vagabond79
Prowler
I saw Iron Maiden for the first time in Charlotte about a week ago. I was really excited as I've been exploring the Maiden catalog pretty intensely over the past 2 years. I love everything about the stuff I've heard (first 6 albums mainly); the epic guitar riffage, the insane bass playing, Bruce's (and Paul's) killer vocals. However, I didn't feel like Bruce was "great" during the live performance. His voice seemed to go out on many of the screams and higher notes. It seemed like he was kind of struggling a bit at times.
With that said, I've only heard a handful of bands live that I thought had great vocals (Metallica for one). I usually just figure that the singer has to perform a bunch of gigs in a short period of time and it takes a toll on his voice. Of course, this was the first show of the Maiden England tour so I guess I was hoping for full-on screaming perfection. On the instrumental side, I thought the guitars/drums/bass were phenomenal. Steve Harris is just plain ungodly.
I'm not pointing this out to troll or diss Maiden in any way. I am just trying to see if anyone else feels this way. Has Bruce's voice lost anything live since the early 80's? Is his singing style hard to replicate live? Does he just sound different live as opposed to recorded?
Cheers.
With that said, I've only heard a handful of bands live that I thought had great vocals (Metallica for one). I usually just figure that the singer has to perform a bunch of gigs in a short period of time and it takes a toll on his voice. Of course, this was the first show of the Maiden England tour so I guess I was hoping for full-on screaming perfection. On the instrumental side, I thought the guitars/drums/bass were phenomenal. Steve Harris is just plain ungodly.
I'm not pointing this out to troll or diss Maiden in any way. I am just trying to see if anyone else feels this way. Has Bruce's voice lost anything live since the early 80's? Is his singing style hard to replicate live? Does he just sound different live as opposed to recorded?
Cheers.