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Songs178
AboutPretty Maids is a Danish Heavy Metal band, formed in 1981.
Located at Horsens, Midtjylland their lyrical themes involved Politics, World Hunger, Oppression of People and Love.
Started out as a cover band in 1981 (with Hammer, Darrow and Moorheed in the line-up) playing (mostly) Thin Lizzy covers, but with the addition of Ronnie Atkins in 1982, they started writing their own material.
Since Pretty Maids didn't break through in the USA, Allan Delong, Ricky Marx and Phil More left the band in 1991, leaving just Atkins and Hammer. The band was actually split-up for a little while, but then Atkins and Hammer decided that the over-produced Jump the Gun shouldn't be the epitaph of Pretty Maids and they found Jackson (who was the boyfriend of Hammer's niece) and Fast (Fast had formerly played in Kalundborg-based Hero and he and Hammer had talked about doing something together and so Fast became a member of PM).
The first album with the new line-up, Sin-decade, won a Danish Grammy Award in 1993.
The Danish song "Det bedste til mig og mine venner", which appears on the Best of... Back to Back is taken from the tribute album FiFi Dong, which was a tribute to Danish rock group Gasolin'.
In 1998, Pretty Maids received another Danish Grammy Award, this time for the Spooked album.
In December 2003, Ken Hammer was diagnosed with a blood clot in his heart, but he made a full recovery.
In the summer of 2005, Michael Fast left the band after a 14 year run.
In 2010, shortly before the release of the Pandemonium album, Kenn Jackson left the band after an 18 year run. Hal Patino was brought into the band, but was sacked after 12 months and Rene Shades joined.
Compilation Appearances
- "Children of Tomorrow" on Danish Dynamite (CBS, 1984)
- "Fortuna" and "Back to Back" on The New Gladiators (CBS, 1985)
- "Night Danger" on Demons soundtrack (1985)
- "Love Games" on Hit Wave (CBS, 1987)
- "Love Games" on Mañana Seran Exito (CBS, 1987)
- "Red, Hot & Ready" on Shock Musik (CBS, 1987)
- "Future World" on Epic/Sony Single Collection - August,1987 (Epic/Sony, 1987)
- "Future World" on Heavy Hammer Hits (CBS, 1989)
- "Rock the House" and "Savage Heart" on Hammer Rocks (Epic, 1990)
- "Savage Heart" on Clubhits 4 - 1990 (Scandinavian Music Club, 1990)
- "Children of Tomorrow" on Giants of Rock - The Metal Decade 1982-83 Vol. 2 (Teldec, 1990)
- "Future World" on Heavy Metal Wars (CBS, 1990)
- "Rodeo" on Rock 'N' Heavy (CBS, 1990)
- "Don't Settle For Less" on The Return of...Twisting Your Knobs Till You Scream (Epic, 1990)
- "Jump the Gun" on Hard 'n Heavy Vol. 2 (Ariola, 1990)
- "Please Don't Leave Me" on Wild Attraction (Columbia, 1991)
- "Partners in Crime" on Soft, Hard & Heavy (Sonocord, 1991)
- "Savage Heart" on Hard Breakers the Ballads (Epic Associated, 1991)
- "Future World" on Los Monstruos Sagrados Del Rock Vol. I (CBS, 1991)
- "Lethal Heroes" on Metal Mania Vol. 1 (Columbia, 1991)
- "Future World" on Heavy Metal (Columbia, 1992)
- "Running Out" on Heavy Metal Palace Volume 1 (Columbia, 1993)
- "Future World" on Metal Heart (Ariola Express, 1993)
- "Please Don't Leave Me (Thin Lizzy cover)" on Emerald: A Tribute to the Wild One (Tribute to Thin Lizzy) (Nuclear Blast [NB 1036-2], 2003)
Members
Current
Ronnie Atkins (real name Paul Christensen) - vocals
Ken Hammer (real name Kenneth Hansen) - guitar
Morten Sandager - keyboards (since 2006)
Rene Shades (real name Rene Sehic) - bass (2004, since 2011)
Allan Tschicaja - drums (since 2006)
Former
Pete Collins (real name Jan Piete) - guitar (1982 to 1986)
John Darrow (real name Johnny Møller) - bass (1981 to 1984)
Allan Delong (real name Allan Klitgård Jensen) - bass (1984 to 1990)
Michael Fast Petersen - drums (1991 to 2005)
Kenn Jackson (real name Kenn Lund Jacobsen) - bass (1991 to 2010)
Phil Moorhead (real name Henrik Andersen) - drums (1981 to 1990)
Alan Owen (real name Allan Nielsen) - keyboards (1981 to 1990)
Angel Schleifer (real name Gerhard Schleifer) - guitar (1987)
Located at Horsens, Midtjylland their lyrical themes involved Politics, World Hunger, Oppression of People and Love.
