Bruce Dickinson

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First solo is Roy, second sounds like Roy trying to emulate H. Since it's a demo they were probably expecting Adrian to come in and record a solo there later.
 
According to Bruce's notes on his Best of album, Wicker Man was recorded with the whole band, so presumably one of the solos is by Adrian. I don't see any reason he would've been excluded from the recording session considering the song is mixed and everything, so it's not like it's just a demo or anything.
 
Kalata said:
Nah, Bruce never writes so long songs for his solo albums... :p
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Yes, but if we consider what he did with the solo albums, half of the 17 songs may be the "first bit...long bit", 12'' extended, acoustic chillout and 7'' extended versions of others. And maybe a japanese version.:bigsmile:
 
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It would be cool if Bruce records (and write) one song for his solo album with Maiden.... ''special guests''.

EOTC would have been perfect, because it's one of Bruce's greatest masterpieces and that song can sound epic only when Maiden plays it.

It can happen if he releases more solo albums in the future. :innocent:
 
Kalata said:
It would be cool if Bruce records (and write) one song for his solo album with Maiden.... ''special guests''.

EOTC would have been perfect, because it's one of Bruce's greatest masterpieces and that song can sound epic only when Maiden plays it.
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I've always wondered whether Steve actually plays the bass on EOTC. The bass, though audible, is strangely non-existent on this track. It doesn't prevent him from telling the press it is a "masterpiece" but that's PR, so what do we know?
 
srfc said:
Why would Steve not be playing it?
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He has come across, to me at least, as a rather unadventurous musician for some years, who wouldn't take so much pain working out an idea who is not his own, to boot. The way I see "EOTC"'s presence on the record is that of a sort of present made to Bruce because he was likely to never have anything recorded back then, because of his illness... hopefully, it turned out differenly.
Anyway, I'm glad it appears on an Iron Maiden record, and I just enjoy it.
 
Black Bart said:
he way I see "EOTC"'s presence on the record is that of a sort of present made to Bruce because he was likely to never have anything recorded back then, because of his illness
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If you mean the throat cancer then I don't think it's relevant to the content of 'The Book of Souls'. Bruce told Rod once they'd finished the album.
 
Black Bart said:
He has come across, to me at least, as a rather unadventurous musician for some years, who wouldn't take so much pain working out an idea who is not his own, to boot.
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I think some of his most adventurous bass lines are in songs he didn't write, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Wasted Years, Sanctuary, Revelations, Powerslave. It's usually songs he writes that he takes it easy in.
 
Black Bart said:
The way I see "EOTC"'s presence on the record is that of a sort of present made to Bruce because he was likely to never have anything recorded back then, because of his illness... hopefully, it turned out differenly.
Anyway, I'm glad it appears on an Iron Maiden record, and I just enjoy it.
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I am afraid you are mistaken. Nobody knew Bruce had cancer when they were recording the album! Bruce suspected something was wrong, but he was not diagnosed until he came back to the UK after the album had been completed.
 
srfc said:
I think some of his most adventurous bass lines are in songs he didn't write, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Wasted Years, Sanctuary, Revelations, Powerslave. It's usually songs he writes that he takes it easy in.
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I said "for some years", I'm not talking about anything before Virtual XI, for his songs as well as others'. Actually, I rate his parts in Dave's "Powerslave" solo or Adrian's "SIASL" solo among the best things he has ever done. On the other hand, I'm not fond of his intro solos ("Blood on the World's Hands" and "The Red and the Black"). "My Generation" is a bit apart.
@GhostofCain and @Black Wizard are right, though: they didn't know about Bruce's illness when the song was recorded, so my theory doesn't work. My bad.
 
Ruflux said:
According to Bruce's notes on his Best of album, Wicker Man was recorded with the whole band, so presumably one of the solos is by Adrian. I don't see any reason he would've been excluded from the recording session considering the song is mixed and everything, so it's not like it's just a demo or anything.
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I did a little bit of research on this. According to the Voice of Crube commentary track on Best of Bruce Dickinson, the song was mixed/finished around the time of The Chemical Wedding, but the original recording took place during the Accident of Birth sessions. From what I understand, Adrian was brought on somewhat later in the process, so it's likely that some recordings were done without him that he added parts to later. Since Wicker Man didn't make it on to the album, he probably never recorded parts for it.
 
Mosh said:
I did a little bit of research on this. According to the Voice of Crube commentary track on Best of Bruce Dickinson, the song was mixed/finished around the time of The Chemical Wedding, but the original recording took place during the Accident of Birth sessions. From what I understand, Adrian was brought on somewhat later in the process, so it's likely that some recordings were done without him that he added parts to later. Since Wicker Man didn't make it on to the album, he probably never recorded parts for it.
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Yes in Kerrang or Metal Hammer at the time of release of AOB they said Adrian only played on 30% of the album.
 
AFAIK, H was only invited to guest on AoB first, but then became a full time member. I'd say he is playing on cca 50% of the album, not 30%.

Darkside Of Aquarious, Road To Hell, Man Of Sorrows, The Magician, Welcome To The Pit and Omega feature Adrian, 100% sure of that. Other songs could be just Tribe Of Gypsies.
 
Adrian and Bruce had written only 6 songs for the two albums (AOB and TCW)

AOB: 2 songs in the album + 1 bonus song.
TCW: 2 songs in the album + 1 bonus song.

I kinda wished they have written more songs, but Bruce and Roy is also a deadly combination.
 
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