Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

[uwe]

Even Dio wouldn't have had the necessary high range - he was essentially a baritone singer with a reasonably high range in addition, but when he sang really high/falsetto his voice wasn't forceful but mawkish. It was part of the reason why Blackmore kicked him out, he wanted a Lou Gramm type falsetto screamer for the envisaged new AOR direction of Rainbow, Dio - a great singer with other strengths - couldn't provide that.



Dickinson is a tenor - as is his (admitted) role model Ian Gillan.



Halford could have done it, but Iron Maiden and Judas Priest were actually too close for that, it would have been as if a Beatle had joined the Stones or the other way around.



Geoff Tate perhaps? He had both the drama and the range.

[slinkp]

I hadn't realized about Dio's range. He had the drama, the vibrato, the power, and the control - I think he had more in those departments than most hard rock / metal singers. But if you can't get that high "run for your life" it's not going to sound like Iron Maiden. Interesting that they thought Bayley was their best choice out of all the people they tried.

Halford could hit those notes - but his tone just doesn't work for me in that context. That mashup you posted is funny, but it just doesn't sound right to my ears.

My brain insists that Halford actually guested with Iron Maiden at some point where Dickinson was sick or something, but it appears I invented that!

[amptech]

Geoff Tate makes sense. Didn't 'queen of the reich' surface when dickinson joined maiden?

[Basvarken]

Iron Maiden would never hire a non-British (or even non-English) singer. They are too proud of their English identity.

There was talk of Michael Kiske (Helloween) joining them back then. But he was obviously too German 😂

[Ken]

Paul Di'Anno would've been an interesting replacement.

[uwe]

My brain insists that Halford actually guested with Iron Maiden at some point where Dickinson was sick or something, but it appears I invented that!

Nope, you probably meant Sabbath, Rob has stepped in for Dio  (when he didn't want to sing as an opener to his predecessor on Ozzfest) and for Ozzy directly (when the latter was out of it for a gig) with them.

[lowend1]

Even Dio wouldn't have had the necessary high range - he was essentially a baritone singer with a reasonably high range in addition, but when he sang really high/falsetto his voice wasn't forceful but mawkish. It was part of the reason why Blackmore kicked him out, he wanted a Lou Gramm type falsetto screamer for the envisaged new AOR direction of Rainbow, Dio - a great singer with other strengths - couldn't provide that.

Other strengths, indeed.

[uwe]

Somewhere, behind all those many notes Uli plays, there is a TBird II valiantly battling on and played by Ule Ritgen who played bass with early Electric Sun:

[doombass]

Jamie Stewart and ebony Bicentennial:

[uwe]

Steve with a Bicentennial, back when Sweet decided that they no longer wanted to sound like Deep Purple, but more like 10cc ...



Clever arrangement and bass track prominently mixed, what's not to like?

[Basvarken]

Pete Agnew sporting a Thunderbird on a German TV show in 1975





RIP Dan MCCafferty

[uwe]

Objection!!! Since when is Austria Germany you darn Vlaamse? 

It's been a while since this was different ...

[Basvarken]

Oh oops. My bad.

[uwe]

No issue. We'll get there.

Again.

Someday.

[OldManC]

Nope, you probably meant Sabbath, Rob has stepped in for Dio  (when he didn't want to sing as an opener to his predecessor on Ozzfest) and for Ozzy directly (when the latter was out of it for a gig) with them.

I was at Irvine Meadows Pacific Amphitheater, in Southern CA, for that show. I found it kind of fun for novelty sake, but I don't think that pairing would ever have worked. I was bummed that Ronnie refused to share a stage with Ozzy.

Edit made because my 30 year old memories were a little fuzzy. Imagine that!