List of Blaze Bayley band members

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Two line-ups of Blaze in 2007 and 2017

This is a list of the band members associated with English heavy metal musician Blaze Bayley.

Contents

Main band

Current

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
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Blaze Bayley 1999–presentvocals all releases
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Chris Appleton
  • 2009–2010
  • 2013–present
  • lead and rhythm guitars
  • backing vocals
all releases from Live in Prague (DVD release only) (2014) onwards
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Luke Appleton
  • 2009–2010
  • 2013–2014
  • 2018–2019
  • 2021–present
  • rhythm and lead guitars (since 2014)
  • bass (2009–2010)
  • backing vocals
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Martin McNee2013–presentdrums
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Karl Schramm2014–present
  • bass
  • backing vocals
all releases from Infinite Entanglement (2016) onwards

Former

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
John Slater1999–2004guitars
Steve Wray
Rob Naylor1999–2003bass
  • Silicon Messiah (2000)
  • Tenth Dimension (2002)
  • As Live as It Gets (2003)
Jeff Singer drums
Phil Greenhouse2003none
Wayne Banks2003–2004bassBlood & Belief (2004)
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Jason Bowld 2004drums
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Oliver Palotai 2004–2007guitarsnone
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Luca Princiotta
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Daniel Löble 2004–2005drums
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Nick Douglas bass
Christian Ammann2005–2007
Daniel Schilddrums
David Bermudez2007–2011bass
Nicolas Bermudezguitars
Rich Newport2007Alive in Poland (2007)
Rico Banderradrums
Jay Walsh2007–2011guitars
  • The Man Who Would Not Die (2008)
  • The Night That Would Not Die (2009)
  • Promise and Terror (2010)
Lawrence Paterson2007–2010drums
Claudio Tirincanti2010–2012
Dave Andrews 2011guitarsnone
Steve Deleu
Nick MeganckbassLive in Prague (DVD release only) (2014)
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Thomas Zwijsen 2012guitars
  • The King of Metal (2012)
  • Infinite Entanglement (2016)
  • Endure and Survive – Infinite Entanglement Part II (2017)
Andrea NeriThe King of Metal (2012)
Matteo Lehmannbass
Dan Bate2013–2014Live in Prague (DVD release only) (2014)

Timeline

List of Blaze Bayley band members

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
B L A Z E
(January – April 2003)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • John Slater – guitars
  • Steve Wray – guitars
  • Rob Naylor – bass
  • Phil Greenhouse – drums
B L A Z E
(April 2003 – December 2003)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • John Slater – guitars
  • Steve Wray – guitars
  • Wayne Banks – bass
  • Phil Greenhouse – drums
B L A Z E
(January 2004 – September 2004)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • John Slater – guitars
  • Steve Wray – guitars
  • Wayne Banks – bass
  • Jason Bowld – drums
B L A Z E
(October 2004 – December 2005)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Oliver Palotai – guitars
  • Luca Princiotta – guitars
  • Nick Douglas – bass
  • Daniel Löble – drums
B L A Z E
(December 2005 – January 2007)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Oliver Palotai – guitars
  • Luca Princiotta – guitars
  • Christian Ammann – bass
  • Daniel Schild – drums
Blaze Bayley band
(March 2007 – October 2007)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Rich Newport – guitars
  • Nicolas Bermudez – guitars
  • David Bermudez – bass
  • Rico Banderra – drums
Blaze Bayley Band
(November 2007 – April 2010)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Jay Walsh – guitars
  • Nicolas Bermudez – guitars
  • David Bermudez – bass
  • Lawrence Paterson – drums
Blaze Bayley Band
(April 2010 – March 2011)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Jay Walsh – guitars
  • Nicolas Bermudez – guitars
  • David Bermudez – bass
  • Claudio Tirincanti – drums
Blaze Bayley
(March 2011 – December 2011)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Dave Andrews – guitars
  • Steve Deleu – guitars
  • Nick Meganck – bass
  • Claudio Tirincanti – drums
Blaze Bayley
(January 2012 – December 2012)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Thomas Zwijsen – guitars
  • Andrea Neri – guitars
  • Lehmann – bass
  • Claudio Tirincanti – drums
Blaze Bayley
(December 2013 – November 2014)
  • Blaze Bayley – vocals
  • Chris Appleton – guitars
  • Luke Appleton – guitars
  • Dan Bate – bass
  • Martin McNee – drums

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"

"Metal Singers" with Udo, "Ripper" Owens and Mike Vescera

In 2015 the four singer toured South America together

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:

- For their Australia/New Zealand tour Bayley and Di'Anno shared Australian musicians:

- For the Scandinavian gigs and occasionally Great Britain:

- For some Italian and French gigs the two singers have been backed by official Iron Maiden tribute band Children of the Damned from Italy:

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:

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:

- In Canadian Tour of September 2016 his musicians were from bands Insurgent Inc and Maiden Québec.

- In Canadian tour of October 2014 he was backed by Maiden Québec:

- In the US tour of 2011 the singer performed with the following band:

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:

- In Argentina 2016 he used two different bands:

- In Colombia 2016 with the band ADS:

- In Chle 2016 has been backed by the band Genghis Khan:

Unplugged

- For acoustic touring Blaze recently involved those musicians:

Occasional

- In September 2014, celebrating 20 years after joining Iron Maiden, he toured with a special set with this band from Slovakia:

- For the Italian summer tour of 2011, soon after the dissolution of Blaze Bayley Band, the singer has occasionally performed with the following lineup:

- In March 2013 the line-up was:

- 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]

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References

  1. "Blaze Best Songs List: Top, New, & Old". AllMusic .