Recent content by CA Bryers

Agree, his voice was good and blown in '96. It's too bad the best quality recordings for posterity of that tour are from the dead end of it in South America.

100% agree. I would think after a few rehearsals before the tour, the range issue would've been apparent, but nobody said anything, I guess. Had they worked to the strengths of his voice and downtuned, yeah, I think we would've had a total hidden gem era through and through. There are plenty of...

According to his band biography, during The X Factour he was locked midstage in front of the drumset so he could hear the monitors. I think he had confidence in performing, but in that situation, it didn't seem he had confidence to stand up for himself or at least go to Steve and get the boss to...

Oh heck no, I wouldn't lead with that. LOL! But you make some great points. If we got to the point where I saw what kind of shape the manuscript was in, I'd tell him what I had in mind for how I would make it into a workable draft. What I'd have in mind might be completely opposite for his...

He deserves better than to be where he is. It's unfortunate the Maiden fans who disliked his era will likely never come to realize how much better of a singer and performer he became after his time in Maiden. His solo work, apart from perhaps King of Metal, is remarkably solid. Steve speaks so...

Okay, possibly stupid idea here. I listened to a very recent interview with Blaze where he was finally asked about the Infinite Entanglement book he'd been working on. Long story short, it's not done but he bought a new keyboard and would like to get back to it, but the window to capitalize on...

I'd be thrilled if someone did a major cleanup of Paris '86, which is the closest thing we've got to a soundboard mix of the tour, IMO. Every version I've tried (that isn't an audience recording) has that high-pitched VHS-sourced whine over the entire thing. It'd be amazing to have that gone...

Totally agree. Devil on a Hog is a blast of a song. Personally, I'm kind of glad Eternal didn't make it onto an album. It strikes me as overtly Floyd-y and would feel out of place had it shown up on ToS. It's a curiosity piece for me, which made it a good choice for a B-side. Sonata strikes me...

While I do appreciate the groundwork TXF laid for the reunion era and it's a strong album in its own right (that is undeniably flawed), I think Senjutsu's highs beat out TXF's. Hell on Earth alone smokes anything on TXF, even if Sign is a strong challenger. The Writing on the Wall is probably...

Bruce himself isn't free that whole time, since he's recording his new solo album in early 2026.

I maintain the better approach would've been to replace "Doctor, Doctor" with perhaps a 5 minute edit of "Senjutsu" on tape (like Nightwish did on the Human :II: Nature tour with "Music"), and then blast onto the stage with "Stratego." Then they could've added a third song from Senjutsu in the...

Great points, especially about Eternity being a bonus song. I consider it a Maiden song for the same reasons, though I prefer Bruce's because--as much as people hate the production on Mandrake--at least it doesn't sound as horribly muddy as the BoS version does. It sounds pretty great to my...

If only Sonata was a B-Side. I'm quite sure Bruce and Roy had other songs rolling around in a drawer somewhere that would've made for a much stronger finish to the album. I blame Leana. :lol:

I like Welcome to the Pit as well, but to me it's the one that leaves the least impression. It has been growing on me in recent years, though. And yes, Toltec 7 Arrival is 100% cheating. :nonono:

Possibly, since 2017 100% did sell out. Rod even made a statement about how St. Paul surprised him and the band after having skipped the market for so long.