Hear how INCREDIBLE Nicko McBrain ACTUALLY was in the 80s

Hear how INCREDIBLE Nicko McBrain ACTUALLY was in the 80s | Iron Maiden reaction

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Nicko McBrain is not only one of the most beloved drummers in the world of Heavy Metal but he also is a true heart and soul of Iron Maiden.
So in honor of Nicko's birthday which is today
let's take a look at some of the isolated drum parts performed by Nicko McBrain in the video which hopefully will become the first in the series of several, for now looking specifically at some of the Iron Maiden songs from The Golden Era of the 1980s.
We will take a look at such songs from the albums Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son:
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great
Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant
Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Let's hear it
03:44 - No need to know the song
04:51 - But he changed...
05:37 - Happy Birthday, Nicko
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@MetalPilgrim 2 ай бұрын

What's your favourite Nicko McBrain drum part?

@Maiden88 2 ай бұрын

Gotta say i really like The edge of darkness, the drumming of Nicko is just perfect

@seanhynds8482 2 ай бұрын

I always loved the intro to Where Eagles Dare.

@cbr9914 2 ай бұрын

deja-vu, oddly enough, is probably nicko's best drumming on a maiden album, period.

@buffwhiner 2 ай бұрын

Brighter than a Thousand Suns

@levicummins5481 2 ай бұрын

Honestly out of the silent planet, the gallop is just 🤌🤌

@jarnohynynen3145 Ай бұрын

It's not just the fact that Nicko is a great drummer but he is a character! He's a true performer and brings in more than just his (amazing) drumming.

@seanlepki9121 2 ай бұрын

Always wanted his kick drum to be mixed louder, that right foot is just incredible and people really miss out on it

2 ай бұрын

Exactly! Shame that the kick drum is pretty low on the 80s albums. Mid 90s they mixed it louder but after brave new world it has been pretty good👍

@DT11acs 2 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Clive.

@christofc1000 Ай бұрын

Always one.

@thenomad4123 2 ай бұрын

Always found this drummer insanely underrated. I didn't hear anyone say he was a mediocre drummer mind you, but I didn't hear many praises either. His skill and writing are top notch in my opinion.

@maidenmovies 2 ай бұрын

underrated. he was always no. 1 in polls and charts in every magazine for years

@thenomad4123 2 ай бұрын

@@maidenmovies Good then. Didn't see any. Maybe it was the old charts

@maidenmovies 2 ай бұрын

@@thenomad4123every year he was no. 1 in readers polls in Hammer, Kerrang and almost every rock magazine

@PhilipRoberts-zq9mn 2 ай бұрын

And he can also play a little bass.

@malawigw 2 ай бұрын

underrated? He was inducted in the modern drummer hall of fame

@iraklismoschonas5214 2 ай бұрын

That galloping drum part in “The Trooper” is awesome!

@adiemorton-wright2150 Ай бұрын

It's good but it's not difficult. I used to play it back in the 90s a d I'm not a great drummer.

@philsswweightlossdiary2944 2 ай бұрын

Seventh Son contains some of Nicko’s best drumming in my opinion. Infinite Dreams and the title track in particular.

@lelysgard Ай бұрын

SIT and Seventh Son marks the peak for all of them musically, both as individual players and as songwriters. Bruces voice on SSOASS is unmatched because of its power, theatrical artistry and genuine sound. You can't copy it, it's just refined passion, authenticity and rawness.

@gamleskalle1 2 ай бұрын

His introduction with where eagles dare.

@nev3082 2 ай бұрын

absolutely. It's like his audition tape ! and he kills it

@fenrirvanwolfen6474 2 ай бұрын

Amen, Bro. Up the IRONS!!!🤘🏼 Greetings from Germany.

@rgthjdrtyjrtyjdrtyjr Ай бұрын

yeah thats the one I was thinking of too

@deanworsley2244 Ай бұрын

It's bloody ridiculous, mindblowing!!

@emankcin1701 Ай бұрын

Legend says Steve asked Nicko to invent a drum solo as the intro of the song, he then spent half a day creating a 25 second drum solo. Steve then said he meant short and snappy, Nicko was like "oh", and the result is audible on the record.

@monsieurlehigh4912 2 ай бұрын

He's more funky than most other metal drummers. There's always a nice swing in his grooves.

@lylesommers1249 Ай бұрын

Nicko plays some of the biggest drum kits I’ve ever seen, and he makes use of all of them that takes skill, a lot of people refer to him as an octopus.

