BLACKLACE
UNLACED / GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT

The New York based heavy metal act BLACKLACE was formed in 1982 by the female singer Maryann Scandiffio, and debuted just 2 years later, with "Unlaced" (1984). The album was released by the already legendary Mausoleum Records label, the same one that the same year launched the career of Doro's WARLOCK with "Burning The Witches". BLACKLACE promoted their album sharing the stage with acts such as TWISTED SISTER, THE PLASMATICS, TALAS or MANOWAR, whose guitarist Ross The Boss co-produced 3 songs from the debut. "Unlaced" also entered international album charts, and reached #21 in Kerrang, #25 in Music Week Magazine, and #29 in Sounds. In 1985 the band toured the UK, and recorded 2nd studio album "Get It  While It's Hot" in London, with producer Phil Chilton (WITCHFYNDE, VARDIS). In 1985 BLACKLACE also landed in the centre of a political scandal (next to TWISTED SISTER, MOTLEY CRUE or DEF LEPPARD), when the PMRC leader Tipper Gore branded the band as "kinky, twisted and perverse" due to their lyrics.