Blaze Bayley

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Blaze releasing a solo album, and then Bruce releasing a solo album a week later?

That said, it's a good song that continues the sound from War Within Me (for good or bad, depending on how polished you like Blaze's vocals--me, it's noticeable, but not distracting). The amazing part for me is that the video doesn't reek of being...let's say noticeably low-budget, which can't really be said of his videos from the Absolva era. Love it, definitely hyped for the release.
 
I dig the single. I like the vocals, particularly the chorus melody. Blaze sounds great. The instrumental arrangement is a bit simplistic, though, and perhaps doesn't do 100% justice to the overall idea for the song. Looking forward to the rest of the album. The cover is pretty nice, but the guy with a flying v ruins it... :D
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
Not to shitsling and compare, but this Blaze single is way more fun than Bruce's single and I think (relative to his voice) he sounds miles better. Good for Blaze.
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An actual instrumental section/melodies and longer solo/s can do (save the song) this. They both sound great. Blaze's vocals are polished.
I think his current sound probably suits him best. I just hope the album won't be more of the same; not that it's bad, but with 2 guitarists he can now do more complex songs and parts.
 
I hope he tours in North America again soon. Unfortunately, given his recent health issues, I'm not sure if that's in the cards. (For what it's worth, the turnout at the Toronto, Canada shows in 2017 and 2018 were dismal - surely that doesn't help).
 
Ah, when you toured in that silly lil' Maiden band of yours, then the Balkans were good for you, eh?
But now, when you made a name for yourself, you don't need silly lil' Maiden band and you don't need Balkans, eh?
Wanker.

Please come Blaze.
I'd trade both Avril Lavigne and Lenny Kravitz gigs for yours.
I'll even throw a Corey Talyor gig.
Just do something, it's starting to look like a daft summer.
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
Not to shitsling and compare, but this Blaze single is way more fun than Bruce's single and I think (relative to his voice) he sounds miles better. Good for Blaze.
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GhostofCain said:
I wholeheartedly agree. The new single by Blaze is much more exciting than the Afterglow thingie.
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Yeah, I dunno. “Circle of Stone” is a pretty decent song but Blaze’s voice sounds a bit wobbly and overly forced. Solo section is lit. Bruce’s vocals aren’t the best he’s ever done but the chorus in “Afterglow” is really good. Honestly I never even played the last Blaze album and I don’t know if I’ll remember this one, but we’ll see.
 
BloodOnTheBassistsHands said:
I hope he tours in North America again soon. Unfortunately, given his recent health issues, I'm not sure if that's in the cards. (For what it's worth, the turnout at the Toronto, Canada shows in 2017 and 2018 were dismal - surely that doesn't help).
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I hope so too, but I'm not counting on it. Health issues aside, it seems Blaze is playing it safe as far as where he goes, likely for financial reasons. I'm not saying he's hard up for money--I highly doubt he is--but I think he and his management are being conservative as far as where the audience is. Gambling on a costly North American tour where there may not be much of an audience left probably isn't the wisest move, particularly when touring costs already are stupidly high for artists.

I mean, the only time I saw him solo was the one time he did any kind of a US tour, and that was in 2011 with a local band he'd hired to back him. Between 15-25 in the audience max. Garbage promotion, no doubt, but I probably wouldn't risk spending that much in case turnouts like that happened again if I were him. Even so, he put on a blazing (pardon the pun) show, and the crowd size seemed to have zero effect on what he put out there.
 
CA Bryers said:
I hope so too, but I'm not counting on it. Health issues aside, it seems Blaze is playing it safe as far as where he goes, likely for financial reasons. I'm not saying he's hard up for money--I highly doubt he is--but I think he and his management are being conservative as far as where the audience is. Gambling on a costly North American tour where there may not be much of an audience left probably isn't the wisest move, particularly when touring costs already are stupidly high for artists.

I mean, the only time I saw him solo was the one time he did any kind of a US tour, and that was in 2011 with a local band he'd hired to back him. Between 15-25 in the audience max. Garbage promotion, no doubt, but I probably wouldn't risk spending that much in case turnouts like that happened again if I were him. Even so, he put on a blazing (pardon the pun) show, and the crowd size seemed to have zero effect on what he put out there.
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Unfortunately, I completely agree.
 
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