{"id":54834,"date":"2017-05-01T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=54834"},"modified":"2017-05-01T20:49:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T20:49:34","slug":"news-pretty-maids-part-ways-with-drummer-allan-tschicaja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-pretty-maids-part-ways-with-drummer-allan-tschicaja\/","title":{"rendered":"PRETTY MAIDS Part Ways With Drummer Allan Tschicaja (May 1st, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>PRETTY MAIDS Part Ways With Drummer Allan Tschicaja<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt\"><strong>May 1st, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/prettymaids2016allantschicajapromophotonews.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Horsens, Denmark-based hard rock \/ metal group Pretty Maids have parted ways with drummer Allan Tschicaja, revealing this development on May 1st, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty Maids issued the following statement: \u201cIt\u2019s with great regret and heavy heart we write this post and have to inform you that Allan Tchicaja has decided to leave the band to focus on his family and other endeavors. With his unique drumming style and personality he really made a big impression on the Pretty Maids sound in recent years. After so many years in the band he will be not only be missed dearly by the band but also by you, the fans. It\u2019s a sad day but we have to respect his decision. After all, being in a band is not a life sentence! We thank him and wish him the best luck on his future endeavours, but as you know, The Show Must Go On!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allan Tschicaja offered the following words, meanwhile: \u201cAfter 12 fantastic years of touring, recording, rocking and rollin\u2019, I\u2019ve decided to leave Pretty Maids. It\u2019s been a difficult decision for me, but I want to focus more on family, friends and other projects. Pretty Maids is an amazing band with a great legacy and present career that many can only dream of! I wish my mates in the band all the best in the future \u2013 you deserve it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tschicaja joined Pretty Maids in 2005 and appeared on five full-length studio albums; <em>Wake Up To The Real World<\/em> (2006) <a href=\"\/site\/album-review-pretty-maids-pandemonium\/\"><em>Pandemonium<\/em><\/a> (2010), <a href=\"\/site\/album-review-pretty-maids-motherland\/\"><em>Motherland<\/em><\/a> (2013), <em>Louder Than Ever<\/em> (2014) and <em>Kingmaker<\/em> (2016) as well as the 2012 live CD \/ DVD set <em>It Comes Alive (Made In Switzerland)<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRETTY MAIDS Part Ways With Drummer Allan Tschicaja May 1st, 2017 Horsens, Denmark-based hard rock \/ metal group Pretty Maids have parted ways with drummer Allan Tschicaja, revealing this development on May 1st, 2017. Pretty Maids issued the following statement: \u201cIt\u2019s with great regret and heavy heart we write this post and have to inform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1068],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pretty-maids-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54834"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54841,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54834\/revisions\/54841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}