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...and they do have nothing in common with actor Steve McQueen, don't worry. But whether these girls have adopted the name of the already past away Hollywood superstar, I really don't know. The only ting they have in common is the fact, that every good thing comes from abo..... sorry, I mean, from England, in this case to get it right, from Brighton on sea at the south coast of Great Britain. Brighton a town, which is well known for it's pleasure pier on the beach. McQueen - that is: Leah Duors (Voc), Hayley Cramer (Drums), Cat The Casanova (Git) und Gina Collins (Bass). Four girls who went out to conquer the world of Heavy Metal, a still mainly men dominated genre. They wanna prove, that women are also able to rock everything down what meets their way. And every man's heart gets outta rhythm and this not just because of the girl's pretty look. This group around blonde frontwoman Leah takes the world by storm, and for the first time in Germany. 2003 McQueen was formed by those women and little later signed by british independend label Demolition Records. They supported Juliette & The Likcs and played with the Foo Fighters, just to name a few. And they played their asses off to receive the neccessary reputation. And they are getting there, not only because of the fact, that they are a pure female rockgroup, which doesn't happen too often in this business. .
Jan. 22., just a
few weeks ago, saw the release of their debutalbum 'Break The Silence'.
And McQueen started their first clubtour. And now they are here. By the
way, recently they played in HO Chi Minh City at the so called Unite
Festival, and the resonance must have been huge, as you can check out here.
And the spectators are
realley getting, what I did discribe already above. Hard Rock'n'Roll
performed with a huge power. Jes... most of all drummer Heyley Cramer
impressed me with her endless seeming energy. No kiddin', but I haven't
seen a woman often yet, who plays the drums with such a strenght and
brutality, much harder than some of her male collegues do. And she ain't
no big girl but rather slim. The movements of singer Leah rather remind
me a bit about Marilyn Manson on stage. She reflects a mixture of Sex
meeds Sado-flair and Girlie image, showing no mercy. She tells the fans
to have one more drink and pushes the kids up to the limit. The setlist
incudes mainly the new album, not too much yet, and after sixtie minutes
the show is over. Unfortunately a bit short this hell's kitchen here,
but I can understand, after so much power and the body exhaustion is
just too much to continue. It's a little miracle anyway, that they
pulled the thing through nonstop on the same upper level energy without
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