dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
The only song i remember that is a bside and its good is ghost of cain.
Belshazzar
Yer Mum Can't Come
Fair enough, but no bad tracks? My opinion of Face in the Mirror is that it's the most insipid, bland, boring, lacklustre unmemorable "song" that he's ever recorded. It sounds like something Ozzy would have done with Kelly. After he was dead. (Which reminds me, one week sober! Well done John!)
Any of the B side songs like Acoustic Song are way better.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I also think TMP doesn't have bad songs, weaker, yes. ^The new album might have another such song, the leftover from TCW sessions that Bruce and Roy found last year - that could have been added to TMP. It's probably co-written with Roy, so let's see if it shows up. What about Nightmares, I'm still curious. The thing is, we don't know if the current 18 demos are newly written material or not. Maybe they are new since his relationship with Roy is no more - and his said ''we did the demos''... which would be too bad for TCW and Nightmares songs. We know they have a lot of leftover material from the last 2 albums and that they wrote new ideas in 2024 (1 hour worth of music), Bruce has no problem losing them?
Definitely not. It was not a concentrated process.
Face In The Mirror, as far as a purley acoustic song goes, is great and memorable which is important.
I like some ideas in First Bit, Long Bit, Last Bit of Tears (the backing vocals), but the acoustic parts are essential to the song and it's too ''electronic'' for me. The changes were for the best. The current live version of the song is inspired by that version. Bruce's solo is full of interesting and good bonus stuff, every album.
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dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
I think bruce said the 18 songs are new.
dickinson1978
Ancient Mariner
Ive just read
Bruce enters studio in january for recording and editing the solo album with the same band he has toured europe and he will tour in 2027
Bruce enters studio in january for recording and editing the solo album with the same band he has toured europe and he will tour in 2027
Jer
'Til Tomorrow
Yep, that info’s been kicking around for a while now.
Helmuth Von Moltke
Ancient Mariner
I agree with this, add Breeding House in there too. The No Way Outs are fabulous songs, especially the 2nd one ‘continued …’
Feels like he overthought BTP, recorded too many versions, ended up with a much weaker album than he should have. Scuttled his post Maiden solo career in commercial terms right from the start.
Interesting gossip, Joe Elliot once said exactly this in a Kerrang! Interview in 1996: Elliot said that if he ever went solo, ‘I’d do a hell of a better job of it than Bruce Dickinson!’. Bruce was not impressed when asked about that comment later on.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
'Why Don't You Try Rapping?' - How Bruce Dickinson Reinvented Himself on 'Balls to Picasso' (Interview)
The Iron Maiden frontman reflects on the 1994 album and recalls playing in front of 'German cowboys.'
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Confirmed: the 18 demos are new and co-written with his band! Recording ''live in the studio'' like Maiden? Now I'm even more worried about the production lol.
''This band has written, with me, 18 songs and demoed them in April with me, and in January we are gonna go into the studio and record a live, with a real band, album, which we've all written together.''
So we can say goodbye to all the leftovers (which are quite a lot, according to both of them) from TMP sessions, TOS sessions, Nightmares, that TCW song, basically the songs he co-wrote with Roy over the years. I admit - I'll always want to hear that stuff. All of them. But I guess Bruce needs something fresh now.
Also - he will play 2 Maiden songs, either just for the big Brazil show or during the tour. One of them is Revelations, the other is kept as a surprise. Bring Your Daughter?
More from the interview:
I mean, if you look back, my modus operandi on the solo stuff that I've done, there's a lot of records that are never the same twice. It's not like, "Okay, yeah, that's that kind of style and they just do that and that's a slightly better version of that and that's a more modern version of that.
Brendan Duffey is just a magician when it comes to mixing.
No, we were either ahead of the curve or just in a different universe. And I think some people found, when the record came out — some people, not everybody — but I think some people found it difficult to listen to because I'd just left Maiden. And Maiden is ... for the people who are really, really, really, hardcore fans, it's such a tribal thing, you know? So I think they were struggling to go, "Even if I enjoy this, I can't, I shouldn't be allowed to enjoy this."
My intention was to make quite a dark record. "Cyclops" is quite a dark track, but with places of groove and stuff like that. Because I loved Faith No More, they're awesome. So there's a bit of Faith No More grooves in there. There's a bit of the darker side of Peter Gabriel stuck in there.
