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  • He lost his voice at this part of the tour, very unfair to judge his performance by this gig.

  • I drove for 300 miles to see Maiden with Blaze back in 1997. I always supported the band, as the band and the music are to me more important than any one individual. It was a great show, with only "Run to the Hills" curiously absent from the set. So maybe they should've auditioned a little more carefully and found a singer who could handle the old songs. Michael Kiske's name got thrown around, but he'd've likely turned Maiden into a pop or an AOR band, being that he doesn't like metal.

  • paul is the best

  • @mattgsperm Well if I had to defend Blaze here, Paul would not even scream during this part after the Killers World Tour began. He gets A for effort.

  • whoa too many bruce fanboys here. i personally think blaze has the kind of more raw/aggressive tone in his voice than bruce could have ever had.

  • @mattgsperm what scream? it was hardly any.

  • As much as I hated this era of Iron Maiden, I have to admit, this is a pretty good performance.

  • sorry but this version with blaze sounds very bad ......

  • He sounds like a rapper here or something...

    He really sucked lived with Iron Maiden, just sounds amateuristic and painful.

    He was nice for the 2 albums he did, which they should have made into one great album just like MetallicA's dip of the Load-era.

    But that's it...

  • blaze sucks

    

  • He's so fucking cool

  • Blaze sings Paul's songs better than Bruce does!

  • Honestly think he sings this better than Bruce.

  • Blaze is bald and crap

  • @brandhaard idiot, Paul was awesome on the 2 first albums

  • Paul was good.......Blaze is good......but Bruce was the best, Bruce is the Best and Bruce will be the best........Dickinson Fucking Rules!!!!!

  • wow blaze sound gd here bt it is a di'anno song so he cn pull it off

  • Only Paul di'Anno can sing Wratchild and other songs from Killers, do not me wrong uh, Blaze is a mega singer just like Bruce.. but Di'Anno is the Boss.

  • Blaze was great with Wolfsbane, great with Blaze, great with Blaze Bayley. Not so great with Iron Maiden, just average at best. Terrible live though, he could ONLY do Di'anno songs. Of course he did his own era Iron Maiden songs the best. His rendition of The Trooper is horrible. That gives Bruce problems on his best day. Just imagine how Blaze will handle it. Blaze is a cool fellow, too bad people will always equate him as the terrible singer for Maiden. He's more then that.

  • hes awesomeeee!!!!!!

  • 1:30 EL MEJOR GRITO QUE E OIDO DE BLAZE XDD

  • Blaze just plain sucks! i listen to his voice and i cant stand it! Bruce is by far the best vocalist Maiden has ever had

  • I always thought the band played the songs way too fast when Blaze was fronting. I mean, where's the fucking fire? This should be about 5 BPM slower. 

  • BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA Stupid discussion around.

    Blaze is fuckin' great. Wrathchild was made for him!!!!!!!!!

    Besides, he's hot, hot, hot.

  • @plok759 What are you on? He butchers this. I had to walk out on them when he sang this in a club that wasn't even sold out.

  • blaze was and is shit .what a fanny.not worthy of being on the same stage as maiden.and to set the cats amongest the pigeons.i would have prefered bieber to him .....lol. cmon give it your best haters hehe....up the irons.

  • This song is better with Blaze than with Paul

  • @MCXCRISSX Paul >>>>>>> any vocalist Iron Maiden has had

  • @ThazuaBlackarrow That's not true, if he were have had stayed with Iron Maiden, then they would be no where close to where they are today because his voice detieriorated after Killers. Seriously, listen to his recent stuff. He sounds likea butt Pirate.

  • All three of them sing this song OK. But Di'Anno is my favorite.

  • Blaze owns Bruce!!!

  • @0zzyfan44 hahaha you must be nuts!

  • @0zzyfan44 are you justin bieber!?

  • bruce>paul>blaze

  • blaze can sing like paul

    but can't sing like bruce

  • @cokimetalLPmagoot i agree here.. sorta Xd i wouldnt say he can do it like di anno could.. the first 2 albums are just amazing.. but in my opinion the best vocalist theyve had is bruce.. thats why hes been there the longest and even returned after a solo career

  • @cokimetalLPmagoot are you f#$king kidding me? Like Paul?

    

  • Blaze is great at singing Wrathchild people dont think he suited Maiden Cos he had allergies just listen to him singing with the Clairvoyant a tribute band.Listen to the Trooper and Wasted years Blaze is awesome at singing it just type Blaze and the Clairvoyants Wasted Years and The Trooper Blaze is awesome anyone who thinks he sucked is an ass and they suck! and probably like Hanson and Justin Bieber!

