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Totally unrelated to everything, but Adrian's rhythm tone in the opening riff of Wicker Man was so deliciously crunchy in 2018 in Helsinki it's crazy. Same with Nicko's thundering tom hits. It was so fucking sad hearing that same thing on NotD with all the life strangled out of it.

Seventh Son because as much as AMOLAD is a gem, it's also over 70 minutes which is simply excessive for an album that's ten tracks long. Seventh Son does more with much less runtime and has absolute all-time Maiden tracks on it. They were at their peak on that one and while AMOLAD is also...

Honestly? After Senjutsu I'd be perfectly happy with something like this, assuming there's interesting unearthed stuff on there. The remaining AMOLAD covers, the odd professionally recorded performance from tours past, that sort of thing.

I get the feeling the only thing he's going to be upset about is Nicko poking fun at his overlong arrangement and the band shortening it significantly!

It was literally stated by Nicko once. Fair enough, you could argue he wasn't that serious about it, but all the same he didn't play Alexander with his band until after Maiden did it.

Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger because it keeps getting brought up in this thread and every mention of it makes me hate it slightly more. It's repetitive to the point of comedy and the Elmo drums double-pace section it builds up to underlines it with how limp and pathetic it is both...

So, turns out Steve's rule about not premiering songs Maiden has yet to play wasn't much of a rule at all. Who could've guessed!

He didn't perform, though. I get the feeling it's the combination that's the issue - air travel and having to perform multiple times each week. Not to mention the usual travel woes with sleep and such which surely didn't help. Totally different when you get to sleep in your own bed and go...

Infinite Dreams, and oddly enough DWYBO are the two songs I think would've certainly fit this setlist like a glove, assuming two other songs got replaced. For the latter, the obvious choice is AH, but I dunno what I'd do to fit in ID since there's no really obvious swap there. Maybe remove...

I've found a new angle to be pissed off about: Nicko's health troubles forcing him to retire from touring also meant he wasn't around when they were putting the RFYL set together to demand they play Infinite Dreams. I'm almost positive it would've happened since he's played it so many times with...

Can I vote for both? Mother of Mercy is a track I mostly skip since it just sounds bad, it's full of clumsy lyrics and musically it's okay but not anything special. Lightning Strikes Twice is easily one of the worst tracks on the band's worst album with an atrocious chorus. I'd rather not...

You don't need an interview for that. I never made the connection myself, but it was brought up on these very forums and it instantly clicked since the lyrics are pretty obvious once you think about it. Bruce's very own autobiography I think touches upon those topics, not that it takes much of a...

Completely unrelated to the topic, but I think the most cursed thing I've ever seen was King Diamond dressed casual in a backwards ball cap on stage with Metallica back in '99 doing their Mercyful Fate medley: Feel free to do as you wish with this information. I think Bruce might benefit from...

No you don't. -Rod

I think the biggest issue with Maiden and solo project productions from Maiden members is that they're all old men who've no doubt lost quite a bit of hearing in the upper range from age but also in general due to working under noisy conditions. Steve obviously has this the worst since he...