Recent content by Smither

I agree with most of your points overall but like people already said here, Iron Maiden is much, much bigger than Judas Priest everywhere in the world except the US even without mainstream hits like those you said (and I think they're also bigger in the US this century at least, despite not...

Not a specific show as far as I know, but we can hear Kevin Shirley mixing a version of The Longest Day with Steve here. Regarding great bootlegs, I would add Stockholm 2018 to that list. One of the first LOTB shows, every member at the top of their game, great audio quality. Just a shame it...

1. Murders in the Rue Morgue 2. 2 Minutes to Midnight 3. Stranger in a Strange Land 4. The Trooper 5. Phantom of the Opera 6. Killers 7. Rime of the Ancient Mariner 8. Powerslave 9. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 10. The Clairvoyant 11. The Number of the Beast 12. Fear of the Dark 13. Iron Maiden...

I'll miss the classic kit walkthrough from Nicko...

Yeah, I agree. I'd much rather listen to Stockholm 2018 than NOTD for example.

AMOLAD for sure, Ed Hunter and Somewhere on Tour right behind for me.

I wish I could have told this guy his importance to my life and childhood. Never even interacted with him but so sad. RIP

It's actually the opposite. If Simon records, they probably will record it "live" like they've been doing. However, if they want Nicko to record, they'll probably need to adjust the way they record to make up for Nicko's shortcomings.

Where did you find it? Is this the highest quality available? Wanna make a poster out of this picture.

Second night in London last year was very good.

I think that because Simon Dawson is 66 and would probably play 2 or even 3 nights in a row lots of times during a tour. That would be harder for a drummer than for Steve. But that doesn't mean he's out, of course.

I don't think they chose him with the intention of extending their career, hence the announcement of him only for 2025 at the moment. I think it's possible that after RFYL they go into semi-retirement, maybe recording 1 or 2 albums at most (with Nicko) and a few live performances.

I mean, yeah Simon Philips is amazing but it was never going to happen, I still don’t know why it has been mentioned that often here. It was quite obvious that it would be between Simon Dawson, Joe Lazarus and maaaybe Justin McBrain.

I hope he uses at least a very similar kit to Nicko's. I know it would be hard for him to adapt specially for things like the ride placement but it doesn't need to be exactly the same, just in the same vein, because as I said before it really feels like a part of the stage show for Maiden.

Or even Aces High again.