New B L A Z E Line-Up Announced
Following a statement by Neil Marklew on the official site earlier tonight, the B L A Z E line-up is now intact with five official members. The full article reads as follows:Hi Metallers,
It gives me great pleasure to make the following announcement as I believe it has been long overdue. As you may be aware, we have not had a 'permanent' band line-up for some time now but I believe we have always had good quality musicians in the line-ups at past BLAZE shows and would like to thank Phil Greenhouse, Wayne Banks, Jason Bowld, Dave Knight, Nick Douglas, Dani Loeble and the original 4 members for all their hard work during their time in the band.
Since the departure of the last two original members (Steve Wray and John Slater) in September 2004, we always knew that 2005 was going to be the year to start to put things 'back on track', and, we wanted to put together a 'band' again………………………..now, I believe we have, although, due to the commitments hat each of 'the new guys' have, we can not be certain that we will not have to use 'stand-ins' again as they are all in demand.
However, every effort will be made to ensure that this is not the case, but, you can be sure that in the event we do a good quality stand-in will be used. So, without further delay, please welcome Oli Palotai (guitars), Luca Princiotta (guitars), Christian Ammann (bass) and Daniel Schild (drums). You will find more information about each of the guys on their individual pages in the BAND MEMBERS section of this site.
Oli joined us in April 2004 as 'stand –in' for John Slater originally and was always going to be our first choice to replace John when he decided to leave. He is an all-round great musician and he brings grit and a determination to succeed to the band.
Luca is the baby in the band at only 23yrs of age and was bought in as replacement for Steve Wray. He is a great guitarist with huge potential and is keen and eager to get on with the job in hand.
Christian and Dani joined us earlier this year and performed their first show with BLAZE in Slovenia at the Born to be Wild Festival in April. Both are gifted musicians and have worked extremely hard since then and are keen to show BLAZE fans around the world what they are capable of.
Looking to the future, I can confirm that I am in negotiations with several record companies and hope to make an announcement about this later this year. In the meantime, I can confirm that the band are finalising the writing of the NEW album (which is planned for an April/May release next year) and will be doing some dates in December (details to follow shortly) in addition to working on the DVD which is planned for release in Aug/Sept next year.
Thank you for your continuing support. The futures' bright, the futures' BLAZE!
Neil Marklew
Manager
Source: Planetblaze.com
5 Comments
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There is something to say Blaze.
Once you have been a part of the Iron Maiden family, nothing can go wrong.
As long as you come to germany, especially cologne, we will always be there to witness you.
You have been a part of Iron fucking Maiden, we will be there for you. Besides, your music is good, keep the rock rolling!!!
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There is something to say Blaze.
Once you have been a part of the Iron Maiden family, nothing can go wrong.
As long as you come to germany, especially cologne, we will always be there to witness you.
You have been a part of Iron fucking Maiden, we will be there for you. Besides, your music is good, keep the rock rolling!!!
Once you have been a part of the Iron Maiden family, nothing can go wrong.
As long as you come to germany, especially cologne, we will always be there to witness you.
You have been a part of Iron fucking Maiden, we will be there for you. Besides, your music is good, keep the rock rolling!!!
You know he doesnt read this dont you
For how long will this line-up last?
Has anyone heard anything from these two new members before joining BLAZE?