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Blaze Bayley Interview: At the End of the Day

on March 8, 2010 @ 02:17

Omega's Apple talk to Blaze's biographer, Lawrence Paterson about Blaze, his band and Maiden.

As a part of Iron Maiden, how do you feel Bayley’s vocal ability possibly matured?

Well, how could you join a band of Maiden’s stature and not improve as a musician? Blaze was totally immersed in the professional world of a top touring metal band doing more time on the road than he had ever had to deal with before. He was also following in the footsteps of one of metal’s finest vocalists who sang in a different range to that to which Blaze was accustomed. I’m sure that he learned fresh nuances of what his voice was – and wasn’t – capable of, and how to care for it after months on tour. He also worked alongside renowned composers and so would have been exposed to fresh ideas about song structure, as related to the vocals and to the song as a whole. It would have been a steep learning curve, but I don’t see Blaze as the kind of person to shy away from a heavy work load.

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