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)
Kiss Me Good-Bye
Doro Lyrics
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And kiss me with it's sadness
The lie is that you'll say good-bye
That nothing ever mattered
Please don't say that I lost
All the things you once loved
All the things I once had
Please don't say that it's wrong
That your love can't go on
Please don't kiss me good-bye
Please don't let our love die
You can say you don't believe in love
You say it isn't true
That you won't look me in the eyes
After what I did to you
Please don't say that I lost
All the things you once loved
Please don't kiss me good-bye
Thinking love's just a lie
Please don't say that it's wrong
That your love can't go on
Please don't kiss me good-bye
Please don't let our love die
Please don't say that I lost
All the things you once loved
All the things I once had
Turned to shadows and sand
Please don't say that it's wrong
That your love's through and gone
Please don't kiss me good-bye
Please don't let our love die
The lyrics of Doro's song, Kiss Me Good-Bye reflects the fear of losing love and the pain of the impending loss. The persona is aware of being deceived by their partner, who kisses them with sadness and carries on their lips a lie. The lie is that their partner will say goodbye, implying that their love is coming to an end. The persona pleads to their partner to reconsider and not to say that they lost all the things they once loved, which turned to shadows and sand. The persona appeals to their partner not to let their love die, not to say that love is just a lie, and that their love can still go on. The persona fears that their partner will walk away and terminate the relationship, leaving them with a deep sense of loss.
The lyrics beautifully capture the fear of losing love and how it can hurt. The persona's plea to their partner, asking them not to let their love die, highlights the importance of sustaining love. The song's chorus reinforces this idea by asking the partner not to kiss them goodbye, indicating that the persona is not ready to let go of their love. The persona recognizes that they have hurt their partner, as they say: "That you won't look me in the eyes, After what I did to you." The lyrics suggest that the persona is willing to make things right and give the relationship another chance. Overall, the song portrays the pain of losing love and the desperate hope to save it.
Line by Line Meaning
You carry on your lips a lie
You are kissing me with a lie.
And kiss me with it's sadness
Your kiss is filled with sadness.
The lie is that you'll say good-bye
The lie you are telling is that you will leave me.
That nothing ever mattered
You are implying that our relationship was meaningless.
Please don't say that I lost
Please don't blame me for losing everything we had.
All the things you once loved
All the things you used to love about me.
All the things I once had
All the things I used to have when we were happy.
Turned to shadows and sand
Everything we had is now gone and forgotten.
Please don't say that it's wrong
Please don't tell me that our love was a mistake.
That your love can't go on
You are indicating that you can't keep loving me.
Please don't kiss me good-bye
Please don't leave me with a final kiss.
Please don't let our love die
Please don't let our love disappear forever.
You can say you don't believe in love
You are denying your feelings of love.
You say it isn't true
You are telling me that love doesn't exist between us.
That you won't look me in the eyes
You can't even look at me because you are ashamed.
After what I did to you
You are blaming me for a past mistake that ruined our relationship.
Thinking love's just a lie
You have lost faith in the existence of love.
That your love can't go on
You can't continue to love me after what happened.
Please don't let our love die
Please don't let the love we once had perish forever.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ANDREAS BRUHN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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