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No mention of his drum instruction video and single (featuring Dave Murray)released in 1991? (As shown here. [1]) GarethTaker ( talk) 20:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Isn't Nicko also a private pilot? Seems like I remember reading that Bruce picked up the hobby from him? -- Jkonrath 21:09, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
Which is the correct year of birth? 1952 or 1954? Google doesn't aids in this (Sorry for my english...) -- Sbisolo 09:15, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
i too am confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.225.25.37 ( talk) 22:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
It's definitely 1952. The band's official biography states this, and it's even in online birth records from June 1952. -- MikeMetaled ( talk) 00:30, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Sources differ, even when coming from official material. In the "Authorized Biography" by Mick Wall, it's 1952, whereas on the "family tree", included in the Eddie's Archive box set, it's 1954. -- Voxem ( talk) 13:35, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
It says that he converted to Christianity - so what was he before? Buddhist, Jewish, Pastafarian, Shiite or Siitake?
Also this article looks like it could use some work. -- E tac 07:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree, too much in the passive voice, not terribly well written overall, and what's with the grainy video capture picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.230.27 ( talk) 16:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Is this relevant at all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.22.34.221 ( talk) 19:10, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
There have been controversial claims made in recent years that Nicko was absent during the recording of the two Blaze Bayley era albums, X Factor and Virtual XI. Some say this is proved by the complete lack of drum fills on these albums, and the general drum grooves, which lack any recognisable Nicko characteristics. However these claims have generally been dismissed by the band, and Nicko himself - Blaze Bayley in particular has labelled the claims as "bollocks".
I knew this would come up sooner or later, and here it is. It's safe to say all these claims are ungrounded...in numerous interviews he has stated he relaxed the drumming to allow more room for the guitars and bass. Just taking a different approach to his playing. Some people can't understand that musicians deviate and develop and experiment with new things. Anyway, I digress. It would be nice if someone could come with a proper citation for Nicko denying this...the best I could find was a forum post written by someone who met with Blaze Bayley, who denied it totally. ( [3]) -- Mark ( Talk | Contribs | Email) 21:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Nicko's name is actually Michael McBain. Because he was joining Iron Maiden at the recording of "Piece of Mind" they thought it would be fun to change his last name to McBrain. It has since stuck. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pendragyn ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 4 May 2007.
Isn't he credited as "McBain" on "Piece of Mind"? At least on the original editions from the early eighties? I seem to recall that that was the case, and that would be a verifiable source. - Duribald ( talk) 18:47, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Didn't he use a double bass for "Where Eagles Dare"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.53.184 ( talk) 21:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Where is this list? I couldn't find it online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.71.136 ( talk) 12:17, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
"^ “”. "Sooty and Sweep Versus Nicko McBrain of Maiden". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtd2rGbCEdk. Retrieved 2010-11-09." Anyone mind swapping it for this? " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnE_8oeDj88" It's a more complete version.-- Joelthefrog1 ( talk) 10:43, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
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Nothing wrong with an American perspective, though in the case of the article (and to be pedantic) there’s a couple of small issues... firstly we don’t "graduate from school" in the UK. Of course we take exams, which help in life and generally are used to get into tertiary education like University or to gain employment, but there’s no “graduation”. That comes later at tertiary education like university.
So we would say “after he left school” or something like that. We just leave. It’s quite odd for people in the UK to hear American people say "I didn't graduate from school so I went back to gain a certificate" or similar, as it's an alien concept to us. For example, in the UK one could get zero qualifications at school (for various reasons, socio-economic, for example), but still later go into tertiary education as a mature student and study for a degree.
Secondly, nothing against McBrain, but Southgate Technical College doesn't really award "degrees". The engineering qualification he received was a no doubt a diploma of some sort. The college presently does a 2-year "foundation degree" in business management, but this "foundation degree" terminology wasn't around in the 70s. It's a relatively new thing, and is the equivalent to two-thirds of an honours bachelor's degree.
