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he's awesome. piece of mind and powerslave are two of the best metal albums ever. he plays a lot more ride cymbal than most metal players, utilizes all those toms in a really melodic way, and has freaking awesome time and feel.
I saw maiden on the somewhere in time tour in corpus christi way back. really good show, the whole band is so on point live. they had this huge eddie that walked around on stage. it fell over at one point, and bruce dickinson had to dive out of its way when it fell. they didn't even miss a step, kept playing their asses off. some roadies came out with ropes and got eddie back on his feet. good times.
definately an awesome drummer. I think the song was either where eagles dare or 7th son of a 7th son but I loved it. talk about weird tom angles on his set though
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Thu May 01, 2008 2:22 pm
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I know, his tom heads are almost vertical! I think my three favorite drum performances by him are The Trooper, Powerslave, and Aces High.
Nicko is the man. what a drummer and a funny guy. he has the best attitude!
yeah you don't hear much about him, i wouldn't go as far as saying he was underrated but would definitely be cool to hear more about his drumming etc...
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If I'm not mistaken, doesn't he play a single kick?
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Manzo wrote:
iron maiden, the greatest metal band of all time.
nicko is an awesome drummer, I love his tom complexity.
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Drumosaurus wrote:
definately an awesome drummer. I think the song was either where eagles dare or 7th son of a 7th son but I loved it. talk about weird tom angles on his set though
where eagles dare is very insane if u ever get the chance to watch rhyme of the beast he tears it all apart and yeah so cool that drum line.
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just going on what you guys are saying about favourite songs drum wise by maiden they would have to be.
the trooper
where eagles dare
Aces High
Powerslave
and i have to say from there newer stuff
Dream of mirrors
face in the sand
Reincarnation of Benjamin breeg (i know there nothing special about this but i think his beat is really powerful in this song)
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This topic made me throw in Live After Death. I can remember being 16, Driving around with this blasting in my 70 Buick Skylark.
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Fri May 02, 2008 6:05 pm
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one of my favorite drummers,
and i didnt know he uses one pedal...
that makes me want stick with my single pedal now.
Sat May 03, 2008 6:01 pm
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after a concert i went to tuesday i talked to the drummer. and he told me to pick up the powerslave album and play all the drum beats in it and then ill be able to do a ton of stuff. but ya maiden is a awsome band and nicko is really awsome.
I love Nicko especially since he uses one bass and a single pedal and that is still metal! sometimes people forget what real metal is.
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b b253 wrote:
after a concert i went to tuesday i talked to the drummer. and he told me to pick up the powerslave album and play all the drum beats in it and then ill be able to do a ton of stuff. but ya maiden is a awsome band and nicko is really awsome.
haha yeah well if u can play
aces high 2
minutes to midnight
rime of the ancient mariner
powerslave
and even flash of the blade that covers many diffrent speeds, beats and fills
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Love Maiden and Nicko is very under estimated as a drummer. He is a great metal drummer and in my opinion is one the the greats that paved the way for metal drumming. P.O.Y!
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Man nicko is the man. I saw Maiden at ozzfest 2 years ago (2nd best concert i've ever seen) nicko's kit was soo massive you couldn't even see him behind it. I mean literally I saw him once on the jumbo screens they had in a 2 hour period.
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yeah its pretty big
i sore maiden in perth early this year it was the first time they have been here since the number of the beast tour and it was awse
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