Iron Maiden - No Prayer On The Road '90-'91 Document 

I would say it's their worst

You worked through the Blaze Bayley era? was it weird?

@@moreblack It was very weird! We knew Bruce had left the band weeks before it was announced. Then someone had the bright idea to run a competition to replace Bruce. Basically people sent in a demo of then singing and the production dept, Teresa, myself, and Dickie Bell had to sit and listen to each and every tape and narrow it down to about 20 of the best. We had to do this whilst still putting tours together for the other bands. So when we had the big meeting to let us know whom Rod and Andy (Maidens Mangers), and Steve Harris had chosen, we were stunned to hear Blaze was the replacement, not one of the entrants, and there was a couple of really good guys that would have been great. I feel that Blaze never really felt comfortable in Maiden. It was a bad choice and he knew it! He couldnt sing many of the regular hit songs live, he was not used to performing in front of that size of crowd, and the list went on. He was a super nice guy though, just was not a natural rock star. I remember he freaked out in Japan (alot of musicians have a real shock in Japan. Nothing is in English, no one talks English, Etiquette and manners are very different) he kept pissing of the Japanese with his behaviour. It would have been fine in the west, and he couldnt understand what he was doing. Then he got lost. There is no frame of reference over there, and it just got to much for him!! Apart from that he was easy to work for, no big demands etc.

was Bob Lefsetz running Sanctuary during that period?

@@leonmohan1708 mate, Blaze was awesome, that's why The X Factor is one of their best albums. But of course, Bruce was the right choice for the band and I'm happy he decided to return.

Man, hearing this video Bruce sounds like he is going to leave...

Perma-smile LOL! xD

I'd bet money he was "the cute one" back in the day lol

Yes I agree.

Right up there with Infinite Dreams!

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afoolisharrangement agree

Whole album is underrated. But Run SIlent Run Deep is on a whole other level of underrated.

he usually seems just as chipper when he's being interviewed

Wrong

SaMe

Me to. It was also the first big Maiden tour with basically no set except the amps LoL. Kinda disappointing for my 12 year old self after watching all their previous Live VHS releases but I was still psyched.

I saw them at Cascais, Portugal, and Anthrax opened for them... Epic night, I'll never forget it! 😶😊

Dantres DRAMATICO

@@amilcarvalenca3381 claro! 😎

I've got part 1. Where are the rest? Can't find them.

@@f.g.e.2976 Parts 2 and 3 are on the official Iron Maiden RU-vid channel. :)

I have a sneaky feeling they will skip that era and go straight to the reunion era

@@colbillington unfortunately I agree with you. I'm very happy with the reunion era. But the 90s maiden stuff is really where the new proggy songs and heavier sound came from. No prayer, FOTD, and x factor are some of my favorite records and they should not be slept on.

@@robmoon3061 I love FOTD, Be Quick or Be Dead is awesome.

davey is that you?

TheMadMattster yea they played alll the wee venues at the time with this album,seen them in 1991 at ayr pavilion,shit hot man,it's a pitty I was pissed at the time and dont remember some of it but some of it was branded into the memory,Wolfsbane were the back up band,i think the lead singer replaced Bruce for a bit when he left for a bit,fucking glad he came back though,couldn't imaging them with anybody else

It is a very weak album. Bottom of the Maiden Pile with virtual XII and X Factor

@@ecptz2002 virtual 12? Vitual 11 no? X factor is good

@@krisskriss1223 xi of course. I don't rate x factor. Sign of the cross to me is the only good song. Man on the Edge is a typical maiden hard rocker. Little to salvage on that album. And as a singer and front man Blaze was not exactly setting anything on fire. My opinion of course

look around for the "war machine" bootleg. the wembly shows were professionally recorded and mixed.

Gracias SALUDOS DESDE ECUADOR

29:45 Hollowed by thy name (sic)

I was at that show. It was my 2nd show

And then you woke up

I was at one of those NEC shows too! Can't remember if it was the Friday or the Saturday, but it was a damn good gig.

Thank you :) Up The Irons! :)

+WICD1969 Saddam!? So what? What did you give about it!?

+Fab Fablik ?

WICD1969 I mean, you yankees what the hell did you care about Saddam!?

I think getting rid of Saddam was a huge mistake. I have not supported U.S. foreign policy for a very long time. None the less, Dickinson's announcement that night in 1991 electrified the audience. If I had my way, the west would stay out of the east and the east would stay out of the west (unless Iron Maiden wanted to accept an invitation to tour over there).

