BRUCE DICKINSON On His First Show With Iron Maiden 

One of the biggest supporters of Bruce Dickinson actually is Paul Di'Anno, who calls him THE Maiden vocalist.

jkinthewind my question is how did you figure out that Paul was fired back in the day

When I first heard about maiden I was 13 and I haven't stopped now 50 they still jam best band in the world spiritual see them live you'll see ED

Jim Krajick You’re the real true OG from the fanbase.

Your initial response was understandable. Paul Di'anno had a great stage presence, a great punky attitude and had his own fans. But yeah, Bruce was a really good fit. I think he sounded his best on "Piece of Mind".

Man, you nailed it with total accuracy, and summed it up perfectly with this comment: "...Ferocious yet melodic they somehow could write hit singles without compromising on anything.." SPOT ON!!! Well done, well done!

They are amazing live

Try your very best to see them. Trust me.

Michael Holmgaard they're bigger now as there was no internet in the 80's it was all word of mouth

James Evans It's not because if the internet. Maiden doesn't get much attention online, or on any online media for that matter. But in these days, word of mouth is on the internet, of course. ;)

Pugsley tattoos ne doesnt sing better then ever..

I'm going to that gig to \m/

Liam O Connor it's going to be amazing!!!I can't wait!!!

This is how deluded Maiden fanboys are.

Mad Martigan ok

I doubt you'd remember it. My oldest memories are from when I was four or five.

Ma non erano headliner ancora mi pare, giusto? Nell'80 erano già passati supportando i Kiss, mentre stavolta chi? I Rainbow forse? Nomina la parola ad un certo punto in questo video, ma non sono riuscito a capire se si riferisce al gruppo di Blackmore o a qualcos'altro... credo i Rainbow passarono cmq anche per l'Italia nell'81, tour di "Difficult To Cure" quindi.

@@alessio4832 no, in questo tour, come nel precedente primaverile (ancora con Paul di Anno) erano headliner, a Bologna mi pare non ci fosse un gruppo spalla... è passato molto tempo, ma mi par di ricordare di no.

@@alzwww Ah ok...

jedgreen Really? He definitely looks older to me. Sounds it, too, singing and speaking.

Well, I said "older AND younger" at the same time. If you take a picture, yeah, he can look older (like on the thumbnail of the video... my god one of the worst picture of him ever!) but during the interview he looks very lively, happy and physicaly fit. There's something juvenil about him here to me. A bit thin too (but always better to be thin when you're aging, IMO). I do agree that when he talks you can hear "something" is not exactly as before (but removing a throat tumor of the size of a golf ball is not without any problem I guess!). But really to me he sounds 95% as before and when he sings I didn't feel anything wrong yet. I mean, if you compare it to the 80s of course he does not have the same range, but from three or four years ago I don't hear a difference. EDIT: I must even say that in some mai 2018 footages of their shows he sounds phenomenal and pushing his voice higher than before his problem. I like their last album but he sang without must variation in it, but live in 2018 it's... well, better.

My dear iron fellow it was not.when bruce left the band back in 94 I was devostated.I thought hed be gone but than he came with his solo albums...and then on the 7th day therw was the accident of birth then the chemical wedding flew me to urizen and back and steve harris realised they arw going to be crushed under his shadow...even smith followed him to thw unknown...they litwrally begd him to come back...and then a brave new world was created...

The Blaze bailey albums were pretty good though.

@Cosmic Sin Nah I liked his voice

I tuned out during the Blaze era. Not the same without Bruce and Adrian, quite frankly.

@@mrmanakin9684 a lot of people unfortunately wont give the blaze era the time of day the albums were good I admit but those songs from those albums sound much better when bruce sings them

@ You guys are clearly not drummers and have no idea about drumming what so ever. Mcbrain is a world class known drummer recognized by drummers from all kinds of different backgrounds. Burr was a great drummer for a heavy metal band like that but no where near Mcbrain. Why do you think the band themselves went with Mcbrain with the first oportunity they got? Same thing happened with Dickinson over Di Anno...

Chris Williams Read the interviews by Dickinson, he also said "i didn't like the way the Clive thing went down!" And again said "Not to take anything away from Nicko he's great but Clive Burr was the best drummer this band ever had" and yes i played drums for 30 years bud I know drumming, my last kit, USA Ludwig custom maple, Emerald green 6 pc kit, 10, 12, 14,16, 26, 6.5/14 Supraphonic snare, all Paiste 2002s. Nicko he was a blues drummer then, not as technical at the time as Clive not even close. Killers is the hardest record to play "note for note" out of all their records. Nicko can NOT and still can't play killer 16ths on the HH (Wrathchild etc) like Clive did during the old stuff and NOT his Buddy Rich type rolls! He did easy buzz rolls instead because he's not as gifted as Clive was. Clive was depressed after going to his dad's funeral, you need to read and i think Bruce Dickinson knows more about what went down than you smh. Allegedly Clive was asked to get it together becuse of drinking, Clive said in a interview that their was no "indulgence's" why he was asked to leave contrary to what rumors were. But even Bruce he left the band because of Steve Harris, it was his band and Steve was a real dickhead back then.

