Kirsten Rosenberg

Kirsten Rosenberg is an American female singer, currently with the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens. She is also an animal rights advocate, as well as a former co-owner of Sticky Fingers, an all-vegan bakery in Washington, D.C.[1][2][3][4][5]

Kirsten Rosenberg
Also known asBruce Chickinson (The Iron Maidens)
GenresHeavy metal, tribute
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsPowerslave Records
Associated actsThe Iron Maidens
Crabby Patty (I'm So Unclear!)
HighWire
Websitewww.theironmaidens.com

Personal life

The daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Howard Rosenberg,[6] Rosenberg became a vegetarian when she was twelve years old and a vegan in 1994.[7][8] She was 34 at the time of a 2003 newspaper article.[9] She was formerly married to Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States.[10]

Career

In 1991, Rosenberg became involved in the production of the Genesis Awards television special that is aired each year and which honors individuals in the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works that raise public awareness of animal issues.[7] In 1996, she accepted an appointment from Kim Stallwood to join the staff of The Animals' Agenda magazine as Assistant Editor; she later became the Managing Editor. The Animals' Agenda was a bimonthly animal rights magazine (1979–2002).[7][11]

A number of articles written by Rosenberg for The Animals' Agenda were reprinted in this book:

  • Stallwood, Kim W., ed. (May 31, 2001). Speaking Out for Animals: True Stories About Real People Who Rescue Animals. New York City: Lantern Books. ISBN 978-1-930051-34-8. Retrieved May 9, 2011. Lay summary (March 20, 2011). Table of Contents. Foreword by Jane Goodall.

Rosenberg spoke at the Third Annual United Poultry Concerns Forum on December 8, 2001 on the subject "Throwing the Baby Out With the Battery Cage: Looking Out for Animals' Welfare in the Pursuit of Rights." Her talk was described by Mary and Frank Hoffman as follows:

Kirsten's presentation came across as a "business approach" to arriving at our goals of eliminating animal suffering. She expressed that politics is the art of compromise, and that in our pursuit of animal rights in the future, we need to find ways to lessen the suffering of animals in our present time. "Historically, divisiveness is deadly", she said, and we need to support all actions that will help the animals, even in minor ways.[12]

Rosenberg's own abstract for her talk was as follows:

What do animal rights advocates want? For most avowed rightists, that's easy: The complete liberation of animals from human exploitation as quickly as possible. Yet while we work diligently to achieve such a status for animals over the long term, we also have a duty to respect the "rights" of those individuals who are currently suffering to a life less miserable. To dismiss opportunities to ameliorate their pain and distress is to treat those animals as mere abstractions rather than as sentient beings inherently worthy of consideration now-a position, ironically, often held by the very exploitive institutions we seek to overturn.[7]

After The Animals' Agenda closed down, Rosenberg relocated to Washington, D.C., where she met Doron Petersan through her animal rights activism.[8] Inspired by her desire to promote veganism, she joined in Petersan's restaurant business, Sticky Fingers, remaining as co-owner until she decided to focus instead on singing.[1][8] On April 4, 2009, Kirsten Rosenberg made her debut as the new lead vocalist of the Los Angeles-based tribute band The Iron Maidens ("World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden).[13][14] Prior to this, Rosenberg was the lead vocalist of a cover band in Linthicum, Maryland called Highwire. Rosenberg's favorite Iron Maiden songs are "Moonchild", "Back in the Village", "Infinite Dreams", "Revelations" and "Aces High".[15]

In addition to The Iron Maidens, Rosenberg is the lead vocalist of the cover band Crabby Patty (I'm So Unclear!), which also features Maidens bandmates Courtney Cox and Linda McDonald.

Aside from Bruce Dickinson, Rosenberg's musical influences include Geoff Tate, Ann Wilson, Doro Pesch, Robin Zander and Pat Benatar, as well as Karen Carpenter, Barbra Streisand and Christina Aguilera.[15]

Rosenberg and bandmate Nikki Stringfield appeared as contestants on the August 3, 2017 episode of the music game show Beat Shazam.[16]

Discography

Videos

Equipment and endorsements

Kirsten Rosenberg is endorsed by BBE Sound, Sennheiser and Monster Energy Drink.

Published articles

Among Rosenberg's many published articles are these:

gollark: I would definitely hope so.
gollark: Anyway, <@321509648643391490>, does your thing communicate wirelessly? How is that secured?
gollark: Ignore it, it's stupid legal stuff.
gollark: Distances/positions are more trustworthy than IDs since you can independently check them since the trilateration maths is neatly symmetrical.
gollark: Those can obviously be spoofed.

References
  1. "History". Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats. Archived from the original on May 10, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  2. Killian, Erin (October 30, 2006). "Sticky Fingers opens vegan café in Columbia Heights". Washington Business Journal. Arlington, VA, USA. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  3. "Tasty restaurant gossip". The Brooklyn Paper. Brooklyn, NY, USA. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  4. "Let them eat cakes". The Washington Times. Washington DC, USA. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  5. "A Double Dose of Sugary Shops". The Washington Post. Washington, DC, USA. November 19, 2006. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  7. "Presenters, Topics & Schedule UPC Forum 2001 – Do Animal Welfare Campaigns Hurt Or Help Animal Rights and Abolition?". United Poultry Concerns. November 2001. Archived from the original on April 22, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  8. "The Sticky Fingers Behind the Bakery: The Satya Interview with Doron Greenblatt Petersan and Kirsten Rosenberg". Satya. New York City: Stealth Technologies, Inc. September 2005. OCLC 41425102. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  9. Weingarten, Elspeth (June 19, 2003). "Vegan Bakery Still Satisfies That Sweet Craving". The District Chronicles. Washington, D.C.: Lawrence Kaggwa. Retrieved May 9, 2011. 'People have the conception that vegan food is yucky and it's automatically going to taste different and that's not the case,' said Rosenberg, 34, co-owner of the bakery.
  10. "NGO Profile: Humane Society of the USA – HSUS" (PDF). Geneva, Switzerland: Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations. May 16, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2011. Pacelle's wife, Kirsten Rosenberg, works for...
  11. Mettee, Stephen Blake; Doland, Michelle; Hall, Doris, eds. (December 1, 2006). The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines: More Than 1,700 Magazine Editors and Book Publishers Explain What They are Looking for from Freelancers (6th ed.). Sanger, California: Quill Driver Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-884956-58-4. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  12. Hoffman, Mary; Hoffman, Frank (December 2001). "Do Animal Welfare Campaigns and Reforms Hurt or Help Animal Rights and Abolition?". Athens, New York: The Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation. Archived from the original on April 22, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011. ... in our pursuit of animal rights in the future, we need to find ways to lessen the suffering of animals in our present time.
  13. "Full Metal Rock – The Iron Maidens". Fullmetalrocks.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  14. Focus on the Music – The Iron Maidens – An All Female Tribute Band to Iron Maiden Santa Fe Station Chrome Room – Las Vegas, NV April 4, 2009 Archived June 10, 2009, at Archive.today
  15. WeROCK City – Kirsten Rosenberg Bio Archived January 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  16. "Beat Shazam Recap: August 3, 2017". Fikkle Fame. August 3, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
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