IN THIS MOMENT singer and visionary Maria Brink is a survivor. After experiencing loss and abuse in her childhood, she moved to Los Angeles in her early 20s as a single mother and headed to the Sunset Strip, where she transformed her band into a theatrical, arena-filling modern metal behemoth. As the band gear up to release their eighth album, Godmode, we caught up with her to look back on it all, and find out what experiences have shaped her most.
SOMETIMES MOM KNOWS BEST
“My mother was a rock’n’roller free spirit, and she loved music and concerts. She started taking me at five years old to the concerts, wearing the little t-shirt, barefoot, with my mama and all her friends. I got to see Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks… I got to see some of the most amazing artists. As a little girl, she loved The Runaways; my mom loved Joan