@Axilleac Ай бұрын

Once I was assigned to participate to a tribute for Iron Maiden. I picked the song 'Powerslave' cos' it is one of the songs which I remember my self air-drumming to it. Before starting meeting with the boys to rehearse the songs, I found a the isolated drumtrack of the Powerslave in KZfaq. Then I realized that what I used to hear on the album version was half of what NMB actually plays. It was like having Bohman, Paice and Downey in one person but being a part of each riff. Bearing in mind that Nicko was playing in a most uncomfortable drum set-up (sitting too low, all toms and cymbals elevated above head height and with almost 30° tilted inwards snare, I came to the conclusion that this drummer is more than incredible. He is a legend. Of course, I've spend twice the time rehearsing the song since what I knew was half of what he was actually playing, having hard time to maintain that groove with all ghost notes, steady and fast foot work and hi hat opening on up-beats. NMB should be awarded to the top ranks and not due to Iron Maiden's success.

@TriggeredCulture Ай бұрын

i never thought i would need to hear entire albums with isolated drum track, yet here i am

@florencioigual Ай бұрын

"One can recognize an Iron Maiden song just with the drums part, which is a rarity in Heavy Metal" Spot on!! This truly shows how special Nicko McBrain is

@meanmetalmike666 2 ай бұрын

Also Do Clive Burr of Maiden

@stefanbs4723 Ай бұрын

Yeh, You can hear the amazing durmming in hallowed be thy name, just to mention one song

@Munchymeow11 Ай бұрын

He's a triplet. A triplet that taught me everything! An absolute inspiration...

@Kwsatwb Ай бұрын

He has a very unique style and phasing. Top 10 favorite rock drummers for me.

@tanktuba 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks for this one.

@ianwaddington4532 Ай бұрын

This was totally amazing and must have taken you quite a while to put together. All the more incredible since you did it from a country which is basically a war zone. I am in Australia and Maiden are touring later this year. I really feel for you guys who currently won't get the chance to see the band live. Maiden were last supposed to tour Australia a few years back and we had our tickets purchased but the band had to pull out due to covid which had just hit the world at that time. Would love similar videos about Nicko in the 90s and beyond by the way.

@nem447 Ай бұрын

Same in NZ, but no issue getting our money back though, it was all done for you automatically without asking...🤘

@JD.Knight 2 ай бұрын

Nicko post reunion has been amazing! Need to study that era.

@TailgunnerATC 2 ай бұрын

Flight 666 era was wild drumming

2 ай бұрын

He’s best playing was propably 2000-2008

@garymitchell5899 2 ай бұрын

Powerslave, LAD and SIT are sublime

2 ай бұрын

@@garymitchell5899 plays better in rock in rio

@garymitchell5899 2 ай бұрын

They're all good but I prefer mid-80s

@LateNightPerson 2 ай бұрын

Always loved Nicko's drumming on The X Factor

@Coconuthut1 2 ай бұрын

The X factor is a good album and gets too much hate imo

@LateNightPerson 2 ай бұрын

@@Coconuthut1 its one of my favorites

@emultra759 2 ай бұрын

@@Coconuthut1 TXF has grown on me over the years. I like how ballsy it is with its unrelenting bleak mood and 10 minute opener. Steve brought a new style with no apologies, which was the right thing to do with such a different singer.

@Coconuthut1 2 ай бұрын

@@emultra759 blaze’s voice fits the dark atmosphere really well

@fabianlijtmaer4786 Ай бұрын

This is GOLD!!!! FRIGGIN GOLD!!!! Bravo, flaco!!! The isolated drum sections paired with the songs!! EPIC 🔥

@stromghouls Ай бұрын

the entire somewhere in time album is a drumming encyclopedia. Nicko's finest drumming on this album.

@Vortigan07 2 ай бұрын

Nicko is a force of nature, no question about that! I was just listening to Piece Of Mind earlier and thinking how he really was the star of that album. I mean the opening of the album just in itself, what an announcement!! Happy Birthday, Nicko! What ho sed de ting!

@GonFerrer90 2 ай бұрын

You can hear the song with only his drums... Quite amazing !

@vlgl5752 2 ай бұрын

Exactly! He's riffing alongside guitar parts.

@WreckheadAdam Ай бұрын

I just love his ride cymbal positioning.

@kennethnielsen3864 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@tinytim71301 Ай бұрын

Love Nicko. Seeing Maiden this November!!!!

