Porn Queen press kit 2016-1

PRESS KIT
PORN QUEEN
PQ at a glance:
Porn Queen is a hard rock band full of
energy and enthusiasm.
Shortly after the birth of Porn Queen, the
band has managed to create a large fan base
all around the world.
They played at le Zénith in Paris in front of
a sold out venue and toured Europe with
Richie Kotzen playing 16 concerts in 12
countries.
Porn Queen was booked for some big
European Rock Festivals such as Sonisphère
France, Rock A Field and FFYS.
They played a Brazilian tour as support for
Slash in November 2012 and where the
support act for Deep Purple in April 2014
Their first studio album was released on
April 12th 2014.
Some of PQ’s notable performances:
5-7- 2010 & 18-6-2012
Rockhal Luxembourg
Opening act for Slash
16-6-2011
Splendid Lille France
Opening act for Duff McKagan (Bassist of Guns’n’ Roses)
12-7-2011
Zénith Paris
Opening act for Slash (Sold out venue)
20-11-2011
Live at Vauban
Opening act for Steve Lukather (TOTO)
28-2-2012 - 21-3-2012
EU Tour 12 countries
With Richie Kotzen
24-6-2012
Rock A Field
Motörhead, Snowpatrol, Billy Talent, Rival Sons, the Kooks...
8-7-2012
Sonisphère France
Faith No More, Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Wolfmother, Soulfly...
2-11-2012 - 9-11-2012
Brazilian tour
With Slash
1-4-2014
Rockhal Luxembourg
Opening act for Deep Purple
What the stars say about Porn Queen:
SLASH
TODD KERNS
STEVE LUKATHER
guitarist of Guns’n’Roses:
bassist of Slash & singer of Sin City Sinners:
singer / guitarist of TOTO:
“Porn Queen is a great live band from
Luxembourg. I’ve had the pleasure of
doing some shows w/them, they’re an
energetic, powerful band.”
“Porn Queen are my favorite
European RAWK band. Big things are
coming for these guys! PQ Rule!”
“Back at you guys! YOU sounded
great! Hope to see ya next time”
Biography:
Porn Queen is a Hard Rock band active since 2007,
created by two residents of Luxembourg, Lucas Ferraz
(vocals and guitar) and Fred Barreto (guitar) of Brazil.
Yves DeVille (Drummer) and Daniel Fastro (bass) of
Luxembourg joined the group shortly after. In spring
2015 Fred left the band and was replaced by Yacke on
lead guitars. Their music is influenced by 1980's hard
rock (Guns'n'Roses, Aerosmith, ....) with a touch of
Blues and Rock n' Roll.
Richie Kotzen (ex-member of "Poison” and “Mr.
Big") playing 16 gigs in 12 countries, covering
Luxembourg, France, UK, Netherlands, Germany,
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and many
others.
For summer 2012 Porn Queen was on the bill of some
major rock festivals in Europe such as Sonisphere
France sharing the stage with Faith No More, Marilyn
Manson, Machine Head, Evanescence, Wolfmother,
Soulfly, The Darkness ...
Rock A Field playing with Motörhead, Billy Talent,
Snowpatrol, Mastodon, Dropkick Murphys, The
Kooks ...
On July 5th, 2010, the group had the great opportunity
to be the opening act for legendary guitarist Slash
(former guitarist of Guns'n'Roses) at Rockhal in
Luxembourg which led to further collaborations
between Slash and Porn
Queen. After the success of
these concerts, the
group's reputation
increased rapidly
gaining much
notoriety within the
Rock scene.
In June the band had the
honour to open for the
third time a Slash
show, this time in
Rockhal Luxembourg.
As a result of this great
show Slash invited
Porn Queen to open up
2 shows of his South
American tour, on the
2nd of November 2012
in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
and the 9th in Porto
Alegre Brazil.
In 2011, Duff
McKagan's Loaded
(former bassist of
legendary band
Guns'n'Roses) had
Porn Queen open up
for his concert at the
“Splendid” in Lille
and later the same
year had the
opportunity to play at le Zénith” in Paris with Slash
performing for over 6500 rock fans.
On April 1st 2014 Porn
Queen had the privilege
of supporting the
legendary Deep Purple.
In September 2011, Porn Queen won the NetRock
festival which was broadcasted worldwide over the
Internet. They not only got selected by the professional
jury but also earned more than 13,000 votes in their
favor by the audience following their 15 minutes
performance online.
For the first quarter of 2012, the group was invited to
play a European tour with American rock guitarist
LINKS
www.pornqueenband.com
www.facebook.com/pornqueenband
www.myspace.com/pornqueenband
Most of 2013 was dedicated to writing and recording
their first self titled album “Porn Queen” which was
released on April 12th 2014 in Rockhal Luxembourg
with great success.
From 2016 on Porn Queen is represented in the UK,
France and Ireland by Epic-Tour Booking Agency.
The band is currently working on a new EP « Fire »
which is due to be released during 2016!
E-MAIL
[email protected]
TELEPHONE
+352 621 710 918
www.twitter.com/pornqueenband
BOOKING UK FRANCE &
IRELAND:
www.pornqueenband.tumblr.com
Epic-tour: [email protected]
www.reverbnation.com/pornqueenband
www.epic-tour.com