Saudações, pessoal!

Este post marca uma nova etapa para o Minuto HM: abaixo, vocês verão nossa primeira entrevista “formal”, realizada por e-mail em 12/maio/2011 e respondida em 17/maio/2011. E acho que começamos muito bem – com uma banda internacional muito conhecida entre fãs de Iron Maiden: a banda The Iron Maidens!

Trouxe abaixo um resumo da história da banda, o press release do show delas por aqui e, claro, a entrevista.

The Iron Maidens é uma banda cover norte-americana composta apenas por mulheres, que fazem tributo ao Iron Maiden. Formada em 2001, The Iron Maidens rapidamente se estabeleceram como uma das bandas mais populares do sul da Califórnia, rapidamente ganhando reconhecimento internacional. A banda goza de beleza, bem como excelente musicalidade, presença de palco animada e um show marcante com cenas teatrais intercaladas. Talentosas e profissionais, com vasta experiência musical de orquestra até teatro musical, além de blues e rock, a banda têm sido agraciada com muitos prêmios, incluindo melhor banda de tributo, e o melhor na categoria (guitarra, baixo, bateria, voz) em eventos como o Rock City News Awards, The LA Music Awards e The All Access Magazine Show Award para citar alguns. The Iron Maidens possui repertório de todas as épocas da carreira da banda, abrangendo maiores sucessos da banda, bem como músicas favoritas dos fãs. O show inclui apresentações pelo mascote Eddie Maiden, o GrimReaper, o diabo e muito mais. The Iron Maidens tem embalado casas em todos os lugares que tem visitado.

Confira a formação atual da banda no site oficial ou no Facebook das donzelas!

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PRESS RELEASE

Após várias excursões e abrir show para diversos artistas importantes como KISS, Danzig, Nevermore, Nightwish, Motorhead e outros, finalmente as belas garotas norte-americanas do The Iron Maidens, tributo feminino ao Iron Maiden, chegam ao Brasil. A CP Management e a Rock Brigade Record estão agendando extensa turnê pelo país para o próximo mês de Junho. Elas tem apresentação confirmada para o dia 18 de Junho, no Estúdio M, em São Paulo. As cidades de Porto Alegre, Curitiba e Belo Horizonte também devem fazer parte da excursão.

Recentemente, Kirsten “Bruce Chickinson” Rosenberg, Wanda “Steph Harris” Ortiz, Elizabeth Schall, Courtney “Adriana Smith” Cox e Linda “Nikki McBurrain” McDonald estiveram pela América do Sul, mas para uma rápida passagem, que bateu um recorde bem interessante. O grupo foi responsável pela venda de seis mil ingressos nas primeiras 12 horas do festival venezuelano Gillmanfest-Barquismetal 2011. Elas superaram a marca do Metallica, que vendeu cinco mil ingressos em dois dias. As Donzelas de Ferro foram a primeira banda estrangeira apenas com mulheres a se tocar na Venezuela.

Formada em 2001, The Iron Maidens se tornou uma das bandas mais populares da Califórnia e rapidamente conquistou reconhecimento internacional. Além de lindas, as integrantes da banda são eximias musicistas. A performance delas é tão fiel, que até a presença do mascote Eddie e as tradicionais coreografias fazem parte do espetáculo.

As datas da nova turnê 2011 pela América do Sul, até o momento, são:

15 de Junho – Goiania – Local: Bolshoi Pub
16 de Junho – Rio de Janeiro – Local: Rio Rock & Blues Club
17 de Junho – Salvador – Local: Oba Oba
18 de Junho – São Paulo – Local: Estudio M
19 de Junho – Manaus – Local: Planeta Talismã

Serviço São Paulo
Data: Sábado 18/06/2011
Local: Estúdio EMME
Rua Pedroso de Moraes, 1036 – Pinheiros – São Paulo – SP
F: (11) 3038.2542
Abertura da casa: 18h
Bandas de Abertura: A Confirmar
The Iron Maidens 21H15MIN Pontualmente.
Censura 14 anos

Postos de Vendas:
Galeria do Rock:
Die Hard (11) 3331.3978 | Mutilation (11) 3222.8253 | Paranoid (11) 3221.5297 | Animal (11) 3223.6277 | Consulado do Rock (11) 3221.7933 | Profecias (11) 3333.2364 – Moshi Moshi (11) 3331.1073 – Black Tea (11) 3331.7736

Santos: Top Shirt’s – Rua Marcilio Dias, n° 9, Gonzaga – Santos. (13) 3284-9275
Santo André: Metal CDs (11) 4994.7565
Campinas: Metal Mania (19) 3203-3835
Venda pela internet: www.compreingressos.com (à vista ou parcelado)

Valores dos Ingressos:
Antecipado Promocional e Meia-Entrada: R$70,00
Camarote: R$ 120,00

Links relacionados:
http://www.theironmaidens.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theironmaidens

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ENTREVISTA THE IRON MAIDENS PARA O MINUTO HM:

Minuto HM: Brazil is one of the favorites countries for Maiden now, if not the most one. Will you bring any special song to play in Brazil?

