Recent content by 2M2M

100%. Nicko-isms. I've never quite been able to put my finger on it, but myself and a colleague of mine who is a great drummer, discussed it and best we could summarize it as was - Nicko's drumming is explosive yet very refined. The intricate patterns of the ride and kick patterns, the dynamics...

Did they? if so, that's incredible news. I would physically self-combust if I got to hear H play that solo live.

Even though the question is more related to the Smith Kotzen tour setlist, I can only sense a slight hope that maybe Sea of Madness could return (I accept there is an incredibly low chance of this happening). I think Sea of Madness has one of Adrian's greatest solos. On the last Smith Kotzen...

God forbid someone in their late 60s and 70s wants to look good

Couple of good shots of Janick and Davey's rigs. Interesting to see a Neural DSP Quad Cortex in Jan's rig.. Assuming it's just back-backup. And a video to come soon! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CaqPr9G4k/

Someone made a calendar of the Maiden/side project related dates over this year and there was a sizeable gap early October through to end of November. While Bruce is out on tour through October in the US, and Steve starts BL tour end of November, Davey, H and Jan will be hopefully well rested -...

Confirmed: Davey is 100% sitting next to the Infinite Dreams book

It's been mentioned a few times that H does like to swap around a bit nowadays. But as the tour progresses, I assume he gravitates towards certain guitars a little more. The green Jackson he uses on the current tour has mostly been his No. 1 for not far off 10 years. But I think the hooligan...

Agree! As for content on the album - I'd love to see something like 10 tracks - 4 shorter (3-5 minutes) bangers, 4 proggy mid-length (6-8 minutes) and maybe two epic (10 minutes). I mean I'd be happy with anything, but I think the above would be a good mix

There's a small part of me that wants Maiden not to tour in 2026 at all. In the hopes that they can recuperate and write/record a new album - bear in mind they've been on back to back tours around the world since 2022. Or perhaps just a couple of dates in August/September to tease a new album...

For example, Steve would do a medley of all his bass-only intros and then yell football chants into the microphone, followed by Adrian just playing half of the Wasted Years riff and then letting the E & B strings ring out. (written with love & admiration of my two favourite musicians)

I think a lot of people here need to realize that as a whole Maiden are still performing at a very high calibre - not just compared to bands of the same age, but many heavy metal bands of younger age too. The issue with Bruce not reaching high notes on Aces or a few others? So fucking what The...

Fair enough - I like H's tone, it's 'chunky' while not being too dirty. But I think it varies a lot from where you're stood. I think his tone is great if you don't have the issues of a large arena to compromise it - so it could be his tone is fine but the translation through the PA has degraded...

I just found a video from Paris 19th July - of 2MTM - Adrian's guitar sounded fine. Could easily just depend on where you are in the venue. Or maybe you were there on the other night and it sounded worse?

This is a topic I've always been interested in - H's rhythmic variation on certain riffs. Wicker Man is the same. 2 Minutes original version on the record is pretty much all down-strokes, mainly sticking to the A and D strings, only really extending to a full power chord vibrato on the 'D-C-D...