WICD1969 Ah ok, that's great! Thanks dude, I totally agree, congrats! ;)

Forgot about this thanx for bringing back good memories o the auld play house.

The Playhouse gig was my first ever gig.

Yeah they should play stuff off it, I mean surely one or two classics can make room for songs like No Prayer For The Dying or Public Enema Number One for one tour, can't they.

@Flat Earth Florida Nice one! Wish I was born earlier, my first time was during the Dance of Death tour in 2003. I have seen them nine times in total. Btw, Bring Your Daughter was actually played in 2003, you can search if you want.

I see why Adrian left..

They had a great thing going with Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son, to drop that momentum was extremely disappointing. It's why Adrian left. And it's not even as good as Killers, the album they seemingly were trying to emulate here.

@@okagron they were trying to emulate somewhere in time and seventh son because they weren’t happy with them. and i agree it isn’t as good as anything they did in the 80s, however i don’t think it’s disappointing.

*Fear of the Dark is a better overall album in all aspects, the only really bad song on it was From here to eternity... correction: add The Apparition to the list of forgettable songs... ain't too fond of Wasting Love either, but it ain't worse then before mentioned songs.. half of the songs on No Prayer sounded like it should have been on a Dickinson solo album (Tattooed Millionaire- hard rock style..)

the only track on fear of the dark I really like is Weekend Warrior - which is a track that seems to be a lot of people's least favourite on that album!

same here. It's the first Maiden album I bought when it was new. I like it better than Fear as well, more concise.

@@joddeurter2448 that is how I feel about the Fear Of The Dark album. That half of the songs from it sound like they could have been on Tattoo Millionaire. Fear Of The Dark is the only Iron Maiden album that I can't get into all the way. I like only about five songs from it and I have listened to the album many times since it came out and it just won't grow on me. I really love Be Quick Or Be Dead, Afraid To Shoot Strangers, and the title track Fear Of The Dark alot though.

@@themadmattster9647 I got into Iron Maiden around 1988, so No Prayer For The Dying is the first album I got when it was new also.

I was going to see them in Toronto on this tour,it would have been my first time but I couldn't make it. I've seen them 5 times since. Up the irons!

I was there as well. Great memories.

The whole album is underrated - Not sure why, I really like it.

@108242868350192216202 Well, I think it's due to the lack of high points. Except for teh title track, we don't get any of those true Maiden-epics. We get many songs that are pretty good, and I would say No Prayer is more consistant in quality compared to Fear Of The Dark. That album had more masterpieces, but also consisted of many songs which were absolutely terrible 😅

That's maybe it, but Tailgunner, the title track and Bring Your Daughter are classics imo. Holy Smoke has really grown on me since it first came out and enjoy the deeper cuts on the album too. I think it's the last great Maiden album, Fear... has it's moments but there is too much filler on there. I also have a soft spot for No Prayer... as they played Hull City Hall on this tour, something that will never happen again!

"Fates Warning" is a great song off the album as well, the whole album is fantastic.

@@MichaelHolmgaard that is exactly how I feel. I have always thought that No Prayer For The Dying was a better and more consistent album than Fear Of The Dark, but Fear Of The Dark has a few songs on it that I think are better than anything on No Prayer For The Dying album. Especially the title track Fear Of The Dark and Afraid To Shoot Strangers.

Janick is the worst thing to happen to Maiden. Why they keep him I'll never know

dt jesus excuse me bitch, explain to me how

I agree with you. Janick has helped write many great Iron Maiden songs throughout his years in Iron Maiden such as Ghost Of The Navigator, Dance Of Death, The Legacy, and Book Of Souls. He is a big part of the writing process. He was not just given a free ride to the greatest band ever. He has proved himself worthy of being in the band with every album he has played on.

Wouldn't most people say that Blaze was the worst thing to happen?... Why is he less bad than Janick all of a sudden?... Not that I hated his presence as much as most, because he was good on the two albums he did (and terrible live). But Janick contributed a LOT more to Maiden's existence. - Sure, he might not be as neat and tasteful as a player, but he kept the energy up while Adrian was gone, and contributed to songs as well. - Had he not been there, what boring sod could we have gotten instead?... Perhaps there were some good suitable players out there, but maybe the energy or personality wouldn't have been right. - You can't in all fairness say "the worst thing that happened" when he helped the band last as long as they did. - If he was actually bad for the band, then it might not have existed anymore.

@@dtjesus101 so petty. Just enjoy the music.

