal name.
** Seen from a non-Dane's point of view, though, Morten still becomes the odd one out, since Sandager is the only name that sounds ''completely'' differently when pronounced in English.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The current lineup has a thing for this. Ronnie Atkins isn't really that special, being more of a stage-name to help the band get international fame. Ken Hammer and René Shades are specifically chosen because the names sound cooler than their birthnames. Allan Tschicaja is just a coincidence, since it's his given name, and Morten Sandager, well, his name just sounds awesome if you pronounce it in English (Sandager is a somewhat normal Danish last name).
** Seen from a non-Dane's point of view, though, Morten still becomes the odd one out, since Sandager is the only name that sounds ''completely'' differently when pronounced in English.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The current lineup has a thing for this. Ronnie Atkins isn't really that special, being more of a stage-name to help the band get international fame. Ken Hammer and René Shades are specifically chosen because the names sound cooler than their birthnames. Allan Tschicaja is just a coincidence, since it's his given name, and Morten Sandager, well, his name just sounds awesome if you pronounce it in English (Sandager is a somewhat normal Danish last name).
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* AerithAndBob: Hammer and Shades aren't exactly common last-names in Denmark, and neither is Atkins or Tschicaja for that matter. Sandager, however... that's a fairly normal name.
**name. Seen from a non-Dane's point of view, though, Morten still becomes the odd one out, since Sandager is the only name that sounds ''completely'' differently when pronounced in English.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The current lineup has a thing for this. Ronnie Atkins isn't really that special, being more of a stage-name to help the band get international fame. Ken Hammer and René Shades are specifically chosen because the names sound cooler than their birthnames. Allan Tschicaja is just a coincidence, since it's his given name, and Morten Sandager, well, his name just sounds awesome if you pronounce it in English (Sandager is a somewhat normal Danish last name).English.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: The current lineup has a thing for this. Ronnie Atkins isn't really that special, being more of a stage-name to help the band get international fame. Ken Hammer and René Shades are specifically chosen because the names sound cooler than their birthnames. Allan Tschicaja is just a coincidence, since it's his given name, and Morten Sandager, well, his name just sounds awesome if you pronounce it in English (Sandager is a somewhat normal Danish last name).
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The band jumps a bit around in this. Most of their early songs are around 6-7, and most later songs are more solid 8's, with a few 9's in the mix. And then there are the ballads that just outright play with this.
** "Yellow Rain" starts out as a nice, acoustic ballad, landing somewhere around 4-5, but half-way through it completely changes style and becomes a hard-hitting 8.
** "Savage Heart" is just like "Yellow Rain". their Live-performances are even more drastic with this, starting the song at a 3 and the second the solo comes around, it graduates into a full-blown 8!
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: "Yellow Rain" is about a Vietnam veteran who suffers psychologically from the conflict.
** "Yellow Rain" starts out as a nice, acoustic ballad, landing somewhere around 4-5, but half-way through it completely changes style and becomes a hard-hitting 8.
** "Savage Heart" is just like "Yellow Rain". their Live-performances are even more drastic with this, starting the song at a 3 and the second the solo comes around, it graduates into a full-blown 8!
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: "Yellow Rain" is about a Vietnam veteran who suffers psychologically from the conflict.
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* CoverSong: "Little Darling" from "Red Hot And Heavy" and "Please Don't Leave Me" from "Jump The Gun". Both songs were originally recorded by Thin Lizzy, whom the band has openly stated to be heavily inpsired by in the first place.
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* CoverSong: CoverVersion: "Little Darling" from "Red Hot And Heavy" and "Please Don't Leave Me" from "Jump The Gun". Both songs were originally recorded by Thin Lizzy, whom the band has openly stated to be heavily inpsired by in the first place.
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Ronnie Atkins (Vocals)
Ken Hammer (Guitar)
Morten Sandager (Keyboards)
Allan Tschicaja (Drums)
René Shades (Bass Guitar)
Ken Hammer (Guitar)
Morten Sandager (Keyboards)
Allan Tschicaja (Drums)
René Shades (Bass Guitar)
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* Ronnie Atkins (Vocals)
* Ken Hammer (Guitar)
* Morten Sandager (Keyboards)
* Allan Tschicaja (Drums)
* René Shades (Bass Guitar)
* Ken Hammer (Guitar)
* Morten Sandager (Keyboards)
* Allan Tschicaja (Drums)
* René Shades (Bass Guitar)
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* CoverSong: "Little Darling" from "Red Hot And Heavy" and "Please Don't Leave Me" from "Jump The Gun". Both songs were originally recorded by Thin Lizzy, whom the band has openly stated to be heavily inpsired by in the first place.
