News: Women Dominate the Metal Tribute Band Scene - ocweekly.com



It's an average Saturday night at a sports bar in Chino Hills: frat boys chug beers while a man sings back-to-back Creed songs at the Karaoke lounge, but in the next room over something very different is about to go down. As the excitement builds, my friend and I grab our drinks, and head over to a live music venue attached to the bar by a smoke-filled patio.
After a reasonable cover fee and a hand stamp, we enter the door to a sea of leather jackets, good hair, band t-shirts, and every kind of person you could imagine all there with one intention: to rock out to the hits of Iron Maiden. Amps crank, mics are checked, and a gruff mans voice cuts through the chatter of the crowd with an authentically enthused and unexpected message: "HEY! Women RULE!" The curtain opens to 5 women in full command of their music and the audience. Note for note, line by line, the Iron Maidens deliver rock solid renditions of heavy metal classics, garnering love, respect, and plenty of rock hands in the air from a mostly male audience.

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http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2015/06/female_metal_tribute_bands_dominate_iron_maidens.php

Black Sabbitch (War Pigs) 5-12-2015