List of Blaze Bayley band members

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

Two line-ups of Blaze in 2007 and 2017

Main band

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Current

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Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Blaze Bayley 1999–present vocals all releases
Chris Appleton
  • 2009–2010
  • 2013–present
  • lead and rhythm guitars
  • backing vocals
all releases from Live in Prague (DVD release only) (2014) onwards
Luke Appleton
  • 2009–2010
  • 2013–2014
  • 2018–2019
  • 2021–present
  • rhythm and lead guitars (since 2014)
  • bass (2009–2010)
  • backing vocals
Martin McNee 2013–present drums
Karl Schramm 2014–present
  • bass
  • backing vocals
all releases from Infinite Entanglement (2016) onwards

Former

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Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
John Slater 1999–2004 guitars
Steve Wray
Rob Naylor 1999–2003 bass
  • Silicon Messiah (2000)
  • Tenth Dimension (2002)
  • As Live as It Gets (2003)
Jeff Singer drums
Phil Greenhouse 2003 none
Wayne Banks 2003–2004 bass Blood & Belief (2004)
Jason Bowld 2004 drums
Oliver Palotai 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
  • The Man Who Would Not Die (2008)
  • The Night That Would Not Die (2009)
  • Promise and Terror (2010)
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
  • The King of Metal (2012)
  • Infinite Entanglement (2016)
  • Endure and Survive – Infinite Entanglement Part II (2017)
Andrea Neri The King of Metal (2012)
Matteo Lehmann bass
Dan Bate 2013–2014 Live in Prague (DVD release only) (2014)

Timeline

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Former line-ups

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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

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"Trinity" with Geoff Tate and "Ripper" Owens

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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

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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

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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

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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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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]

References

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