What was Blaze like live?

[Murder89]

yes he auditioned for the job  the story is told here

http://www.doogiewhite.com/history.htm

i still think Steve got it wrong Doogie would have been awesome IMHO

Thanks!  

I don't know if Maiden would have been better with Doogie.But I think he would have done a much better job with the Bruce era songs.
And it's really hard to understand what Steve was thinking.I mean you call these 2 singers for an audition and ask them to sing - obviously - a lot of stuff from the 80s and in the end you hire the one that is less efficient(to put it elegantly  ).That's weird.Or maybe Steve sees more.

 

[Night Prowler]

Are there more informations about those auditions? I only heard that the finalists were James LaBrie, Blaze and Andre Matos.

 

[Prowler_108]

LaBrie never actually wanted to join Maiden.  He was the bands first choice but he wanted to stay with Dream Theater.

 

[chaosapiant]

According to the biographies, Steve ONLY wanted a Brit for the job.  Was LaBrie British?  I thought he was from New York?

 

[GuineaPig]

He's Canadian.

 

[snake plissken]

He's Canadian.

British Columbia? 

Just a word on that whole "only a Brit" thing. It's not the first time I've had this but I really hope it's untrue. The best person for the job should always be picked regardless of where they're from IMO.

 

[LooseCannon]

LaBrie is from Ontario.

I'm not sure we'll ever know who was the finalists for sure. I thought that being British was a criteria as well.

 

[Ranko]

I know that (jokingly) Steve said that it was necessary that Adrian's replacement in 1990 was a Brit, could kick a football (soccer ball) and down a pint of beer in 10 seconds.

 

[Feverdog]

I never caught blaze live with maiden but with wolfsbane he was a great singer /frontman

 

[Albie]

Just a word on that whole "only a Brit" thing. It's not the first time I've had this but I really hope it's untrue. The best person for the job should always be picked regardless of where they're from IMO.

From what I recall, 'Arry was keen on keeping the band British which I believe is why he only went for UK singers. And I believe the last three was Doogie White, Blaze and someone else.

Steve Grimmett claimed to be in the last 5 - but we only have his word for it.

 

[snake plissken]

From what I recall, 'Arry was keen on keeping the band British which I believe is why he only went for UK singers. And I believe the last three was Doogie White, Blaze and someone else.

Steve Grimmett claimed to be in the last 5 - but we only have his word for it.

Well it just seems silly to me and dare I say it, biased.