Kirsten: Yes, that’s why we’re so excited to come to Brazil ! With so much great material to choose from, it’s hard to pick just one “special” song. I don’t know… any requests out there?

Linda: They are ALL special so yes!! We will be playing a nice mix of Maiden songs for your listening and head banging, fist pumping pleasure!!

Wanda: I’m sure we will. We always have surprises!

Courtney: Yes, of course!

Minuto HM: Is there a favorite album or band’s phase that you prefer to play live? What would be it?

Kirsten: Oh, it’s so hard to pick… But for me, anything off “The Number of the Beast” album through “Powerslave” is among my favorites.

Linda: I used to prefer the first 3 albums but these days I really enjoy playing any era of Maiden!! I will say that I feel most comfortable with the Live After Death era only because we used to focus predominantly on that era but have since expanded our repertoire. We’re always open to requests!!

Wanda: Everyone in the band has their personal favorites but we mostly stick with the band’s earlier material with Paul Di’Anno and Bruce Dickinson. The audiences love the “oldies but goodies”! But, that doesn’t mean we don’t play the band’s newer stuff or their more obscure material: we’ll occasionally throw a “b-sider” or a newer song in the set every once in while. This way, the audience gets to hear a song or two they don’t get to hear very often or that they may not have heard before.

Courtney: somewhere in time, i dont have a favorite actually… they are all good.

Minuto HM: About The Final Frontier album, some fans are thrilled saying that it’s the best material since the band’s golden years. Do you agree with that?

Kirsten: It is a great album and it’s wonderful to see Iron Maiden getting the accolades they so deserve. Plus, the fact they’re selling out arenas with this recording means that a lot of fans must feel it’s the best in years. It’s a very strong album but I really like “Dance of Death” and “Brave New World,” too.

Linda: If it’s Maiden, it’s all good!!!!!!!!!

Wanda: I like The Final Frontier..but I really do like the golden years as well so it’s hard to decide!

Courtney: i dont know.. dance of death is my favorite album out of the newer albums they have released…

Minuto HM: Why do you think that Maiden does not play some songs like Alexander The Great or Infinite Dreams live, although the old school fans would go crazy with them? What are the songs you play that Maiden generally don’t?

Kirsten: Honestly, I don’t know why they don’t perform “Alexander the Great.” However, they have performed “Infinite Dreams” live on many occasions. Besides “Alexander,” I’m not aware of any other songs we perform that they don’t. And who’s to say they won’t perform it at some point in the future?

Linda: I don’t think they have performed Judas Be My Guide live before (sorry if I’m wrong!!!!!! Eeek!) We do that one!!! Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson were at our show in Mexico City where we played Alexander the Great!

Wanda: I’m not sure ~ but they have so many great songs, it would be hard to play every one of them at every show! We’ve played both those songs before as well as a lot of their older stuff that they no longer play live so I think the “old schoolers” will be happy!

Courtney: Maiden has a tough job picking the set because there are so many songs to choose from! I mean the Iron Maidens even struggle with picking the songs for the set, sometimes there is just not enough time to play them ALL. haha There are alot of songs that we perform that maiden does not, this is because we usually stick to the older stuff and only play a few newer songs from recent albums.

Minuto HM: Steve Harris always told that Maiden would have 15 studio albums. In the meanwhile, the band always says that they like to tour with fresh material so that “they don’t become a parode”. What do you think they will do in the years to come?

Kirsten: Ah, well, I don’t really have a clue as to what they’ll do in the future, but I do know that whatever it is will involve excellent songwriting, musicianship, and lyrics, and will totally rock! Something to look forward to, for sure.

Linda: I don’t think they are ready to call it a day any time soon, at least I hope not! They will come up with some creative way to tour with new material no matter what! They haven’t let anyone down so far!!

Wanda: Hopefully they continue to play and tour for as long as possible. 🙂

Courtney: Continue on as they always have.. as IRON MAIDEN.

Minuto HM: Are there any plans to record São Paulo’s gig?

Kirsten: At this time, I’m not aware of any plans to professionally record the gig but wouldn’t that be nice!

Linda: Not that I’m aware of, though audience members seem to religously record our shows and post them up on youtube and facebook all the time! ha ha ha! That’s awesome!!! You can check out some links on our website at http://www.theironmaidens.com !!! See ya sooooon!!!!

Wanda: Not that I know of…but it would be cool if it happened. 😉

Courtney: I hope so 🙂

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E aí, curtiram?

[ ] ‘ s,

Eduardo.

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