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Blaze Bayley

Великобритания

Heavy Metal
Hard 'n' Heavy

http://www.blazebayley.net/
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12 июн 2025 :	BLAZE BAYLEY: 'I Was Absolutely Gutted' When I Got The News That PAUL DI'ANNO Had Died
11 июн 2025 :
18 фев 2025 :	BLAZE BAYLEY To Young Musicians: 'If You're Not Prepared To Sacrifice And Work Hard And Work Smart, It's Tough'
11 ноя 2024 :	Watch: BLAZE BAYLEY Dedicates His Performance Of 'Wrathchild' To PAUL DI'ANNO At Athens Concert
6 сен 2024 :	BLAZE BAYLEY Shares Music Video For 'Ghost In The Bottle' From 'Circle Of Stone' Album
16 мар 2024 :	BLAZE BAYLEY Says It's A 'Struggle' To Organize A U.S. Tour
2 мар 2024 :	Watch: BLAZE BAYLEY Kicks Off 2024 European Tour In Lille, France
17 фев 2024 :	BLAZE BAYLEY Shares Music Video For New Single 'Mind Reader' From Upcoming 'Circle Of Stone' Album
13 фев 2024 :	BLAZE BAYLEY On Still Performing IRON MAIDEN Songs 30 Years Later: 'It's Very Gratifying'
7 фев 2024 :	BLAZE BAYLEY Says Sound Of 'The X Factor' Album Was Too 'Dark' For Some IRON MAIDEN Fans
31 янв 2024 :
17 янв 2024 :	BLAZE BAYLEY: 'I'm Living My Dream. I Am A Full-Time, Professional Heavy Metal Singer.'
11 янв 2024 :
3 янв 2024 :	BLAZE BAYLEY: 'Sometimes People Don't Know The Power Of Words'
24 июл 2023 :	Former IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Says Having Heart Attack At Home May Have Saved His Life
26 апр 2023 :	BLAZE BAYLEY - New Live Album Due In July
20 апр 2023 :	Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Discharged From Hospital After Undergoing Quadruple Heart Bypass Surgery
14 апр 2023 :	Former IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Is Undergoing Triple Heart Bypass Surgery
7 апр 2023 :	Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Remains Hospitalized, Is Awaiting Heart Surgery
29 мар 2023 :	Former IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY To Undergo Triple Heart Bypass Surgery
27 мар 2023 :	Former IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Suffers Heart Attack, Postpones Live Shows
20 мар 2023 :	BLAZE BAYLEY Looks Back On His Time With IRON MAIDEN: 'I'm Very Lucky To Have Actually Had The Top Job In My Field'
16 дек 2022 :	BLAZE BAYLEY Performs IRON MAIDEN Classics In Athens; HD Video Of Full Concert Streaming
10 ноя 2022 :	Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY: 'Some Of The People That Hate Me Have Actually Never Listened To What I Do'
17 авг 2022 :	BLAZE BAYLEY Didn't Think BRUCE DICKINSON Would Ever Come Back To IRON MAIDEN
10 фев 2022 :	BLAZE BAYLEY: Why Heavy Metal Is 'The Devil's Music'

31 мар 2021

BLAZE BAYLEY: 'When I Was In IRON MAIDEN, We Were At War With Grunge'

British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley, who fronted IRON MAIDEN more than 20 years ago, spoke to the Crowcast about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting.

"When I was in MAIDEN, we were at war with grunge, man," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "Grunge was trying to kill us. The U.K. press, they thought the sun shone out of various bands' bottoms, and they wanted MAIDEN to die. We went into the heartland of death — we played Seattle at the height of grunge, man, and it was one of the most awful gigs I've ever done. There were these people looking at us like we were some kind of dinosaur, and they were going, 'Why aren't they dead yet?' And then you've got a few rows at the front going, 'MAIDEN! Yes!' It's just unbelievable. And that's the war that we had with [1995's] 'The X Factor' and [1998's] 'Virtual XI'. We were fighting for the very existence of real heavy metal. And where are they now? Metal is forever, 'cause it's in the heart of fans.

"I'm sorry, but grunge, it was fashionable," Blaze continued. "And the best thing about what I do is it's not fashionable. I'm always unpopular, and that's why I've lasted so long. I'm tiny, but if I was gonna be really popular, I would be up, then gone. 'Have you heard of Blaze Bayley?' 'Yeah, isn't he that artist that's really small, a cult figure?' 'Yeah.' And they've been saying that for 25 years, the same thing. So because of that, I haven't disappeared. If everybody liked me, it would be kiss of death for my career."

