- Maiden uniteD
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Maiden uniteD Origin United Kingdom, Netherlands Genres Heavy metal Years active 2006–present Labels none Associated acts Iron Maiden Website www.MaidenuniteD.com Members Damian Wilson
Ruud Jolie
Joey Bruers
Marco Kuypers
Mike Coolen
Anneke van GiersbergenMaiden uniteD is an acoustic project. Musicians from different bands join together to play an all-acoustic tribute to English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The songs are played with new arrangements.
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About
In 2006, Joey Bruers was asked to perform a tribute at a convention for the Dutch Iron Maiden fan club in Dynamo, Eindhoven.[1] Together with several musicians he played a set of acoustic Iron Maiden songs.[2] Steve Harris attended the convention and gave the band ‘two thumbs up’.[3]
There were a few more shows like this and then he started to write new acoustic arrangements for a series of songs with Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation). They began to search for musicians to record these songs and on December 9, 2010 their first album was released; Mind the Acoustic Pieces, an all-acoustic reinterpretation of Iron Maiden’s classic album Piece of Mind.
The album was supported by the "Pieces Over Europe Tour" (December 2010 - April 2011). Maiden uniteD played at the 2011 Wacken Open Air festival in Germany[4] and they played at the 2011 Download festival in the UK[5]Discography
Albums
- Mind the Acoustic Pieces (2010)
- Mind the Acoustic Pieces (ltd. Vinyl edition) (2011)
Singles
- The Trooper (2011)
Contributing artists
Damian Wilson (Threshold, Ayreon): Vocals
Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation): Guitar
Joey Bruers (Up The Irons): : Bass
Marco Kuypers (Cloudmachine): : Piano
Mike Coolen (Within Temptation): : Drums
Anneke van Giersbergen: VocalsExternal links
References
Categories:- Iron Maiden (heavy metal band)
- Tribute bands
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