Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
It’s the final round of the Bruce Dickinson Solovivor and it’s a showdown for the ages: “Darkside of Aquarius” vs “Book of Thel”, easily the two most acclaimed songs from Bruce’s two most acclaimed albums. “Thel” is currently winning by a landslide but there is still time to get your votes in! You have until tomorrow evening so by all means, give us a hand in crowning the best song from Bruce’s solo career!
ROUND 1
ROUND 1
 | Tattooed Millionaire (1990) 1. Son of a Gun (5:55) Dickinson/Gers 2. Tattooed Millionaire (4:28) Dickinson/Gers 3. Born in '58 (3:40) Dickinson/Gers 4. Hell on Wheels (3:39) Dickinson/Gers 5. Gypsy Road (4:02) Dickinson/Gers 6. Dive! Dive! Dive! (4:41) Dickinson/Gers 7. All the Young Dudes (3:50) Bowie 8... |
TaaviMaiden
Educated Fool
Recorded at the beginning of February?
I think that would be a possible timeline. And then indeed a heavy blow. Now leads to him talking about not wanting to be in the house band under any circumstances all the time.
DorotheaMe
Nomad
You listened to it? What dangerous secret was accidentely revealed?
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
its sad,but i cant stand mandrake project. There are a few good songs,but a 6/10 or 7/10. Three songs. For me its close to tattooed millionare. I prefer balls to picasso and skunkworks than this one. Maybe its the way they worked on it,maybe its they had no fresh ideas. But there is a few sparks but nothing amazing. I think they know thats why they want to record another one as soon as posible.
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
I put balls to picasso ahead of mandrake and tattooed last one.
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
I remember back in 98 he didnt tour europe. A guy called el guru played during that tour. He doesnt tour.
TaaviMaiden
Educated Fool
Can those who watched the video please post something to proof they are still alive?
A commenter on Reddit recently revealed that Bruce was involved in an attempt on someone's life.
Just kidding!
(Although some crackpot really wrote that on Reddit.)
A commenter on Reddit recently revealed that Bruce was involved in an attempt on someone's life.
Just kidding!(Although some crackpot really wrote that on Reddit.)
It's not true that he generally doesn't tour. He was initially announced as guitarist for “The Mandrake Project” tour and has also answered accordingly in interviews.
And apparently also in the interview above, which we no longer have access to?
matic22
Ancient Mariner
I think that was because he either had illness in family or he was doing the Halford album.
Or both.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
It looks like it will be released in 2 weeks time (later than usual?) - here's a preview from Z2.
The art of issue #4 is a nod to The Tower:
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Roy had said about this song that he wanted to include it in the album more than Bruce did, and he listened to him. Bruce was surprised that it was so short, and one of the things they changed was to add the Arabic instrumental part. I'm curious to hear that part played on guitar instead of keys, and what a longer solo could have been done for it with that sound and theme. Janick and Adrian would have nailed it.
After these (deleted?) posts by Roy, I think there's no need for that, hardcore fans will know. He will just say he wants to concentrate on his other projects that he mentioned in one interview (Roy's own tour, instrumental album, iirc).
Yep.It's almost like he really wants to be in the band....
This. Roy has issues with his behavior and this time things feel worse. It will depend on whether Bruce will make another compromise, although I don't think he will tour with him, just write songs. Not sure even about recording now.
Shortly before the tour indeed, we can't know for sure, but I think he has himself to blame. And he's said in the past that he likes being in the studio and writing more than touring.
Close to TM, wow. More like BTP. The only fresh ideas were the 2 songs they wrote in 2023, the rest is material from more than 10 years and I think they just wanted to be finally released. And they have more leftovers from that period.
As for the sparks, I think they are really missing from Roy's overall playing (the new solo band could fix that). Bruce just prefers not pure metal now. It's more or less the same way they worked on the previous album. The potential of the album was great, but unfortunately it wasn't fulfilled. Never will I guess, what happened to the remixed albums?. Record another one as soon as possible, Bruce said he can't wait to show his new solo band the demos and everything to feel like a whole band again. It depends on Maiden's plans ofc, but maybe he has to build momentum, although he still has quite a few songs to play live again. Potentially, he could release new album in the next 3 years.
Robert M
Prowler
Thank you for that information.
They haven't even bothered to write a summary. I would have been interested to know exactly what the topic/plot of this episode is.
Regarding the deleted video. I only listened to a few minutes and thought Roy sounded enthusiastic about the Mandrake Project.
But I thought I could listen to the rest later...