He's also wearing a Vinnie Vincent Invasion shirt at one point - fucking awful band!

Great... by the way, perhaps King Diamond was in tour with Maiden, supporting the album "The Eye" released in 1990 as well.

You can thank Janick Gers for that :) !

Tyreek Murillo I agree 200 %. It’s not their worst album, I prefer it way more than Virtual XI and even more than Piece of Mind 😂

Wow, over Piece of Mind? Thats 1 of my favorites. Number of the Beast i'm burned out over that album so its 1 of my least favorites now. Virtual XI i actually love. Basically i'm tired of hearing the classics they always play live like Run to the Hills, Number of the Beast, Hallowed Be thy Name, Iron Maiden, Fear of the Dark, the Trooper. Mainly those songs. I still love all Maiden stuff just need a major break from those songs. They need to change up their setlist badly.

underrated? don't you mean the worst album? Yes, it is for sure. Followed by Virtual X.

bayknight20 lol they had a translator man

So, Walter White once had a long hair! 😂

Are you kidding me? Musically this is their worst period

Cire Stamey woo

Yeah, Wolsbane were the support act on this tour.

too bad he dances like a poser, not needed

I believe anyone that likes Janick is younger where they got into them with this album first. If you were a fan from 80-88 I believe we grew up hearing and watching Dave and Adrian. This is why Janick was difficult to swallow. Sloppy play especially following a precise perfectionist such as Adrian.

I don't want to hurts anybodys feelings but here is my opinion, this is not the best time period for his voice, critics in the 90s complained about his voice changed for this record if you compare it with how he sounded in the 80s. Being that said, 90s Bruce sounds way better than lots of singers nowadays.

@@Javier-qk7ms to be fair Bruce suffered badly on the Somewhere in Time tour 86-87 and his voice was gradually getting better over the next 2 album/tours. Nowadays he is singing his socks off! The biggest comparison I can think of in terms of control and high notes is Geoff Tate. In the 80s he was seriously giving Bruce a run for his money but now he cant sing for shit!

I concur. I noticed that too, about their body language.

Who?

I was very very lucky and the first gig I ever went to was the World Slavery Tour in Sept 1984 at the Glasgow Apollo and it was unbelievable. That was me, a Scottish 14 year old, on a lifelong conversion to heavy metal. 🤘 They pulled the building down 9 months later, obviously knowing that no one could ever top that spectacle! 😎

They’re both mostly crap

idk what these dudes ^ are smoking. depending on the day, i almost like npftd more than fotd. theyre both really good though, with maybe only one or two songs on each that i could do without.

It was the advent of Grunge. the 90s was a dark decade for all heavy metal.

@@MrDantres Yeah i remember it well unfortunately. Good bands like Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam (one album), and Stone Temple Pilots. Just hate that it killed Thrash. Hair bands, enh not so much LOL.

Yeah... I like all those too! 😶 Too bad it seemed like there was no room for both genres... There was, but record companies and RADIOS did their thing, I guess. But look where is Grunge today?... I can't find it, but Metal keeps going, stumbling here and there but going.

I can remember that moment back in time too ...... great expectations and such a big disappointment , especially in the subject of solos .... unfortunately when Martin Birch stopped producing their albums it got even worse . Up to Fear of the Dark fortunately songs were stil good but after it Maiden started to compose in many cases like quite amateur band . Fortunately we can still listen to their golden era masterpieces The Number , Piece , Powerslave , Somewhere and above all Seventh Son .....metal benchmarks .

MrDraven37 I like X Factor, but virtual X1, yeah Naa

Never like Janick. He never has fit the band.

Actually, he's listening to the question in English. Japanese was fixed in the edition.

@@ilpezkato Aw OK......he is still cute ☺

@@iadoredavey Ahhh, girls, girls...There is no doubt about that. Say no more :-))

it was the times. Now Maiden exists partially for nostalgia and a lot of those fans like the theatrics because it makes them recall the times growing up, etc. During this time, they were not a "nostalgia" or "classic" band in many ways, they were still contemporary to some extent, so they were going that route because it was the time to do so. Even the glammiest bands during the time would scale back, or even take off all their makeup and adopt a similar look. Look at Kiss during Revenge, to give an example.

This album was the answer of the band to grunge, that's why they went all "stripped down". They even recorded the album in a barn in a mobile studio.... for crying out loud. Luckily they changed that right away. Maiden is about theatrics, this lame "stripped down" belongs to Metallica where all concerts are the same shit.

No this was overdubbed in Japanese. The questions were in English.