Writing credit or not, every single song, arrangement, and lyric goes through Steve’s approval whether he wrote it or not. So no, Iron Maiden without Steve is like Danzig without Glenn Danzig.
Personally, I think the new tour will open with BQOBD and the set list will more or less resemble the tracks from A Real Live Dead One, with one or two surprises thrown in.
Short or long, a good song is a good song, and Maiden writes good ass songs. Senjutsu is a much more deliberately paced album but the song writing is exquisite with the last 20 minutes/2 songs being some of the best material Maiden has ever written. In my opinion.
Dude came back from a stroke, relearned how to use half of his body, and came out swinging on Maiden's Future Past tour. Nicko should be damn proud of everything he's achieved, especially how he went out like a beast.
There's no way Steve and Co didn't at least hear Dawson on some of Maiden's material. And he had to have been good enough. And Steve has over a decade of touring experience with him so he know more than any of us if he can keep up and stay locked in. I'd still prefer Joe, but to be fair to...
Oh yea, the singer is fucking terrible. Sounds like Michael Cera. He's competent but has zero power and emotion in his voice. Thankfully they're taking the drummer, not the singer.
Before we knew for sure if/when Nicko was stepping down, all I could think was "how is Nicko going to play Maiden's faster songs from these albums?" And now that doesn't have to be a concern.
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