
After work, well I'm still at work so it wasn't really after work, but
So we pull up, he lets me out, and goes off to find parking. I wander in self-consciously, and the sole employee there walked up to help me. I'd guess late thirties,
I know my way around fine suits, so I make it clear that I want a three-button black business suit, and confirm my jacket size. As he's testing the jacket size, he comments that he saw them (pointing to my shirt) with Di'Anno a few years ago. As we're walking up the ramp to the fitting area, I respectfully express that Bruce was a superior lead man and singer. Before too long, we're talking about their most recent tour and I'm letting him know about the upcoming Dance of Death tour. We're talking about old songs, new songs, different videos that we owned. He slips out the f-bomb, and apologizes profusely. ``Hey, I just walked into a fine suit store with a Maiden shirt and long hair, it's fine, no need to apologize.''
So we dish about Maiden for an extended period of time, and I go into the dressing room. Enter
So we continued to chat about Maiden for some time. I explained the real reasons for Bruce's departure, the quips passed between Bruce and Steve, and tons of other trivia. We chatted for quite some time... He told us how he really wanted to watch Rock in Rio, but his kids always grab the TV or his wife's asking him to turn it down. He named off some things I need to look for, and vice versa. I joked that I'd see him at the next concert, and we really got along.
Just the way the world is working that I walk into a suit store, a conservative-looking proper management type helps me, and we're exchanging names of Maiden media that the other needs to purchase before I go. When I go pick up my suit (half off!) I'm probably going to give him a copy of the Maiden biography that
In mere hours, XD is going to be given its time in the spotlight.