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Barb Wire Dolls premiere "If I Fall," a song written about depression and suicide — listen

[Photo by:Matt Lamb/Live Nation/ note: The girl referred to in the essay is not the girl pictured above]

Harkening back to the days of the 1980s female powerhouse vocalist comes Barb Wire Dolls’ “If I Fall” from their new album Rub My Mind.

Check the track out below:

The new album features 13 eclectic tracks mixed by Jay Baumgardner (Evanescene, John Fogerty, Bush) that feel poignant in today’s world. 

To lead singer Isis Queen, making music has been an important facet in her life. Struggling with depression, she says she hopes this song inspires people to never lose hope on the path to seeking a positive change.

She adds the song is meant to send a “message of self-empowerment and self-realization…to reach others who have felt the way I did before.”

Read Isis Queen’s full statement below:

The other day, a young teenager came to a Barb Wire Dolls show and told me personally that she was on the verge of suicide, but after seeing our band live, she found new hope. She was inspired by our music and message and this means a lot to me since music saved my life.

Everything that goes around, comes around. The circle will always turn eventually. I say this because when I was 14, I was going through a very rough time and depression had taken over my common sense, and I was lost and in immense emotional pain. I come from a divorced family and my mother often times worked five jobs a week to support me and my sister. I never got to experience my mother because she worked so hard and my father wasn't interested in helping. To help her out, I waitressed at a bar on the weekends and sometimes after school at the age of 14, and for years afterwards. I had no talents, I was bad at school, I was bullied and I had no creative outlet. Depression is not something that you can express, and I started to think of ways to take my own life. I had lost my will to live. I was on the verge and almost did it. 

It is very common for teenagers to go through depression and anger, but in my time of need I escaped into music, and it kept me alive when I felt that there was no use in living anymore. I didn't form a band until much later, but even escaping everyday life through a favorite album helps.

All of my hard times have made me who I am today, and I have created my own destiny. Looking back, I realize that suicide is a selfish motive. I would have brought so much pain to my family that it maybe would have even caused them to take their own lives in some way. I was in a terrible place but there is always hope, and there are many ways to channel that depression and make it positive. I'm extremely grateful that I'm alive today and that our music and message of self-empowerment and self-realization has been able to reach others who have felt the way I did before. Our new track, “If I Fall,” was written about this important issue, and I hope it can open up rusty portals in someone's mind to look beyond suicide and take the challenge that life gives us — and to create a fulfilling, good life for themselves. If we can inspire anyone to make any sort of positive change, that is our mission.

The album is available for preorder on CD, vinyl, MP3 and iTunes via Motörhead Music, and you can catch Barb Wire Dolls on the Vans Warped Tour this summer. Check out the dates below:

06/16 – Seattle, WA @ Centurylink Field North Lot
06/17 – Salem, OR @ Oregon State Fairgrounds
06/21 – Albuquerque, NM @ Balloon Fiesta Park
06/22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Fear Farm Festival Grounds
06/23 – Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel
06/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fairpark
06/25 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
06/27 – Nashville, TN @ The Fairgrounds Nashville
06/28 – Metairie, LA @ The Shrine On Airline (aka Zephyr Field)
06/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
06/30 – Orlando, FL @ Tinker Field
07/01 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park
07/02 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre
07/04 – Wilmington, NC @ Legion Stadium
07/06 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte
07/07 – Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
07/08 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
07/09 – Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre
07/10 – Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/11 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
07/12 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
07/13 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake PAC
07/14 – Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion
07/15 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
07/16 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/18 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
07/19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
07/20 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
07/21 – Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
07/22 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
07/23 – Shakopee, MN @ Canterbury Park
07/24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest Grounds)
07/26 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis
7/27 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
07/28 – Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion
07/29 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
07/30 – Houston, TX @ NRG Park – Main Street Lot
08/01 – Las Cruces, NM @ “New Mexico State University (Intramural Field)”
08/04 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
08/05 – San Diego, CA @ Qualcomm Stadium at Jack Murphy Field
08/06 – Pomona, CA @ Fairplex Pomona

And don’t forget to follow the band on Facebook and Youtube.