Iron Maiden News, Links, and Interviews
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TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
That's surely means that we could have Eddie as a new hero in one of the next MCU movies... 
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
As many members of the band have been said Eddie is an anti hero.
Anyway I hope they don’t use Eddie in marvel movies.
Anyway I hope they don’t use Eddie in marvel movies.
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
Weird. It’s like they have gone down the route of pleasing a certain demographic and forgot about fans who like box sets, rarities and music.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Maybe they think there isn't much interest in those things nowadays (although some bands still release such things) or simply save them in a vault for later use. I think it's the latter.
-> live versions of some songs (this is the most common, check out Priest's stuff), video footage from some tours (this is great, but not common), documentaries about albums and tours (we are still waiting for History Part 4), unreleased songs (I don't think Maiden have many of them, if they have any at all) and unreleased covers with Eddie (the DOD one needs a ''remaster'') are the only things they can add in a Box set for their albums.
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
Yeah, I liked your post.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
Sweden Rock Magazine's current issue has a few pages w. an Adrian Smith interview. The most interesting takeaway is Adrian claimed when he returned to Maiden, Janick wasn't keen on changing his (H's old, obviously) live parts at all and Adrian, being a team player had to adapt and fit in ("which wasn't a problem. I'm a team player"). So the doubling of solos such as The Trooper etc wasn't/isn't just an artistic choice.
So I suppose the "three amigos with zero ego" is a slight stretch, or at least was the first few years.
So I suppose the "three amigos with zero ego" is a slight stretch, or at least was the first few years.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
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The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
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Samantas5855
Ancient Mariner
I have a clipping from a magazine talking about losfer words, is this the right thread?
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
If you follow all the rumors, Adrian was never too keen on the three-guitar lineup to begin with and neither was Janick. In fact, the former was expecting things to fall apart and was fully prepared to depart after a short reunion tour while the latter explicitly offered to leave since it made no sense to him. Following further down this path, it would've primarily been Nicko and Janick who set the reunion with Bruce in motion, so it makes sense Janick wouldn't be particularly ecstatic or accommodating with having to deal with the guy he replaced coming back and suddenly playing with him.
So yeah, the no ego bullshit was just that. I've no doubt that Janick played a crucial role in being a mediator and the guy who'd always give his opinion straight if asked, but it's obvious Steve's funny experiment was gonna cause internal friction. Hell, you can see it just from H and Jan's stage interactions from '99 and '00-'01. The pair only started interacting like normal people on stage after Bruce's cancer scare in 2016!
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
It could be great to add it to the clippings and scans thread of Powerslave album thread
It must be very interesting. Thanks in advance
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jazz from hell
Ancient Mariner
harrisdevot
Priest of the Holy Wristband
In recent interviews (say, the last 5 years), Smith seems to try to reevaluate his role in the band. He talks more about himself, about his songwirting. It seems to me he wants to highlight his importance in the band's dynamics.
Samantas5855
Ancient Mariner
It could be great to add it to the clippings and scans thread of Powerslave album thread
It must be very interesting. Thanks in advance
Samantas5855
Ancient Mariner
This from March 1998, the magazine is guitar techniques. Nothing of interest after the tabs, there's a cd with an interview of Nicko McBrain and his vocal cover of losfer words which I have uploaded on youtube and can link again if you want.
PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
Hey, go ahead and share the link here, so everyone can go and check how Nicko does Losfer Words.
Samantas5855
Ancient Mariner
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Here's what Adrian said in an interview from 2010:
Q:Adrian, when you left Iron Maiden at the beginning of the Nineties, Janick came in and replaced you. During those years, he would play your guitar parts on the classic material when it was performed live. When you rejoined the band at the end of the decade, did you take those parts back?
AS:No, actually. I completely changed what I played. I would experiment with different tunings, or come up with a new part, or take what I used to play and move it an octave lower, or something like that. I just found other parts. For instance, on the last tour we were doing ''Moonchild'' and I said to Jan, ''I don’t really enjoy doing that solo. You take it''.
JG:Adrian probably feels I’m doing ’em wrong sometimes! [laughs]
Iron Maiden Guitarists Discuss 'The Final Frontier'
It may be called 'The Final Frontier,' but Iron Maiden's new album won't be their last. Adrian Smith, Dave Murray and Janick Gers talk about making the longest and most ambitious album of the band's career.
And some more curious bits from this interview:
Janick:For us the most important thing, no matter how involved the songs are, is melody. And I think a lot of metal bands forget that. They’re looking for the hard-edged thing. Which is great—I’m not knocking that. But without the melody on the top, it doesn’t cut it. Even Black Sabbath had it. When you talk about heavy metal, Sabbath are probably the birth of the whole thing. But if you listen back, there are some tremendous melodies there.