Started out as a cover band in 1981 (with Hammer, Darrow and Moorheed in the line-up) playing (mostly) Thin Lizzy covers, but with the addition of Ronnie Atkins in 1982, they started writing their own material.
Since Pretty Maids didn't break through in the USA, Allan Delong, Ricky Marx and Phil More left the band in 1991, leaving just Atkins and Hammer. The band was actually split-up for a little while, but then Atkins and Hammer decided that the over-produced Jump the Gun shouldn't be the epitaph of Pretty Maids and they found Jackson (who was the boyfriend of Hammer's niece) and Fast (Fast had formerly played in Kalundborg-based Hero and he and Hammer had talked about doing something together and so Fast became a member of PM).
The first album with the new line-up, Sin-decade, won a Danish Grammy Award in 1993.
The Danish song "Det bedste til mig og mine venner", which appears on the Best of... Back to Back is taken from the tribute album FiFi Dong, which was a tribute to Danish rock group Gasolin'.
In 1998, Pretty Maids received another Danish Grammy Award, this time for the Spooked album.
In December 2003, Ken Hammer was diagnosed with a blood clot in his heart, but he made a full recovery.
In the summer of 2005, Michael Fast left the band after a 14 year run.
In 2010, shortly before the release of the Pandemonium album, Kenn Jackson left the band after an 18 year run. Hal Patino was brought into the band, but was sacked after 12 months and Rene Shades joined.
Compilation Appearances
- "Children of Tomorrow" on Danish Dynamite (CBS, 1984)
- "Fortuna" and "Back to Back" on The New Gladiators (CBS, 1985)
- "Night Danger" on Demons soundtrack (1985)
- "Love Games" on Hit Wave (CBS, 1987)
- "Love Games" on Mañana Seran Exito (CBS, 1987)
- "Red, Hot & Ready" on Shock Musik (CBS, 1987)
- "Future World" on Epic/Sony Single Collection - August,1987 (Epic/Sony, 1987)
- "Future World" on Heavy Hammer Hits (CBS, 1989)
- "Rock the House" and "Savage Heart" on Hammer Rocks (Epic, 1990)
- "Savage Heart" on Clubhits 4 - 1990 (Scandinavian Music Club, 1990)
- "Children of Tomorrow" on Giants of Rock - The Metal Decade 1982-83 Vol. 2 (Teldec, 1990)
- "Future World" on Heavy Metal Wars (CBS, 1990)
- "Rodeo" on Rock 'N' Heavy (CBS, 1990)
- "Don't Settle For Less" on The Return of...Twisting Your Knobs Till You Scream (Epic, 1990)
- "Jump the Gun" on Hard 'n Heavy Vol. 2 (Ariola, 1990)
- "Please Don't Leave Me" on Wild Attraction (Columbia, 1991)
- "Partners in Crime" on Soft, Hard & Heavy (Sonocord, 1991)
- "Savage Heart" on Hard Breakers the Ballads (Epic Associated, 1991)
- "Future World" on Los Monstruos Sagrados Del Rock Vol. I (CBS, 1991)
- "Lethal Heroes" on Metal Mania Vol. 1 (Columbia, 1991)
- "Future World" on Heavy Metal (Columbia, 1992)
- "Running Out" on Heavy Metal Palace Volume 1 (Columbia, 1993)
- "Future World" on Metal Heart (Ariola Express, 1993)
- "Please Don't Leave Me (Thin Lizzy cover)" on Emerald: A Tribute to the Wild One (Tribute to Thin Lizzy) (Nuclear Blast [NB 1036-2], 2003)
Members
Current
Ronnie Atkins (real name Paul Christensen) - vocals
Ken Hammer (real name Kenneth Hansen) - guitar
Morten Sandager - keyboards (since 2006)
Rene Shades (real name Rene Sehic) - bass (2004, since 2011)
Allan Tschicaja - drums (since 2006)
Former
Pete Collins (real name Jan Piete) - guitar (1982 to 1986)
John Darrow (real name Johnny Møller) - bass (1981 to 1984)
Allan Delong (real name Allan Klitgård Jensen) - bass (1984 to 1990)
Michael Fast Petersen - drums (1991 to 2005)
Kenn Jackson (real name Kenn Lund Jacobsen) - bass (1991 to 2010)
Phil Moorhead (real name Henrik Andersen) - drums (1981 to 1990)
Alan Owen (real name Allan Nielsen) - keyboards (1981 to 1990)
Angel Schleifer (real name Gerhard Schleifer) - guitar (1987)
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