50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode:
The Best of Blaze Bayley

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In 1999, Iron Maiden reunited with Bruce Dickinson.  They have been going strong for a quarter of a century since.  Blaze, meanwhile, has had a solid solo career to celebrate.  Tonight we celebrate everything Blaze on 50 Years of Iron Maiden, to cap off his tenure in the band.

This episode from November of 2023 pre-dates our 50 Years of Iron Maiden series, but we felt now was a good time to edit it down to a reasonable length and give it a replay.  If you’ve seen this episode already, you can safely skip this bonus broadcast.  If you haven’t, we have edited this live show down to the Blaze basics and cut it to a digestible length.  All of Blaze’s career is included in this episode’s Top 11 song list.  Foregoing the traditional rules, Harrison didn’t just pick his 11 favourite Blaze tracks like Mike did.  No, Harrison technically picked 22 songs.  All Blaze solo, or Blaze Bayley-branded live versions.  Mike chose songs from all three eras of Blaze:  Wolfsbane, Iron Maiden, and solo.

Harrison and Mike only had one song in common.  That means combined we have given you 32 songs to check out.  Harrison and Mike also provided a lot of context and background to our picks, and we hope that this episode is in-depth enough for the Blaze diehards.  And we know there are Blaze diehards out there.  We see you in the comments!

We also took a look at some physical rarities:  Two Iron Maiden X Factor Japanese CDs, an X Factor singles box set, two lenticular Virtual XI CDs, a “Holy Grail” live album, one CD that Mike needs, one CD that Harrison needed but since acquired, and a Wolfsbane cassette.

We sincerely hope you take the time to watch this passionate, insightful episode about a singer that deserves more of your attention: Blaze Bayley.

 

Friday August 15 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T.  Enjoy on YouTube.

 

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Past episodes:

• Episode one:  1975-1980
• Episode 2:  Iron Maiden & “Women In Uniform”
• Episode 3:  Killers
• Episode 4:  Maiden Japan, Live + One!!, Live at the Rainbow
• Episode 5:  The Number of the Beast
• Episode 6:  Beast Over Hammersmith
• Episode 7:  Piece of Mind
• Episode 8:  Let’s Talk Iron Maiden Drummers with Glen “Archie” Gamble
• Bonus Episode:  Run For Your Lives Tour Set Speculation
• Bonus Episode:  Maiden Grail acquired
• Episode 9:  Powerslave
• Episode 10:  Live After Death
• Episode 11:  Somewhere in Time
• Episode 12:  Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
• Bonus Episode & Critical post-show chat:  The First Ten Years Box Set
• Episode 13:  Maiden England ’88
• Bonus Episode:  Run For Your Lives Tour Setlist Analysis
• Episode 14:  No Prayer for the Dying
• Bonus Episode:  Hallowed By Their Name Unboxed
• Episode 15:  Fear of the Dark
• Bonus Episode:  Collections! Stories! Maiden on Vinyl, Bottlecaps & More!
  
• Episode 16: Live At Donington & A Real Live Dead One
• Episode 17:  Raising Hell – Bruce’s “Final” Show
• Episode 18:  The X Factor
• Bonus Episode:   The Coolest Iron Maiden Cassette You’ve Ever Seen
• Episode 19:  Best of the Beast / Virus
• Episode 20:  Virtual XI
• Bonus Episode:  The Best of Blaze
• Episode 21:  Ed Hunter
• Episode 22:  Brave New World

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