Nicko was never a roadie for Maiden. He was drumming for a band called Trust before joining Maiden

Damian Grimm A crazy acting "Blues drummer" right. Who said he was a roadie? And Bruce also said "i didn't like the way the Clive thing went down" he was pissed Clive was asked to leave. He wasn't "fired" Paul was fired because of extreme partying. Ozzy is a example. Sabbath wanted him out because of extreme drinking. Clive wanted time out, a break if you will and Steve the asshole he was 30 years ago (even Bruce and Adrian left the band back many years ago hmm) didn't have no patients, Clive's dad died for criss sakes!! Steve wanted to go go go!!! Then later he felt guilty and started a benefit for Clive when he exhausted all his money in medical bills when he got sick with MS and had the band do gig benefit's for him. Clive shouldn't have been asked to leave. The humble man he was he just said "ok" and left. Again Bruce thought it was cold, but if he bitched at the King Steve, maybe he would fire Bruce so he stayed out of it, neutral if you will till years later when he spoke the truth about why Clive left. That interview in 1983 was so breef, you can tell he didn't want to tell the the truth, years later he did..

@@m42037 Clive was best for that early period of Maiden just as Paul was. Enough said. I loved his playing but could you imagine an album like Powerslave being as good with his playing? Ok, it would be different but then the whole band would have evolved differently. As far as I know, Nicko stepped in for some shows while Clive buried his Dad. Sure, he was drinking but that could be put down to a phase on the road. Other bands might have shown more tolerence. Bruce was indeed miffed by the decision and rightly championed Clive for a long time but Steve had years of that 'replace and move forward' psychology built in him from all his own struggles. Rod who had already seen off Stratton for listening to George Benson wasn't going to argue! Reminds me of Peter Gabriel leaving Genesis. His first born was is an incubator following premature birth and the band were like get over to the studio to rehearse the new album. Fuck off. Family first, always. Before I get destroyed I ought to say Killers with McBrain on drums wouldn't have even been half the record it was. Burr was sensational

he did not went out of Maiden because of his voice... there were differences in style and vision that were growing...

Paul was fired for his drug and attitude problems. He was also not enjoying the creative direction Steve wanted to go in.

I am from and i was pissed off in that moment

Well, there is nothing evil in Iron Maiden. The Number Of The Beast song is a story about Steve Harris' terrible nightmare. And I wonder why people forget about songs like Hallowed Be Thy Name, Sign Of The Cross, Blood Brothers, For The Greater Good Of God.... what's more- Nicko has become a Christian. As a Christian too, I'm always against this false propaganda connected with Maiden and being anti-Church. And those who think this way are simply stupid.

Ehhh you’re full of bologna!

their the ones that got chucked off stage or are thinking about doing it

They where just bored and didnt have anything else to do.You know there are these spoiled brats everywhere.

Probably babymetal fans that think that babymetal can play iron maiden songs better than iron maiden can play them

Brad Młodystach no because you suck and your opinion sucks. Have some respect ok

Brad Młodystach don't cry about it lmfao

Diego Morales or J R D

They added the G

They're east enders mate, what do you expect ?

east enders is your example? Thats a fucking tv show mate

@@DidacticEditions - I never said I expected anything else. I was just exactly saying that British people don't lose their attitude or edge (in a good way).

You’re 100% correct, and this is coming from someone born and raised in America.

Dave Lister Down the plastics

No. No one.

Darkice Star well said. They need to drop this progressive dipshit...

Maiden has been progressive since at least Somewhere In Time, and Powerslave has some progressive songs as well. I doubt that you would call those albums "progressive dipshit" since you're probably one of those "durr Maiden was only good in the 80's" kind of person. Book Of Souls was the best album since Seventh Son, get your head out of your ass.

They have many short songs which are still very "proggy." Albums like Powerslave, Somewhere In Time & Seventh Son are examples of this ;)

Swedish Pagan the book of souls was probably the worst album they released since virtual XI. Probably the reason why I'm not a huge maiden fan anymore. Btw never been a big fan of somewhere in time. To me their first five albums are their best.

Double bass so he would be like all the other metal drummers out there? FUCK NO, what he does with one is amazing and more impresive.

LM Jones TRUEEE

LM Jones Finally, a Maiden fan who isn't a complete sycophant!

I think to a certain degree they have always had the repeating chorus problem...but musically they are more prog now as well...I just wished they would try to get a little more back to their rocking roots..I know they can't write Powerslave 2 and also don't want to be stuck in the past...but ti would be nice if they could some how tap that creative vein of the mid 80's again in some fashion.

Won't you tell me what love means? For the greater good of God… No more lies! No more lies! At the gates, at the walls of Montsegur...

Make doesnt compare to Angel and the Gambler my god that was stupidly long

minners71 Wwwwwhhhhhaaaattttt?

minners71 I've never heard anybody say that in the history of my lifetime🤤

Hallowed be thy name? C'mon mate

You troll

minners71 I prefer Alphabet Of The Beast for sure

yes he did. must have forgot

Since it was his first show I presume it was a metaphor.

He probably meant as an headline act. The people going to Reading '81 weren't necessarily there to see Samson.