Janick Gers

[GhostofCain]

Question to the British in here: What regional accent does Janick speak actually? Doesn't sound like a Londoner to my German ears.

Polish, like his dad.

Joking aside, he has a regional accent typical of the area in Northern England where he was born and grew up.

 

[GhostofCain]

Not too far obviously from Donington! He can go there by bicycle if the weather is fine.

It would be one hell of a bicycle ride! Approximately 160 miles, so no energy left for prancing!

 

[GhostofCain]

He's from Hartlepool, Teesside as @matic22 says. I think the Teesside accent generally is known as "smoggie".

Hartlepool folk specifically are known as "monkeyhangers"

Oh, the hanging of a monkey because they allegedly thought it was a French spy! I hope people in the area are more civilised these days.

 

[GhostofCain]

A little known fact about Janick is that he nearly replaced Angus Young in AC/DC at some point in the early days!

 

[matic22]

A little known fact about Janick is that he nearly replaced Angus Young in AC/DC at some point in the early days!

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... but he grew out of it.

 

[GhostofCain]

... but he grew out of it.

Height wise? Definitely!

 

[MindRuler]

Hartlepool folk specifically are known as "monkeyhangers"

So the line from Death Or Glory was his idea?

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

So the line from Death Or Glory was his idea?

I think that may have been the Red Baron's own, actually.

 

[matic22]

Height wise? Definitely!

Exactly.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

Recently I remembered some nice things I wrote about Janick in another thread - thought I might drop this here as well.

You know, as the go-to Janick fan, I feel entitled to say that I probably like The Time Machine the least* of his contributions to the last eight albums (yes, that is since TXF), with the possible exception of Gates of Tomorrow.

And it is still a rather solid song. Even if we were talking only about composing, that bloke has been giving his best to Maiden for the past 30 years.

Out of those 8 albums I mentioned, he wrote or co-wrote my favourite song on 6 of those (okay, I'm not 100 % sure about The Talisman anymore, but then again, he had the favourite song and the second one on BNW, so it probably evens out)

(he'd almost have TXF as well, if 'Arry didn't bring out his best game - and while competing with 'Arry on Senjutsu seems even more futile, I'm still giving an honorable mention to Stratego).



*Ah, don't listen to me, I'm just mostly disappointed that the chorus didn't go

A time machine
In a time machine
A time machine
In a time machine

In a time machine
A time machine
In a time machine
A time machine

 

[Murder of Rue Morgue]

I don't share the appreciation for Gates of Tomorrow, but I agree that he wrote some pretty solid ones. Also those are usually my favorite songs as well.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

I don't share the appreciation for Gates of Tomorrow, but I agree that he wrote some pretty solid ones. Also those are usually my favorite songs as well.

Sorry I put it in a confusing manner, I wrote that I like The Time Machine the least of them all, with the possible exception of GoT, meaning that I like GoT probably even less than TTM.