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And typical Harris has got Maiden from the pubs of the East end of London to being one of the biggest bands on the planet.

I don’t think they did. I think they were all hoping (Nicko included) that he would see out the 50th anniversary tour too. IMO I think Nicko has realised quite recently, in the last couple of months maybe, that he has to hang it up. It could be doctors orders as there may be a further issue...

Makes total sense. No way at this stage would Steve get someone in that he’s never played with. This also makes me think this is definitely a stepping stone appointment to honour the run for your lives tour. I definitely think when this tour is done we might see a different Maiden. Maybe a...

Wow, gonna be strange seeing them next year now without Nicko. I totally get his reasons for this but it has come as a bit of a surprise as I always imagined the band would bow out together, ie if one of them stops they all stop. I can only imagine that as the run for your lives tour has...

At least these guys are being honest with what a farewell tour actually means and not duping the fans into thinking it will be the last time ever you could see them.

lol, just read the previous post again and I totally misread it :facepalm: :bigsmile:

Really, so Senjutsu sold 10% of 5,400 copies (540) across all formats in the US!

Damn! Rod will be unhappy you weren’t impressed :p

I think your right to a certain extent but Maiden, like KISS are a bunch of old men who are doing things they want based on a bygone age. These legacy acts have been around so long they don’t need to compete with the stage shows put on by young girls more than 3 decades younger. Let’s face...

He was more than passable in the 80’s and his voice to my ears was fine after the world slavery tour. I hear fans online always talk about how shot his voice was from 1985 and through the 90’s. And to me that’s just a load of bollocks. Bruce sings superbly on Seventh son and it was hearing...

My biggest change of opinion has been for the final frontier. I never hated it when it came out but I tried my best at the time to enjoy it but just found it over long and quite plodding. Just something about it never clicked. These days I absolutely love it. Starblind, the talisman and where...

lol, utter garbage. I’m all for people expressing their own opinions and usually I don’t care if someone’s opinion is different to mine but this statement is preposterous. So Bruce only sang well for 1.5 years in the whole of his time with Maiden in the 80’s. :oops::facepalm:

Also, I don’t listen to a ton of bootlegs so to me I couldn’t care less if he had a few off nights on a tour. As long as I’m happy with his voice on official releases and when I’m at the gigs I actually attend then it’s all good. I’ve seen maiden over 30 times across all tours since the...

Totally agree with this. As he gets older his voice has eroded a bit but not too a huge degree to me. As an example I have noticed he sounds slightly rough and at some points he’s straining to hit the notes on a lot of the final frontier album but I put that down to age plus less production on...

You are probably right about the technical aspects of Bruce not hitting notes or not reaching the correct pitch etc but to my ears he sounds perfectly fine on both live after death and maiden England. Honestly, 30+ years ago when I first got into Maiden and started buying their albums I never...

Lol you haven’t hurt my feelings at all :p Maiden England is my personal favourite maiden live album and I enjoy listening to Bruce’s singing on the album. Same with live after death, I have no issues with Bruce’s singing. Im just glad, to my ears, that I can enjoy Maidens live releases from...

Really! So according to you Bruce only had 1.5 tours where his singing was good and the rest of the 80’s he’s was a load of shit bar odd performance? This thread should be renamed as the “let’s slag Bruce’s singing off”. I’m all for a bit of constructive criticism but honestly, I wonder why...

Wow, there’s a touch of arrogance right there. I disagree with a lot of what you’ve said in your post and just don’t get the punk connection at all, no matter how tenuous. I’m not gonna debate this any more, I have my opinion and you have yours. If you really feel like explaining it one more...

The songs on the first two Maiden albums just don’t have anything punk about them in my opinion. Punk mainly made up of bands that could barely play their instruments and would be lucky if they could write one memorable chord per album. They were mainly from working class backgrounds who wrote...

There is absolutely nothing punk musically whatsoever about anything on Maidens first 2 albums. Never understood why people say this and always thought it was a lazy description just because Paul had short hair and was a bit of a geezer.