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I didn't go into much depth of that blog, but it seemed to me sarcastic from the start, pointed towards Janick-bashers.
Now, to clarify something;
Adrian Smith has been chronologically longer in the band, and what's most important, he has recorded six studio albums with Maiden in that period, two more than Janick. And what's even more important, he was there and was a big contribution to what we call Maiden's "golden era". Tastes may vary, but objectively, he's more accomplished songwriter and more accomplished guitarist than Janick Gers.
On the other hand, Janick is great songwriter and great guitarist and he's Maiden. He isn't dispensible. Some people need to figure that out. That people need to know that he wasn't merely just an Adrian replacement. He's been recruited when Maiden switched styles, something that Adrian wasn't happy about, but Janick saw himself there. I don't like Steve's decision from 1990, to take a few steps back, but it's been done, we had some great material from them in the '90s, not superb like in '80s, but good none the less. And after '99 everything went up again. In any case, Adrian Smith didn't fit in 1990's Maiden. Janick Gers did.
Now let's repeat what exactly (officially) happened between SSOASS and No Prayer.
Band did a year off in 1989. Nicko was preparing his drum clinic video, Dave was settling in Hawaii, Adrian was recording Silver And Gold, Bruce was doing Nightmare On The Elm Street stuff with Gers, later the record company wanted a full album, so they ended up doing Tattooed Millionaire. Steve was working on Maiden England video. Bruce thought that Seventh Son was a flawed record but that flaws never got shown due to more accessible/commercial sound, and a grandious stage set/performance. Steve thought that Maiden reached the apex in terms of progressive music, synths and such, and wanted to change direction, but it couldn't be done instantly, because the Seventh Son was a natural progression of everything that classic line-up recorded throughout five years. So he didn't want to experiment much, just to revert the style to a more of Killers / NOTB type. Adrian was discomforted with that. But that wasn't initially shown. Problems arose on the songwriting sessions, which went very quick. Adrian used vast majority of his creativity for the ASAP project, Maiden were already to record, he had little material. He wanted them to just slow down a bit so he could write some more. Steve was enthusiastic to record new stuff, and tensions started rising, when Adrian shown that he's not 110% breathing for Maiden. Naturally, he got fired.
Janick was a friend of the band. He was the first choice, because he was already working with Bruce. Actually, Janick defended Adrian and wanted them all to reconsider and try to work things out, so that Adrian could remain. Only when that was ruled out, he appeared in on the 'arry's farm, he had one day to learn four songs, and he and Dave instantly clicked.
Now, to clarify something;
Adrian Smith has been chronologically longer in the band, and what's most important, he has recorded six studio albums with Maiden in that period, two more than Janick. And what's even more important, he was there and was a big contribution to what we call Maiden's "golden era". Tastes may vary, but objectively, he's more accomplished songwriter and more accomplished guitarist than Janick Gers.
On the other hand, Janick is great songwriter and great guitarist and he's Maiden. He isn't dispensible. Some people need to figure that out. That people need to know that he wasn't merely just an Adrian replacement. He's been recruited when Maiden switched styles, something that Adrian wasn't happy about, but Janick saw himself there. I don't like Steve's decision from 1990, to take a few steps back, but it's been done, we had some great material from them in the '90s, not superb like in '80s, but good none the less. And after '99 everything went up again. In any case, Adrian Smith didn't fit in 1990's Maiden. Janick Gers did.
Now let's repeat what exactly (officially) happened between SSOASS and No Prayer.
Band did a year off in 1989. Nicko was preparing his drum clinic video, Dave was settling in Hawaii, Adrian was recording Silver And Gold, Bruce was doing Nightmare On The Elm Street stuff with Gers, later the record company wanted a full album, so they ended up doing Tattooed Millionaire. Steve was working on Maiden England video. Bruce thought that Seventh Son was a flawed record but that flaws never got shown due to more accessible/commercial sound, and a grandious stage set/performance. Steve thought that Maiden reached the apex in terms of progressive music, synths and such, and wanted to change direction, but it couldn't be done instantly, because the Seventh Son was a natural progression of everything that classic line-up recorded throughout five years. So he didn't want to experiment much, just to revert the style to a more of Killers / NOTB type. Adrian was discomforted with that. But that wasn't initially shown. Problems arose on the songwriting sessions, which went very quick. Adrian used vast majority of his creativity for the ASAP project, Maiden were already to record, he had little material. He wanted them to just slow down a bit so he could write some more. Steve was enthusiastic to record new stuff, and tensions started rising, when Adrian shown that he's not 110% breathing for Maiden. Naturally, he got fired.
Janick was a friend of the band. He was the first choice, because he was already working with Bruce. Actually, Janick defended Adrian and wanted them all to reconsider and try to work things out, so that Adrian could remain. Only when that was ruled out, he appeared in on the 'arry's farm, he had one day to learn four songs, and he and Dave instantly clicked.
I guess people from Hartlepool mostly support their own team, but which of the North-Eastern Premiership teams has most sympathy in Hartlepool?