@AvStevieStevenJamesDrums Ай бұрын

Nicko by far is in my top five favorite drummers of all time

@diracio 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video thanks! Heard loads o stuff in there I'd not spotted before - and pretty sure he did all that with one bass pedal!? Would love to hear chorus of Madness tho - it's drums to that which made me love the song! And yes please do more of these!

@deansch6089 2 ай бұрын

Nicko is amazing. I'm surprised you did't share the world's introduction to Nic in Maiden. The very intro on the very first song on the very first Maiden album to feature his playing. And just to hammer home the point, they opened that first tour with the song. Where Eagles Dare. 10 seconds and you already knew Maiden had knocked it out of the park.

@ironmaidentragic 2 ай бұрын

It always amazes me how different drums sound when they are isolated.

@TinusTegenlicht Ай бұрын

I have heard that other drummers watched Niko drumming behind his kit during festivals, that is how they loved his style and that he used the while kit.

@guyfreedomenglish2822 2 ай бұрын

One of the absolute best of all time!!!!!!

@markparkin5372 2 ай бұрын

You should do a series of these for all the band members including the second one for Nicko, and even go back to the likes of Paul and Clive and how their sound shaped the early days of maiden

@Chilliconcarnage Ай бұрын

Somewhere in Time has his best performances imho

@werc85music 2 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday to my favourite drummer in the world! 🤘🏻😎

@dixienormus6941 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information, Chris Benoit

@TrollingInTheDeep 2 ай бұрын

Caught Somewhere In Time is his best performance and Deja-Vu 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

@nilshult5115 2 ай бұрын

Happy birthday LEGEND

@phil4_8 Ай бұрын

You can catch some early Nicko on the soundtrack to the movie Heavy Metal. 👍

@jasoncousins2754 Ай бұрын

He still is amazing

@emankcin1701 Ай бұрын

Too good to be a metal drummer, and he himself doesn’t consider being one. Overqualified for Maiden, they alternated their approach to each and every song to revolve around his playing to this day. Recently turned 72, long live my good man!

@RyanTheDrummer-so7wn 2 ай бұрын

NICKO IS THE BEST!! LOVE NICKO HAPPY BDAY NICKO!!!

@ramsey6681 Ай бұрын

You remind me of a Steve Hughes standup routine, dude! Somewhere in Scandinavia comparing ages... "How old are you?" _"36. How old are you, Steve?"_ "42." _"Ah. You are the lucky one..."_ "How d'you work that out?" _"You have had more time to listen to Iron Maiden!"_

@MrDaveondrums Ай бұрын

My favorite drumming feom Nicko is on Piece of Mind! The pocket is there....

@Sandman-cr6zn 2 ай бұрын

I'm a guitarist and Nicko's work is what made me love drums, and I'm dreaming of learning to play one day (too little time and money though xD). His playing just always had the melody. Btw. Always good to remember his work with Pat Travers Band. And I think it's a real challenge to make drums sound so musical and fluid while keeping the rhythm perfectly. Plus think about all of the small things he incorporates aside for setting the pace and mood. I mean, there was a piece of wood during ROTAM which simulated the creaking of the deck, the Japanese drums on Senjutsu, the gong played with a bow to make you hear the R101 crash in EOTC... And I think Adrian once said that Nicko is an amazing funk drummer, which he unfortunately cannot show in Maiden. Hope he lives long and continues to love what he's doing.

@IanPotts-lv6os 2 ай бұрын

Happy birthday 🥳 Nicko your an amazing drummer can't wait for the next studio album and tour stay healthy 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@user-jb2xp7sh2k 2 ай бұрын

I would love a 90s part of his drumming, espacially for Sign of the cross

@rgthjdrtyjrtyjdrtyjr Ай бұрын

One of the best

@musicwarez Ай бұрын

He is great!

@manfredherauf740 Ай бұрын

I do not know if Nicko is the best, but certainly he is one of the BEST DRUMMERS OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL

@biorythmicshifter 2 ай бұрын

I love listening to his performances on all the live albums as well. His parts are so well composed and performed with such panache that it even the most complicated parts sound simple. It’s like it takes no effort. I think listening to a song like Hallowed Be Thy Name is a great example of how he took Clive’s parts and recreated them to his own style. Each part is much more nuanced and meticulously crafted which ultimately fits the song better. I can’t say enough about the amazing sense of rhythm he brings to their sound. By far one of my favorite drummers in any genre. Happy birthday Nicko!!!

