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To my defense, I wasn't the one who set up the "guys in t shirts and jeans", I just entertained the thought lol

I must be one of the few people who didn't adore Legacy as much as the rest. There were some really cool visuals and some of the props like the Icarus figure were awesome, sure. But the low-hanging, inflatable Spitfire was too ridiculous, silly and goofy for my tastes. I get the idea, but it...

No leftovers, imo. This clearly reads like new music with connected lyrics (or maybe even just similar themes). Bruce is proud of his new band, has put a lot of emphasis on them being a unit, there's no way he'd go back to old ideas he's had with Roy for the first studio outing of his new band.

I'm also getting rid of Maiden's theatricality when playing live, which would be more detrimental in my opinion. I was going with the "regular guys in jeans and t shirt" and I think that would've hurt Maiden's chances to become big quite a bit.

I'm not sure about that. As I mentioned previously, a huge part of the appeal for many fans have always been the artworks. Many say that they only picked up their first Maiden record due to seeing and liking Eddie. I'm not saying that Maiden need something beyond their music to convince people...

Can't comment on GWAR, but I'm sure that if Maiden didn't have Eddie and their theatrical shows they wouldn't have stood the test of time and wouldn't have become one of the biggest bands in the industry. Good music will only take you so far. Bands that don't put effort into their visual...

Or any of the 1999 shows. Aces High from the Ed Huntour has an insane tempo. And even beyond that, you can take a metronome and check out the studio version of The Wicker Man. From the beginning of the song to the first chorus it keeps picking up the pace and becoming faster.

The way Trivium, BFMV and Mastodon are handling things? Yeah, I can agree that this is not the "normal" way. With Bruce and Nicko though? I can't agree, because I genuinely don't see the issue. To me it feels like people making mountains out of molehills. Especially after multiple jokes of Nicko...

The Roy Z albums were more of long-distance project though, right? Now he has an actual band he's vibing with, whom he enjoys playing with and who seem to participate in the songwriting process as well. I get why some fans would like guest contributions from Adrian for example, but personally...

Adrian was visibly frustrated and annoyed (to say the least) during TFP on most tour dates because of Nicko's tempo issues. Bruce made self-deprecating jokes about his timing issues in a recent promo video.

He didn't tour ToS though. TMP is the first time since TCW that he's had a dependable band that he enjoys playing with. Unless I misunderstood your question?

Oh, also, if people wanna see how bad blood looks like in 2025 you should take a look at the whole Trivium vs Bullet For My Valentine situation. Or at Mastodon and Brent lol

People are actively looking to misunderstand any comment though. We've had multiple rage-bait articles about outright jokes, that were framed as if Nicko was furious with Maiden and Simon. When in reality he was saying the exact opposite of what the article was claiming. Nicko has always joked...

The difference compared to TMP is that this time around he has a band that he toured with (and which he'll go on another tour with soon), so there's a feeling of unity, instead of using hired guns to do the job.

Calling those statements "digs" is pretty exaggerated in my opinion. Have you never made deprecating jokes about good friends or yourself? What was Bruce supposed to say, "Our new drummer is not as good as his predecessor"? He has to say something positive about Simon and his steadiness is...

Hm, Wildest Dreams?

That's obviously entirely up to taste. But "suffers massively" is pure hyperbole. Their live sound was amazing when I saw them in July.

Also, there's something so incredibly hypocritical, ironic and hilarious about going out of your way to call out certain fanbases (by being obnoxious and deliberately attacking them and their tastes in order to offend them and get a reaction) and ranting about "crybabies" and all that, while...

Where's the report button? :D

That's fair. If I think gimmick band my mind goes to the various power metal bands that have one concept like knights, pirates, wizards and what not, who base everything around that. I'm not familiar enough with Ghost to know if their songs and topics all revolve around the same concepts or not.