Blaze Bayley

www.blazebayley.net Blaze Bayley (Bayley Alexander Cook), is an English heavy metal singer/song writer, born 29th of May, 1963. He is best known for his time in Iron Maiden (1994 - 1999), replacing Bruce Dickinson as lead vocalist. Before he joined Iron Maiden he sang in a rock band by the name of Wolfsbane, a band that had achieved legendary status in their hometown of Tamworth in the early 1990's. In 1999 Bruce Dickinson rejoined Iron Maiden leaving Blaze out of the band. Since then Blaze has toured and sung in his own solo band. This band was originally known as the moniker B L A Z E, but has been known as Blaze Bayley since 2007. Five studio albums have been released; Silicon Messiah (2000), Tenth Dimension (2002), Blood and Belief (2004), The Man Who Would Not Die (2008) and Promise and Terror (2010) and three live albums, As Live As It Gets (2004), Alive in Poland (2007) and The Night That Will Not Die (2009). Members of today's bands are, in addition to Blaze: Nico Bermúdez (guitar), Dave Bermúdez (bass) and Jay Walsh (guitar). As of 19/05/2010, Larry Paterson is no longer drumming for the band.