@iraklismoschonas5214 2 ай бұрын

We want the follow-up video, Nicko’s isolated parts from the ’90s!

@p90man 2 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday Nicko!

@quinetastic 2 ай бұрын

🤘GREAT VIDEO 📹 🤘...

@davinpaul1457 2 ай бұрын

Amazing drummer

@ub6ilb975 2 ай бұрын

Badass!

@lukas8807 2 ай бұрын

The live version of Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (Monsters of Rock festival, Donington, 1988), especially the part with solos is unbelievable.

@marcomazotti 2 ай бұрын

For shure he is the most GROOVING metal drummer ever with the best drumsound, too! 😎💯🤟That`s why Maiden where always bit different, because of the groove. Also Clive Burr was like this!

@EdUdremmurd Ай бұрын

My favorite drummer! Great video but no Where Eagles Dare? 😊

@danstrikeeagle Ай бұрын

Nicko said that the most difficult song for him was Sign of the cross. In fact, amazing drumming. 👍🏼🤘🏻🇬🇧

@boerplaas388 Ай бұрын

My favorite 👍

@Bruno-Guitarist Ай бұрын

The drum sound on fear of the dark though. My goto reference for drum sounds. Even within the full mix. Yummy…

@decomicssehablaasi 2 ай бұрын

I love Nicko, but I remember Dickinson saying that Clive was actually a better Maiden drummer I think he developed some of the key features of Maiden rhythm and Nicko elevated them for sure, I think Cilve had a better groove, Nicko has the technique imho.

@Ketis1985 Ай бұрын

I also prefer Clive.

@larsrons7937 2 ай бұрын

Awesome drumming. That part from Trroper was fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Happy birthday, Nicko McBrain. 🔱🌻Slava Ukraini!

@ned1988 2 ай бұрын

MORE OF THESE VIDEOS PLEASE BOSS

@jimboscustoms 2 ай бұрын

One of my all time favourite drummers and such a cool guy

@Vatch1966 2 ай бұрын

What about "Where Eagles Dare", the opening track off PIECE OF MIND which introduced us to Nicko?

@zedarmisted2821 2 ай бұрын

The loneliness of the long distance runner is pure drum madness and you didn't even mention this song ?!?!?

@DrMustafaArk Ай бұрын

I’ve been trying to figure out what does he do in Wasted Years for years

@dimitrisdm6997 Ай бұрын

Great drummer awesome right foot

@TailgunnerATC 2 ай бұрын

Where did you get the masters from to isolate these???

@tjongkwieliang8056 Ай бұрын

Agree. He is the Best

@popeyesailor9571 Ай бұрын

His drumming on Pat Travers putting in straight is his best work period

@Viperfitness 2 ай бұрын

A thousand likes on this video ❤️ My first drum hero and forever on of my absolute favorites.

@moonchildah 2 ай бұрын

I would REALLY love a 90s video of Nickos parts! Even more than the 80s. Suggestions for parts I would recommend: - Brighter than a Thousand Suns - Sign of the Cross - Book of Souls - Speed of Light (need more cowbell) - The Talisman - The Fallen Angel - Montsegur 🤘🤘🤘

@ffosiliaudecymrusouthwales1716 2 ай бұрын

Nicko is amazing. To play with power *and* skill the way he does is rare. As I said when news came out about his stroke, Nicko playing at 90% ability is better than most drummers at 100%.

@suhardyabdullatiff801 2 ай бұрын

So damn good

@17nussbaumroad Ай бұрын

I miss Clive !

@arvindhmani06 2 ай бұрын

Where Eagles Dare is one of his best! Surprised it wasn't shown ahead of, say, Flight of Icarus.

@StevenWard Ай бұрын

Black Bart Blues - it's a B-side but the drumming is insane - one of my faves definitely

@Frank-kj6fs Ай бұрын

He is ONE of the Best..

