Iron Maiden????

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by ZOANAS

You might not want to mention Cyndi Lauper to anyone at the concert.

me and my buddies had white/red shirts. When we arrived we quickly bought black "Maiden" t-shirts. Everyone was in black. Ages 8-55. the shirts were $50.00 ouch

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Hey, Jet-A is getting expensive!

[deathpunk dan]

I concur with the earlier assessment that Iron Maiden were one of the great metal bands that turned into caricatures. Technically, they were part of something music geeks refer to as the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. This was a late 70s - early 80s trend away from blues-based hard rock (think Zep, Deep Purple et al), with the speed and aggression of punk rock + a lot more musicality in general.

Iron Maiden's 1985 live album, documenting their '84 world tour, is great. Their studio albums up through that time are genre classics. Bruce Dickenson, fwiw, is not the original singer, and the earliest stuff has a slightly different feel.

A great band in their time that should not be (unfairly) lumped in w/hair bands. A great throwback to see nowadays.

PS Motorhead is better - though my Motorhead discography spans 76-81 and I've never listened to anything recorded after that.

[m21sniper]

The live album is called "Live after death", and was recorded in Long Beach, Ca.

"Scream for me longbeach!"

That is a great, great album.

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

17-18yo's still love a lot of 'classic' stuff when you introduce them to it. Play old metallica for a 18yo metalhead, and he's in heaven. Same for Iron maiden. Young rockers gobble up Zeppelin and Floyd, etc.

Yup, because what they think is 'metal' today is just skirt wearing nancys playing what mr. music exec tells them will sell.

Was never a huge Maiden fan but no doubt they are faaar from a hair band. run to the hills is long lived as good songs are.

[WolfeMacleod]

I'll be seeing Iron Maided on the 2nd.
Never seen them before. They're are my favourite Metal act.
Normally, I'm a blues guy through and through.

Can't freaking wait. Bruce's "air raid siren" vocals are the shyte.
He's trained as an Opera singer, you know?

[Victor]

Some additional Bruce Dickenson facts:

He once gave StuartJ incorrect directions to a bus stop at an airport in Germany
He is allergic to the dutch.
He never blinks.
He's married to the muffin man...who lives on dury lane
He roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves.
He is wanted by the CIA.
He only knows two facts about ducks. And both of them are wrong.
He sleeps upside down like a bat.
He appears on high value stamps in Sweden.
He can catch fish with his tongue.
He is neither male or female but is a unique mixture.
His breath smells of magnesium.
He is scared of bells.
He naturally faces magnetic north.
If he went on Celebrity Love Island, they'd all be pregnant, including the cameramen.
He has hydraulic legs.
He is an olympic fencer
He doesn't actually know that he's wearing tight clothing.
He pubes are 10 FT long
He was brought up in Africa by a herd of Cheetas.
He deliberately sabotaged Richard Hammond's dragster-stunt
He lives in a tree.
He names all his potted plants Steve.
His sweat can be used to clean precious metals.
He hunts down dogs and gives them to james may as a present
His heart ticks like a watch.
He once threw a microwave oven at a tramp.
He is confused by stairs.
His speaking voice can only be heard by cats.
He has two sets of knees.
He was Woody Allen in a previous life
He has a digital face.
He has no understanding of clouds.
He can smell corners.
That long before anyone else, he realised that Jade Goody was a racist, pig-faced waste of blood & organs.
If he was divorcing Paul McCartney he wouldnt be a whining, moaning cow!
He pees 98RON petrol, and is considered more valuable than platinum.
He is scared of all trees.
His chest tastes like piccalilli
He has named every blade of grass around stone henge.
His flatulance is what's used to power the engine on a speedboat
He is ten times higher of a being than god.
He has won an olympic gold medal for eating the most soggy cheerios in a bowl.
He made love...to a Volvo 240.