A degree in the UK is really a three-year course, and it sounds like McBrain quite swiftly became a rock n roller, so one imagines he took an engineering diploma of some sort. Charliepenandink ( talk) 15:58, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
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No mention of his drum instruction video and single (featuring Dave Murray)released in 1991? (As shown here. [1]) GarethTaker ( talk) 20:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Isn't Nicko also a private pilot? Seems like I remember reading that Bruce picked up the hobby from him? -- Jkonrath 21:09, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
Which is the correct year of birth? 1952 or 1954? Google doesn't aids in this (Sorry for my english...) -- Sbisolo 09:15, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
i too am confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.225.25.37 ( talk) 22:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
It's definitely 1952. The band's official biography states this, and it's even in online birth records from June 1952. -- MikeMetaled ( talk) 00:30, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Sources differ, even when coming from official material. In the "Authorized Biography" by Mick Wall, it's 1952, whereas on the "family tree", included in the Eddie's Archive box set, it's 1954. -- Voxem ( talk) 13:35, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
It says that he converted to Christianity - so what was he before? Buddhist, Jewish, Pastafarian, Shiite or Siitake?
Also this article looks like it could use some work. -- E tac 07:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree, too much in the passive voice, not terribly well written overall, and what's with the grainy video capture picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.230.27 ( talk) 16:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Is this relevant at all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.22.34.221 ( talk) 19:10, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
There have been controversial claims made in recent years that Nicko was absent during the recording of the two Blaze Bayley era albums, X Factor and Virtual XI. Some say this is proved by the complete lack of drum fills on these albums, and the general drum grooves, which lack any recognisable Nicko characteristics. However these claims have generally been dismissed by the band, and Nicko himself - Blaze Bayley in particular has labelled the claims as "bollocks".
I knew this would come up sooner or later, and here it is. It's safe to say all these claims are ungrounded...in numerous interviews he has stated he relaxed the drumming to allow more room for the guitars and bass. Just taking a different approach to his playing. Some people can't understand that musicians deviate and develop and experiment with new things. Anyway, I digress. It would be nice if someone could come with a proper citation for Nicko denying this...the best I could find was a forum post written by someone who met with Blaze Bayley, who denied it totally. ( [3]) -- Mark ( Talk | Contribs | Email) 21:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Nicko's name is actually Michael McBain. Because he was joining Iron Maiden at the recording of "Piece of Mind" they thought it would be fun to change his last name to McBrain. It has since stuck. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pendragyn ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 4 May 2007.
Isn't he credited as "McBain" on "Piece of Mind"? At least on the original editions from the early eighties? I seem to recall that that was the case, and that would be a verifiable source. - Duribald ( talk) 18:47, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Didn't he use a double bass for "Where Eagles Dare"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.53.184 ( talk) 21:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Where is this list? I couldn't find it online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.71.136 ( talk) 12:17, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
"^ “”. "Sooty and Sweep Versus Nicko McBrain of Maiden". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtd2rGbCEdk. Retrieved 2010-11-09." Anyone mind swapping it for this? " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnE_8oeDj88" It's a more complete version.-- Joelthefrog1 ( talk) 10:43, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
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Nothing wrong with an American perspective, though in the case of the article (and to be pedantic) there’s a couple of small issues... firstly we don’t "graduate from school" in the UK. Of course we take exams, which help in life and generally are used to get into tertiary education like University or to gain employment, but there’s no “graduation”. That comes later at tertiary education like university.
So we would say “after he left school” or something like that. We just leave. It’s quite odd for people in the UK to hear American people say "I didn't graduate from school so I went back to gain a certificate" or similar, as it's an alien concept to us. For example, in the UK one could get zero qualifications at school (for various reasons, socio-economic, for example), but still later go into tertiary education as a mature student and study for a degree.
Secondly, nothing against McBrain, but Southgate Technical College doesn't really award "degrees". The engineering qualification he received was a no doubt a diploma of some sort. The college presently does a 2-year "foundation degree" in business management, but this "foundation degree" terminology wasn't around in the 70s. It's a relatively new thing, and is the equivalent to two-thirds of an honours bachelor's degree.
A degree in the UK is really a three-year course, and it sounds like McBrain quite swiftly became a rock n roller, so one imagines he took an engineering diploma of some sort. Charliepenandink ( talk) 15:58, 30 April 2023 (UTC)