@evil_chuck 2 ай бұрын

I agree with almost everything you said in this video. And I say "almost everything" because, honestly, I don't agree with the idea that you can instantly detect any Iron Maiden song just by listening to Nicko's drums. That NEVER happened to me with Nicko (and I'm not referring to the curler in the intro of Where Eagles Dare, please), but it did (and happens) to me with Clive Burr. Sometimes, I think that the time Nicko has been in the band makes people get used to his sound and believe that he is the best drummer the band ever had, something that I always doubt. When Clive was there, no one asked to be changed. His sound was powerful, aggressive, fast, it was versatile and innovative, in addition to being rhythmic to the core. It was the most unnecessary change in the band's history, but Nicko replaced him very well, which is why the change went unnoticed. That is to say, for me they are on the same level, although Nicko cannot play almost any song from the Clive era in a satisfactory way for me. Some songs seem completely different with the amount of unnecessary changes in rhythm and meter that he made to them, such as The Prisoner, 22 Acacia Avenue, Sanctuary, etc. Otherwise, for me he is a beast of a drummer and everything he recorded in the studio with Maiden is solid and I love it. Greetings and happy birthday to Nicko!

@inokiichiban Ай бұрын

Nicho brought the right atmospheres for each album from the technological ones of Somewhere in time to the almost prog/class rock ones of Seventh, in the same way Clive was an unrivaled genius in the first 3

@antmax 2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's really impressive. I can fit the guitar to the song easily which means it must make it much easier for Maiden to play along with the drums. Melody is one of the things that has disappeared from so many modern songs. One thing I like about Maiden is that no matter the subject matter and how dark it is, there is always something upbeat in there that suggests the possibility of hope and/or redemption.

@carzz185 2 ай бұрын

every time i listen to can i play with madness i think as nicko as a doctor, because he knew bruce had a fever and the only prescription was... yeah go ahead with nicko's drumming in the 90s and 2000s, there're some hidden jewels that are overlooked most of the time...

@orwendhag876 Ай бұрын

He is very good indeed. I would have like double pedal to be completely satisfied.

@jasonlee8497 2 ай бұрын

‘I play da tubs’

@19Vxc76 2 ай бұрын

Nicko is much better playing live that on records. I don't know why. Love him :)

@turuntashtheboo7681 Ай бұрын

Nicko is real example how you powerful a drum can be without using a 2.nd bass pedal or 2.nd bass drum! Drums today are played more as some machine gun than the instrument of rhythm, groove and real powerful beast of rhythm section!!!

@emberlez Ай бұрын

nicko is great

@davehunt2191 2 ай бұрын

Yes please

@HERNANFERNANDEZMD 2 ай бұрын

I don’t compare my idols anymore!!! I enjoy all of them!

@davidramirezrodriguez3373 2 ай бұрын

That is boring

@julianyo7072 2 ай бұрын

Clive Burr.

@EpictheEpicest 2 ай бұрын

If you ever need to question how good Nicko is, just look at his early work with Pat Travers too. I think its fair to say that when the sound changed with the Blaze Bayley albums his drumming was simplified, but still effective. But BnW and DoD he really stepped it back up.

@Maiden88 2 ай бұрын

Mcbrain is ultimately the best drunmer in heavy metal imo

@holdtightadele8017 2 ай бұрын

Him and Scott Travis of priest.

@user-yu8yz8rb8t 2 ай бұрын

What's the difference between heavy metal and rock

@dcmastermindfirst9418 2 ай бұрын

Lol absolutely not.

@dcmastermindfirst9418 2 ай бұрын

@holdtightadele801Absolutely not.7 Guys like Kollias, Krimh and many others would smash Nicko.

@dcmastermindfirst9418 2 ай бұрын

@@user-yu8yz8rb8tmetal is more complex

@enterol0c0 Ай бұрын

nicko is just great, same as mike portnoy... for me one of the best drummers here and both has some individual style that is amazing, unique and just genial

@ChrisMparbis 2 ай бұрын

You should also make the video about Nico's bands before Maiden

@MetalPilgrim 2 ай бұрын

Will do! I wasn't sure which of the options is going to win so I already made all the necessary research for that episode ;)

@ChrisMparbis 2 ай бұрын

@@MetalPilgrim Cool, I've always been very interested in to finding out what the music and with which bands Nico played👍👍

@alexianemp Ай бұрын

He came to my high school in the USA on a drum tour in 1987 or 88 (before Seventh Son came out). He was mad somone robbed his van during unloading, but still was in a good enough mood to give us a good show. He's funny as hell and wicked with the sticks. He answered all our questions and personally signed photgraphs for anyone who waited after the show. A true gent!

@thomasgray7128 Ай бұрын

Nick is definitely my favorite metal drummer ever!! He has a foot very much like John Bonham!!! Like a rabbit !!😁😁🤘🤘🤘🤘his drumming speaks for itself!!😁😁✌️✌️🤘🤘 Happy birthday Nicko!!! May you have many more!!!😁🤘🤘🤘🤘