SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
Where? In Paradise Valley, Arizona?
Blaze should have sang in his register. When he does, he's pretty good. 'Live fast die fast' was great. I'm also sure that if Janick actually sat and learnt those parts he could do them more justice. They did none of these things and the result was, well... not good. As far as knowing Blaze and being mates, that might be relevant when looking for techs and t-shirt vendors. Not for frontmen.
Give TMG my best. My fav vocalist.No. Back in the UK. His nephew - Ian Hills son - and I are former bandmates and brothers in arms. Just listening to 'Sinner' with a good red. Great times.
Ha. He's still on foreign soil. That's why Al and I are hitting his back catalogue and his kitchen!
I guess, apart from being mates, that Steve saw some great front man abilities in Blaze with his energy on stage when Wolsbane opened for Maiden in the early 90s. But yeah something had to give, the fans were disappearing, the Virtual tour was just...not very happening. It is amazing how everything turned on a plate the instance Bruce and H came back...Maiden must have hit the right time pocket or the world was just waiting for it to happen or something They were the biggest metal band on the planet again.
Maiden and their success around Virtual and Maiden around Brave New World - World's apart. Yet, there's only like what 1½ - 2 years between those two constellations.
Going back to the style of Maiden England. I'm glad it wasn't shot like Live After Death. LAD was shot like they were larger than life, arena rock super stars. Which was perfect for where they were at the time. Maiden England is more intimate; the stage looks smaller and the crowd doesn't look as large. It was like they were saying "this one's for the fans". They also wouldn't have been able to capture that with a festival audience, regardless of whether or not it was a better performance, which I still disagree with.
I had never really noticed that Maiden England was made as if it should have been from the audience perspective. Sure there are a lot of up close shots of the band from the first row but I didn't think much of it..Afterwards I can see what they mean now when they explain it on the DVD. Just never occurred to me before.
I wouldn't say it was more amusing but it indeed could have been more informative.
Nah, why do something twice? Then it'd be less unique.
This criticism fits better when it was uttered at the end of the eighties. Although: shall I complain that Only the Good Die Young wasn't on the setlist?
I think it could open up some eyes (again). The period was trashed by many, and I sincerely hope Maiden won't go too much in the defense. I hope they still stand by some decisions they did back then. At least I hope the band won't purely be negative about matters, and I wish they would also talk about some positive things.
Or else it's not only going to be painful for Blaze and Janick ("we missed Adrian" comments aren't cool when you are his replacement), who gave everything they had, but it can also do some pain to the fans from that time, who did like that era.
Perhaps it was a difficult period but also special. I hope Maiden still remembers those who did support them. It's never cool when a band gives in to negative criticism (in hindsight) especially not for people who found that period special, and who supported them. Let me speak for myself: I would find that painful.
The 90s documentary should be the most interesting of them all. So far everything has been smooth sailing, rise to stardom story of a young band from the East End who ends up headlining Donington Festival in 1988. Now they stump their toes for the first time and I hope the next installment of the History of" DVDs will provide us with answers to some of the plentiful compelling story lines from this era...We've got Adrian leaving, We've got Bruce leaving, we've got the audition of Blaze, the albums and tours with him, Blaze leaving (Will we finally get a real answer as to why he was sacked?!?!) Bruce rejoining. SO much interesting stuff that they've graciously avoided for the most part. I'm interested in seeing how they'll take it on! Surely it must be longer than 40 mins