Bruce’s solo work is great. I’d been a lifelong Maiden fan, and I liked Bruce well enough, but when I heard Balls To Picasso for the first time, it really hit me. This guy is really great. Especially when first compared to The X Factor, I really though Bruce won that round. Obviously Roy Z had an enormous impact, as the Band Of Gypsies really provided a stellar backdrop to Bruce’s style. It had a real current and fresh feeling to it.
I think Skunkworks is very underrated. Everyone needs to go back and check it out. But as mentioned, the 2 best are probably Accident At Birth and the brilliant Chemical Wedding. I’m not so much of a fan of Tryanny Of Souls. I just think it totally pales to Chemical Wedding.
I got to see Bruce twice. The first time was 7/22/90 on the Tattooed Millionaire tour (with Jannick!), and then again on 9/28/97 on the Accident tour (with Adrian!).
My Top 10 Bruce songs are:
1. Tears Of the Dragon
2. Born In ‘58
3. Accident At Birth
4. Darkside Of Aquarius
5. Book Of Thiel
6. Sacred Cowboys
7. A Chemical Wedding
8. No Lies
9. Back From The Edge
10. The Tower