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* HairMetal: The band started out as a mix between this and Arena Rock, but their later releases (especially in the 90's and 2000's) lean a lot more closely on regular HeavyMetal or HeavyRock. IT's still as melodic as ever, it's just also heavier than when they started.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The band jumps a bit around in this. Most of their early songs are around 6-7, and most later songs are more solid 8's, with a few 9's in the mix. And then there are the ballads that just outright play with this.
** "Yellow Rain" starts out as a nice, acoustic ballad, landing somewhere around 4-5, but half-way through it completely changes style and becomes a hard-hitting 8.
** "Savage Heart" is just like "Yellow Rain". their Live-performances are even more drastic with this, starting the song at a 3 and the second the solo comes around, it graduates into a full-blown 8!
** "Yellow Rain" starts out as a nice, acoustic ballad, landing somewhere around 4-5, but half-way through it completely changes style and becomes a hard-hitting 8.
** "Savage Heart" is just like "Yellow Rain". their Live-performances are even more drastic with this, starting the song at a 3 and the second the solo comes around, it graduates into a full-blown 8!
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* DarkestHour: The 90's and early 2000's weren't particularly good for the band. After "Jump The Gun" was released, the band lost a lot of their fame and popularity, partly because Grunge emerged in the early 90's. Most of the original band-members abandoned the band, seeing its value as that of a sinking ship. The remaining members, Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer, released an acoustic album under the band's name, while trying to rebuild the band. They sort of succeeded, but they still didn't get back into the spot-light. By the end of the 90's, they had to choose between no recording-support from their label... or ''five liters of milk''! With today's prices, that's a budget of 6$ to record a full-length Heavy Rock album with multiple tracks and overdubbed and harmonized guitars, something which easily increases the price of a good recording a lot! [[HopeSpot Fortunately, René Shades joined the band permanently in 2010, having toured with the band a couple of times in the past, and things have looked much better for the band since then.]]
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* OldShame: Subverted. Pretty Maids started out as the Danish equivalent of Mötley Crüe, and like many other 80's bands, they suffered greatly when Nirvana introduced the world to Grunge. This got so bad that the band almost disbanded in the mid-90s, leaving only Ronnie and Ken. They brought in some new people, reformed the band, released a bunch of albums that most people have never heard. Then, in 2014, they decided to celebrate their 30th anniversary by re-recording 8 of their favorite songs from the 90's and early 2000's. Not because they want to make the money. That comes from merch and tickets. They just wanted people to hear the songs that Grunge prevented them from hearing.
** Ronnie has stated in an interview that the only thing he is ashamed of is that the band recorded one of their 90's albums while on a budget of exactly 5 liters of milk.
** Ronnie has stated in an interview that the only thing he is ashamed of is that the band recorded one of their 90's albums while on a budget of exactly 5 liters of milk.
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* OldShame: Subverted. Pretty Maids started out as BackToBackBadasses: "Back to Back" is about "riders of the Danish equivalent of Mötley Crüe, and like many other 80's bands, they suffered greatly when Nirvana introduced the world sun" who fight a battle back to Grunge. This got so bad that the band almost disbanded in the mid-90s, leaving only Ronnie and Ken. They brought in some new people, reformed the band, released a bunch of albums that most people have never heard. Then, in 2014, they decided to celebrate their 30th anniversary by re-recording 8 of their favorite back.
* ChristmasSongs: ''In Santa's Claws'' EP features two christmas songs ("In Santa's Claws" and "A Merry Jingle", a medley of old christmas classics).
* IwoJimaPose: The cover of the album ''Planet Panic'' uses an altered picture of the statue version of the pose, which has the US flag replaced by one adoring the band's logo.
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: "Yellow Rain" is about a Vietnam veteran who suffers psychologically from the90's and early 2000's. Not because they want to make the money. That comes from merch and tickets. They just wanted people to hear the songs that Grunge prevented them from hearing.
** Ronnie has stated in an interview that the only thing he is ashamed of is that the band recorded one of their 90's albums while on a budget of exactly 5 liters of milk.conflict.
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* ChristmasSongs: ''In Santa's Claws'' EP features two christmas songs ("In Santa's Claws" and "A Merry Jingle", a medley of old christmas classics).
* IwoJimaPose: The cover of the album ''Planet Panic'' uses an altered picture of the statue version of the pose, which has the US flag replaced by one adoring the band's logo.
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: "Yellow Rain" is about a Vietnam veteran who suffers psychologically from the
** Ronnie has stated in an interview that the only thing he is ashamed of is that the band recorded one of their 90's albums while on a budget of exactly 5 liters of milk.
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* PastShame: Subverted. Pretty Maids started out as the Danish equivalent of Mötley Crüe, and like many other 80's bands, they suffered greatly when Nirvana introduced the world to Grunge. This got so bad that the band almost disbanded in the mid-90s, leaving only Ronnie and Ken. They brought in some new people, reformed the band, released a bunch of albums that most people have never heard. Then, in 2014, they decided to celebrate their 30th anniversary by re-recording 8 of their favorite songs from the 90's and early 2000's. Not because they want to make the money. That comes from merch and tickets. They just wanted people to hear the songs that Grunge prevented them from hearing.
