[QUOTE=rippa32]I was casually reading over the last few pages and noticed that Bruce was mentioned as being a pilot, I had no idea about this, how long has he been a pilot?[/QUOTE]
Bruce has been a pilot since the period inbetween FOTD and BNW

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]ok...so hands up who got their balls blown off by Maiden last night....

/raises hand

/review in full later (cricket lunchbreak)[/QUOTE]

Mine were blown off in 2003

/raises hand

/is wearing tour t-shirt

[QUOTE=Lord Brummington]Mine were blown off in 2003

/raises hand

/is wearing tour t-shirt[/QUOTE]
mine too, I found them on the floor of the MetroRadio arena, Newcastle, packed them in ice and sewed 'em back on, had to do it again...bah

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]mine too, I found them on the floor of the MetroRadio arena, Newcastle, packed them in ice and sewed 'em back on, had to do it again...bah[/QUOTE]

Mine were nearly stolen by a sheep in Cardiff.

[QUOTE=Lord Brummington]Mine were nearly stolen by a sheep in Cardiff.[/QUOTE]
do you always go to Wales for gigs?

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]ok...so hands up who got their balls blown off by Maiden last night....

/raises hand

/review in full later (cricket lunchbreak)[/QUOTE]
that was the 2nd time they blew my balls off.

/was in 2nd row last night.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]do you always go to Wales for gigs?[/QUOTE]

It varies between Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham.

Getting to Cardiff is easy - £7.50 return fare on the train.
I have family up in Brum so my Dad normally drives up, goes to the gig with me then we tend to stay with my Aunty and Uncle.
Bristol is only down the road.

So can anyone tell me why someone who is incredibly rich as he is one of the most respected metal singers of all time needs to have a second job, like being a pilot?

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]ok...so hands up who got their balls blown off by Maiden last night....

/raises hand

/review in full later (cricket lunchbreak)[/QUOTE]
/hopes Maiden will come to Scotland next year so his balls will be blown off/

[QUOTE]So can anyone tell me why someone who is incredibly rich as he is one of the most respected metal singers of all time needs to have a second job, like being a pilot?[/QUOTE]
because he enjoys it

Isn't it one of his Hobbies?

to rippa

[QUOTE=Lord Brummington]Isn't it one of his Hobbies?

to rippa[/QUOTE]
he flies light aircraft as a hobbie, i think he's an airline pilot so he has something to do when they're not touring / recording.

[QUOTE=sack-man]he flies light aircraft as a hobbie, i think he's an airline pilot so he has something to do when they're not touring / recording.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like more fun than sitting at home.

How cool would it be to be flown somewhere by Bruce?

Useless bit of info - Bruce was in a question on the Weakest Link yesterday, I think the question was ''Which British heavy metal singer also flies planes as a hobby, Bruce ____?'' (the show had an airline theme to it, all contestants worked in airports or on planes)

The guy who was asked the question got it wrong.

when maiden tour you can get flown to gigs by Bruce, on "Bruce Air." it's normally a flight number ending in 666 as well :evil:

well, i think i'm gonna go and have a shower, as i still have beer in my hair from the gig last night. some morons were wasting entire pints, throwing them at the front rows. and i think i may have a sleep, i've been awake for nearly 31 hours now, apart from when i dozed of for 10 minutes on the train home this morning.

Wow, currently listening to Powerslave and I must say the dual guitar work is amazing.Already listened to: NOTB, Iron Maiden and Killers.Would you suggest Seventh Son next?

I would suggest piece of mind, X-factor and seventh son next

i would also suggest somewhere in time

[QUOTE=Nobuo>>>>=God]Wow, currently listening to Powerslave and I must say the dual guitar work is amazing.Already listened to: NOTB, Iron Maiden and Killers.Would you suggest Seventh Son next?[/QUOTE]
Seventh Son owns. Get it.

I just ordered [i]Powerslave[/i].

woohoo

i would suggest fear of the dark, but i think im one of the few people in the world that views FOTD as one of Maiden's best albums :upset:

For the love of God and all that is holy: Do NOT touch anything where Blaze's voice is audiable.

Songwise = Good
Blaze = Bad

It's like listening to a bad cover of Iron Maiden. The live versions where Bruce sings proves that they are good songs, just been butchered by Blaze.

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]i would suggest fear of the dark, but i think im one of the few people in the world that views FOTD as one of Maiden's best albums :upset:[/QUOTE]
out of all the maiden albums it is one of my least favourites.

it only really has four good songs

[QUOTE=1One1]For the love of God and all that is holy: Do NOT touch anything where Blaze's voice is audiable.

Songwise = Good
Blaze = Bad

It's like listening to a bad cover of Iron Maiden. The live versions where Bruce sings proves that they are good songs, just been butchered by Blaze.[/QUOTE]
you dont have the slightest clue what your talking about

Thanks for the suggestions.I think I'll listen to Piece Of Mind than Live After Death and go chronogically up the discography seeing as you guys suggested pretty much everything.

[QUOTE=1One1]For the love of God and all that is holy: Do NOT touch anything where Blaze's voice is audiable.

Songwise = Good
Blaze = Bad

It's like listening to a bad cover of Iron Maiden. The live versions where Bruce sings proves that they are good songs, just been butchered by Blaze.[/QUOTE]
I completely disagree with this...person
please don't listen to this person, they have a poor idea of metal vocals if they think this.

Go away and listen to look for the truth and fortunes of war and come back when you get some ears

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]I completely disagree with this...person
please don't listen to this person, they have a poor idea of metal vocals if they think this.

Go away and listen to look for the truth and fortunes of war and come back when you get some ears[/QUOTE]
quoted for excellent truthfulness :)

With all due respect:

Blaze is NOTHING compared to Bruce in singing ability. Not to mention that Bruce's voice is better. Bruce's voice contributes a HELLUVA lot to the "Maiden" sound. Maiden dont sound like Maiden without Bruce.

[QUOTE=1One1]With all due respect:

Blaze is NOTHING compared to Bruce in singing ability. Not to mention that Bruce's voice is better. Bruce's voice contributes a HELLUVA lot to the "Maiden" sound. Maiden dont sound like Maiden without Bruce.[/QUOTE]
true, but that doesn't make blaze [I]c[/I]rap

[QUOTE=cragmaiden666]out of all the maiden albums it is one of my least favourites.

it only really has four good songs[/QUOTE]
Dude,

'Be quick or be dead' is awesome
'From here to eternity' is abit on the weak side
'Afriad to shoot starnger' is good (but better live)
'Fear is the key' and 'childhoods end' are a bit meh
'Wasting love' is great (but again is better live)
ok album gets abit weak from 'the fugitive' to 'Judas be my guide', which is one of the best songs on the album.
Weekend warrior is about the same level as 'from here to eternity'
FOTD is way better live than on the studio album

ok that may look like i shot myself in the foot with half them songs but they are still good and i still say it is a good album, better than number of the beast which people constantly say to me is their best album (for some reason)

Blaze is a fantastic vocallist in my opinion, the songs on X-factor and VXI were written for his incredibly emotional and dark voice, X-factor is my favourite maiden album bar POM, this is due to his voice mainly and the fantstic qualities he has, I love Bruce and would say he was my favourite vocalist of all time, but maiden with bruce are different than with blaze, for a start X factor and VXI are MUCH better than NPFTD and FOTD, both bruce albums, both badly lacking in quality, the vocals are differnt but I would say that bruce and blaze were incomprable dude to the difference in their tones and styles of singing

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]Dude,

'Be quick or be dead' is awesome
'From here to eternity' is abit on the weak side
'Afriad to shoot starnger' is good (but better live)
'Fear is the key' and 'childhoods end' are a bit meh
'Wasting love' is great (but again is better live)
ok album gets abit weak from 'the fugitive' to 'Judas be my guide', which is one of the best songs on the album.
Weekend warrior is about the same level as 'from here to eternity'
FOTD is way better live than on the studio album

ok that may look like i shot myself in the foot with half them songs but they are still good and i still say it is a good album, better than number of the beast which people constantly say to me is their best album (for some reason)[/QUOTE]
yeah it is a good album but so are all the Maiden albums and in my oppinion a lot of the other albums are better which drops fotd down near the bottom

Ollie im gonna have to borrow a Blaze album off you one day, i havn't heard any Blaze except Futureal and Man on the edge

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]Ollie im gonna have to borrow a Blaze album off you one day, i havn't heard any Blaze except Futureal and Man on the edge[/QUOTE]
these songs are poor examples of his ability, I'll lend you X-factor

ugh all this talk of X-Factor is confusing me, my mums watching the X-factor with that [I]bi[/I]tch Sharon in it :evil:

Blaze is good, just he was unlucky because unless you were a clone of Bruce you were always going to be slated. He's got a good voice, but he's not Bruce. Same problem with Priest, good singer, but he wasnt Rob Halford.

^ the truth

Blaze wasn't all too bad.

I've been after his solo albums for a while, but I can't find any except As Live as it gets, which is a fantastic album.

Is there a live album that maiden have done called Ullevi

[QUOTE=Jimmypageguitarhero]Is there a live album that maiden have done called Ullevi[/QUOTE]

Its a bootleg from the current tour which I linked to in here a few weeks ago, but it was a YSI link so its probably expired by now.

[QUOTE=Jimmypageguitarhero]Is there a live album that maiden have done called Ullevi[/QUOTE]
that is the place they played in sweden on this early days tour...so mp3 files that are marked Ullevi are from this show, it was recorded by swedish TV and transmitted across scandanavia

/crap, beaten, da[b][i][/b][/i]mn you Andy :upset:

As much as I love Bruce, Blaze's live performance of "Afraid To Shoot Strangers" completely blew away Bruce's studio version.

I wish Death on the Road had the same intensity as Rock in Rio has.

Bruce just seems kinda out of it on this album. However, Paschendale pwns on it.