Nicko McBrain

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Gah, I always see “Nicko Jr.” in this picture before I realize it’s his feet!
 
Damn just realised he's 72 now. Guy with the most demanding job in the band, playing demanding music, is getting pretty damn old. Not like the Stones with their standard mid tempo stuff. It's a marvel Nicko is still going. What a guy.
Yep. Even "post-stroke-simplified-fills" Nicko at the beginning of Future Past Tour while also 71 years old, he was still playing at a pretty high level. I still remember reading an old interview with Steve (FotD era, if I recall) where he said he couldn't imagine still playing while in their fifties. Look at 'em all now.
 
Yep. Even "post-stroke-simplified-fills" Nicko at the beginning of Future Past Tour while also 71 years old, he was still playing at a pretty high level. I still remember reading an old interview with Steve (FotD era, if I recall) where he said he couldn't imagine still playing while in their fifties. Look at 'em all now.
If he can keep going even while simplifying fills I'm fine with it.
Hell, Lars has been doing it for twenty five years .

Seriously though Nicko could probably play most of their stuff still. Maybe not the really complicated dexterity requiring hi hat work on stuff like RTTH though. I also listened to him playing Man on the edge live the other day. That's almost like a thrash metal song! Not sure he could do that one.
 
If he can keep going even while simplifying fills I'm fine with it.
Hell, Lars has been doing it for twenty five years .
Same. Fills aren't a make-or-break thing for me with Maiden. And he added a bunch of fills back in as Future Past progressed, so who knows where he's at now.
 
Some videos here. He's playing very well.

 
"Titanium Tart and their management, Rebecca McBrain @ Lady Phoenix Productions, would like to thank The Barn Sanford, The OCC Roadhouse Clearwater, and Piper's Pub Pompano for our gigs this past week. A special thanks goes to Karen Lazer, Victor Lima and Greg Watts for your help in organizing these great shows! We very much look forward to the next time and hope it can be very soon! We'd also like to thank our killer crew, Jim McCourt, Rob Mieves, Joel Michaud and Bryan Keogh for all their hard work. Above and beyond! We look forward to seeing everyone out there next time. Til then, well, you know what to do! Rock on, of course!
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This may be a daft question but thanks in advance for any help with this.

A friend asked me this and as a big Maiden fan I embarrassingly didn't have an answer. Is Nicko a car and racing car fan?
 
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