So I was wondering....

[Wrathchild]

What if Bruce had quit Maiden at the same time as Adrian? Would they still have got Janick in, and might all those Michael Kiske rumours have come true?

I can only speculate about the effects this might have had on the overall quality of 90s Maiden, but it would have been very interesting to find out.

W

 

[TinMan666]

Kiske went "anti - metal" tho didn't he?

so he probably wouldn't have wanted the job.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Who knows. There probably would have been no X Factor, and that is a bad thing.

 

[spawn]

There would be no Blaze, and that would be even worse

 

[Blitzkrieg]

That is true.

 

[Spiff]

But then Wolfsbane might still be together, and that would be good.

 

[Mark]

Yeah Kiske went anti-metal - but, so did Bruce

 

[Spruce Goose]

But you wouldnt know what a Wolfsbane was

 

[Spiff]

Yes I would, I've been a Wolfsbane fan since before Blaze joined Maiden. In fact, Blaze was the first person I thought of as a replacement for Bruce. Why, I don't know.

 

[Mark]

Wolfsbane

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I got 'Live Fast, Die Fast' and 'Massive Noise Injection' the other day, but haven't listened to them yet. Now I have all their stuff except 'Down Fall The Good Guys'. Great band.

 

[Goreripper]

The original question still stands, though. If Bruce and Adrian had left at the same time, who would have replaced them? Probably not Janick. And Harry would have wanted a British singer, so who would have been available/acceptable to him at that time? Vivian Campbell and Martin Walkyier? Or how about Paul Samson and Bernie Shaw? How ironic would that have been?

 

[Spruce Goose]

Yeah, sure spiff

 

[Spiff]

Which part of my statement are you questioning, Sprucey?

I still think it would have been cool if Viv joined Maiden and Adrian had joined Def Leppard. That would have been neat.

 

[Mark]

Blaze was always the hot fave to replace Bruce - it was mentioned all the time in Kerrang before he got the nod.

Wolfsbane were awesome - Down Fall The Good Guys is a better album than Maiden have released since 1988.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Viv in Maiden would have been killer, if he kept playing like a mofo and didn't turn into the soft puss that he is now.

 

[Goreripper]

Actually I reckon H would have slotted nicely into the Lepps. Of course, he'd be a sucky wussbag now, but he still wouldn't have any shirts with sleeves.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

But then he might not have played on Accident Of Birth and The Chemical Wedding!

 

[Mark]

Gorey, I was hoping he would at the time! Mind you, he doesn't smile enough to please da laydees.

 

[Goreripper]

Well he could have been the sadsack of the band. Plus, he doesn't wear sleeves. That's gotta score points.