Iron Maiden studio album 17 rumours and speculations

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I don't think so, I think they could make another one or two, or make a lot of songs in these sessions and keep em for the future.
 
But record an album is not touring. I think he probably retires from here to 5 years or so, but he really enjoys what he doing and while he can…
 
How do you guys know they are making an album? They could have just rented out the studio to read books and practice fencing! Shirley is only there so that Bruce can fight him after fucking up the mix in DoD.
 
Shavasku said:
Do you guys think it's their last album? Fuck, I think that's very likely.
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No. Steve already said that they will keep recording after the touring days are gone. Playing a take of a song is not the same as playing 2 hours each other night.

Something similar as Mark Knopfler, who announced his retirement from touring yesterday during the opening night of the tour.
 
matic22 said:
No. Steve already said that they will keep recording after the touring days are gone. Playing a take of a song is not the same as playing 2 hours each other night.
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Personally, I don't believe that will ever happen, I have never seen a band, although if there's an example I'd like to see, that's ever just gone into recording and then not toured afterwards. It doesn't make any sense, especially seeing as touring is where most of the money is at these days. You do either both, or retite
 
Y'know, guys. The Soundhouse Tapes, the debut EP of Iron Maiden, will celebrate its 40th Anniversary this year. November 9th to be exact.

...maybe it's that they're doing. Doing a re-recording of that for its 40th Anniversary. Well, probably not.
 
If Priest, Saxon, Purple, Scorpions, Heep, Tull…older bands are making albums and touring why don't Maiden? Maybe record albums and touring less or less cities and one city per country in stadiums…Tough is not just the band, Rod is older than the guys too and without Rod…
 
The_7th_one said:
If Priest, Saxon, Purple, Scorpions, Heep, Tull…older bands are making albums and touring why don't Maiden? Maybe record albums and touring less or less cities and one city per country in stadiums…Tough is not just the band, Rod is older than the guys too and without Rod…
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Can you elaborate?
 
I've always felt that ME tour was the last tour under Steve's almost absolute control. Now he's more open to ideas from other band members it seems without them getting through his filter. And there is the statement that his goal is making 15 albums with the band. They havee achieved that. As I said before, I feel that Maiden now has both Steve and Bruce at the helm and it seems like a different hierarchy. Yes, Steve is still at the helm, but is completely open to ideas from others (which I greatly contribute to him having British Lion). It's not Steve Harris' band anymore. It's the band that Steve Harris started.

All that said, because of those things, I can see Maiden lasting as long as they can. If they can't tour they'll record. They are family now and enjoy eachother's company, not co-workers. Especially Bruce and Steve came a long way since those stage wrestling days.
 
Edington said:
I don't think Maiden need concern themselves with money at this stage.
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I thought that too at one stage, but then noticed that Maiden are very much into merchandise and branding on beer and computer games and headphones and they don't do albums much now and they record in a way that they don't have to take much studio time....

All the evidence points to them being very interested in the money.

Which is totally fine because this is their job and income.
I work hard for money too.

I'm totally fine with it.
 
LooseCannon said:
I think if you spend ~40 years building a global brand you're allowed to enjoy the fruits of that labour.
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Exactly.

I also think that it's more of Rod, Andy and Co's pursuit to build the brand (Iron Maiden LLP) as big as it can be. They basically struck gold with Eddie's image. Hell, even people who don't know that IM is a band wear Eddie IM shirts, because they look cool.

I think that the managment approaches various band members with business ideas when the opportunity comes. They spread those ideas to a particular band member, who has an interest in them. And they are doing that very smartly.

All of this has little to do with music, but it brings in money, so, Rufus The Red is happy.
 
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