Actually, I use it as a device. They said, "Why don't you try rapping?" I said, "Oh, come on, me? Are you kidding me?" So anyway, I listen to it now and think, "Shit, man, that's pretty cool.
Oh yeah, you have to. Let's face it, you've got to be realistic about the world. But my view was that it was better to try and create something that was really new and different and just keep plowing that furrow and the universe would pretty quickly tell you, "Hey, you're in the wrong job, buddy."
And I'm stubborn as well, so I just keep on doing it. Even people say, "Hey, it's not working." I say, "Well, let's just give it some time, shall we? Let's see." And, you know, obviously after Balls to Picasso came Skunkworks, which was a completely different universe.
So I'm going, "Okay let's try places that are like 1,500 to 3,000-seaters, wherever is appropriate. Let's just see what the heck happens.
It's a real band. It's a rock 'n' roll band.
We do change the set around sometimes as well — well, quite often, actually, because it's that kind of a band, that we can sort of go, "Hey, what should we do tonight? Let's drop this one in." So the core songs will probably stay the same, but we'll jump around a little bit.
And I'm gonna break with my tradition, basically because it's fun and I'm gonna do one Maiden song. And it'll be one of mine, so there'll be no argument about, "Oh, it's not supposed to be played like that." Well, I wrote the damn thing, so I'll tell you how it's gonna be played.
So for Brazil, I'm boning up on "Revelations." It's not a song we're doing on this tour with Maiden. And one other, which I will leave to your imagination. You'll have to guess.
Brendan Duffey is just a magician when it comes to mixing.
No, we were either ahead of the curve or just in a different universe. And I think some people found, when the record came out — some people, not everybody — but I think some people found it difficult to listen to because I'd just left Maiden. And Maiden is ... for the people who are really, really, really, hardcore fans, it's such a tribal thing, you know? So I think they were struggling to go, "Even if I enjoy this, I can't, I shouldn't be allowed to enjoy this."
My intention was to make quite a dark record. "Cyclops" is quite a dark track, but with places of groove and stuff like that. Because I loved Faith No More, they're awesome. So there's a bit of Faith No More grooves in there. There's a bit of the darker side of Peter Gabriel stuck in there.
Actually, I use it as a device. They said, "Why don't you try rapping?" I said, "Oh, come on, me? Are you kidding me?" So anyway, I listen to it now and think, "Shit, man, that's pretty cool.
Oh yeah, you have to. Let's face it, you've got to be realistic about the world. But my view was that it was better to try and create something that was really new and different and just keep plowing that furrow and the universe would pretty quickly tell you, "Hey, you're in the wrong job, buddy."
And I'm stubborn as well, so I just keep on doing it. Even people say, "Hey, it's not working." I say, "Well, let's just give it some time, shall we? Let's see." And, you know, obviously after Balls to Picasso came Skunkworks, which was a completely different universe.
So I'm going, "Okay let's try places that are like 1,500 to 3,000-seaters, wherever is appropriate. Let's just see what the heck happens.
It's a real band. It's a rock 'n' roll band.
We do change the set around sometimes as well — well, quite often, actually, because it's that kind of a band, that we can sort of go, "Hey, what should we do tonight? Let's drop this one in." So the core songs will probably stay the same, but we'll jump around a little bit.
And I'm gonna break with my tradition, basically because it's fun and I'm gonna do one Maiden song. And it'll be one of mine, so there'll be no argument about, "Oh, it's not supposed to be played like that." Well, I wrote the damn thing, so I'll tell you how it's gonna be played.
So for Brazil, I'm boning up on "Revelations." It's not a song we're doing on this tour with Maiden. And one other, which I will leave to your imagination. You'll have to guess.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Yeah, just change 2 songs and Clowns (originally not supposed to be on the album) and it will be much stronger.
Well, an artist to release a different style solo album from their main metal band when they leave is normal. And Bruce wanted something different, that was the whole point. He just should have putted 2 or 3 pure metal songs like Breeding House to fill that. We could say that the two experimental albums led to his great return in metal, so the journey was important for his solo stuff as well. This allows freedom in his songwriting that he has always wanted.
FearOfTheLark
Trooper
I don't think we'll get a CW. That's a peak in his writing, maiden or otherwise IMO. I hope a quality in or around TOS
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
'Why Don't You Try Rapping?' - How Bruce Dickinson Reinvented Himself on 'Balls to Picasso' (Interview)
The Iron Maiden frontman reflects on the 1994 album and recalls playing in front of 'German cowboys.'