In a 2014 inteview with The Metal Voice, Blaze said that he didn't leave MAIDEN of his own accord. "I was fired," he said. "They said I wasn't good enough. And I said, 'Well, is Bruce [Dickinson] coming back?' And they said, 'Yes.' And I think what was happening at the time was that worldwide, CD sales had gone down and EMI had closed all their manufacturing facilities around the world. The record business was shrinking, so, really, I think it was more of a business decision that Bruce came back at the time. And, yeah, I was just gutted by that. I think it took me about four years, really, before I kind of accepted what had happened. And I think, really, if things had been slightly different, then it would have been very difficult for Bruce to come back, because the songs that I was working on at the time, the ideas for what I thought would be [my] third IRON MAIDEN album, I really thought that that would be it, that third album would really show fans that we were serious and that this lineup would work. But I didn't get the chance to make that third album."

Bayley fronted IRON MAIDEN from 1994 until 1999. The two MAIDEN albums he appeared on, "The X Factor" and "Virtual XI", sold considerably less than the band's prior releases and were their lowest-charting titles in the group's home country since 1981's "Killers".

Since leaving IRON MAIDEN in 1999, Bayley has released a number of albums, including several under the moniker BLAZE and more than a handful under his own name. He also appeared on 2012's "Wolfsbane Saves The World", the first album of new material by WOLFSBANE since the group's self-titled 1994 effort.

Blaze will release a new studio album, "War Within Me", on April 9. All songs were written and produced by Blaze and guitarist Christopher Appleton.

"War Within Me" finds Blaze moving forward from the success of his "Infinite Entanglement" trilogy released in consecutive years 2016-2018. The 10 brand new songs draw influences from Blaze's experience with IRON MAIDEN, plus his extensive solo career which started with his "Silicon Messiah" album in year 2000.

"War Within Me" is not a concept album but does include a positive thread throughout. The LP was recorded during 2020 with work split between Blaze's studio at home in the West Midlands and Christopher Appleton's studio in Greater Manchester. The now-very-consistent lineup, chosen from British metal band ABSOLVA, played on the album — Christopher Appleton (guitar, backing vocals), Martin McNee (drums), Karl Schramm (bass). Blaze and Appleton shared the work mixing and producing, while Ade Emsley (IRON MAIDEN, TANK, BRITISH LION, VOODOO SIX) handled the mastering. The striking and detailed artwork is provided by Akirant Illustration (IRON MAIDEN, "Star Wars").

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31 мар 2021

jesus666

Ай да не пизди,ты воевал с собственной нехаризматичностью😂Тебя никто не воспринимал как вокалиста iron. PS iron конечно же говно,гранж лучше😂Niirvana и peal jam до сих пор популярнее ironа,еще и в зале славы рокнролла🤟

31 мар 2021

НELLECTOR

X-Factor великий альбом, который бы обязательно испортил и запищал мой любимый Брюс.
Блейз - ты великолепен, работай.

31 мар 2021

Tomahawk

Опять старая шарманка про гранж, да сколько же можно....

31 мар 2021

ElectricRetard

>Niirvana и peal jam до сих пор популярнее ironа
Ну не знаю, последние 25+ лет Мейдены собирали в разы больше народу чем Нирвана.

31 мар 2021

gravitgroove

бл* ))) ну ок, гpанж в 95 еще шумел в top - Billboard, но 98 год..., он там с Korn и Bizkit не пеpепутал? И "Virtual XI - этот альбом, котоpый убил уважение к ним, до выхода BNW. Стилистика тут непpичём.
X-Factor был хитом в PФ для нового поколения слушателей IM.

31 мар 2021

jesus666

Помимо korn и bizkit были и производние гранжа creed

Хэлл - ++++++++++++

Первый комментатор сам не пизди!Воспринимали,воспринимают и будут воспринимать!Я рад что я фанател от мэйденов в это время!О чём он говорит,всё так.....это даже в воздухе ощущалось,всё эти огламурненые мальчики и девочки с лого nirvana в журнале cool,очень резко бросались в глаза, модные популярные щенки metallica и забытые титаны мэйден,которых хрен кто согнал с трона.Но непонятно что ждало стиль.Гранж,альтернатива,кислота.....ню-метал.Мне лично кажется,что именно мэйдены отказавшись меняться и быть в трендах, вернули популярность металу....повлияли на новую волну всяких чилдрен оф бадомм,ин флэймс,нифэльхэйм,hammerfall и т.д.