Who would be the best choice to replace Bruce?

[Diesel 11]

He sounds better live now than he has since Rock In Rio 2001.

 

[Magnus]

Stop spamming our Bruce haters thread will you

 

[KidInTheDark666]

He sounds better live now than he has since Rock In Rio 2011.

2001? Nah, he still has some of that post-cancer sound from TBOS tour. Otherwise he's doing very well.

 

[Diesel 11]

I actually think this is his strongest tour ever. He sounds damn good, way better than during most of the ‘80s.

 

[Estonianrocker666]

Interesting, I've always felt like 2008 was a great year for him. I'd say his current voice is the best since 2011 Final Frontier tour.

I would agree if i wasn´t been that concert last summer. This was opening day too, so his voice was fresh and clean. And excpecially of Flight of Icarus song. Everyone was amazed how well he was sounded there. 2008-year was amazing tho, but my favorite year for them was 2005, live at ullevi etc and Revelations song reminds me that Ullevi show performance.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Yeah, 2005 is what I think was Bruce's peak.

 

[GhostofCain]

I actually think this is his strongest tour ever. He sounds damn good, way better than during most of the ‘80s.

Not sure about the bit about this being his strongest tour ever (it might be close though), but he definitely sounds way better than during most of the 80s.

 

[matic22]

Real talk, this topic is stupid. Steve has stated in interviews, that if Bruce lost his voice during cancer treatment, there would be curtains for Maiden, because they have such a long career behind them that changing members at this point would be, well... pointless. Especially Bruce.

And Bruce is in best shape vocally since probably 2013 right now.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

This topic was meant to be a joke.

 

[matic22]

This topic was meant to be a joke.

Ah, I see who posted the 1st post...

My bad. I treated it sarcastically anyways.

 

[GhostofCain]

Real talk, this topic is stupid. Steve has stated in interviews, that if Bruce lost his voice during cancer treatment, there would be curtains for Maiden, because they have such a long career behind them that changing members at this point would be, well... pointless. Especially Bruce.

And Bruce is in best shape vocally since probably 2013 right now.

2010 more likely...

 

[matic22]

2010 more likely...

Well, yeah. I just remembered that his voice was fried for most of 2011 TFF euro leg.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Bruce sounded weak in 2012-2014. And even worse in 2016-17

 

[GhostofCain]

Bruce sounded weak in 2012-2014. And even worse in 2016-17

To be honest, I think he sounded better in 2016-17 than in 2012-14.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

To be honest, I think he sounded better in 2016-17 than in 2012-14.

His power is better in 2016-17 than in 12-14 but his high voice was in my opinion the worst it's ever been. The difference between 2017 and 2018 is unbelievable.

 

[GhostofCain]

His power is better in 2016-17 than in 12-14 but his high voice was in my opinion the worst it's ever been.

You clearly have not listened to that many bootleg recordings from 1985-1993!

 

[matic22]

2014 was easily the worst vocal year for Bruce since the reunion, hell maybe even since NPFTD tour.

P.S. Underrated performance: Death On The Road. Despite Bruce having a flu, he belted it out on that concert. Especially Paschendale and DOD.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

You clearly have not listened to that many bootleg recordings from 1985-1993!

I have, believe me. But this is just my opinion. Songs like Great Unknown and Trooper sounded dreadful on TBOS tour.

 

[GhostofCain]

I have, believe me. But this is just my opinion. Songs like Great Unknown and Trooper sounded dreadful on TBOS tour.

Each to their own then.

 

[MW564]

Bearing in mind I know very little about this, it seems to me that Bruce has been hitting the highest notes with more ease post-cancer, but at the expense of how clean the sound is, hence some of the Abe Simpson comparisons. For some songs it sounds better, others less so. I'd take the LotB versions of Aces High over ME any day, but I much prefer his performances of the Trooper from 2013.

He's much better on LotB than 2016-17, understandably, some songs like TRaTB were pretty rough.

You clearly have not listened to that many bootleg recordings from 1985-1993!

I actually think he's pretty damn good on some shows in the early 90's, particularly the South American shows in 1992 and Berlin '93 amongst others. Completely agree about '85-'88 though.