Adrian:Well, Steve likes that real raw sound. And he and Kevin, they don’t like people going back and tidying things up. They say, “Let’s just record a lot of stuff and then we’ll put a track together.” I think if I’d had complete freedom I’d have probably made things more polished sounding. But those two kind of keep you at arm’s length a bit. So it’s a little like making a movie: you do your performance and you’re out of there.
Adrian(about ''Satellite 15'' and ''Coming Home''):That’s just something I recorded in my studio. I did it rather quickly. I thought it was an interesting, kinda futuristic-sounding thing. And Steve picked it out and started getting all these ideas, like a “lost in space” kind of vibe. And he said, “Yeah, we should use that.” I thought when we got to the studio we’d rerecord it. But he just lifted it straight off my computer, really.
We had a song on the last album called “Out of the Shadows,” which was kind of a similar thing, and Bruce was great on it. He actually does those kinds of ballads really well. So this time I had an idea for something like that, and I could just hear him singing it.
Adrian:But on previous albums, when we first started doing the three-guitar thing, we kind of let things go, which I felt could be a bit sloppy, quite frankly. There is a tendency where, if you don’t watch it, the original riff can get lost, because everybody’s got a different way of playing it. So this time, even though we were basically recording live, we probably spent a bit more time trying to narrow the riffs. So if Janick’s got a specific riff, I might say, “Why don’t you just overdub onto that? It’ll sound great if you play two of it.” And I’ll just play something else. I want the riff to come out. If I ain’t playing the right shit, I don’t want to be hard-headed and say, “I want my guitar on there, loud!” Whatever’s good for the song, you know?
Adrian: I love “Wrathchild”—it’s one of my all-time favorites. I think it’s a classic rock song. But I also think the band’s forte is doing the longer, proggy songs. I don’t think we’re a groovy kind of rock band. We’ve tried to do it in the past and it kind of works, but I don’t see it as a strength. I noticed that most in the years I was out of the band. During that time I went to see Maiden live, and I thought that the stuff they did best were songs like “Fear of the Dark” Stuff like “2 Minutes to Midnight” was all right, but it didn’t go over like the more intricate and melodic songs.
Adrian:Well, Steve likes that real raw sound. And he and Kevin, they don’t like people going back and tidying things up. They say, “Let’s just record a lot of stuff and then we’ll put a track together.” I think if I’d had complete freedom I’d have probably made things more polished sounding. But those two kind of keep you at arm’s length a bit. So it’s a little like making a movie: you do your performance and you’re out of there.
Adrian(about ''Satellite 15'' and ''Coming Home''):That’s just something I recorded in my studio. I did it rather quickly. I thought it was an interesting, kinda futuristic-sounding thing. And Steve picked it out and started getting all these ideas, like a “lost in space” kind of vibe. And he said, “Yeah, we should use that.” I thought when we got to the studio we’d rerecord it. But he just lifted it straight off my computer, really.
We had a song on the last album called “Out of the Shadows,” which was kind of a similar thing, and Bruce was great on it. He actually does those kinds of ballads really well. So this time I had an idea for something like that, and I could just hear him singing it.
Adrian:But on previous albums, when we first started doing the three-guitar thing, we kind of let things go, which I felt could be a bit sloppy, quite frankly. There is a tendency where, if you don’t watch it, the original riff can get lost, because everybody’s got a different way of playing it. So this time, even though we were basically recording live, we probably spent a bit more time trying to narrow the riffs. So if Janick’s got a specific riff, I might say, “Why don’t you just overdub onto that? It’ll sound great if you play two of it.” And I’ll just play something else. I want the riff to come out. If I ain’t playing the right shit, I don’t want to be hard-headed and say, “I want my guitar on there, loud!” Whatever’s good for the song, you know?
Adrian: I love “Wrathchild”—it’s one of my all-time favorites. I think it’s a classic rock song. But I also think the band’s forte is doing the longer, proggy songs. I don’t think we’re a groovy kind of rock band. We’ve tried to do it in the past and it kind of works, but I don’t see it as a strength. I noticed that most in the years I was out of the band. During that time I went to see Maiden live, and I thought that the stuff they did best were songs like “Fear of the Dark” Stuff like “2 Minutes to Midnight” was all right, but it didn’t go over like the more intricate and melodic songs.
Maybe it's true that they were both unsure about the three-guitar lineup, but (iirc) Adrian had said that when he and Bruce returned to the band, he didn't want Janick to be out of it because of that. Also, Adrian and Jancik are playing the intro of TETMD next to each other since Rock In Rio 2001.