  • Blaze sucks

  • this sounds great too

  • His hair was Maiden but nothing more \m/

  • I Love iron MAiden, and The Blaze Acts Whit Iron Maiden

  • Why do people hate Blaze? He's just not for Iron Maiden that's all. You should check his band called Wolfsbane and it rules. By the way, Blaze did Paul's songs better than Bruce's because Bruce sings high and Blaze has deep voice that's all. I don't really like Blaze in Maiden but Wolfsbane rules.

  • @manticslayer999 lol Bruce sings pauls songs WAY better then this guy!

  • @manticslayer999 'cause all of these Blaze hatters wanted to be Blaze.

  • Di'anno and Dickinson rules Bayley was a very bad choice i hate his voice

  • i kinda dont like the way he holds the notes but the x factor and virtual xi are awsome albums there so under rated

  • fuck marilyn manson HAIL IRON MAIDEN!!!

  • man im so used to seeing bruce or paul up there on stage that it's kinda wierd to hear someone other than them do their songs pretty good though

  • Blaze isn't too bad at Paul's songs. Think they should have played more of them to stay in his vocal range more.

  • Blaze kick ass in this one. Clairvoyant and Fear of the Dark too. But the others songs....

  • i'd rather be repeatedly kicked in he pancreas than listen to this guy butcher the mighty Paul DiAnno.....

  • this solo of janick gers is really great ,,it is not the original ,,, he mad it i think :)

    listen to the old song of dianno and see if i am wrong

  • @tazhitler Im pretty sure Dave is playing the solo

  • @Xiolablu3

    i mean the second solo ,, the short solo of janick gers ,,, he rolled it... i am sure too ,, did u see rock in rio dvd ?

    fourth song was wrathchild ,, and while janick playing the second solo ,, murray was very close to janick so gers raised his hand to tell people that he is playing the solo not dave :)

    YOU WILL FIND THIS VIDEO HERE ON TUBE ,, BUT SEARCH FOR GOOD SOUND VERSION ... CZ HIS GITAR VOLUM IS LOW ALWAYS ,, DONT KNOW WHY !!

    LOVE THIS SHORT SOLO

  • Blaze is awesome on his own, he just never fit in with Maiden.

  • not a blaze fan at all

  • i like blaze but i hate how he holds notes

  • OH!BLADE IS STUPID...

  • Great! Good job Blaze!!!

  • Yeah, the old songs from their first two full- length´s sound good in combination with his voice... he has a more Rock- Voice (like Di´Anno) than a Metal- Voice like Bruce...

  • 1:28 Wow, he made an attempt, almost got it, but he's got Maiden blood in him somewhere, UP THE IRONS!!!

  • He's got a good voice. But Blaze doesn't have half the presence that Bruce does.

  • blaze was ok for a while then he just lost it, i mean check out the trooper live with him, he just didn't have the vocal range

  • Blaze is AWESOME!

  • thank god blaze is gone his voice was zo crapy in the maiden time

  • Since it's made originally for Paul Di'Anno, and both Paul and Blaze have deeper voices than Bruce this acctually isn't that bad, it's pretty good really. But the scream is horrible

  • Blaze just didnt fit into maiden

  • Blaze voice sounds a bit like a cobination of bruce and paul di anno

  • He is a very good singer. He blow out! Nice show!

  • He is a very good singer. He blow out!

    Nice show!

  • No need to hate on the man its fucking maiden u know u got paid very well for his time. So tell me if someone offered you a couple of thousand maybe a mill. or more to play with maiden you wouldnt do it. Think able it.....

    Its all about the MONEY.....

  • blaze is a schmuck

  • This is a hint of what Maiden should have done when Blaze came into the band. They should have gone completely back to the roots. Maiden is a high energy band, Blaze is best singing high energy music (ala Wolfsbane), but X-Factor and Virtual XI were slow and boring. It was a total mismatch!

  • Blaze did his and Paul Di'Anno's songs best , but he didn't really suit Bruce's ..

  • god i hate blaze so much

  • @ElSnorto

    God, I hate Bastards like you!

    Close-minded

  • rofl ppl like maxdefender and draven 2327 call themselves maiden fans roflmao with their comments they automatically doubt steve & co's choice

  • Oh my God.....Can't believe they hired him with all those great singers around.....That's absolutely insane......

