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Former Iron Maiden Singer Hated By Fans?

11/19/2014
. (Classic Rock) Former Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley says some Iron Maiden fans hated him for taking over vocal duties from Bruce Dickinson. He joined the metal giants in 1994 and recorded two albums - 1995's The X Factor and 1998's Virtual XI. But he says a section of the group's fans were against him from the start as they blamed him for the departure of Dickinson.

He tells Mitch Lafon: "When I joined the band, there were a lot of people who just resented me and actually hated me for being in Maiden. They blamed me for Bruce leaving, which is a classic girlfriend problem, where you blame your friend for your girlfriend leaving or whatever. But a lot of people didn't want to listen to me.

"It was a very different time for Maiden. The music business was changing, MP3s were coming, the hardware was starting to disappear, CD sales were down for everybody worldwide. And it was a time when a lot of old-school Maiden fans didn't want Blaze Bayley to be the lead singer. " Read more here.

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