Blaze Bayley

[MindRuler]

He seems surprised it´s his birthday today...

@Blaze Bayley !

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

Yeah, happy birthday to Blaze (not that he's likely to read it here but I hope he had a good day - no-one deserves it more )

 

[naranja]

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In retrospect he probably should have called his band Blaze Bayley all along

 

[Ascendingthethrone]

In retrospect he probably should have called his band Blaze Bayley all along

I suppose he was caught between a rock and a hard place. He obviously wanted to create a band identity, but needed a name that drew attention to his previous fame with Maiden. It must have been hard for his band members at the time. Being in a band but always feeling like being a backing musician.

 

[TheTalisman]

It must have been hard for his band members at the time. Being in a band but always feeling like being a backing musician.

I think they were just happy to finally be able to record with good equipment, a good producer and go on tour. The only member who had been a professional musician before being in BLAZE was drummer Jeff Singer (Kill II this) + some session work.

 

[Spaldy]

It still blows my mind that Blaze blew all of his Maiden money on hiring a backing band and paying them on retainer instead of just starting one up from ground level. I'll bet that hundreds of musicians would have jumped at the chance to play for him.