    It's a shame cos' 'X Factor' is a masterpiece album and it deserves a better singer....

  • @MaxDefender he isn't that bad but... we have really been spoilt with bruce he is truly outstanding =D.

  • Omna are u high on PCP when u listen to blaze? To say he fit maiden perfectly is absolutley insane and to blame allergies for his horrible singing is even more crazy. I do not know what they were thinking of when they hired him. He had no stage presence and sang like shit. F him. Maiden is back to world dominance where they belong.

  • @Draven2327 his throat allergies is why they cancelled 12 or so shows on each of the tours with him.

    Theres a reason he either sounds insanely awesome or very strained live with Maiden,

    His lack of stage presence can be attributed to the pins in his legs from a motorcycle accident before this was recorded. Learn your history before you accuse him of things out of his control.

  • @Draven2327 No id say that maiden is sadly becoming stale... each album used to have a distinct feel to it (not just visually because of the art but audibly) the last to albums are ok and i mean just OK not amazing and fresh as they used to be.. the last 2 albums (matter of life and death and the new one) just sound wishywashy like bsides of the same album.. BLAZE can sing blaze songs and Bruce can not sing most of blazes songs.. its like asking rob halford to sing with the 3 tennors FFS

  • I'm suprised he actualy sounded really good here I guess his voice is better suited to earlyer maiden material

  • Blaze sounds great here and suited Maiden Perfect.He just had tons of allergies and some of his live performances were hampered but certainly doing dianno songs even when he had allergies are not a problem for him at all only when he does Bruce.Blaze is Much better then Dianno even though i like Dianno Dickinson and Bayley were metal singers and sange them like metal songs Dianno was a punk singer who sang them with thrash metal vibe meaning lil more punk dianno era songs were okay technically

  • blaze sucks!!!

  • His voice is just too deep. Everything on X Factor fit him perfectly though (which incidentally was Maiden's last great album).

  • This is the first time I have ever heard him sing with Maiden.There are only 2 singers in Maidens history Paul Dianno and Bruce Dickenson,thats it.

  • forma de defecar un clasico

  • @irondiego08

    jajajajajajajaja

  • Have respect for somebody who kept the Irons together in a dark period, Blaze sings well, he cannot sing Bruce's songs but I guess he reaches well Paul's tonality. Personally I like this version even if I prefer Paul's interpretation, Paul is Wrathchild, but Blaze's new songs are well sang, he has found his way of singing.

  • saw blaze perform in dublin in a fucking pub!!!!! sounded fucking brilliant.. couple of maiden covers.. couple of wolfspane numbers too!!.. he still has it (although he looked like meatloaf lol)

  • blaze not sucks...Blaze sing style is not the Maiden style..but Blaze is a kick ass singer \,,/

  • blaze will never match maiden's style

  • blaze is a pussy with long hair !!

    the best mistake for iron..

    i kill that madafaker in person ..

    no one come to chile to tell my people what to do !!

    i will shoot you..

    he sing like shit..

  • ficou bom Wrathchild!!!

  • Yah,Blaze is a kick ass singer,but he was just not really fit for Maiden,but take his new project "Blaze Bailey" THAT shows how good he really is.

  • i prefer di'anno..definetely

  • bayley's not bad, but those were some big shoes to fill

  • the only thing i like on the new version of this song is Gers solo sound awsome but Blaze is a piece of shit C'ON!!!

  • blaze owns this song(brucey sucks at it) actually bruce sucks at every song from iron maiden,killers,X-factor and virtual XI paul is god though!!

  • Actually, I like hoy Blaze sings Paul's songs much more than how Bruce does, but yes, Blaze can't sing Bruce's songs at all...I like the three of them, they're all different.

  • this is the only time ive ever seen nicko with a drum rack lol, he usually has stands and more stands lol, anyways not bad, blaze can do older stuff...but he should NEVER do bruces stuff :/ UP THE IRONS!!

  • No canta mal pero u na banda tan grande le qeda grande al tipo eso y el mas grande de los grandes es Halford po.

  • Blaze does very well on this song. Not as good as Bruce, but almost. Also comparable to Paul singing the song.

  • you know who would have sounded perfect with maiden? michael kiske

  • @thefatman09 you're right , I can't imagine how great can be Kiske if he singing songs like Where eagles dare or Aces High ... He is a perfect singer for Maiden

  • Blaze aint a bad singer....

