Adrian Smith

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Unusually for me I prefer the slower tracks on the first album. I wanna stay and You don't know me. Very different from Maiden!

In respect of touring I don't really know the economics involved, although interviews I have seen suggest it is the only way bands (some at least) make money these days- in the days of streaming there isn't much made from sales!
 
Kalata said:
Interview with Adrian about the A.S.A.P. project from the late 80's. Cool find.

Some interesting things:

- he thought he can pursue the band as a kind of parallel thing to Maiden. With this album he wanted a totally different style, otherwise what's the point. He had an idea for such an album for a long time and mentioned that the other Maiden members would not have had the time to help him at the time. They had their stuff, obviously without Dave. He was really pleased with the album.
- he had 3 demos before Maiden's 1988 tour.
- about 45% of the songwriting is his. ''The Lion'' and ''Silver And Gold'' are old songs of his. ''After The Storm'' was one of the demos. He had the title track for 5 years. Songs like ''Down The Wire'' and the music of ''Misunderstood'' were things that they sort of amalgamated each other's ideas and worked on them as a whole.
- ''Fallen Heroes'' is one of his favorite songs from the album.
- they tried to record the album ''live'', like Maiden(?). That sounds weird coming from Adrian.
- he doesn't think his playing on the album is different than with Maiden. The wild-whammy bar stuff is Andy.
- he mentioned that the stuff on this album is slower than with Maiden and he can do different things.
- he tries to make his solos with Maiden more melodic because he is not a technical guitarist. I guess playing with Roy helped for that.
- he doesn't think Maiden members were surprised by this album and style. With Maiden, he is a cog in a well-oiled machine, which is great in a way.
- he and Bruce write more conventionally than Steve and it's obvious which songs are written by them and by Steve. There's a fine line between what Maiden can and cannot do. But his input balances out.

I wonder if some of the songs (for example the old demos) were presented to Maiden in 1986. Obviously Maidenized. After all, their style isn't that different from Wasted Years. I would love Adrian to release all stuff and demos from the Untouchables era because it's music of its time and that's exactly what's great. Or some live performances.
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Thanks for that, I have the ASAP album and single CDs but never read any promo press for it.

Adrian says: "To be honest, Maiden is very draining. There's lots of leaping around and its technically very demanding to play"

Writing was on the wall in 1989, wasn't it? He sounds really tired after the 7th Son tour.
 
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