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The Metal Voice recently spoke Metal Queen Lee Aaron about her new covers album TATTOO ME which was released April 26, 2024 via Metallville.

She also spoke about the cool scenes in her classic video Metal Queen and her thoughts on the moniker the Metal Queen.

When asked how her thoughts on  the moniker the Metal Queen
“I guess I was the first to coin it but it’s kind of become a ubiquitous phrase to define women that perform harder Style music. I guess it’s a good thing.  So it’s never going away, that’s what I’ve learned. So I’m at peace with it. At a certain point in my career  probably more in the late mid to late 90s when the media with the advent of grunge they just did an about face.  Music is cyclical and it does that where they were just like say oh sorry you’re associated with big hair music or classic rock or anything to do with the 80s. If you had released albums your career fell off the edge of a cliff in the 90s.  It wasn’t just me. It was all of those 80s bands. So I went through a phase in my life where I felt a little bit pissed off about being defined completely by that moniker and I didn’t want to play the song in my set. I was just like this is killing me right now but it was killing everybody right? However in later years I have been able to talk a lot about that song because I get asked about it consistently because again the lyrics were about feminine empowerment or empowerment in general. And I’ve got to explain the song and the narrative of the tune was really about pushing back against that 80s sexism with women and men completely controlling and running the industry. We had to fight. The handful of us that were doing hard music in the 80s were women. We had to fight for every scrap of credibility and respect that we received. Not only on the musical front but also in the boardroom with the suits
 And having the opportunity to talk about that now I think has completely reframed not only  the name of the moniker but the tune and what it stood for as well. So I you know I’m actually happy to happy to be called that now.”

Eighteen albums into her career, AARON has written, recorded, and produced music achieving gold and multi-platinum sales. Recognized as one of Canada’s top rock vocalists, she’s also made forays into jazz, blues, and even opera, receiving numerous awards and accolades and, most recently, a 2023 induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame.