[Closed] Iron Maiden on BBC4

I think he did vastly better. That Di'anno geezer didn't have much of a voice at all.

Di'Anno = awesome

Don't think too much of that guy that came after him though...

...sorry!

I think in the world of rock and pop stars Bruce comes across as a relatively good bloke - as does the rest of the band for that matter.

Bruce has said the same thing for years - he went to see maiden, and he thought he wanted to be the front man - hence why he went on to join Samson to get him out there.

Plus some of paul's performances could be a little hit n miss, so it could well have been Bruce saw em on a bad night for Paul

Di'anno was great for the early Maiden stuff but they'd never have got as far as they have without Bruce. Paul has admitted as much himself. Paul's also a top bloke, (my sis used to house share with him), although he does have a reputation for over exaggerating the past and is known somewhat affectionatley as "Paul Di'other one"!

Anyway - very happy to see Maiden doing well in recent years. IMHO all sparked when Bruce & Adrian rejoined for Brave New World - awesome song writing combination.

As for Flight 666 - I could watch it over and over...so many goosebump moments! Up the Irons!

I think in the world of rock and pop stars Bruce comes across as a relatively good bloke

Which is a shame because I have always thought him a nice guy

I just don't know why he said what he did - it is simply insulting to a fellow performer. A performer who many believe was better than Dickinson ever has been - if not for technical excellence, at least for style and character.

I believe his statement was along the lines of he saw maiden and looked at the singer (Di'anno) and thought to himself I want to be that guy. Anyway, aside from that it seems that Bruce has an enormous amount of energy, must be quite tiring piloting that plane as well as gigging, did like the road crews choruses of 'You're sh1t, and you know you are' every time one of the flight crew dropped a clanger 😀

My formative music years started early 80's, first gig was Maiden at Birmingham Odeon on the NOTB tour, seen them half a dozen times but not for over 10 years, been listening to them a lot since watching this programme and just ordered several CD's of albums that have long since departed. Still have my blood red vinyl copy of NOTB though 😀

I just watched the heavy metal program which I think is what you are refering to where Bruce said what he said about being the lead singer. IMO he's very much meaning to say that that's what he should be doing with his life rather than saying that he'd be better than Paul. So I think you misunderstood what he was getting at.

Weren't the words along the lines of 'the music was great but I thought the singer was bad and that I could do better'

Perhaps I misunderstood what he was trying to say, but that was how it came across to me - conceited.

Which is a shame.

That comment could just as easily be described as being objective. Perhaps you're just a sensitive flower?
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I loved the live footage.
Good to see that they still can put on a great show and there's no lacking in energy!
As a fan of Maiden in their heyday, I find it difficult to accept that Janek bloke as part of the band.

I was a big fan up until Seventh Son but kind of lost interest a bit(in metal generally, ) around that time.
Saw them at the Birmingham Odeon in the 80s - my first ever concert. Happy days.

Perhaps you're just a sensitive flower

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