Confirmed: the 18 demos are new and co-written with his band! Recording ''live in the studio'' like Maiden? Now I'm even more worried about the production lol.
''This band has written, with me, 18 songs and demoed them in April with me, and in January we are gonna go into the studio and record a live, with a real band, album, which we've all written together.''
So we can say goodbye to all the leftovers (which are quite a lot, according to both of them) from TMP sessions, TOS sessions, Nightmares, that TCW song, basically the songs he co-wrote with Roy over the years. I admit - I'll always want to hear that stuff. All of them. But I guess Bruce needs something fresh now.
Also - he will play 2 Maiden songs, either just for the big Brazil show or during the tour. One of them is Revelations, the other is kept as a surprise. Bring Your Daughter?
More from the interview:
I mean, if you look back, my modus operandi on the solo stuff that I've done, there's a lot of records that are never the same twice. It's not like, "Okay, yeah, that's that kind of style and they just do that and that's a slightly better version of that and that's a more modern version of that.
Brendan Duffey is just a magician when it comes to mixing.
No, we were either ahead of the curve or just in a different universe. And I think some people found, when the record came out — some people, not everybody — but I think some people found it difficult to listen to because I'd just left Maiden. And Maiden is ... for the people who are really, really, really, hardcore fans, it's such a tribal thing, you know? So I think they were struggling to go, "Even if I enjoy this, I can't, I shouldn't be allowed to enjoy this."
My intention was to make quite a dark record. "Cyclops" is quite a dark track, but with places of groove and stuff like that. Because I loved Faith No More, they're awesome. So there's a bit of Faith No More grooves in there. There's a bit of the darker side of Peter Gabriel stuck in there.
Actually, I use it as a device. They said, "Why don't you try rapping?" I said, "Oh, come on, me? Are you kidding me?" So anyway, I listen to it now and think, "Shit, man, that's pretty cool.
Oh yeah, you have to. Let's face it, you've got to be realistic about the world. But my view was that it was better to try and create something that was really new and different and just keep plowing that furrow and the universe would pretty quickly tell you, "Hey, you're in the wrong job, buddy."
And I'm stubborn as well, so I just keep on doing it. Even people say, "Hey, it's not working." I say, "Well, let's just give it some time, shall we? Let's see." And, you know, obviously after Balls to Picasso came Skunkworks, which was a completely different universe.
So I'm going, "Okay let's try places that are like 1,500 to 3,000-seaters, wherever is appropriate. Let's just see what the heck happens.
It's a real band. It's a rock 'n' roll band.
We do change the set around sometimes as well — well, quite often, actually, because it's that kind of a band, that we can sort of go, "Hey, what should we do tonight? Let's drop this one in." So the core songs will probably stay the same, but we'll jump around a little bit.
And I'm gonna break with my tradition, basically because it's fun and I'm gonna do one Maiden song. And it'll be one of mine, so there'll be no argument about, "Oh, it's not supposed to be played like that." Well, I wrote the damn thing, so I'll tell you how it's gonna be played.
So for Brazil, I'm boning up on "Revelations." It's not a song we're doing on this tour with Maiden. And one other, which I will leave to your imagination. You'll have to guess.
Bruce's memory is starting to fail. The tour supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd took place in 1997, when he was promoting Accident of Birth!!!
Poto
Ancient Mariner
He already hinted at that just before Run For Your Lives started. Maybe in April.
Helmuth Von Moltke
Ancient Mariner
It all worked out well, giving us the artistic high quality of AOB and CW. And his return to Maiden… we are lucky his solo career commercially tanked.
Going back to 1993-94, that was not his intention. Remember, Bruce was spectacularly dropped by EMI records after BTP.
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Yeah. Daughter would be perfect, the song that started it all. You know, more NPFTD songs. I doubt Powerslave, Prisoner, 2 Minutes or Children. Eternity probably not too. I would welcome it and Daughter, more than Revelations. But the latter fits his current material very well, a true classic and it would be cool to have a proper live solo version of them, if he will release all played songs during the tour.
This too, but we have to say that in the charts BTP is his 3rd most successful album after TMP and the debut.
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Agreed. TCW in feel and style, songwriting would be really tough and almost impossible. TOS-like is possible with the current band, but let's not forget that Philip and Chris like SW a lot, so...
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
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