Satellite 15.. The Final Frontier

[MrKnickerbocker]

7.

An extra point for ambitiousness. Once S15 ends it's pretty paint by numbers, nothing too great. I'd give it a six without the intro.

 

[Perun]

Was there ever a physical release of the promo video for this one?

Edit: Never mind, it's on the En Vivo! DVD. Haha, silly me.

 

[Brigantium]

I actually like the pretty paint by numbers (although its more comic book than paint by numbers to me). It has the feel of old-style Maiden fun on an album that leans towards being quite serious.

 

[nuno_c]

I recently heard that the drums on Satellite 15 are actually done with a drum machine... Is there any official confirmation?

 

[Ariana]

Yes. It was a demo Adrian did.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

In other words, not just the drums, but everything on that intro is Adrian's demo.

 

[LooseCannon]

It was literally a tape he gave to Steve as an idea, and Steve went, "That's brilliant!" and H was like "But I thought we'd re-record it..."

 

[nuno_c]

Cool! Thank you all for the info!

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

H was like "But I thought we'd re-record it..."

Ah, the humility of the Great One, allowing mortals the chance to despoil his works. We are lucky that Steve was wise enough to let the word of H be heard unaltered.

 

[Mosh]

Major disappointment that they didn't re-record it. The intro sounds cool as is but there are a lot of huge problems (mostly the drum loop skip) and it sounds very much like a demo at times. Lots of potential lost there.

 

[LooseCannon]

Yeah, I agree. It almost felt like a Steve Harris-is-in-charge-fuck-you-H call.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Yes weird....They just added the "I tryyy to call the Earth's command" etc part to it....

Rating: 6

 

[Gk1]

Adrian said that they tried to play the intro themselves.It seems they went with the easy way.

 

[Forostar]

Adrian said that they tried to play the intro themselves.It seems they went with the easy way.

Source?

 

[Gk1]

Source?

Let me try and find the interview

 

[Gk1]

Source?

Around 06:10

Think this is an excellent interview BTW

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Good find. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Gk1]

Good find. Thanks for sharing!

Glad you liked it

 

[Forostar]

Thanks Gk1!

 

[Gk1]

Thanks Gk1!

No worries mate