List of Blaze Bayley band members explained
This is a list of the band members associated with English heavy metal musician Blaze Bayley.
Main band
Current
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
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| | 1999–present | vocals | all releases |
| Chris Appleton | | | all releases from Live in Prague (DVD release only) (2014) onwards |
| Luke Appleton | | |
| Martin McNee | 2014–present | drums |
| Karl Schramm | | all releases from Infinite Entanglement (2016) onwards | |
Former
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
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| John Slater | 1999–2004 | guitars | |
| Steve Wray |
| Rob Naylor | 1999–2003 | bass | |
| Jeff Singer | drums |
| Phil Greenhouse | 2003 | none |
| Wayne Banks | 2003–2004 | bass | Blood & Belief (2004) |
| | 2004 | drums |
| | 2004–2007 | guitars | none |
| Luca Princiotta |
| Daniel Löble | 2004–2005 | drums |
| Nick Douglas | bass |
| Christian Ammann | 2005–2007 |
| Daniel Schild | drums |
| David Bermudez | 2007–2011 | bass | |
| Nicolas Bermudez | guitars |
| Rich Newport | 2007 | Alive in Poland (2007) |
| Rico Banderra | drums |
| Jay Walsh | 2007–2011 | guitars | |
| Lawrence Paterson | 2007–2010 | drums |
| Claudio Tirincanti | 2010–2012 | |
| Dave Andrews | 2011 | guitars | none |
| Steve Deleu |
| Nick Meganck | bass | Live in Prague (DVD release only) (2014) |
| Thomas Zwijsen | 2012 | guitars | |
| Andrea Neri | The King of Metal (2012) |
| Lars Lehmann | bass |
| Dan Bate | 2013–2014 | Live in Prague (DVD release only) (2014) | |
Former line-ups
B L A Z E
(March 1999 – January 2003) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- John Slater – guitars
- Steve Wray – guitars
- Rob Naylor – bass
- Jeff Singer – drums
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B L A Z E
(January – April 2003) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- John Slater – guitars
- Steve Wray – guitars
- Rob Naylor – bass
- Phil Greenhouse – drums
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B L A Z E
(April 2003 – December 2003) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- John Slater – guitars
- Steve Wray – guitars
- Wayne Banks – bass
- Phil Greenhouse – drums
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B L A Z E
(January 2004 – September 2004) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- John Slater – guitars
- Steve Wray – guitars
- Wayne Banks – bass
- Jason Bowld – drums
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B L A Z E
(October 2004 – December 2005) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Oliver Palotai – guitars
- Luca Princiotta – guitars
- Nick Douglas – bass
- Daniel Löble – drums
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B L A Z E
(December 2005 – January 2007) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Oliver Palotai – guitars
- Luca Princiotta – guitars
- Christian Ammann – bass
- Daniel Schild – drums
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Blaze Bayley band
(March 2007 – October 2007) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Rich Newport – guitars
- Nicolas Bermudez – guitars
- David Bermudez – bass
- Rico Banderra – drums
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Blaze Bayley Band
(November 2007 – April 2010) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Jay Walsh – guitars
- Nicolas Bermudez – guitars
- David Bermudez – bass
- Lawrence Paterson – drums
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Blaze Bayley Band
(April 2010 – March 2011) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Jay Walsh – guitars
- Nicolas Bermudez – guitars
- David Bermudez – bass
- Claudio Tirincanti – drums
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Blaze Bayley
(March 2011 – December 2011) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Dave Andrews – guitars
- Steve Deleu – guitars
- Nick Meganck – bass
- Claudio Tirincanti – drums
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Blaze Bayley
(January 2012 – December 2012) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Thomas Zwijsen – guitars
- Andrea Neri – guitars
- Lehmann – bass
- Claudio Tirincanti – drums
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Blaze Bayley
(December 2013 – November 2014) | - Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Chris Appleton – guitars
- Dan Bate – bass
- Luke Appleton – bass
- Martin McNee – drums
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Other projects
"Trinity" with Geoff Tate and "Ripper" Owens
From 2016, Blaze joined former Queensryche singer Geoff Tate and former Judas Priest vocalist Tim Owens in the touring project "Trinity"
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Kelly Gray - Guitars
- Scott Moughton - Guitars
- Tim Fernley - Bass
- Scott Mercado - Drums
"Metal Singers" with Udo, "Ripper" Owens and Mike Vescera
In 2015 the four singer toured South America together
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Lely Biscasse - Guitars
- Raphael Gazal - Guitars
- Lennon Biscasse - Bass
- Guto Franceschet - Drums
Bayley vs Di'Anno
From 2012, former Iron Maiden singers Blaze Bayley and Paul Di'Anno started a partnership doing some co-headlining tours and sharing the same roster of musicians.