  • This guy though that wratchild was a Rap song jaja, blaze doesn't have presence at the scenary

  • @JoeTyler85 Everone is shitting on your comment,but I think a better way to say,what I think you meant, is it has that "bounce" to it

  • Who else could have done the job better? Maiden wanted someone from England.

    Blaze did the best job he could IMO. Noone could have bettered Bruce. Dianno is just useless now.

  • @BlackPanteraSociety would be intresting...possibly good, or possibly a failure :/ idk, id have to see it to know

  • Bailey sounded good here.

  • @moronchicken : He's better than Bruce for the old songs sunged by Di'Anno, and I don't like Bruce singing song made for Blaze.

  • @mentzsana I cannot remember that Bruce ever sang songs which where made for Blaze...

  • @666Windter777: maybe you forget about "virtual XI" and "the X factor"... All songs were made for Blaze voice, with a lower tone than the songs made for bruce...

  • @666Windter777 I've heard some bootlegs of him doing Man on the Edge and Futureal. In Rock In Rio, he did the Clansman and Sign of the Cross.

  • @PJB1775 And in my oppinion Clansman is one great song, if sung by Bruce. However I must admit, one of my favorite songs, como estas amigo, Bruce could not do (though he is totally awesome)!

  • @666Windter777 Bruce has sang SIGN OF THE CROSS many times A Blaze song! Sign of the Cross is a good song but I'm not a Blaze head what so ever! Then again I think IRON MAIDEN'S best are the first 3 albums so what do I know

    FOREVER UP THE HAMMERS

  • @666Windter777 HE has sang a couple of them being futureal, man on the edge, sign of the cross, the clansman and lord of the flies.

  • @moronchicken is the only song which sounds good xD

  • The vocal ascension at the end of the solo was pretty sweet, showing his voice can his some of those loud screaming notes that Paul used to do, something bruce didn't quite grasp. It seems Bruce thought it necessary to take a quick scream at the end of a song and turn it into another 5 minutes XD! Up the Irons!!!

  • hmm, i dont like blaze very much, but it seems that whenever he sings pauls stuff its not that bad...lol

  • @waylonbloodskull666

    Blaze and Paul had kind of similar voices. The difference being that Paul could sing in tune and hit high notes. Blaze is pretty hopeless in most respects.

  • How could you ever think of replacing Bruce with this clown? This is one of his better songs with Maiden, it's still low grade compared to what Maiden normally sounds like. I have heard several bands in clubs with singers 10 times better than this guy.

  • Bad performance. F*ck Blaze"! Up Bruce & Paul

  • lastimosamente a blaze le falta lo que a bruce le sobra .potencia en la voz carisma y fuerza escenica,,,,,el si puede cantar las canciones de el de blaze y de paul...BRUCE ERES MI DIOS.,,

  • How have maiden to hire a singer like....... Blaze one of the worst singers in movement.....

  • @TheSkatenato

    Nah, it's not that Blaze sucks. It's that his voice just doesn't suit Maiden (IMO). I'm not a big fan of Blaze, but he's alright.

  • I agree wholeheartedly 007 Mechanix. He should have never been hired in the first place. Not his fault. I can't blame him, he did his level best

  • Puta la wea ke kanta maaall¡¡¡¡¡¡

    Bruce Dickinson la canta mil veces mejor

    GRANDE BRUCE!!!

    UP THE IRONS!!!!!

  • Blaze vale callampa !!!

    estuve ahí y una mierda ... Grande Bruce !!!

    Up The Irons !!!!

  • Actually Blaze doesn't sound too bad singing this song. I'm not a fan of his but he's alright singing the early maiden songs from the first two albums.

  • paul di anno is the best singer

  • true

  • Ehh, people. That's why I hate Iron Maiden and their fandome. Whenever anyone says that IN THEIR OPINION (important!) Blaze is better than Bruce, they liked his years etc, they instantly get insulted. Gimme a rest...

    And IMO Blaze did awesome work with Maiden, but Bruce isn't that bad.

