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after much researching, i've got a new theory for the TXF (or blaze) bashing. here it follows:
TXF came out in 1995, the same year Van Halen released 'Balance'. Both albums, in their essence,
were very gloomy sounding (i mean vh jumped from masturbation to politics, if u know what i
mean). the mid-90s were indeed very dark times for music, as it was ruled either by depressing
grunge (Pearl Jam), distorted metal(a la Alice in Chains,Soundgarden) or punkstars(rollins
band, green day, offspring). fans were eager for something to cheer them up from the kings of
metal & good-time-rock - maiden & vh. instead they were treated to bleak music (execllent
although), in the case of maiden with a melanchoic singer, which turned of a lot off a lot of fans.
my theory was strenghtened by conversations with maiden fans. whereas the average maiden fans
listening to maiden after bruce's reinstatement (including me) thought that TXF was a
masterpiece & blaze a amazing singer, the fans who were around in 95 despised both the album
& the singer. this bad feeling continued upto VXI (which is in my opinion, the worst IM album),
leading to blaze's booting. i can also see this pattern with vh, who, although having earned a
2x platinum album with balance, lost sammy haggar, & recorded their worst album 'VH-III' with
gary cherone.
the thing i'm trying to say that, had TXF was released in the 80s or even after 2000, blaze would
have been hailed as the king, & the album as, well probably maiden's finest creation. it's a matter
of timing actually.
whoo, that was one hell of a theory. now only if i can use it for my class test tomorrow. [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /]
TXF came out in 1995, the same year Van Halen released 'Balance'. Both albums, in their essence,
were very gloomy sounding (i mean vh jumped from masturbation to politics, if u know what i
mean). the mid-90s were indeed very dark times for music, as it was ruled either by depressing
grunge (Pearl Jam), distorted metal(a la Alice in Chains,Soundgarden) or punkstars(rollins
band, green day, offspring). fans were eager for something to cheer them up from the kings of
metal & good-time-rock - maiden & vh. instead they were treated to bleak music (execllent
although), in the case of maiden with a melanchoic singer, which turned of a lot off a lot of fans.
my theory was strenghtened by conversations with maiden fans. whereas the average maiden fans
listening to maiden after bruce's reinstatement (including me) thought that TXF was a
masterpiece & blaze a amazing singer, the fans who were around in 95 despised both the album
& the singer. this bad feeling continued upto VXI (which is in my opinion, the worst IM album),
leading to blaze's booting. i can also see this pattern with vh, who, although having earned a
2x platinum album with balance, lost sammy haggar, & recorded their worst album 'VH-III' with
gary cherone.
the thing i'm trying to say that, had TXF was released in the 80s or even after 2000, blaze would
have been hailed as the king, & the album as, well probably maiden's finest creation. it's a matter
of timing actually.
whoo, that was one hell of a theory. now only if i can use it for my class test tomorrow. [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /]