Recent content by CA Bryers

On one hand, he seems genuinely honest when saying it's stressful and he doesn't feel up to it. Let's face it, age could be factoring in in a way we haven't seen before when it comes to songwriting and recording. So it could be true that he's dragging his feet on it, further evidenced by Bruce...

I could only guess one of those that are staples of nearly every tour: Trooper Fear of the Dark NotB Maybe even Iron Maiden Nobody's said anything about being tired of any of these that I've read, but it's gotta get dull at times to play a song for the 8,000th time, no matter how great of...

Maiden's No Prayer-less Run For Your Lives Tour has entered the chat. Kidding aside, while I'd love him to do ATSS and others, I'm leaning toward BotB's mention is specifically for Virus.

Blaze, at least, would be smart enough to have his band drop the key to fit his range. He's done several Bruce songs post-Maiden properly adjusted to his voice--Wasted Years and Trooper, for example--and they sound great. Bruce is too proud.

I could see him doing it through the tour as a prolonged tribute to Di'Anno, since that's the song he chose to play after his passing..

I'd say all that's pretty realistic. I know it matters to him what critics and fans say about things (like Skunkworks), but the more critical thing I think was how well the albums sold, and none of them sold enough to give him a long, financially solvent career. Like Blaze, he blew through a lot...

I haven't quite started it yet--had to wrap up the Infinite Dreams book, get other random stuff done this week/weekend, and should be starting Shooman's next week. Of the several new books that have come out to coincide with the 50th, Joe's is the one I was most interested in because like you, I...

I imagine the legal controversy is the nail in the coffin of ever seeing this one played live. That, and it's not really talked about much anymore--even in the BNW promotional cycle, I don't remember Steve or Bruce mentioning wanting to play that one live. Though I'd love to see Infinite Dreams...

I wouldn't say it's half-assed. It's good, well-made and compiled, but not brilliant. I say that because it wasn't made for those like me who have all the old out-of-print books like What Are We Doing This For?, but for your average Maiden fan...with $60 to burn. Because of that, yeah, we've...

I remember seeing a sales chart somewhere that showed a small dip in sales from Accident of Birth to The Chemical Wedding. Bruce said something back then to corroborate that: generally that AoB and Chemical sold about the same, and that he put out the best album of his career and it didn't make...

The Parchment Paschendale Fortunes of War Senjutsu Man of Sorrows I know it's supposed to be semi-emotional, but opting to make it a plodding mid-tempo rocker baffles me to this day. Would've been much improved as an acoustic track. But yeah, as is the song does nothing for me, so I'd rank it...

There are "overdubs" on it, but like The Evil That Men Do, it's taking the "AFRAID!" followup to "Afraid to Shoot Strangeeeers" and copy/pasting it after every repetition of the song title. You can tell it's one take, since every time he does the "AFRAID!" it sounds weirdly like "DOH-FRAID!" In...

Yep, what people are willing to pay and what they choose to spend it on when it comes to merch. I got out of the buying band shirts a long time ago, but I spend a buttload on a lot of Maiden's licensed stuff. My collection of Eddie statues, figures, wall art, books, etc. is absurd.

And that very bad Fortunes of War wasn't from Gothenburg anyway. It was four bonus tracks from Glasgow added to the end of The Eternal Flame boot. But it is a shame no full boot of Gothenburg exists. It was one of Blaze's better performances on the X Factour.

My tinfoil hat take on it is that if Maiden had previously decided to hang it up--a possible motive as to why Bruce is restarting his solo career--he's trying to change Steve's mind by doing a new album and keeping the Maiden thing going longer. Keep in mind, AoB and TCW received some of the...