Doro was born in Düsseldorf, NRW, West Germany on 3 June 1964, as the only child of Walter, a truck driver, and Barbara Pesch. Doro's first memory of rock music is the song "Lucille" by Little Richard, which she sang when she was three years old. She learned to play piano and started singing at the age of ten years, when she was exposed to the glam rock of bands like T. Rex, The Sweet and Slade. In 1980, she was accepted in her first band called Snakebite, which was playing rock music in a Düsseldorf basement used as rehearsal space by many other underground groups. The first recording with Doro on vocals was a cheap 7-track demo released by Snakebite for promotion. When Snakebite disbanded in 1981, Doro went on to sing for the garage bands Beast and Attack, before forming Warlock with Peter Szigeti, Rudy Graf, Thomas Studier, and Michael Eurich in 1982
After Warlock underwent many personnel changes, Pesch was the only remaining original member of the band. After changing her record label, she released in 1989 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. 2004 album Classic Diamonds was a collaboration with The Classic Night Orchestra which reworked some of her earlier songs. Fear No Evil released in 2009 saw a brief return to the US and currently touring Europe celebrating 25 Years in Rock with a full fledged DVD out on Nuclear Blast.
She released her first album in six years, Forever Warriors - Forever United, on 17 August 2018, entering in many charts worldwide.
Her band at the moment:
Doro Pesch (1988–present) – lead vocals
Stefan Herkenhoff (2021) – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Johnny Dee (1993–1995, 1998–present) – drums, backing vocals
Bill Hudson (2021) – guitars
Bas Maas (2009–present) – guitars, backing vocals
Studio and live albums, EPs and DVDs
Force Majeure (1989)
Doro (1990)
Rare Diamonds (1991)
True at Heart (1991)
Angels Never Die (1993)
DORO Live - Angels Never Die Tour '93 (1993)
Machine II Machine (1995)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (1995)
Machine II Machine: Electric Club Mixes (EP) (1995)
Love Me in Black (1998)
Love Me in Black (EP) (1998)
The Ballads (1998)
Best Of (1998)
WARLOCK - Earthshaker Rock (1999)
Ich Will Alles (EP) (2000)
Calling the Wild (2000)
White Wedding (EP) (2001)
Fight (2002)
Doro Pesch and Warlock: Live (Dvd) (2002)
Für Immer (Dvd) (2003)
Let Love Rain on Me (EP) (2004)
Classic Diamonds (2004)
Classic Diamonds: The Dvd (2004)
We're Like Thunder (EP) (2005)
In Liebe Und Freundschaft (EP) (2005)
Warrior Soul (2006)
20 Years – A Warrior Soul (2006)
All We Are - The Fight (EP) (2007)
Anthems for the Champion - The Queen (EP) (2007)
Metal Queen – B-Sides & Rarities (2007)
Celebrate (The Night of the Warlock) (EP) (2008)
Fear No Evil (2009)
Herzblut (EP) (2009)
25 Years In Rock... And Still Going Strong (Box) (2010)
Merry Metal X-Mas - Doro feat. Onkel Tom Angelripper (2010)
Under My Skin - A Fine Selection Of Doro Classics (2012)
Raise Your Fist In The Air(EP) (2012)
Raise Your Fist (2012)
Doro live @ Wacken Open Air 2013 (Dvd) (2013)
Raise Your Fist (30 Years Anniversary) (2014)
World Gone Wild (6 Discs Box) (2015)
Greatest Hits (2016)
Love's Gone To Hell (2016)
Strong And Proud - 30 Years Of Rock (Dvd) (2016)
I Am What I Am (2017)
Für Immer - Deutsche Songs, Balladen und Raritäten (2017)
For Metal - Live At Rock Hard Festival 2015 (2018)
With The Classic Night Orchestra - Classic Diamonds (2018)
Forever Warriors, Forever United (2018)
Backstage to Heaven (EP) (2019)
Magic Diamonds - Best of Rock, Ballads & Rare Treasures (2020)
Triumph And Agony Live (2021)
Conqueress - Forever Strong and Proud (2023)
1999
Doro Lyrics
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Back in 1999
I truly felt my heart was yours
And I know your love was mine
Still every night you're in my dreams
And that's a real bad sign
I wish someone could take me
Back to 1999
I need to feel this way again
I want to feel the love that we had back then
I know you're forever gone
But you live on in my mind
I wish someone could take me
Back to 1999
I remember that September day
In the year 2001
The towers fell and war would come
Beneath the desert sun
Some survived the battles
While others had to die
And all I can think of
Is 1999
I want to feel this way again
I want to feel the love that we had back then
I know you're forever gone
But you live on in my mind
I wish someone could take me
Back to 1999
I want to feel this way again
I want to feel the love
That we had back then
Those times are forever gone
But they live on in our minds
I wish someone could take us
Back to 1999
I wish someone could take us
Back to 1999
I wish someone could take us back
Back to 1999
I wish someone could take us
Back to 1999
In Doro's song "1999," the singer reminisces about a past love and yearns to relive the feelings of that time. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of nostalgia for a particular moment in time, specifically the year 1999. The singer recalls meeting the subject of the song on a rainy night and falling deeply in love, only to have it fade away. The chorus expresses the desire to recapture that feeling of love and happiness, even if it means going back in time.
However, the song takes a poignant turn when the events of September 11, 2001, are mentioned in the second verse. The tragedy of 9/11 changed the world forever and marked the end of a carefree era. The lyrics seem to suggest that the world will never be the same as it was in 1999 due to the atrocities of that day. The song is bittersweet, as the singer longs for a time that no longer exists.
Overall, "1999" is a beautiful tribute to a time long gone, filled with both joy and sadness. It is an expression of the universal human need to hold onto special moments and yearn for a time that is forever lost.
Line by Line Meaning
I met you on a rainy night
I first encountered you on a gloomy evening
Back in 1999
It was in the year nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
I truly felt my heart was yours
I genuinely believed that my heart belonged to you
And I know your love was mine
I was convinced that your affection was mine as well
Still every night you're in my dreams
Even as of now, you frequently appear in my dreams
And that's a real bad sign
I consider it a troubling omen
I wish someone could take me
I yearn for somebody to transport me
Back to 1999
To travel back in time to the year nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
I need to feel this way again
I have an intense desire to experience those emotions once more
I want to feel the love that we had back then
I long to feel the affection that we shared during that time
I know you're forever gone
I am aware that you have disappeared permanently
But you live on in my mind
However, you continue to exist in my thoughts and memories
I remember that September day
I recollect that day in September
In the year 2001
It was in the year two thousand and one
The towers fell and war would come
The towers collapsed and war would soon follow
Beneath the desert sun
Amidst the blazing sun in the desert
Some survived the battles
Certain individuals endured the conflicts
While others had to die
But others perished
And all I can think of
My thoughts are preoccupied with
Is 1999
The year nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
Those times are forever gone
That period has disappeared permanently
But they live on in our minds
Nevertheless, they continue to exist in our recollections
I wish someone could take us
I wish another person were able to transport us
Back to 1999
To go back in time to the year nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
I wish someone could take us back
I desire that a person would transport us back
Back to 1999
To the year nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
I wish someone could take us
I yearn for an individual to transport us
Back to 1999
To travel back in time to the year nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
Contributed by Alexandra R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.