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* PastShame: OldShame: Subverted. Pretty Maids started out as the Danish equivalent of Mötley Crüe, and like many other 80's bands, they suffered greatly when Nirvana introduced the world to Grunge. This got so bad that the band almost disbanded in the mid-90s, leaving only Ronnie and Ken. They brought in some new people, reformed the band, released a bunch of albums that most people have never heard. Then, in 2014, they decided to celebrate their 30th anniversary by re-recording 8 of their favorite songs from the 90's and early 2000's. Not because they want to make the money. That comes from merch and tickets. They just wanted people to hear the songs that Grunge prevented them from hearing.
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Pretty Maids is a Danish HeavyMetal/HardRock band, started by Guitarist Kenneth Hammer and Vocalist Ronnie Atkins in 1981. The band has gone through a long list of past members, but since 2010, the lineup has been as follows:
Ronnie Atkins (Vocals)
Ken Hammer (Guitar)
Morten Sandager (Keyboards)
Allan Tschicaja (Drums)
René Shades (Bass Guitar)
Pretty Maids debuted in 1983 with their self-titled EP, and released their first full-length album in 1984, titled "Red Hot And Heavy". In 1987, they released their second album, "Future World", which is widely considered their defining release.
Pretty Maids provides examples of:
* AerithAndBob: Hammer and Shades aren't exactly common last-names in Denmark, and neither is Atkins or Tschicaja for that matter. Sandager, however... that's a fairly normal name.
** Seen from a non-Dane's point of view, though, Morten still becomes the odd one out, since Sandager is the only name that sounds ''completely'' differently when pronounced in English.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The current lineup has a thing for this. Ronnie Atkins isn't really that special, being more of a stage-name to help the band get international fame. Ken Hammer and René Shades are specifically chosen because the names sound cooler than their birthnames. Allan Tschicaja is just a coincidence, since it's his given name, and Morten Sandager, well, his name just sounds awesome if you pronounce it in English (Sandager is a somewhat normal Danish last name).
* PastShame: Subverted. Pretty Maids started out as the Danish equivalent of Mötley Crüe, and like many other 80's bands, they suffered greatly when Nirvana introduced the world to Grunge. This got so bad that the band almost disbanded in the mid-90s, leaving only Ronnie and Ken. They brought in some new people, reformed the band, released a bunch of albums that most people have never heard. Then, in 2014, they decided to celebrate their 30th anniversary by re-recording 8 of their favorite songs from the 90's and early 2000's. Not because they want to make the money. That comes from merch and tickets. They just wanted people to hear the songs that Grunge prevented them from hearing.
** Ronnie has stated in an interview that the only thing he is ashamed of is that the band recorded one of their 90's albums while on a budget of exactly 5 liters of milk.
Ronnie Atkins (Vocals)
Ken Hammer (Guitar)
Morten Sandager (Keyboards)
Allan Tschicaja (Drums)
René Shades (Bass Guitar)
Pretty Maids debuted in 1983 with their self-titled EP, and released their first full-length album in 1984, titled "Red Hot And Heavy". In 1987, they released their second album, "Future World", which is widely considered their defining release.
Pretty Maids provides examples of:
* AerithAndBob: Hammer and Shades aren't exactly common last-names in Denmark, and neither is Atkins or Tschicaja for that matter. Sandager, however... that's a fairly normal name.
** Seen from a non-Dane's point of view, though, Morten still becomes the odd one out, since Sandager is the only name that sounds ''completely'' differently when pronounced in English.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The current lineup has a thing for this. Ronnie Atkins isn't really that special, being more of a stage-name to help the band get international fame. Ken Hammer and René Shades are specifically chosen because the names sound cooler than their birthnames. Allan Tschicaja is just a coincidence, since it's his given name, and Morten Sandager, well, his name just sounds awesome if you pronounce it in English (Sandager is a somewhat normal Danish last name).
* PastShame: Subverted. Pretty Maids started out as the Danish equivalent of Mötley Crüe, and like many other 80's bands, they suffered greatly when Nirvana introduced the world to Grunge. This got so bad that the band almost disbanded in the mid-90s, leaving only Ronnie and Ken. They brought in some new people, reformed the band, released a bunch of albums that most people have never heard. Then, in 2014, they decided to celebrate their 30th anniversary by re-recording 8 of their favorite songs from the 90's and early 2000's. Not because they want to make the money. That comes from merch and tickets. They just wanted people to hear the songs that Grunge prevented them from hearing.
** Ronnie has stated in an interview that the only thing he is ashamed of is that the band recorded one of their 90's albums while on a budget of exactly 5 liters of milk.
