Jenny Warren

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jenny Warren


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Alias = Bruce Chickinson
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Background = solo_singer
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Genre = Heavy Metal
Tribute
Occupation = Musician
Vocalist
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Associated_acts = The Iron Maidens
Whole Lotta Rosies
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Jenny Warren is an American female singer, best known as the co-founder of the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens.

Biography

Jenny Warren first had an Iron Maiden tribute band called Wrathchild. The idea came when she discovered the website of a Chicago-based tribute band called Revelations, in which the lead vocalist was female. Wrathchild started with Warren (using the stage name "Bruce Chickinson") as the only female member, but when bassist Melanie Sisneros (formerly of Raven Mad and New Eden) joined in 2000 [ [http://mel.raven-mad.com/music/index.html Melz Music] ] , Warren decided to give the band a new direction within the next year. [ [http://www.neonblonde.com/Interview19.htm Interview with Jen "Bruce Chickinson" Warren] ]

On June 2001, Warren and Sisneros were joined by guitarist Sara Marsh (formerly of [http://www.myspace.com/allfemalebandit Bandit] ), drummer Linda McDonald and guitarist Josephine Soegijanity (both formerly of Phantom Blue) to form The Iron Maidens ("World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden"). The band found some success while touring across the U.S.

In 2003, the Maidens started work on their , but production was halted when Warren left the band. According to Mark Dawson, the band's manager, it took Warren six hours to cut one verse of a song due to key and pitch problems. [ [http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/iron-maidens/283203-studio-time-3.html The Iron Maidens Forums - Studio Time!] ] Personal problems and the need to raise an autistic child also contributed to her departure, which the band did not make official until early 2004. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20086 Blabbermouth.net - The Iron Maidens Part Ways with Bruce Chickinson, Vow to Carry On] ] Later that year, rock/R&B singer/songwriter Aja Kim was announced as Warren's successor by the Maidens.

Shortly after leaving the Maidens, Warren regrouped Wrathchild with Sisneros (who left the Maidens in late 2002) for a one-off performance at MetalJam, a fund-raising event to promote autism awareness. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=19831 Blabbermouth.net - MetalJam 2004 to Benefit the Cure Autism Now! Foundation] ] She also played bass for the all-female AC/DC tribute band Whole Lotta Rosies for a short period of time.

Personal Life

Warren is married to Bill Warren, who runs a Metallica tribute band in Los Angeles called [http://www.creepingdeathonline.com/ Creeping Death] . They have two children in their family.

References

External links

* [http://www.neonblonde.com/Interview19.htm Interview with Jen "Bruce Chickinson" Warren]