What number one bands had Janick been in before Maiden?

[BludBrutha]

He says he had been in bands (plural) that had number one albums before he joined Maiden.

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I can’t find any evidence of him being in one band that had a number one album let alone multiple ones.

White Spirit went nowhere, he was in Gillan and they had some modest success but certainly no number one albums. What’s he talking about? Gogmagog? LOL.

 

[douglasgarza]

He says he had been in bands (plural) that had number one albums before he joined Maiden.

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I can’t find any evidence of him being in one band that had a number one album let alone multiple ones.

White Spirit went nowhere, he was in Gillan and they had some modest success but certainly no number one albums. What’s he talking about? Gogmagog? LOL. geometry dash lite

As I know, he joined two bands before Maiden. He was a member of the band White Spirit. He was the lead guitarist for this New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band, which he co-founded in 1975. White Spirit released one self-titled album in 1980. After White Spirit, Janick Gers joined Gillan, the band formed by former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan, in 1981. He replaced Bernie Torme and recorded two albums with them, "Double Trouble" (1981) and "Magic" (1982).

 

[Yax]

He says he had been in bands (plural) that had number one albums before he joined Maiden.

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I can’t find any evidence of him being in one band that had a number one album let alone multiple ones.

White Spirit went nowhere, he was in Gillan and they had some modest success but certainly no number one albums. What’s he talking about? Gogmagog? LOL.

It's pretty natural he has been in multiple bar and club bands that didn't get to record back in the day. I mean, Steve was in Smiler.

 

[Sheriff_of_Huddersfield]

I thought his breakthrough gig was with Bruce’s solo album Tattooed Millionaire. That in itself seems to be what led to his eventually being asked to join Maiden when Adrian left. It also goes to show where work ethic matters. I’d imagine Bruce saw him as a solid known quantity when the second lead guitar position opened with Maiden.

He was in a band with Clive Burr and Paul Di’Anno called Gogmagog. Not a charting band but still an Iron Maiden tie in.

I think it’s great that Steve decided to keep Janick on as a third guitarist. It allows Maiden to orchestrate more guitar layers and brings an additional creative perspective to the band.

 

[BludBrutha]

It's pretty natural he has been in multiple bar and club bands that didn't get to record back in the day. I mean, Steve was in Smiler.

How is that relevant to the topic? He said he had been in bands who had number ones albums. If they didn’t record anything how could they have number one albums? He’s clearly not talking about any of those.

 

[GhostofCain]

He says he had been in bands (plural) that had number one albums before he joined Maiden.

White Spirit went nowhere, he was in Gillan and they had some modest success but certainly no number one albums. What’s he talking about? Gogmagog? LOL.

Bollocks.

That being said, it is an easy mistake to make. I was in a band that did not go beyond supporting some bigger bands but I still think we headlined Monsters of Rock at Donington.

 

[Siddharth]

He says he had been in bands (plural) that had number one albums before he joined Maiden.

In my opinion, by "number one" he means, his output with other bands that he considers highly admirable rather than literally calling them 'charts topping' albums or anything as such. For example, here in my region, something is referred as 'number one' when considered in high regard.

 

[srfc]

He contributed to a Fish album that reached number 5 in the charts

 

[BludBrutha]

In my opinion, by "number one" he means, his output with other bands that he considers highly admirable rather than literally calling them 'charts topping' albums or anything as such. For example, here in my region, something is referred as 'number one' when considered in high regard.

He literally says “bands who had number one albums”. There is only one possible meaning for that phrase. Did you watch the clip in the original post?

 

[Meliegree]

It feel more like hyperbole and I don't think that he had bad intentions - more like he was talking about something insignificant so he stretched the meaning. He played in bands that were fairly well known and I'm sure that while they didn't reach 'number 1' in the official charts, at the time they could have been 'top 1 this week' in some bar, which to be honest would have been appropriate for that period in the UK. I also have the impression that he was talking more about being in bands that were in the top spots, but he didn't necessarily say that he was in them at the time. Simply put - he played with stars, so being in Iron Maiden wasn't something very unusual for him.

The phrase "number one albums" can have several meanings. Today it may have one, maybe not - I don't know, for me NPFTD is the number one album so let's be flexible in terms of such formulations regarding albums from 30 years ago in the pre-internet era, where every region or bar could have its top 10

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