Steve Harris

The entire British Lion venture is low budget, so Wetherspoons is fitting. ;) It was only £15 a ticket, and my tshirt was £10.
 
Same here. Although I do feel a bit bad about part of the motivation for going to see BL being specifically to see Steve, I have to admit, it's pretty amazing to be that close. The audience is really good natured. Most people are there because they're older Maiden fans and they adore Steve. When he first came out at York, everyone, self included, sort of froze for the first couple of songs because we were stunned at being so close. Like I said earlier, he was actually looking people in the eye when playing, not doing that vague stare-into-a-sea-of-people thing that a lot of musicians do on stage.
 
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Absolutely. He's basically singing right at you. And you're not just imagining it; he really is singing at you! At the front he's only a couple of yards in front of you (& slightly elevated). Having said this (as I've said before) you see those old SiT tour photos (UK gigs; Newcastle etc.) & people at the very front had their hands/arms resting on the stage; they were literally a stretch away from pedal boards. I can't imagine how good that would have been...
 
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Brigantium said:
Same here. Although I do feel a bit bad about part of the motivation for going to see BL being specifically to see Steve, I have to admit, it's pretty amazing to be that close. The audience is really good natured. Most people are there because they're older Maiden fans and they adore Steve. When he first came out at York, everyone, self included, sort of froze for the first couple of songs because we were stunned at being so close. Like I said earlier, he was actually looking people in the eye when playing, not doing that vague stare-into-a-sea-of-people thing that a lot of musicians do on stage.
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While I do recognize that attending such an intimate show involving someone as famous as Steve Harris is special, it was more the final motivation that made me go through the trouble of travelling to see them than the only or even greatest motivation. I do genuinely love the band British Lion, and knowing Steve Harris is who he is, we can never know when the next chance comes to see them on tour. It could be years. I think they really have something special going on with a vocalist with a super-cool, smooth melodic voice, heartfelt and honest lyrics and at the same time maintaining a hard rock sound that's both reminiscient of things I love about Iron Maiden, and also totally devoid of the slick and I'd like to say sheer cynical elements in production and songwriting that you'd typically find in something that's more commercial.

I think I see what Steve sees in this band, and the material, so in that I can totally understand why he does it. But he's about the only super-successful musician/millionaire I know of who'd rather tour moldy smelling clubs with a couple of old friends than putting together a super-group for the ages when he wants to do a side project.
 
Maturin said:
While I do recognize that attending such an intimate show involving someone as famous as Steve Harris is special, it was more the final motivation that made me go through the trouble of travelling to see them than the only or even greatest motivation. I do genuinely love the band British Lion, and knowing Steve Harris is who he is, we can never know when the next chance comes to see them on tour. It could be years. I think they really have something special going on with a vocalist with a super-cool, smooth melodic voice, heartfelt and honest lyrics and at the same time maintaining a hard rock sound that's both reminiscient of things I love about Iron Maiden, and also totally devoid of the slick and I'd like to say sheer cynical elements in production and songwriting that you'd typically find in something that's more commercial.

I think I see what Steve sees in this band, and the material, so in that I can totally understand why he does it. But he's about the only super-successful musician/millionaire I know of who'd rather tour moldy smelling clubs with a couple of old friends than putting together a super-group for the ages when he wants to do a side project.
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So is this more proof of the fact he just doesn't care?
 
Oh he definitely cares... about British Lion. Too bad that's his main project now and Maiden is just something he does on the side.
 
Maturin said:
While I do recognize that attending such an intimate show involving someone as famous as Steve Harris is special, it was more the final motivation that made me go through the trouble of travelling to see them than the only or even greatest motivation. I do genuinely love the band British Lion, and knowing Steve Harris is who he is, we can never know when the next chance comes to see them on tour. It could be years. I think they really have something special going on with a vocalist with a super-cool, smooth melodic voice, heartfelt and honest lyrics and at the same time maintaining a hard rock sound that's both reminiscient of things I love about Iron Maiden, and also totally devoid of the slick and I'd like to say sheer cynical elements in production and songwriting that you'd typically find in something that's more commercial.

I think I see what Steve sees in this band, and the material, so in that I can totally understand why he does it. But he's about the only super-successful musician/millionaire I know of who'd rather tour moldy smelling clubs with a couple of old friends than putting together a super-group for the ages when he wants to do a side project.
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:notworthy: My thoughts, exactly.

Mosh said:
Oh he definitely cares... about British Lion. Too bad that's his main project now and Maiden is just something he does on the side.
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You are not serious, are you ? He toured two weeks last year, four this year, and I suspect this is mainly to keep the project alive, because the other members aren't that busy. I think (hope) that Maiden will do a bit more now, because Bruce's disease has shown them that they need to enjoy it as long as they can (no doubt Bruce's state of mind has dramatically changed rencently, as he now says that he would love to do another Maiden record). So, we will see which amount of time is left for British Lion.
 
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