Vocalist DORO PESCH is featured in a new interview with Mark Morton at the Heavy Metal Examiner. An excerpt is available below.

Q: You are one of the lucky ones who get to come to America to play the occasional show or tour. Why do you think German metal has such a hard time getting a foothold in The States?

Doro: "Well, I think you really have to have a lot of good people around you – promotion, management, booking agents, and sponsors. It’s just very hard to get over there when you don’t have a great support system. I love it so much in The States. I actually want to become an American citizen; I’ve had a Green Card for the past 20 years, and eventually, I’d like to take that next step. But yeah, you have to work really hard just to get a couple of gigs over there. And I’ve had a string of problems with label support. I was on Locomotive, and they closed their doors; I was on SPV, and they went through a serious money crisis…it’s tough."

Q: The way the current business model for music is set, it almost seems to be geared towards younger bands. In order to make your mark (or make a decent living), you almost have to be touring constantly. And it’s a shame, because European bands do not get that luxury.

Doro: "Yeah, let’s face it, being on the road costs a lot of money. And if you draw a decent crowd, things are okay, but if you are in a support slot, you pretty much have to pay for everything. So yeah, for foreign bands, it’s a big gamble. I’ve been doing it for many years, and it is still tough. Sometimes I hear people saying how it was much easier in the '80s. [Laughs] I don’t know about that!

Everything had its pros and cons. I think, because of the Internet, bands at least get a shot at getting some kind of promotion. In the 80s, you were almost completely dependent on the record company to take care of you. But we work hard, and I appreciate every show I get to play in The States. I tell my German band friends to try really hard to come over, because there are a lot of really great European metal bands who would kill to come to America. And I’m sure the American metalheads would love them, too."

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Doro's US/Japanese tour dates are as follows:

October

1 - The Pennant - Brooklawn, NJ
2 - Jaxx - Springfield, VA
3 - Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY
8 - Holiday Shinjuku - Tokyo, Japan
10 - Holiday Nagoya - Nagoya, Japan
11 - Holiday Osaka - Osaka, Japan