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Iron Maiden

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29 окт 2025 :
27 окт 2025 :	NICKO MCBRAIN: 'Maybe I'll Be Asked To Do A Couple Of Songs' On Next IRON MAIDEN Studio Album
22 окт 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH On Replacing NICKO MCBRAIN With SIMON DAWSON: 'It Was Never Gonna Be The Same'
18 окт 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN: Official Coloring Book 'Volume III' Coming In November
15 окт 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN Announces 'Live After Death' 40th-Anniversary Collectors' Vinyl Edition
6 окт 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Didn't Pay Much Attention To IRON MAIDEN During BLAZE BAYLEY Era: 'I Was Too Busy Doing My Own Stuff'
5 окт 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Says Everybody In IRON MAIDEN Is 'Perfectly Happy' With SIMON DAWSON: 'You Can't Replace NICKO MCBRAIN With A Clone'
3 окт 2025 :	STEVE HARRIS On IRON MAIDEN's Split With NICKO MCBRAIN: 'We Didn't Really Have A Choice'
25 авг 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Says IRON MAIDEN Has No Interest In Playing Las Vegas Sphere: 'The Band Would Be Very Uncomfortable With The Idea'
20 авг 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Says New IRON MAIDEN Drummer SIMON DAWSON Brings 'Stability' To The Band's Live Shows
18 авг 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Explains Why GHOST-Style 'Phone Ban' Would Be 'Very Difficult' To Enforce At IRON MAIDEN Concerts
14 авг 2025 :	NICKO McBRAIN’s TITANIUM TART Perform IRON MAIDEN’s “No More Lies”
7 авг 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Explains IRON MAIDEN's 'Polite Request' For Fans To Put Away Their Phones During Band's Concerts
31 июл 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN Comments On Death Of Original Singer PAUL MARIO DAY
29 июл 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN Drummer NICKO MCBRAIN: 'There's No One That Can Replace Me'
19 июл 2025 :	NICKO MCBRAIN Says IRON MAIDEN's New Drummer SIMON DAWSON Is 'Doing A Fantastic Job'
18 июл 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON: 'We've Got A Lot More Stuff Ahead Of Us'
9 июл 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's 50th Anniversary Celebrated With U.K.'s Royal Mint Coin
29 июн 2025 :	Watch IRON MAIDEN Play Its Biggest U.K. Non-Festival Headlining Concert Ever At London Stadium
12 июн 2025 :
2 июн 2025 :	Watch: IRON MAIDEN Plays First Outdoor Concert With New Drummer SIMON DAWSON
1 июн 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN Manager Blasts 'Selfish' Fans Who Didn't Respect Request To Keep Phones In Pockets: 'I Wish You Nothing But A Very Sore Arm'
29 май 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN Shares Official Video Recap Of First Show Of 'Run For Your Lives' World Tour
28 май 2025 :	Watch: IRON MAIDEN Launches 'Run For Your Lives' Tour, Plays First Concert With New Drummer SIMON DAWSON
22 май 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH On His Musical Relationship With BRUCE DICKINSON: 'He Is Really Easy To Write' Songs With
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17 сен 2015

IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN: 'I Got Down On My Knees And Said A Prayer' For BRUCE DICKINSON

In a brand new interview with Overdrive, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain was asked if he thought the band was over when it was discovered that MAIDEN lead singer Bruce Dickinson had a cancerous tumor.

"Well, I'd be a liar if I didn't think for a minute that IRON MAIDEN [was] finished," he said. "[But] I thought more about the possibility of losing my friend than anything else, to be honest. Then later, I was thinking, 'God forbid if the worst ever happened, the legacy would be the last 16 albums.'"

McBrain, who is a dedicated Christian, continued: "I've got to be honest, I did question his mortality at one point and thankfully that didn't last long. Honestly, I got down on my knees and said a prayer, picked my thoughts up and got positive about it all, thinking to myself, 'If anyone can beat this, it's Bruce.' He's so positive about everything he's ever done in his life, or whatever he is about to do. Basically, I prayed for him and my prayers were answered, as well as everybody else that knows and cares for him."

According to McBrain, Dickinson's diagnosis didn't affect the recording of MAIDEN's new album, "The Book Of Souls".

"Do you know that none of us knew that he was poorly until after the record was done?" he said. "He performed that whole album knowing that something wasn't quite right with himself, but didn't get diagnosed 'till after we'd finished the tracks. So this album, 'The Book Of Souls', is just very special to me and all the rest of the guys.

"Bruce didn't know until December 2014 and then started his treatment in January 2015. We weren't aware, and neither was he, that he had the tumor."

Wow, that’s such a short amount of time considering that you have yourselves a double / triple (vinyl) album there. That’s really good timing for a project of that length. Especially when you look at the likes of Metallica, taking up 8/9 years to make an album.

"Well, Metallica take about 2 years to tune up the guitars for starters! (laughs) Only joking mate! The thing is, when you are in a situation where there clock is ticking, sometimes it can work against you and other times there is no pressure, but you just have to get on with your own work schedule and do the best you can. Look at Def Leppard, Pyromania, that took 2 years and that was down to Mutt Lange (producer), who was doing his “Mutt Lange” thing back in those days and it worked for them.

For us in the first 5 songs we were like hmm… these are a bit long. I mean, fucking hell, The Red and The Black comes in as long as Rime of the Ancient Mariner, for crying out loud, ha ha! But at the end of the day, we just get on with it and we had the best time and it was the greatest record I’ve ever made with the band. In my personal opinion, the way we did this record, with the choice of studio and having Kevin Shirley involved, turned out to be a great album for us, sound-wise. Too be honest with you, sonically I think this is the best album we have ever done."

"The Book Of Souls" debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 75,000 equivalent album units in the week ending September 10. That equals MAIDEN's highest rank ever, first achieved with 2010's "The Final Frontier".

Released globally on September 4 through Parlophone Records (Sanctuary Copyrights/BMG in the U.S.), "The Book Of Souls" was recorded in Paris, France with producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley in late 2014, with the finishing touches added earlier this year.

IRON MAIDEN announced in May that touring plans to support the album wouldn't happen until 2016 to allow Dickinson time to fully recuperate after his successful cancer treatment.

IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN: 'I Got Down On My Knees And Said A Prayer' For BRUCE DICKINSON

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17 сен 2015

Ed Hunter

Нико как всегда хорош, про Метлу отлично стебанул)

17 сен 2015

Rus

Про метлу удачно пошутил :) А с Брюсом то понятно, негативные мысли всем в голову лезли. Надеюсь что всё реально позади

17 сен 2015

Whitesnake

Здоровья всем мэйденовцам!