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When you get a chance to meet a president, you take it. Jelly Roll recently had the opportunity to meet President-Elect Donald Trump recently, when the "Son Of A Sinner" singer was seen on video greeting Trump, Elon Musk and Kid Rock at UFC 309. https://twitter.com/BoLoudon/status/1857983446724849892 And honestly, with any other president, chances are this would have just been seen as somebody greeting a former/future president, like most normal people would do if they had the chance. But because it was Trump, naturally it set off a firestorm from people who were upset that Jelly Roll would even speak to him. Of course simply saying hello to Trump doesn't mean that somebody is a Trump supporter, or that they voted for him in the election. But you know how the internet is today. Guilty by association. Can't normalize Trump, or whatever it is they're saying. Jelly Roll was quickly accused of being a Trump supporter and having voting for the Republican candidate, accusations which he shot down by reminding people that as a convicted felon, he doesn't even have the right to vote in his home state of Tennessee. And during a recent appearance alongside his wife, Bunnie Xo, on her Dumb Blonde podcast, Jelly set the record straight on why he decided to meet President Trump: "There's not a chance in hell I'm not going to meet the president-elect. If I would have got a call to meet Joe Biden at any point, I would have stopped what I was doing to go meet him. That’s the active president. I wouldn't have cared what people thought, even what I think about his policies. I don’t hide behind the 'I’m not political' stuff. I’m not political... I’m also one of the old-school dudes.. I like to talk about things I’m passionate about. With that, I like to know about them. I don’t know enough about politics to act like I know anything that’s going on, what anybody’s standing for policy-wise. I genuinely don't know." Jelly says that he wasn't raised in a home where his parents put a big emphasis on voting: "They did push, 'Respect our president' on me though. My father was real big on, 'You don't disrespect...that's the hardest job in the world, respect whoever has it.'" And he describes the moment that Trump walked into the arena and he knew that he wanted to meet him: "I've had some bone-chilling moments...I don't care who you are, if you were in that building, the hair on your skin stood up...And you looked and all you're watching is the President-Elect who just got elected 8 days ago walking in with his entire cabinet with him almost... It was powerful, dude. I don't care which side of the aisle you're on... When Trump walks right by me I'm like, 'He don't know who I am.' So right then I was like, 'Well, damn, I'm not gonna get to meet the president.'" Luckily, a member of UFC CEO Dana White's team ensured that Jelly would get the opportunity to meet Trump: "What you don't see in the video was he gives me the Trump point...He goes, bring it in. And I start walking over, I'm like, my heart is... I go to shake his hand, I put my hand on his shoulder, which right then I was like, I hope Secret Service don't choke me out or something, I know you're not supposed to touch him. And he puts his hand on my shoulder...and he's like, 'I love Save Me.' He's like, 'You're doing incredible things.'" And ultimately, he says he has no regrets about meeting Trump, calling the whole thing a cool experience: "But yeah, so meeting President Trump was cool. Ultimately I don't really care, any blowback I get about it. The truth is, it was really cool to meet the president." My favorite quote from the entire episode, though, came from Bunnie: "I think the government's a sham." Amen.

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The first vocalist that recorded with Iron Maiden was the late Paul Di'Anno, who passed away at the age of 66 in 2024. He was the singer on their first two studio albums "Iron Maiden" (1980) and "Killers" (1981). Paul was fired in 1981 and the band replaced him with Bruce Dickinson, who really helped the band to become even more famous with his powerful vocals. He always sang tracks from those two albums during live performances of the band and revealed in an interview with Music Radar that "Killers" is actually one of his favorite albums of the group. Bruce Dickinson explains why he loves the Iron Maiden album "Killers" "One of my favourite Maiden albums is 'Killers' - despite the fact that I'm not on it. I wish I had been on it, because 'Killers' actually has got a load of stuff that I would have loved to sing." "For me, 'Killers' was like a really updated version of bits of Deep Purple 'In Rock'. That vibe, you know? It wasn't bluesy, but a song like 'Wrathchild' has got amazing groove to it. And the title track, 'Killers' - wow!" There's some stuff on Killers which is so atmospheric. I love it!" "It really takes me back. When I listen to 'Killers', I'm just transported back to a world of… bedsit luxury! Ah, those smelly bed sheets!" "Steve (Harris) hates the production on that album. And the one thing he regrets is that Martin Birch didn't produce it. And Martin regretted it too. Martin said, 'I was waiting for the phone call!' And Steve said, 'We never called you because we thought you wouldn't be interested!'" Bruce Dickinson said. Released in 1981, "Killers" has many good songs besides the title track. Some of them are "Wrathchild", "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "Purgatory". Made will celebrate in 2025 their 50th anniversary with a special tour all over the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgqVmAyTvIA&pp=ygUWd3JhdGhjaGlsZCBpcm9uIG1haWRlbg%3D%3DThe post Bruce Dickinson explains why he loves the Iron Maiden album “Killers” appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Steve Harris created Iron Maiden in London, England back in 1975 and besides being the band's bassist he also is the main songwriter. But he is really unstoppable and besides playing tennis and football he also created, more than a decade ago, another band called British Lion. He even plays with that group in the spare days of the Maiden tours. In an interview with Music Radar, Harris explained why he created the side project and also why he decided to live in the Bahamas. Steve Harris explains why he lives in the Bahamas and created British Lion “The funny thing is, when I go out with British Lion and we’re playing in clubs, it’s the same thing that I was doing with Maiden in the early days. I missed that sort of challenge, that era of not knowing if people are gonna turn u or not, and trying to just get as many people in as possible." “You got more butterflies in your stomach back then with Maiden, because you weren't sure what you were gonna get. And I like that feeling - not the butterflies, necessarily, but I like the feeling of the challenge. And I love doing both - Maiden and British Lion - because I'm the sort of person that likes to keep busy. I'm always doing something or other, always on the go." He continued: “Where I live in The Bahamas, it’s incredible, but I can't spend more than 30 or 40 minutes on the beach. I’ve lived there a long time. I always wanted to after we made albums there." “Living there, I thought it might help chill me out a little bit. And it has made me chill out a tiny bit. But as soon as I get home I’m already thinking about the next tour - and that's great, because it's what I love doing,” Steve Harris said. As the bass player said, Iron Maiden recorded three albums at the Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. They were "Piece of Mind" (1983), "Powerslave" (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpIMmkIMOqAThe post Steve Harris explains why he lives in the Bahamas and created British Lion appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.