Adrian Smith

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It seems there are no videos from the Smith/Kotzen acoustic event. I read somewhere that they played some new and old songs. Also, Adrian said that Roy Z is a virtuoso who taught him a lot. And he was blown away by the AOB demo and they made great albums, iirc. He had never heard of Drop D before he met him.

I'm curious to know if they've discussed the potential tour for their new album. If it's not this year, but early next year (maybe British Lion too?), then that doesn't bode well for a Maiden album.
 
Arrgh, you just ruined my morning (no, just kidding, post your thoughts of course). A Smith/Kotzen tour (don't like this collab at all) instead of a new Maiden album? :scared:

How does this site work where you can start petitions?
 
Kalata said:
He had never heard of Drop D before he met him.
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Adrian has been listening to a lot of Kings X before Accident Of Birth, who mainly play in drop D half step down. Also a few songs on the 1st Psycho Motel album are in drop D.

So, I'm pretty sure this info is wrong. The Freak tuning and the Mollosian guitar (baritone drop A) are a different story, tho.
 
So, now we finally have something about Smith/Kotzen in the new Metal Hammer Germany. I can go through it and translate interesting statements if anyone is interested. Anyone interested?
I've already seen at first glance:
The management has banned: Question about Nicko McBrain/Simon Dawson; questions in connection with the loss of the house.

So, if anyone is hoping for that, there's nothing there.
 
Melony said:
I've already seen at first glance:
The management has banned: Question about Nicko McBrain/Simon Dawson;
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It's about SK, but - like that interview with Nicko? And about new music. Hmm... they shouldn't be surprised by such questions about the drummers at all, the opposite. Odd.
 
matic22 said:
Adrian has been listening to a lot of Kings X before Accident Of Birth, who mainly play in drop D half step down. Also a few songs on the 1st Psycho Motel album are in drop D.

So, I'm pretty sure this info is wrong. The Freak tuning and the Mollosian guitar (baritone drop A) are a different story, tho.
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I saw an interview before, which maybe the one @Kalata is referring to, where H said he had learned the stuff for AOB by just tuning a whole step down and was completely surprised when he met up with Roy and he was playing the power chords with one finger.
 
srfc said:
I saw an interview before, which maybe the one @Kalata is referring to, where H said he had learned the stuff for AOB by just tuning a whole step down and was completely surprised when he met up with Roy and he was playing the power chords with one finger.
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That's the lesson from 1999/2000. I still doubt that he hasn't heard about drop D before Roy. Especially with Adrian's love for King's X.
 
What a lacklustre media rollout for the new album. First, it was pushed from early March to early April. So far, the only promotion has been the Grammy Museum event, yet there’s still no footage or content from it—a week later. No tour announcements, not even single dates like British Lion. It would be amazing to see British Lion, Bruce Dickinson, Blaze Bayley and Smith/Kotzen all touring this autumn. What an intense Maiden year this could turn out to be if we just got some Smith/Kotzen dates!
 
The album is not in the “Soundcheck” list of Metal Hammer Germany.
Normally the editors grade the upcoming releases, then a ranking is made based on the average score (Arch Enemy's album won this month).
I’ve gone through the list several times now because I thought there was something wrong with my eyes, just like when there was nothing about Smith/Kotzen in the last issue, but it's actually really missing.
 
Some photos of the night at the Grammy Museum with Smith/Kotzen

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GhostofCain said:

Adrian loves Wrathchild! :lol:
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I remember back in 2010 Adrian also said he loved ''Wrathchild''. He said the riff of it is tricky. Good to hear that on the new SK album he contributed with choruses (he mentioned the song ''Life Unchained''), not just riffs (mainly). He's always wanted to play with another singer and guitarist.

He said the tour would probably be early 2026. Which means Maiden could record early 2027, they have plans until next year for now. Again, if they want to. The 2026 leg will be longer, Steve could do some solo dates and I guess Bruce will want to tour solo again (theme?). I really hope they recorded an album secretly. Recording early 2027, release in the summer and 1st leg in the fall wouldn't be typical for them now, but not unlikely, right. I'm staying positive, but their schedules are clashing.
 
Rock Hard Gemany Vol 454, April 2025

My translation

Adrian Smith about

“Smith/Kotzen”

Sometimes everything can be quite simple:
Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen meet through mutual acquaintances in L.A., talk shop about their passion, the blues, start jamming and a short time later, their debut album “Smith/Kotzen” hits the record stores and the warehouses of online retailers worldwide. The collaboration took place completely without pressure or economic constraints, Smith dictated to our Maiden maniac Matthias Mader into his recorder and on top of that, the sessions were fun.
 
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