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Fans Change Mind About Blaze Era Iron Maiden?

07/24/2014
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(Classic Rock) Blaze Bayley believes Iron Maiden fans have come round to thinking well of his 1990s stint as the band's singer. The Wolfsbane frontman joined in 1994 and appeared on two albums, 1995's The X Factor and 1998's Virtual XI - before being ousted when classic era vocalist Bruce Dickinson returned to the fold in 1999.

Bayley's tenure with the band saw many fans turning away, especially in the UK. But two decades on, he believes they think better of his time with the NWOBHM giants.

He tells Get Your Rock Out: "People seem a lot more interested and view my period with Iron Maiden in a much different way. I think people take a fresh look at it now and go, 'Well, the albums were the start of a different era of Iron Maiden. And outside the UK people are a lot more fond of those albums."

He reflects: "It's 20 years ago that I joined Maiden and it's 30 years since I started singing - all those kind of anniversary dates have come together." More including a stream of the interview here.

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