Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
I don't think this is the proper interpretation of the thread lol.
Favourite (non-Maiden) albums by bandmembers
- Thread starter Forostar
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karljant
Ancient Mariner
Lol, true. Love the damn album so much that I didn't even read the original post. Some albums were expected some others not so much. I'm pretty much surprised that Blackie's #1 isn't something by The Who.
Siddharth
Long Distance Trooper
Hey @Forostar, this a great idea for a thread. I wonder if you sign in here much these days but whenever you do, it would be very kind of you if you could please rename it as "Iron Maiden's influences". I could have made a seperate thread but the discussion here is really in flow and it's aspect can be further broadened. Thanks!
permanenteddie
Educated Fool
In a french magazine, back in 1998, some members were asked about their favorite songs, albums, albums they listen the most and here is what they've answered:
Steve Harris
Album that changed his life: Foxtrot (Genesis)
Album that he listens to the most: Foxtrot (Genesis)
Favorite album cover: Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot (Genesis)
Album he would offer to his best friend: Thick as a brick (Jethro Tull)
Favorite album of the 70's: Foxtrot, Led Zeppelin III
Favorite album of the 80's: Keep with the Frame (Golden Earring)
Favorite album of the 90's: Black album (Metallica)
Dave Murray:
Album that changed his life: the 3 Jimi Hendrix studio albums
Album that he listens to the most: Made in Japan (Deep Purple)
Favorite album cover: Any Yes album of the 70's
Album he would offer to his best friend: Abbey Road (Beatles)
Favorite album of the 70's: Made in Japan (Deep Purple)
Favorite album of the 80's: All the Stevie Ray Vaughan albums
Favorite album of the 90's: ...Virtual XI (true answer!!)
Nicko McBrain
Album that changed his life: Hot Rats (Frank Zappa)
Album that he listens to the most: 461 Ocean Boulevard (Eric Clapton)
Favorite album cover: Somewhere in Time
Album he would offer to his best friend: Best of the Beast
Favorite album of the 70's: JailBreak (Thin Lizzy)
Favorite album of the 80's: The number of the beast
Favorite album of the 90's: The Extremist (Joe Satriani)
Steve Harris
Album that changed his life: Foxtrot (Genesis)
Album that he listens to the most: Foxtrot (Genesis)
Favorite album cover: Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot (Genesis)
Album he would offer to his best friend: Thick as a brick (Jethro Tull)
Favorite album of the 70's: Foxtrot, Led Zeppelin III
Favorite album of the 80's: Keep with the Frame (Golden Earring)
Favorite album of the 90's: Black album (Metallica)
Dave Murray:
Album that changed his life: the 3 Jimi Hendrix studio albums
Album that he listens to the most: Made in Japan (Deep Purple)
Favorite album cover: Any Yes album of the 70's
Album he would offer to his best friend: Abbey Road (Beatles)
Favorite album of the 70's: Made in Japan (Deep Purple)
Favorite album of the 80's: All the Stevie Ray Vaughan albums
Favorite album of the 90's: ...Virtual XI (true answer!!)
Nicko McBrain
Album that changed his life: Hot Rats (Frank Zappa)
Album that he listens to the most: 461 Ocean Boulevard (Eric Clapton)
Favorite album cover: Somewhere in Time
Album he would offer to his best friend: Best of the Beast
Favorite album of the 70's: JailBreak (Thin Lizzy)
Favorite album of the 80's: The number of the beast
Favorite album of the 90's: The Extremist (Joe Satriani)
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matic22
Ancient Mariner
This is a surprise.
But that said, The Extremist has amazing drum sound (courtesy of Gregg Bissonette and Andy Johns) and some of Satch's best tracks. While "Surfing" is the cult classic, I think Extremist would be the best overall Satch album.
Black Bart
Ancient Mariner
Here are the originals (compressed). Unfortunately, I must have cut Janick's in order to use the picture on the verso.
