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Not only that, but it was the "censored" cover as well. I have a copy I bought from BMG, I believe, that only has the electric chair cover.

I like that they tried doing something different with the sculpture and everything for TXF, but I tend to agree. I'm not a fan of the full-frontal shot they used for the album cover, but I do like the angled view with the more shadowy lighting they used for the Man on the Edge single. Pretty...

Daughter was a very calculated hit--not a "hit" in the traditional sense, and the band admits this. They released it around Christmas--which was a dead time to release a single back then--and issued it in multiple formats knowing the fan base would likely buy them all. That was the plan to snag...

I got floor for Minneapolis. Hard to say if he's overreaching with the venue sizes, but it's a little bit apples and oranges compared to the last time he toured the States. In '97, metal was not in, Maiden was at a low point, and I saw them at a tiny club called the Cabooze. Now, metal's much...

I'll be going to the Minneapolis show 100%. Never been to the venue, but I'm sure it's a step up from last time he was here in 1997 at the Cabooze, where I was up front and dodging Brucie's menacing crotch anytime he jumped up on the monitors. :ahhh: To paint a word picture, I'm 6'3", Bruce...

While I love Judas Be My Guide, I forgot how it opened, so I relistened to it. Honestly, it's got the perfect way the band likes to enter the stage: the instrumental that builds into something explosive where Bruce rushes out. It would be an amazing and completely unexpected way to open the show...

Late last year, after the Future Past set of Funkos came out, they released two Mummy Eddies and (another) Pharaoh Eddie, presumably under the guise of the 40th Anniversary of Powerslave. Aces High Eddie was already announced before the end of 2024, and only went on sale officially this week as...

At the meeting where Blaze was fired, he asked if Bruce was coming back, and they said yes. Also according to Blaze, the decision had already been made that if it didn't work out with Bruce, they were moving on without Blaze regardless. So, there never would've been a third Blaze album (although...

I know Steve was getting more hands on with production during Fear of the Dark (he mentioned that a few times in interviews for TXF that he'd been sort of co-producing with Martin in recent years). Since they'd started using Barnyard on his property with No Prayer, it's likely he was decently...

I don't know if it was meant to honor him so much as it raised enough of a question in Steve's mind for him to write it: why would a guy who's spent his life making people laugh off himself? It was about him, sure, but it never felt to me like a tribute. Not saying you're wrong, that's just been...

This was my experience in a tiny club in Minnesota at probably Blaze's lowest point in 2011 with no band, hiring local guys to do a few shows. Maybe 20-25 people max, but he performed like he was in front of a stadium. It was after work and I was soooo back and forth about going or not. Even...

I've always been curious about the remasters and just how much of an improvement they are production-wise, especially for albums like TXF, AMOLAD, or BOS where the production bothers me a bit, so this might give me a push to at least test it out with TXF. Problem is, I always listen to TXF with...

Not only that, but had Birch (who wasn't a yes-man like Kevin Shirley seems to be) kept on producing for the band, he would have likely trimmed a lot of the fat off of pretty much all of the post-FotD albums. This is, of course, a hypothetical to say all the post-FotD albums, since he died a...

I don't think they have any intention of hiring a "real" new drummer. Whether it's Simon until the end or someone else coming in, I think Nicko will be listed as the official drummer for the band until they retire for good. Everyone else will just be live fill-in drummers.

It's probably the most "pull no punches" biography I've read where I'm surprised Blaze allowed some of the stories to be published, because some of them--especially with the original Blaze lineup--are not flattering at all. Like the Halfords thing, that's the sort of stuff most bands would NOT...

I was oddly the opposite. I was deeply bummed out that Blaze got sacked and Bruce was coming back. I was hopeful that the Blaze lineup could turn it around with the next album, but I also saw that Bruce had been stirring the reunion pot in interviews and his tactic to "out-Maiden Maiden" since...

Been meaning to post this, but here's a kinda cool Eddie wall sculpture on Insta. :innocent:

They're both great tracks, but I never find myself getting the urge to listen to Rainmaker. Very solid and unique-sounding song for their catalogue, IMO. Stratego I have singled out a few times, mainly for that little drum breakdown that builds into the last chorus, so I'd give that the edge.

I remember voting for the setlist back in the day. I don't remember all the songs I picked, but definitely made sure to get a handful of Blaze songs I wanted to hear Bruce do. Clansman, Sign, Futureal, Man on the Edge for sure. It was cool to get the setlist compilation CD with the game, but...

Our recollections of it are both close to what happened: "They were trodden on in a bizarre dressing room tea-making accident in Greece: somebody decided to make a cup of tea after the gig, turned on the kettle, fused all the dressing room lights, somebody knocked into the table and knocked my...