Paul and Blaze

They Are The Forgotten Ones.

Blaze Was *beep* So It's Okay Not To Credit Him.
And Dianno Wasn't As Good Either

And Anyways. IMDb Is Created By Internet Users, Us.
So Why Don't you Update It?

Don't get me worng, I'm a hige Maiden fan and I love everything they have done. I have seen them with both Bruce and Blaze and they always put on an awesome show. To say Bruce's voice isn't suited to huge world tours anymore is complete bollocks.

Blaze got a rough deal, he had big shoes to fill and hie arrival co-incided with Steve Harris' divorce and a bad time in his life when he decided to write a lot of slower and darker songs (X-Factor). I think the X-Factor is good, but honsetly is doesn't stand up to other Maiden albums and the songs are quite samey and some are pretty weak. If Bruce had sung on the X-Factor, I would think the same thing, I just don't think it was a good album, the singer had nothing to do with it. I saw Blaze with the band on the X-FacTour in 1996 and I like they guy, but he can't sing Maiden's songs. Blaze has a great voice, Wolfsbane and his solo stuff is great, but he just can;t sing Maiden songs. The gig was very poor and the crowd weren't interested.

Virtual XI was a bad album with a few good songs. It had a lot of filler. The singing was good, the songs were bad. The resulting tours had lesser ticket sales (with the exception of some European countires and South America). Blaze still couldn;t sing the old Maiden stuff well enough, so it was time for him to go. Bruce came back by mutual agreement because he wanted to do metal again and Maiden needed a singer to replace Blaze.

To say people are rifing the Maiden band Wagon just because Bruce is back is stupid. If this is true, they've been riding the band wagon for over 5 years now, to me 5 years is not a passing trend. The tour with Bruce back in 1999 was a huge success, the sales of Brave New World and its critical acclaim were a huge success. The BNW tour was a massive success, the release of the Rock in Rio DVD had massice success. Maiden then dud another huge headlinging 'Give me Ed 'till I'm dead' tour to huge success, headlinging a few major rock festivals along the way. Then Maiden had some time off and recorded Dance of Death, which sold well, had critical acclaim and then proceeded on another huge successful world tour with massive ticket sales. That's a hell of a 'band wagon'. In my experience 'Band Wagons' run stale after few months or a year. Not 5 years of acclaimed success. Since Bruce re-joined in 1999, they have had a period of success and aclaim the same as when he joined in 1982.

Maiden's success since Bruce and Adrian's return is due to the band getting new energy, writing new albums that stand up to their older material and sounding as good as ever on tour. I know I saw them 5 times last year and have seen them in excess of 30 times since Donington 1992.

I like Blaze, I accept he got a rough deal, but at the end of the day he just wasn't up to the job. He had his fun and I've read enough interviews with him to know he has no hard feelings. Good luck to Blaze in his Solo career and if he ever decides to reform Wolfsbane, I would be very happy. Good luck to Maiden in their continued success which they work hard ofr and deserve.



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