They are taken from this magazine (I still have the companion CD):
permanenteddie
Educated Fool
If I'm not mistaken, unless there are pages missing on mine (but it doesn't seem so, I'll check again when I'll be back home) but Janick Gers was nowhere to be found about these questions (didn't have the time to add the ones for Blaze on my initial post though, thanks a lot for all the scans).Here are the originals (compressed). Unfortunately, I must have cut Janick's in order to use the picture on the verso.
They are taken from this magazine (I still have the companion CD):
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Black Bart
Ancient Mariner
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Steve liking the Black Album isn't surprising (the approach of clean sound, riffing and drums on it always reminds me of early Nightwish for some reason), he probably prefers that style to pure thrash. Bruce likes it too. I guess that's another reason why they did some songs in FOTD in different style to them.
Blaze's choice of albums here is definitely fitting for his roots and solo career.
I feel Dave genuinely likes VXI. Nicko really loves TNOTB.
Album covers choices: Nicko went with one of Maiden's most impressive, Dave's taste with the colorful and dreamy Yes covers from the 70s is cool, probably expected choice for Steve.
I really wish to see Janick's answers.
Azas
Elder Spirit
Rising and British Steel, nice.Bruce Dickinson's favourite albums of all time
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Bruce's favorite 15 albums, from a new article. Some curious choices.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
I'm not sure how true that is about Live and Dangerous being one of Bruce's favourites, as when they played Rosalie with the Entire Population of Hackney, Bruce announced it saying something along the lines of this is a song by an Irish band, but anyone who's ever heard Live and Dangerous would know that "this is a number recorded by Bob Seger"
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
This article is cobbled together by other sources that aren’t cited so IDK how much I trust it. I’m pretty sure the quote about In Rock comes straight from his autobiography. When he made a list of his desert island discs some years back he included The Chemical Wedding as the album he was proudest of and I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned here.Bruce Dickinson's favourite albums of all time
Join us as take a look through 15 of Bruce Dickinson's favourite albums of all time, from Deep Purple and Lez Zeppelin to Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest.
Bruce's favorite 15 albums, from a new article. Some curious choices.
harrisdevot
Priest of the Holy Wristband
What a strange remark from the singer of a prominent band! They must have their own sound.
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
They listen to new music as much as me LOLLet's see if we can make an overview of albums mentioned by individual band members. Even if the member in question does not literally say favourite album, him mentioning it must mean he'd really like it a lot. PLEASE ADD (at some point I'll try to update this opening post)
Here we go:
Nicko McBrain
Saga - Worlds Apart (1981)
Saga is one of Nicko McBrain's favourite bands and their fourth album Worlds Apart (1981) is his all time favourite album by any band. He said this in a fanzine.
US/Alternative cover:
Bruce Dickinson
While being on tour in Indonesia with Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson spoke to the local edition of the Rolling Stone magazine. In the interview he revealed his top 5 favourite albums of all time. We list them here so that you can commend him on his music tastes. “In no particular order”, here it is:
Deep Purple – Made in Japan:
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II:
Jethro Tull – Aqualung:
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown:
Rainbow – Rising:
Steve Harris
http://forum.maidenfans.com/posts/550882/
http://www.agentur-v.de/html/interview_-_englisch.html
You were an artrock fan?
Yea, I mean I think the Genesis album Foxtrot and especially Supper´s ready is the best thing I ever heard in my life. It´s fantastic. As a piece of music it´s so far ahead of its time. Some might think the sound is dated. These are old albums, but to me this is great music. I love Jethro Tull, too. Thick as brick, Passion play and Aqualung are fantastic albums. A lot of that´s been slacked off so badly in the British press, but to me Ian Anderson is a genius. I think it´s sad when people slack off stuff like his. He got so upset that he decided not to play the U.K. for a long time. I think that´s a big mistake, cause it´s not the people, it´s the press
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Trick of the Tail
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish
Janick Gers
http://bravewords.com/videos/iron-m...-final-frontier-interview-part-ii-janick-gers
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
