Pandora's Box was a female

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group, assembled by

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in the 1980s. Some of its members had previously worked with Steinman, in the ensemble Fire Inc., on the album '' Bat Out of Hell'', on live shows and on other studio recordings. They produced one

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, ''

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'', released in 1989.

Line-up

The listed members, whose photos were put on the album, were Elaine Caswell,

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, Gina Taylor, Deliria Wilde and

, who was listed as a keyboardist. The album credits two more artists with lead vocals on songs: Laura Theodore and Holly Sherwood. Additionally, backing vocals were performed by

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and

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. Foley had worked with Steinman on '' Bat Out of Hell'' and ''Neverland''. Holly Sherwood was a member of his group

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. Caswell has worked with Steinman on many projects, including The Dream Engine. In 2005 and 2006, she performed "

It's All Coming Back to Me Now "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman, the song was inspired by ''Wuthering Heights'', and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create. ''The Sunday ...

" at shows called Over the Top and The Dream Engine, respectively, at Joe's Pub in

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. Gina Taylor is also known as Gina Taylor Pickens, and was previously a stage actress off-Broadway and member of the band Musique. She previously worked with Steinman as part of the background vocals on the track " This Corrosion" by

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. Jim Steinman said that

Pandora's box Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem ''Works and Days''. Hesiod related that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing curses ...

was one of his favorite mythologies. Elaine Caswell stated in interview (in 2018) that Pandora's Box was "four women; three that existed and ..Deliria Wilde who was somewhat mythical, someone teinmankind of created".

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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