Simon Dawson is the new drummer

[Ascendingthethrone]

Let us all raise our glasses to Simon the night. I hope you smash it (pun intended!)

 

[Nomadd]

Let us all raise our glasses to Simon the night. I hope you smash it (pun intended!)

CHEERS! Up the SIMON!

 

[mikoza]

CHEERS! And blow that f****n drum set to sky!

 

[agtsp16]

I remember in 2013 when Charlie Charlesworth was the drum technician of Simon with British Lion. Do you think he will continue his job with Maiden/Simon?

Charlie Charlesworth confirmed

 

[Iron Lurker]

I thought for the first gig Simon crushed it.

 

[Brigantium]

He good. And the rest of the band was playing catchup with him at times

 

[CA Bryers]

From the clips I've seen, I thought he did great. I will say, it's weird as hell actually seeing the Iron Maiden drummer during a show, though. Just not used to it what with 41 years of Nicko setting up a drum store on the riser.

 

[Helmuth Von Moltke]

According to the poor sound of a livestream, I thought Simon made Maiden sound more metal and modern. Not to criticise Nicko, but Simon could give them a really good new edge at this late stage.

 

[matic22]

He did well.

 

[Vaenyr]

I could see him revitalizing the band and them continuing for a few more years.

 

[matic22]

Only time I sensed some double kicks was at the end of the songs. Also, he is playing Natals not BDC.

 

[Iron Brody]

I posted this in the tour thread, but it feels more appropriate here:

Spoiler: Simon!

With the caveat that I watched the show on my phone from a live stream, I was impressed by Simon. I like that his drumming is his own style while still serving the songs as performed by Nicko and Clive.

I also appreciate that he has a smaller, less flashy kit. It would’ve been absurd for him to copy Nicko’s kit and the graphics.

 

[PhantomOfTheOpera]

Simon did a great job based on the clips I've seen so far. It's definitely interesting to see someone else behind the drums again, especially since he doesn’t have a massive drum kit blocking the view like Nicko usually does.

 

[Olafson666]

The intro to Murders was a bit of and strange, I guess he was very nervous. The rest of the show seems pretty tight.

 

[Vaenyr]

The intro to Murders was a bit of and strange, I guess he was very nervous. The rest of the show seems pretty tight.

Yeah, probably nerves. Didn't sound as clean as it should, but that'll probably improve in the next shows.

 

[Spaldy]

Yeah, a minor fuck up that will fuel a dozen YT rage videos.

 

[Meliegree]

I prefer 'fuck up' like that to trainwrecks from last tour.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

I realise that my comment in the tour thread

He's a non-presence, which is what was expected since the announcement. It's not exactly the same as if Portnoy was replaced by Phil Rudd, but it's not exactly different to me either.

It's okay when the drums aren't important, but when they are, it's kinda meh. SETLIST SPOILER: The only good section (the closing one) of SSOASS is really weak as a result and they could spend the whole ten minutes better, methinks.

(whether that's bashing, you decide)

probably came off as unnecessarily hostile.

But in general, from someone who's obsessed with Nicko (like, not interested in the band very much without him), he's okay. Has an ungrateful job, does it well, most of the time it's really okay for me, wouldn't skip the tour because of him (which was my first knee-jerk reaction to the announcement). All the power to him, really.

 

[LosBastardos]

Yeah, a minor fuck up that will fuel a dozen YT rage videos.

Yes, especially as it was at the start of his first gig. But from what I've seen he's done a great job.

 

[Night Prowler]