Recent content by Helmuth Von Moltke

It all worked out well, giving us the artistic high quality of AOB and CW. And his return to Maiden… we are lucky his solo career commercially tanked. Going back to 1993-94, that was not his intention. Remember, Bruce was spectacularly dropped by EMI records after BTP.

I agree with this, add Breeding House in there too. The No Way Outs are fabulous songs, especially the 2nd one ‘continued …’ Feels like he overthought BTP, recorded too many versions, ended up with a much weaker album than he should have. Scuttled his post Maiden solo career in commercial terms...

I missed this! Oh well and that’s that for the holy trinity of best Bruce albums then. Edit: just read the Reddit threat on this and looked up page 222 in Bruce’s autobiography. Well, what do I know about Roy’s life, but I’d say that’s a careless and stereotyped description that Bruce opted for...

Fingers crossed. It depends on whether Bruce can focus his vision around a coherent musical approach. And if Roy Z operates as his peak as well. My fear is they try cover all the musical bases once again and produce another disjointed album. I also think Balls to Picasso was disjointed, and...

I have mediocre expectations for the next Bruce album. I preferred the first Smith / Kotzen and the second British Lion albums to the Mandrake Project, to put my feelings into context. So for me, the very big question is what this scheduling means for the next Maiden album. And it fills me with...

Over attribution of complex outcomes to Russia’s malign activity… The malign activity is certainly in evidence, I don’t dispute that. But your line of thinking falls into the trap of being so overly aggrieved by Russia’s heinous actions in Ukraine, that you are over attributing cause and...

Listened to More Balls to Picasso on Spotify. Inclined to agree with SRFC, Roy Z had made a mediocre album sound very nice indeed. But most of the songs are still evidently mediocre. It is indeed in the songs.

nice short statement on the Maiden website. Glad they said something. Hope the footage or pics of the get together at Steve’s house with the early members sees the light of the day this year, if that’s what was intended.

Actually yes, there is scale along which a Maiden's fans life is dominated by Maiden and associated activities alone. Not judging anyone, and it probably changes over time as well (my peak Maiden fan obsession - to the relative exclusion of other things - was probably 1995 - 2008 ish...). I...

You've nailed it. It is rarely about how much a fan loves the band, or how much the much the music has meant to them. It may be the relative absence of other meaningful things going on in their lives, which artificially elevates Maiden to being the sole dominant thing. There are some really...

Are you sure people's heads and hearts demarcate their experiences into the neat lines you have drawn? Nicko has always been an emotional man for sure, not the calculating and excessively rational type.

There is a question that is a very human one: do we expect Nicko to process the emotions around what has transpired on mute? Anger, sadness, frustration, resignation, and the proverbial 'watching your wife with another man' syndrome. He is only human, and a talkative man to say the least, so...

Nicko is not wrong about Bruce’s timing (at least at the start of the tour). Screens are a matter of opinion, and many share his.

Evil That Men Do (inc the bridge) Rainmaker Judas Be My Guide Die With Your Boots On Pascendale (for the emotion)

Steve, Bruce, H, Dave, Janick, are all still personally registered under their own names, they didn't resign. But they also have personal holdings companies as well (eg. 'Gers, Janick Robert' is there, so is 'Janick Gers Holdings LTD')