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)
Black Rose
Doro Lyrics
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As I walked these halls
I saw your picture
On the stone cold walls
I remembered you telling me
Your love would never die
And then you turned your back and said
Good luck and goodbye
And you gave me a black rose
And my heart turns dark as a storm grows
And where you've gone only heaven knows
I feel so blue knowing you
Gave me a black rose
I saw you taillights
Fading down the street
I held that black rose
And it smelled so sweet
A thorn cut my fingertip
I hurt so deep inside
And I tasted the bad blood of
A good love that died
And you gave me a black rose
And my heart turns dark as a storm grows
And where you've gone only heaven knows
I feel so blue knowing you
Gave me a black rose
And you gave me a black rose
And where you've gone only heaven knows
And I now live where no angel goes
I feel so blue knowing you
Gave me a black rose
A black rose
In Doro’s song “Black Rose,” the singer recalls a past love affair that left her heartbroken. She walks through the halls and sees pictures of her ex-lover on the stone-cold walls, and she remembers the promise that he made to her that his love would never die. However, he turned his back and said goodbye, leaving her with a black rose – a metaphor for the end of their relationship.
The black rose becomes a symbol of the singer's pain and darkness. Her heart turns as dark as a storm grows, and she feels lost and alone without her former partner. As she holds the rose in her hand, she smells the sweet scent but is also caught by its thorn, which cuts her fingertip, causing her to feel even more pain. The rose represents the bittersweet memories that she holds on to, unable to let go of the past.
The song expresses the pain and heartache that comes with lost love. The black rose symbolizes the end of a relationship and the despair that follows. The lyrics beautifully capture the feeling of the singer's loss and the sense of emptiness that remains when love is lost.
Line by Line Meaning
I heard your echo
I sensed your presence and remembered your voice.
As I walked these halls
While walking through these passageways, I thought of you.
I saw your picture
I caught a glimpse of the memory of you in my mind.
On the stone cold walls
Your image was etched into the cold, hard surface of my memory.
I remembered you telling me
I recollected the words you said to me.
Your love would never die
You promised me that your love for me will last forever.
And then you turned your back and said
But you suddenly abandoned me and uttered these words.
Good luck and goodbye
Wishing me the best, but ultimately departing from my life.
And you gave me a black rose
As a final token of your love, you left me a wilted and gloomy symbol.
And my heart turns dark as a storm grows
My emotions become as ominous and turbulent as a brewing storm.
And where you've gone only heaven knows
Only a higher power knows where you have gone and what you are doing now.
I feel so blue knowing you
The realization of your departure makes me feel melancholy.
Gave me a black rose
You bestowed upon me an emblem of sadness and grief.
I saw your taillights
I watched your car drive away from me.
Fading down the street
The memory of your car's brake lights shrinking as it got further away from me.
I held that black rose
I clung onto the painful symbol you left behind.
And it smelled so sweet
Although it was dark, the scent of the rose was still intoxicating.
A thorn cut my fingertip
While holding the rose, I accidentally pricked myself with one of its barbs.
I hurt so deep inside
The wound on my finger paralleled the emotional injury I was feeling.
And I tasted the bad blood of
The blood from my wound tasted.
A good love that died
The love that we shared died and no longer exists.
And where you've gone only heaven knows
Again, it's something only a higher power knows.
And I now live where no angel goes
As a result of our failed love, I am now in a place of darkness and despair.
I feel so blue knowing you
I am aching inside with the realization of your absence.
Gave me a black rose
The black rose you gave me serves as a constant reminder of our failed love and the despair that ensued.
A black rose
The black rose is a symbol of the darkness of love lost.
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