  • All songs from iron maiden and killers are good for him.............his voice is a little similar to paul´s voice

  • system777 you hit right on the head ive been a maiden fan since 79 i stopped listening to maiden when this no talent idiot got hired thank god for bruce up the true iron fans

  • system 777 i agree with you 100%, this guy is basically an overated garage singer, poor tone qualities, he falls flat alot, a band of their calibur could've picked a better singer than this, i've been a maiden fan since 81, but did'nt listen to em' during the blaze years, bruce dickenson's vocal quality cannot be surpassed in maiden..even to this day he can still nail the songs, how many 80s singers can still do it, dio does a good job still.....bottom line bruce is the shit

  • I'm sorry but Blaze is nowhere near overated, He's probably the most underated vocalist in metal,

    Believe me as a fan that these performances are not what you should judge him on, If youve heard 1 song off Silicon Messiah and don't believe that he's a great vocalist than there is definately something wrong with your ears,

  • You can tell Maiden were at an all time low during this period. Lack of energy, stage presence, etc. Not only does Blaze do a TERRIBLE job singing this song, but it's evident the rest of the band was just not feeling it. Compare this concert to any of the 2008/2009 Somewhere Back in Time tour and you can see the difference with Bruce back on board. Oh, and all you "new" Iron Maiden fans that think Maidens best era was with this clown, you can thumb me down all you want, I don't give a FUCK.

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  • You can tell that you are not a real Iron Maiden fan, or anyone who gets into who the best singer is. Like i've said, the band is bigger than who sings vocals. And actually the band was sounding very tired with no prayer and fear of the dark, Bruce sounds fed up on them. Steve was angy and depressed around that era, so actually with Blaze singing, it works perfectly on the X-Factor. Even though VirtualX1 is shambolic. But i'm glad the way things happened, now the band is stronger than ever!

  • Dude, I really think the difference between these opinions depend on how long you have been listening to the band. As you can see, the guys that agree with me have been long-ass Iron Maiden fans (79 an 81) and they remember how magical Iron Maiden was back then. On the other hand, most of the people that like Blaze and their new albums haven't been a fan of the band that long. I actually think it's pretty cool that IM have continued to attract new fans and has not become a "greatest hits" band

  • Well yeah, I understand that.  I can tell how great they were back then, the energy of those first 3 albums were amazing. Well thats not true, loads of long term fans think AMOLAD is one of the their best albums.

  • this is the concert when the fans spit on blaze and he gets very pissed, i laugh so hard

  • I think Wrathchild suits him perfectly.

  • hm... blaze sings good... but imo not Maiden material

  • I think Paul did this the best, and then Bruce, and then Blaze. I like the Blaze era, but when he goes and trys to do stuff from the two previous eras it just doesnt sound good.

  • OK I know I'm gonna get at least 50X thumbs down for saying this but IMHO Blaze sings this song better then Bruce does (although not as good as Paul).

  • all you people say Blaze sucks... he's obveously better than you. they wanted him to join iron maiden and im sure thats something you want to do. but can you say you were in iron maiden? no but Blaze sure can

  • i agree with you.when in the world would steve harris find a great singer if he was looking into youtube .nop only on youtbe ciberbullies.assholes.fuckhead­s.wannabes.scamm .its easy to sit in a chair press down the keyboard start talking shit.

  • blaze get a taxi mate.x

  • for some reason this blaze didnt stay with maiden good thing cause i wouldve kill myself!

  • Que feo que cantaba este pibe, y pensar que en Maiden grabó dos álbumes... en que pensabas Harris???

  • His voice is awesome - it only doesn`t fit with Maiden.

  • I like his albums with Irons anyway.

    I think, Irons wants Blaze because his voice was similar to Di'Anno's and I think, they want to do a little return to the past ;). It's my opinion of course :)

  • I really enjoy the Blaze albums and the X Factor. He doesn't sing the Bruce era stuff well though. Two very different singers. I think he handles this Di'anno song very well though.

  • blaze is the man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • He has serious intonation problems. But i liked those two albums with him, he has a good voice.

  • Bruce is a god. Him? A simple human...

  • nice voice though

  • Guys - will you just shut the fuck up about Blaze Bayley?!

    Blaze was a good singer with Iron Maiden - maybe not as skillful as his predecessors - but nevertheless he still sang and wrote some good stuff.

    Even Steve Harris admits that when they were auditioning for Bruce Dickinson's replacement vocalist, Blaze was the best out of all that applied for the job.

    Stop comparing Blaze with Bruce and Paul! They are all fantastic vocalists/frontmen in their own styles.

  • Gregory Peck once played Moby Dick and was slated for his performance. Does that make him a bad actor? No, he just wasn't right for the role. Sometimes actors get miscast, as do singers. Most would agree Blaze wasn't right for Maiden, however that doesn't make him a bad singer. So, instead of banging on about his admitedly patchy time in Maiden ( which he left over ten years ago ) why not concentrate on the excellent solo albums and shows he's done since then? Just a thought.

  • Also, I personally never got to see the Blaze era lineup live. I do remember reading however even back then th