- Russian Federation and occasionally Scandinavia:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Andrey Smirnov
- Vladimir Litsov – guitars
- Ilya Mamontov – guitars
- Nikolay Korshunov – bass
- Andrey Ischenko – drums
- Sergey Serbrennikov – drums
- For their Australia/New Zealand tour Bayley and Di'Anno shared Australian musicians:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Doug Dalton – guitars
- Jimmy Lardner-Brown – guitars
- Stu Tyrrell – bass
- Dom Simpson – drums
- For the Scandinavian gigs and occasionally Great Britain:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Richie Nielsen – guitars
- John V – guitars
- Are Gogstad – bass
- Rick Hagan – drums
- For some Italian and French gigs the two singers have been backed by official Iron Maiden tribute band Children of the Damned from Italy:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Carlo Micheletti – guitars
- Andrea Moretti – guitars
- Francesco Bevini – guitars
- Matteo Panzavolta – bass
- Gianluca Calanca – drums
Metal vs Blues
In 2015 Blaze started a cooperation with US-Italian band Twin Dragons with the shows "Metal vs Blues Rock", with these musicians:
- Blaze Bayley - vocals
- Nazzareno Zacconi - guitars
- Don Roxx - guitars
- Fabio Cerrone - bass
- Manuel Togni - drums
North America
- Starting from 2013 Bayley hit the stage for brief US tours with an all star project named The Foundry, involving members of Disturbed, Adrenaline Mob, Danzig, Black Simphony, Scorpions, Fates Warning and Twisted Sisters:
- In Mexico 2016 he has been backed by metal band Overfire:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Paco Lorenzana - guitars
- Adrián Toussaint - guitars
- Eduardo Mandujano - bass
- Miky Estrada - drums
- In Canadian Tour of September 2016 his musicians were from bands Insurgent Inc and Maiden Québec.
- Blaze Bayley - vocals
- Luis-Alberto Sanchez - guitars
- Leandro Alves - guitars
- Math Gagnon - bass
- Olivier Forest - drums
- In Canadian tour of October 2014 he was backed by Maiden Québec:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Steven Bergeron – guitars
- Leandro Alves – guitars
- Math Gagnon – bass
- Jef Rastoldo – drums
- In the US tour of 2011 the singer performed with the following band:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Rick Plester – guitars
- M.G. Jones – guitars
- Matt Maclean – bass
- Bill Legue – drums
- (Chris Declercq – guest on guitars)
South America
- In most of South American tours Blaze (initially with Zwijsen) has been backed by musicians of "The Best Maiden Tribute" and Tailgunners from Brazil:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Thomas Zwijsen – guitars
- Lely Biscasse – guitars
- Raphael Gazal – guitars
- Lennon Biscasse – bass
- Guto Franceschet – drums
- In Argentina 2016 he used two different bands:
- Blaze Bayley - vocals
- Diego Lombardo - guitars
- Emiliano Bracamonte - guitars
- Salvador Sauan - bass
- Eric Flägel - drums
- Blaze Bayley - vocals
- German Catelli - guitars
- Damian Nahuel Ros - guitars
- Julian Chuña Acuña Chapczuk - bass
- Cristian Cuppari - drums
- In Colombia 2016 with the band ADS:
- Blaze Bayley - vocals
- Adrian Dark Storm - guitars
- Jose Alfredo García - guitars
- Daniel Mantilla - bass
- Alejandro Rueda - drums
- In Chle 2016 has been backed by the band Genghis Khan:
- Blaze Bayley- vocals
- Diego Garcia - guitars
- Ivàn Moya - guitars
- Felipe Duràn - bass
- Carlos Osorio - drums
Unplugged
- For acoustic touring Blaze recently involved those musicians:
- Thomas Zwijsen – guitars
- Anne Bakker – violin
- Michelle Sciarrotta – guitars
- Olivier Arpin and Stephan Laroche – guitars
- Andrea Neri – guitars
- Jase Edwards – guitars
- Nazzareno Zacconi - guitars
Occasional
- In September 2014, celebrating 20 years after joining Iron Maiden, he toured with a special set with this band from Slovakia:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Juro Gasinec – guitars
- Tibor Buso – guitars
- Jan Kicin – bass
- Lubo Franek – drums
- For the Italian summer tour of 2011, soon after the dissolution of Blaze Bayley Band, the singer has occasionally performed with the following lineup:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Andrea Neri – guitars
- Lorenzo Carancini – guitars
- Simone Massimi – bass
- Roberto Pirami – drums
- In March 2013 the line-up was:
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- James Cornford – guitars
- Peter Welsh – guitars More (band)
- Jim Houghton – bass
- Ray Whisker – drums
- In one festival in France of 2012 Neil, bandmate of Lehmann in Neurasthenia, has performed on guitars as stand-in for Andrea Neri
- Bayley occasionally performed full shows with the bands Seven (Czech Republic), Trooper (Romania), John Steel (Bulgaria), Hammerheart (Slovakia), Apsent (Turkey, first gig ever after the dissolution of Blaze Bayley Band), Lunar Explosion and Flash of The Blade (Italy)[1]
Notes and References
- Web site: Blaze Best Songs List: Top, New, & Old. AllMusic.
