Yup. The old backup for #1. Got demoted when Steve got the latest maple signatures. Now it's in BL rig.
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Wow! I totally missed that "in" lol.
Tony Moore played keyboards for Iron Maiden at one show in 1977: Now he's back on the road with Steve Harris
British Lion are currently on tour with support from prog rock one man band Tony Moore: "If Tony could play guitar back then the way he does now he'd probably still be in the band", says Steve Harriswww.loudersound.com
Steve: If Tony could play guitar back then the way he does now he’d probably still be in the band [both laugh]. But Tony was on keyboards and rhythm guitar. They wouldn’t have been subtle if you were playing them! Tony was trying to shoehorn keyboard parts into a song like Wrathchild and they just didn’t fit. I always wanted the twin-guitar thing in Maiden, and he was more of a rhythm guitarist.
What do the other Iron Maiden guys think about you doing British Lion?
Steve: I don’t really know. Adrian came on the last tour and stayed till the end. I know that Davey doesn’t have a problem with it. Nicko came to see us on the previous tour. Bruce has seen us. The only one that hasn’t is Janick, and I’ve never spoken to him about it. But if he did have a problem… well, that’s tough! Naah, I’m kidding. They all know that it makes no difference whatsoever to Maiden. If anything, it helps me get match-fit for Maiden.
Talking of Maiden guys’ extra-curricular activity, have you heard Bruce’s album?
Steve: Not yet, no. A few days ago he brought in the vinyl single to show the artwork, but I haven’t heard any of the actual music.
Cheers and will do! My house is near the flooding here in St Neots. Luckily for us the flood plains do their job!
For the holidays or Bruce to give him a copy of his album/single? It can't be about the future live album & video from the current tour (like they did in 2020), it's too early for that I guess. They are both busy now and don't usually write songs together. Early next year the best time window. And they have ideas all the time. This year is one of the busiest for Maiden's members.
Don’t know when this interview was conducted, but Bruce spent lot of time in the US last year, and Steve partially lives in LA? Or randomly meeting early this year in the UK?
I saw British Lion in Ljubljana the day before Maiden, I left halfway through the gig.
Nice to know someone else felt the same. I thought the audience looked quite bored. There was just so little variation in the material.
They just aren't good. The only reason 90% of the audience show up is to see Steve up close. And at this stage it's probably only his stubborness that’s keeping the project alive.
