As Live As It Gets
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As Live As It Gets is the third release and first live album by English
heavy metal
band Blaze Bayley, then known as Blaze, released in 2003. It features mostly the band's original material, though they also play some Iron Maiden
and Wolfsbane
covers, as lead singer Blaze Bayley
used to be in both bands. The band also covers the Led Zeppelin
track "Dazed and Confused", which appeared earlier as a studio track on the Led Zeppelin tribute album "The Music Remains The Same".
As Live As It Gets is the last Blaze album to feature the complete original line up, as Jeff Singer and Rob Naylor would leave the band later on in 2003.
Disc 2
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Blaze Bayley, then known as Blaze, released in 2003. It features mostly the band's original material, though they also play some Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
and Wolfsbane
Wolfsbane (band)
Wolfsbane are an English heavy metal band. Formed in 1984, the band remained active until lead singer Blaze Bayley went on to join Iron Maiden in 1994. After a couple of reunion shows in 2007 and 2009, Wolfsbane officially reunited in June 2010...
covers, as lead singer Blaze Bayley
Blaze Bayley
Blaze Bayley is an English singer and songwriter. He has been the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994, and nowadays since their recent reunion. Blaze is however world-known for having been the lead singer of British metal band Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999...
used to be in both bands. The band also covers the Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
track "Dazed and Confused", which appeared earlier as a studio track on the Led Zeppelin tribute album "The Music Remains The Same".
As Live As It Gets is the last Blaze album to feature the complete original line up, as Jeff Singer and Rob Naylor would leave the band later on in 2003.
Track listing
Disc 1- "Speed of Light"
- "When Two Worlds Collide"
- "(As Tough As) Steel"
- "Kill & Destroy"
- "End Dream"
- "Stare at the Sun"
- "Land of the Blind"
- "Silicon MessiahSilicon MessiahSilicon Messiah is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Blaze Bayley, then known as Blaze, released in 2000. The South American and Japanese versions of the album include several bonus tracks...
" - "Dazed and Confused"
Disc 2
- "Virus"
- "The Brave"
- "Stranger to the Light"
- "Identity"
- "Sign of the Cross"
- "FuturealFutureal"Futureal" is a single from the Iron Maiden album Virtual XI, released in 1998. Just months after this single was released, vocalist Blaze Bayley would part ways with Iron Maiden. The song was voted as one of the most popular Iron Maiden songs of all time in a fan poll taken during the making of...
" - "Ghost in the Machine"
- "Born as a Stranger"
- "Tenth DimensionTenth DimensionTenth Dimension is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Blaze Bayley, then known as Blaze, released in 2002. It is a concept album.-Track listing:Disc 1# Forgotten Future - 1:02# Kill and Destroy - 4:26# End Dream - 5:13...
"
Personnel
- Blaze BayleyBlaze BayleyBlaze Bayley is an English singer and songwriter. He has been the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994, and nowadays since their recent reunion. Blaze is however world-known for having been the lead singer of British metal band Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Steve Wray – GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- John Slater – guitar
- Rob Naylor – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jeff SingerJeff SingerJeff Singer is a British musician and former drummer of Paradise Lost.Singer has recorded three albums with Blaze...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....