Blaze Bayley (born Bayley Alexander Cooke, 29 May 1963, Birmingham, England) is an English heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is currently the lead vocalist of his self-titled band, Blaze Bayley, who formed 1999. The band has released 4 studio albums (3 of them under the original band name of simply "Blaze") and 1 live album, their latest being The Man Who Would Not Die. He was also the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994 and Iron Maide...
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Blaze Bayley (born Bayley Alexander Cooke, 29 May 1963, Birmingham, England) is an English heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is currently the lead vocalist of his self-titled band, Blaze Bayley, who formed 1999. The band has released 4 studio albums (3 of them under the original band name of simply "Blaze") and 1 live album, their latest being The Man Who Would Not Die. He was also the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994 and Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999.
Blaze Bayley started his musical career as the lead vocalist of Tamworth heavy metal/hard rock band Wolfsbane, upon their formation in 1984. When Bruce Dickinson departed fellow English heavy metal band Iron Maiden in 1993, Bayley was chosen as his replacement in 1994 after hundreds of auditions. His depature from Wolfsbane lead to their disbandment later on that year. After a bad motorcycle accident caused by losing control and clipping his knee on a catseye in the road, which put him out of action for a year, his first...
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