As per what Karyn says :

http://www.uncut.co.uk/ir...-punk-was-rubbish-news

But the guy is still a tosser.

Cheers,
Jerry

 
As Mrs Doyle would probably agree, Bruce is a massive tool....
 

 
 
Seriously, the guy is a fake.
 
A poser.
 
He dons a leather jacket and think that makes him a rocker.
 
I saw him perform before he joined Maiden as the wittily named 'Bruce Bruce' when he was singer of NWOBHM stalwarts Samson. Paul Samson had put together a great band, both musically, and as a live act - their trademark being mask-wearing drummer 'Thunderstick' who played inside a cage.
 
And then along came Bruce and fecked it up.
 
And here's the proof:
 

 
 
If you can stand it, have a flick through some of this 1981 footage to see how bad he could be - typically great music (although the cage is now gone) spoiled by Brucie's inadequacies...
 

 
 
I was lucky enough to see Maiden with Paul D'Anno, before they'd even released their eponymous debut, and he absolutely tore the place up. Magnificent.
 
I also saw one-time Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley in his band Wolfsbane a couple of years back, and he was superb.
 
In the words of Anne Robinson, "Bruce, you are the weakest link..... feck off"

I don't get on with the music establishment and don't keep up with current events but I do think the world needs is more cowbell and more Karyn!

Not sure why Maiden kept him for so long for all those albums. I too like Paul D. much better......IIRC, he was in a punk band or joined a punk band around the early Maiden years no?

Exactly. :)

you're all mad. Di'Anno is a compete and utter twat for whom drugs and wife-beating are top pastimes, and Blaze is lovely but not a Maiden singer.
Unfortunately Bruce is a middle-class chap who is one of the all-time great rock vocalists. He also says some ridiculous things at times. I am almost disbelieving that you Rain and Steve are really saying this...it's April 1st,right? I mean, I love Killers and Maiden Japan but Bruce took them onto a new level. 

mgh
you're all mad. Di'Anno is a compete and utter twat for whom drugs and wife-beating are top pastimes, and Blaze is lovely but not a Maiden singer.
Unfortunately Bruce is a middle-class chap who is one of the all-time great rock vocalists. He also says some ridiculous things at times. I am almost disbelieving that you Rain and Steve are really saying this...it's April 1st,right? I mean, I love Killers and Maiden Japan but Bruce took them onto a new level. 

As I said, the Number of the Beast is way up there on my list. Piece of Mind I also dig. His voice deteriorated quickly however, and even if one could argue that the relentless touring in those days taxed his voice, at the end of the day, the fact remain that he became very painful to listen to.
 
And there's a rawness to Killers, a pink-ish, no BS street edge which Maiden lost after DiAnno was gone. Some of the stuff they wrote afterward was actually pretty self-conscious and self-indulging, borderline pretentious.
 

SteveStrummerUK
 
As Mrs Doyle would probably agree, Bruce is a massive tool....
 

 
 
Seriously, the guy is a fake.
 
A poser.
 
He dons a leather jacket and think that makes him a rocker.
 
I saw him perform before he joined Maiden as the wittily named 'Bruce Bruce' when he was singer of NWOBHM stalwarts Samson. Paul Samson had put together a great band, both musically, and as a live act - their trademark being mask-wearing drummer 'Thunderstick' who played inside a cage.
 
And then along came Bruce and fecked it up.
 
And here's the proof:
 

 
 
If you can stand it, have a flick through some of this 1981 footage to see how bad he could be - typically great music (although the cage is now gone) spoiled by Brucie's inadequacies...
 

 
 
I was lucky enough to see Maiden with Paul D'Anno, before they'd even released their eponymous debut, and he absolutely tore the place up. Magnificent.
 
I also saw one-time Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley in his band Wolfsbane a couple of years back, and he was superb.
 
In the words of Anne Robinson, "Bruce, you are the weakest link..... feck off"

 
He sounds like a blind drunk karaoke singer doing a very poor impression of Robert Plant in that Samson video.  

Hi,
 
I still have not given Iron Maiden a listen.
 
So much stuff that I want to hear, other than just chord changes of the same thing!