Me too.
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 2025 Tour Thread *SPOILERS INSIDE*
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Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
That's obviously entirely up to taste. But "suffers massively" is pure hyperbole. Their live sound was amazing when I saw them in July.
I've got the same impression.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
IMO, all 4 times I saw them this year, the sound was muddy because of the drum tunning. Maiden was always a crisp-sounding band with the only really low information being the kick.
With Simon having a lower tunning, especially on the snare, I feel like that shifted the snare below the very mid-heavy bass in Maiden. Nicko and Steve's instruments were tuned to eachother to perfection. Can't say that for Simon yet, as his snare tends to get lost under the mid-heavy bass.
Just my 2 cents. I also wrote before that the sound changed massively because of the drum, especially snare, tunning. And not in the right direction.
So in short, I think it's the snare tuning and not the whole kit.
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Well, if I dare to compare this year's sound to LOTB 2022, it's a downgrade. And I contribute a lot of that to snare tuning. 2023/2024 doesn't count IMO, since Nicko was clearly playing through struggles.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
BRUCE DICKINSON Says New IRON MAIDEN Drummer SIMON DAWSON Brings 'Stability' To The Band's Live Shows
In a new interview with "Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern", IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson spoke about the spring/summer 2025 European leg of the band's "Run For Your Lives" world tour. The trek, which launched on May 27 in Budapest, Hungary and concluded on August 2 in...blabbermouth.net
Bruce: ''It's not weird from the perspective that what I'm hearing behind me is not Nicko. So I don't expect to see Nicko because everything about Simon is different. His drums are tuned differently, he plays the songs with a different feel to Nick. So because of that, I don't turn around and go, 'Oh, shock. Nicko should be there,' because it's obvious he's not there from the sound. The drums are tuned a lot lower, they're much fatter. And Simon kind of sticks with the program in terms of the tempo of the song and everything. He's absolutely scrupulous about cutting the right tempo every time. So we actually, as a band, really kind of appreciate that. 'Cause all the guitarists have big smiles, like Cheshire cats, Steve the same. 'Cause everybody's not feeling, like, 'Whoa, hey, steady on there, trigger. Whoa, slow down there.' So that's what Simon brings to it — there's stability. And he's doesn't try to be Nicko. You can't be Nicko. I mean, there's only one Nicko; he is unique. That's why we didn't pick a clone. And there were plenty of drummers who could copy what Nicko did, but we don't want one of those. We wanted somebody that had a different feel.''
Is he having a dig at the guy who was the backbone of the sound of the band for over 40 years?