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Same. It feels more like an Axl Rose solo record. My issue with it is how overproduced it ended up, basically stitched together from a dozen different musicians. If it had come out in 2002 when it was basically finished, I think the reception would've been way better.

Slash has lots of riff ideas but he doesn't write lyrics or completed songs.

They haven't and they won't. All those "new" songs are actually leftovers from Chinese Democracy sessions in 1999-2002 with vocals from that time and only with instrumental parts rearranged by the new band. It bothers me a little but not that much, I think most GN'R fans are actually interested...

Thanks guys!

Whenever I see you talking about ticket prices, I’m reminded how rough things are for us in South America. Here in Brazil, last year for TFP the cheapest tickets were around R$320, while the minimum wage was R$1518 and that’s not even counting travel costs, which are almost always necessary...

Here we can see them picking a few. Bruce goes straight to Powerslave and Adrian to SIT. Both praise BNW. Steve picks TXF, DOD and RIR and says 7th Son would be among his top 5 as well. Davey also speaks highly of 7th Son. All of them are quite fond of AMOLAD as well. I especially remember...

The last question is basically about how he feels about the state of heavy metal right now and he answered: "The crowd at our shows every night isn’t just made up of people my age, there are teenagers in the audience, as well as fans who’ve been following the band for over 40 years. To us...

Powerslave - SIT - SSOASS is the best run of any 3 albums in history.

I spent the whole year agreeing with that, but surprisingly, this show actually changed my mind. I get the impression that the place where Ozzy feels most alive is still the stage. Not that he’s doing well and it’s sad to see him trying to stand up at times and not being able to (at least that’s...

I get the frustration but I think it’s worth remembering that “review culture” isn’t new. We’ve always had critics, whether in newspapers, magazines, zines, or TV segments. YouTube and vlogging just replaced those older vehicles. The platform may have lowered the barrier to entry, but at the...

It's one of the most famoust Maiden YT channels nowadays.

Yeah, totally get it. Maybe they don't go that route because of that. But as a football lover and jersey collectioner from Brazil it would be really cool for me.

I would love a Maiden event shirt with West Ham references.

Bologna 1981 Warsaw 1984 Rock in Rio 1985 Belgrade 1986 St. John 1999 Rock in Rio 2001 Any show from the AMOLAD 2006 tour (probably on europe due to better audience) Any European leg show from SBIT 2008 (Oslo seems like a good one) Santiago 2009 Dallas 2010 Fort Lauderdale 2016 London 2018

What I thought they could do is to put Aces earlier in the set, maybe before all Powerslave songs to work like a transition during the main set, and then put something like 666 opening the encore. Still, I know that probably won't happen...