Music/gigs

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, Hasta said:

Nicko McBrain retired as drummer from Maiden this weekend after 40 years, playing his last gig in Brazil.

He suffered a minor stroke back in January. He was still able to tour this summer onwards, but admitted he had to adapt and simplify some of the more complicated numbers. At 72 years old, he’s a bit older than the rest of the band so it looks like he’s gone out on his own terms. Bruce made a point that he has only retired from ‘live’ performances, so will possibly still feature on future album releases.

Simon Dawson takes over, drummer from Steve Harris ‘other’ band British Lion.

 

Have maiden released anything new since seventh son?

 

[Hasta]

6 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Have maiden released anything new since seventh son?

 

The problem with Maiden is many people got turned off with the quality of No Prayer for the Dying, Fear of the Dark and the Dickinson exit in the 90s. Therefore they have no appreciation of how good the 21st century renaissance was, albeit with a slightly more drawn-out proggy sound.

[GHR]

A 21st Century Maiden album sounds tolerable if you play it at 2x speed, or edit it so as to remove the first two minutes off all the songs.

Give me Priest or Saxon.

[Hasta]

On 10/12/2024 at 17:04, GHR said:

A 21st Century Maiden album sounds tolerable if you play it at 2x speed, or edit it so as to remove the first two minutes off all the songs.

Give me Priest or Saxon.

 😀 I take the point. There are way too many songs with slow drawn-out intros. The short, sharp "radio-friendly" songs have largely gone. The person that likes the The Trooper and Run to the Hills but doesn't appreciate Revelations or Seventh Son isn't going to be too fond of the 21st century albums. However there's still tons of great stuff on the later albums.

Saxon have always been good and are also in a bit of a renaissance period. I think the last two albums have been very strong, and they were great at King Georges Hall a few years back. 

I've never really got into Priest at all. I must be missing something.

 

Edited December 12 by Hasta

[Norbert Rassragr]

I've only got the Painkiller album, but it's the most gloriously over the top classic metal album I've heard. It's great.