Bruce Dickinson Says IRON MAIDEN's New Drummer Is More Similar To Clive Burr in Feel but Has His Own Style
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Bruce Dickinson interview at Musician's Institute in Hollywood, CA on 4/21/2025 talking all things Maiden, solo career and new drum plus much more.
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Bruce Said
'Obviously when it was suggested after Niko decided to retire that for live playing that Simon Dawson should take over and there were other drummers that people thought were kind of in the frame. And one of the reasons that we didn't pick those other type of drummers was because although they were they were very good drummers nothing wrong with their drumming they all wanted to sound like Nick. And you can't replace Niko, you shouldn't even try to replace him. You don't want a Niko clone. You want a drummer that plays the material but plays kind of their own style And if I'm honest if I close my eyes at moments during that rehearsal it was like having. Clive Burr back in the band because he's that kind of he's got that feel. It's that big band swing time feel He's all the same influences and everything.
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