What are you more excited about - New Maiden or Bruce? (Poll)

[The Red and the Black]

Frankly, I'm more interested in the prospect of a surprise Dave Murray solo album...just waiting for the right time!

Has Dave ever done anything band-wise outside of Maiden? He’s had a steady gig since 1975! (Except for a brief period when Dennis Wilcox got him fired.)

 

[MindRuler]

Frankly, I'm more interested in the prospect of a surprise Dave Murray solo album...just waiting for the right time!

He allready released one many years ago.

 

[Sth2112]

Has Dave ever done anything band-wise outside of Maiden? He’s had a steady gig since 1975! (Except for a brief period when Dennis Wilcox got him fired.)

Basically just recorded a single with a band called The secret before joining Maiden, and played on the Hear’n Aid single, one Psycho motel song, one Urchin song and on Nicko’s drum instructional video.

I would love a Dave Murray album!

 

[Dick Brucinson]

I wouldn't mind a book by Rod Smallwood about clever ideas to making money.
Or a lifestyle & mental healthcare book written by Dave "Start your day with a smile".

 

[Jer]

Frankly, I'm more interested in the prospect of a surprise Dave Murray solo album...just waiting for the right time!

Age Of Innocence, Pt. 2: Scenes From Curmudgeonry

 

[chaosapiant]

Do you think Bruce's 90s albums with Roy Z and Adrian were better or worse than Maiden's 90s albums with Blaze? I love Maiden, but Bruce kicked their asses in that period. I would kind of like to visit an alternative reality where the Bruce-Roy Z-Adrian band continued for a few more albums. What incredible music we would have gotten, I think. But the reunion with Maiden was destiny.

I think The X Factor is a better album than any of Bruce’s solo albums. Virtual XI isn’t better but it’s really good.

 

[GhostofCain]

I think The X Factor is a better album than any of Bruce’s solo albums. Virtual XI isn’t better but it’s really good.

 

[Samantas5855]

I think The X Factor is a better album than any of Bruce’s solo albums. Virtual XI isn’t better but it’s really good.

I agree

 

[Siddharth]

During the time period when Accident Of Birth and The Chemical Wedding came out, Bruce and the band were doing what Maiden refused to do and Judas Priest pretty much messed up in doing so.

 

[MindRuler]

I think The X Factor is a better album than any of Bruce’s solo albums.

Maybe better than the first 2 but no way better than the rest of Bruce's discography.

 

[MindRuler]

During the time period when Accident Of Birth and The Chemical Wedding came out, Bruce and the band were doing what Maiden refused to do and Judas Priest pretty much messed up in doing so.

Those 2 Ripper Priests albums are quite meh.

 

[MindlessPieces]

Those 2 Ripper Priests albums are quite meh.

I love those albums, I think Ripper Owens is an awesome singer.

 

[MindlessPieces]

Maybe better than the first 2 but no way better than the rest of Bruce's discography.

I like Tattooed Millionaire and Balls to Piccaso way more than X Factor.
Songs like Son of a Gun, No Lies, Tattooed Millionaire, Gypsie Road, Zulu lulu, Shoot all the clowns, Tears of a Dragon, 1000 points of light, Change of heart, Sacred Cowboys, all way above anything on X Factor.
Even the worst, Lickin the gun, Dive, Dive, Dive are certainly better than the worst on X Factor 2 a.m.

 

[Black Bart]

I like Tattooed Millionaire and Balls to Piccaso way more than X Factor.
Songs like Son of a Gun, No Lies, Tattooed Millionaire, Gypsie Road, Zulu lulu, Shoot all the clowns, Tears of a Dragon, 1000 points of light, Change of heart, Sacred Cowboys, all way above anything on X Factor.
Even the worst, Lickin the gun, Dive, Dive, Dive are certainly better than the worst on X Factor 2 a.m.

I agree with everything except for the fact that I do like "2 A.M".

 

[CA Bryers]

Bruce album and tour. At least with Bruce, we're pretty much guaranteed a good-sounding record. With Maiden, you're getting whatever sound Steve feels like, and Shirley goes ahead and does it. With Bruce, that's where you're going to get the short, snappier songs that the '80s die-hards have been wishing Maiden would do again. Roy trims the fat off the arrangements (that was one criticism he had of BNW when it came out), whereas Steve wants every note written on the record.

Sounds like I'm anti-Steve and all, but not the case. I love what Maiden have been doing, but I also know we're getting albums that sound good to a guy with admitted hearing damage. Even so, a new Maiden album would be a day one purchase as always, and one I'd be very excited about.

I'm also hoping for one last live album from Bruce, which I think there's a fair chance we'll get one. I'm sure he knows this is quite possibly his last solo tour (unless he does more when Maiden hangs it up), and he's got a good track record of documenting most of his tours with a live product of some sort (minus AoB tour and ToS, which had no tour). Hope it'll be a double album unlike Scream for Me Brazil, so we get whichever covers are in the set.

 

[CA Bryers]

I agree, although I think they proved they can still make a great album in the form of TOS (and they didn't have much time to do it). With the new one, they had worked on it since 2015, so it's really curious what Bruce has done after such a long period of time. I expect something special.

I've been under the assumption that Mandrake's just been added to in bits and pieces when Bruce and Roy have spare time, rather than having been worked on remotely hard over the past eight years. Wouldn't be surprised to hear if there was a year or two here and there over those eight years when nothing had been added to it. Then again, it's an assumption, and there's a saying that goes with those.

 

[Spambot]

I've been under the assumption that Mandrake's just been added to in bits and pieces when Bruce and Roy have spare time, rather than having been worked on remotely hard over the past eight years. Wouldn't be surprised to hear if there was a year or two here and there over those eight years when nothing had been added to it. Then again, it's an assumption, and there's a saying that goes with those.

My thought too. But just because it was done in bits and pieces, it doesn't mean they didn't have a original idea which they kept working on when Bruce was free (judging by FB posts, it seems Roy had a lot of free time)

 

[efekåseo_suomi]

I think The X Factor is a better album than any of Bruce’s solo albums. Virtual XI isn’t better but it’s really good.

People tend to look at 1980-1988 for the creative peak in Maiden, but the material written by Steve, Janick, Dave, Blaze, Bruce and Adrian between 1994-1998 is just breathtaking. In the time span of 3 years we got The X Factor, Accident of Birth and The Chemical Wedding. I can't believe Iron Maiden/Bruce & Adrian sometimes played tiny clubs promoting that material. All cornerstones in heavy metal, absolute artistic excellence.

 

[Maiden95]

I voted Bruce cause that's now confirmed and happening for sure in the near future. So at the moment I'm feeling more excited about that

 

[Iron Lurker]

People tend to look at 1980-1988 for the creative peak in Maiden, but the material written by Steve, Janick, Dave, Blaze, Bruce and Adrian between 1994-1998 is just breathtaking. In the time span of 3 years we got The X Factor, Accident of Birth and The Chemical Wedding. I can't believe Iron Maiden/Bruce & Adrian sometimes played tiny clubs promoting that material. All cornerstones in heavy metal, absolute artistic excellence.

Metal was dead for much of the 90's, also Blaze wasn't Bruce and it showed. I saw Maiden on the X Factor tour in one of those tiny clubs. Blaze lost his voice near the end of the set and for the encore songs. Wasn't pretty.