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Yes, in that both covers are predominantly blue.

This. Bruce wanted a top producer for the reunion album, and they got a great sounding album in BNW. After that, Bruce got cozy again, didn't put his foot down anymore, and Steve got his fingers back in the proverbial cooking pot. Shirley's a fine producer, but he very quickly just started...

My best guess is they were being conservative with the initial announcement, saying he was the drummer for 2025 and going no further with the announcement. It's likely that 2025 is as far as his contract went, with an option to extend if all things worked out during 2025 (fan acceptance...

Pretty much my same experience. Tiny crowd, 20-30 max, but played it like it was a stadium. I rank it really high on the shows I've seen.

I'm the same with the Blaze era. Loved it, the underdog, back-against-the-wall feel of it...it was a cool time to be a fan. As far as the bootlegs go, there are good ones and bad ones. Unfortunately, the best quality ones from the X Factour were all in South America where his voice was...

The only chances I see of us getting one are twofold: A) post-first leg of RFYL, around the time of the release of the Infinite Dreams book...this as a music release tossed out for something to buy as another addition to commemorating the 50th Anniversary. B) Post-retirement release, which...

The last three times they've been through and I saw them, Bruce insists on shouting, "scream for me, Minneapolis!!!" I'm in the crowd thinking, "we're in St. Paul, bro."

Probably to discourage people from filming with the intention of posting on YouTube, in keeping with the request to be phone-free. If people are filming just to post there knowing it'll just get taken down, those people might not bother. But I agree, it's lame.

Always been a fan of The Unbeliever, mostly because of how unconventional it is in Maiden's repertoire, yet totally works. Blaze gives a pretty standout performance on those choruses in one of the few instances on the album he shows some good fire. Hopefully we'll get some good footage of Blaze...

Wow. I would kill for a live album of that set. Unfortunately, when I asked him years ago about doing a live album of his 25th Anniversary set, he said he wasn't interested. :confused:

That's a nice deep cut. :applause:

I'm still hoping part 2--if there is one--will be a hybrid new album/'95 to present tour...but you're right. The Blaze albums will totally get the shaft if that's the case, even though Bruce likes doing Clansman and Sign of the Cross. They've been fairly well represented since the reunion, so I...

Not really. Glad they went back to the original photo from the 1994 cover instead of the alternate one they used for the 2001 remaster, though.

He's come right out and said tuning down is "not authentic." Love Bruce and all, but jeebus...set your ego aside and open your ears. You're not in your twenties anymore. Nobody expects you to hit the same high notes, and most would rather you didn't try.

Never too late! I tried something similar with comics trying to get one off the ground. Back in 2016(ish), I wrote a side story for my series that a friend and artist was going to help make into a comic. That went nowhere, so I turned it into a novella for my first short works collection. In...

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My win this weekend was tabling my first convention of the year. Not sure I mentioned this anywhere else since it isn't relevant to Maiden, but I self-publish a non-traditional fantasy series called the Odyssium series. Don't worry, 99.99999% of the world hasn't heard of it either. I didn't...

Yep, I've got a Mega-Best of the Beast playlist on my iPod, which basically takes the 4LP tracklist and takes an educated guess on what would appear on it from the post-TXF set of albums based on how songs were chosen for it the original, not my own preference of songs. ...it clocks in at 5...

I was hopeful Nicko would drum on a possible future album, even with his lessened abilities. Now, I'm kind of hoping playing with Simon reinvigorates their creative juices a bit and drives them to want to make a new album. So far, Steve's been pretty noncommittal on the possibility of a new...

Honestly, it's a win-win for the Appletons to have hooked up with him, especially in these challenging times for small bands. Absolva plays their gigs and makes some money, and then those guys go out and do Blaze shows and make some more money. Very savvy move, and hugely beneficial to Blaze as...