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Rod's reluctance to work with Dio's wife (aka his manager) is the reason we didn't get a Dio/Halford/Dickinson trio for Tyranny of Souls (the song) so I think anything's possible.

Including more songs on SiT is a moot point anyway, that album's over 50 minutes long as it is and barely fits on an LP. There was no room for even a single extra song.

I seem to recall there was some excitement/curiosity over Senjutsu once the track list was released since it was a Smith co-write epic after (at the time) 11 years without and people obviously are quite fond of tracks like Starblind or Paschendale. Little did we know.

It's not written by any of the Maiden members so no, also it really doesn't fit the rest of the album at all. Don't get me wrong, I love the song and it's a fantastic B-side but that's all it needed to be. SiT has by far the absolute strongest B-sides of any of the albums and I think that's cool...

It's pretty funny to compare SotC's intro and the verse kicking in on the album to the RiR version. Literally night and day.

Killers and the debut. I couldn't really get into them initially and I still have my misgivings with how the first one sounds, but they've certainly gone up the ranks since. Killers especially, it went from an album I wouldn't really listen because while it was fine it didn't really click, to an...

Maiden going back on their choice of replacement would be an enormous shift to how they usually operate; i.e. sticking by whatever decision they've made come hell or high water. The biggest singular case of Steve arguably changing his mind on something major band-related would be deciding to...

Yeah, about that. You see the obvious contradiction? I didn't wanna add onto my diatribe of a post because it's overlong as is, but a great way to ensure a topic becomes functionally impossible to discuss is to play both sides. An incredibly obnoxious and vocal supporter of a cause, plus...

Because this isn't some high stakes corporate takeover! Again: a guy is mad his son didn't get a gig he felt was promised to him from years of working as a backup. The leaps of logic required for Steve Lazarus to become someone capable of organizing any sort of campaign that spans not only...

This is insane. You're entertaining a fringe theory based on vague vibes about "similar writing styles" or whatever because of preconceived notions about Steve Lazarus being some sort of force to contend with. Do you not see how absurd this comes across written out? Like, I'm sorry, but even...

If you're genuinely under the impression there's some sort of mass campaign across the internet aimed at ousting Simon Dawson from his role as the touring drummer of Iron Maiden, I implore you, please, please, get your head checked. If there was anyone within the organization with that kind of...

DWYBO was last played in 2005 and Adrian played his own solo. Meanwhile, HCW's solo in 2003 is quite possibly the worst thing I've ever heard Adrian play. I'm fucking glad he gave it to Janick since evidently he didn't have any clue what to do with it.

Simon Phillips. Mostly because he's a legendary established drummer, with a long career including filling in on various bands. He's got technical ability and feel in spades. It would've been interesting to see Maiden with someone who likely would challenge Steve on certain things on the drums...

I was wondering why they used such an ancient band photo, but the caption takes the cake. Did an AI write this? Adrian's the only one labeled correctly and Bruce's name is spelled wrong! Amazing.

Oh yeah, they signed on to sell half their control away right before the previously announced sabbatical year. Yeah, it would likely take some convincing to get the Pophouse people on board with their only currently active acquisition deciding to simply not tour after coming off a two-year...