Sad News: About a minute ago, Iron maiden singer confirmed.
And even when Bruce Dickinson replaced the gritty singer, Maiden still blazed ahead at racing speeds, indicative of not only their youth, but general eagerness to prove themselves in a fertile heavy.
In increasing frequency, songs that eclipsed the five and six minute mark, have become synonymous with Maiden, especially over the last 30 years.
When Blaze Bayley was tabbed as Dickinson’s successor in the ’90s, the band’s sharp change in direction found them regularly exploring songs that are above the eight-minute range.
While some fans have bemoaned the lack of hard-charging, quick-hit tracks, other have found these bold endeavors quite rewarding, content with the back catalog of speedier tunes.
Iron Maiden have returned time and time again to this simple, empowering anthem as their set-closer, complete with plenty of call and response with the crowd.
There are so few songs in the Maiden catalog with this level of naive innocence and is a perfect time capsule.
It demonstrates how much the band’s members had yet to learn about the rest of the world, living carefree in their own during a truly exciting time in what would be a long and illustrious career.
