Iron Maiden

carlton_fritz · 03-07-2020, 10:29pm

Do you guys like them or are they a joke to you?

z06psi · 03-07-2020, 10:38pm

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Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

Do you guys like them or are they a joke to you?

Iron maiden < kettle of waste

carlton_fritz · 03-07-2020, 10:55pm

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Originally Posted by z06psi

Iron maiden < kettle of waste

So, a joke then. That is what I was thinking. I don't know if I would know an Iron Maiden song if I heard one.

MrPeabody · 03-07-2020, 11:09pm

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Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

So, a joke then. That is what I was thinking. I don't know if I would know an Iron Maiden song if I heard one.

Same here.

Little Red L98. · 03-08-2020, 1:15am

Saw them in the 80s on their Number of the Beast tour just because I was into going to big stage arena concerts. Didn’t know any of their songs then, don’t know any of them now.

Great stage show I will admit. Not as good as Metallica’s And Justice For All show. Alice Cooper’s show was better too. Sorry, but that is just fact.

Wathen1955 · 03-08-2020, 2:33am

Dan Dlabay · 03-08-2020, 6:04am

I have never been a fan of Iron Maiden.

Jeff '79 · 03-08-2020, 6:33am

I like 'em and have seen them live a few times back in the day.

Rikki Z-06 · 03-08-2020, 8:51am

Bill · 03-08-2020, 9:14am

I saw them on the Powerslave tour. Awesome group, and sometimes referred to as "the thinking man's heavy metal."

simpleman68 · 03-08-2020, 9:29am

Huge fan

My first time seeing them was in Fall of '83 for the Piece Of Mind tour.
Quiet Riot was the opener....

Maiden had a great stage show that has only gotten better with time.
Took my daughter to see them in Philly last year and they still sounded great.

I'm amazed Bruce can still belt it out like he does, particularly after just recovering from throat cancer.

They're also a pretty down to earth group of guys.
Scott

markids77 · 03-08-2020, 9:45am

I never made any connection with "music" that is discordant for discord's sake. I much prefer sounds that do not rouse the "fight or flight" impulse in me.

Bill · 03-08-2020, 9:50am

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Originally Posted by markids77

I never made any connection with "music" that is discordant for discord's sake. I much prefer sounds that do not rouse the "fight or flight" impulse in me.

snide · 03-08-2020, 10:54am

I like Iron Maiden.

carlton_fritz · 03-08-2020, 12:12pm

I asked because of a comment made by one of the members about another group. found this on a post on a youtube video.

"This is also a perfect time to share what Steve Harris, the founder, principal composer & bassist/keyboardist of the world's all time greatest metal band IRON MAIDEN said about Tuomas Holopainen (the keyboardist / principal composer) & Nightwish in 2015. Steve Harris: “When I heard [2007’s] Dark Passion Play, I couldn’t believe it. I thought, ‘Now, this is a proper ****ing album.’ It’s got everything bar the kitchen sink in there. It was controversial because of the new singer Anette Olzon, but she was brilliant. No disrespect to Tarja, but Anette’s voice suited them a lot better. There’s heavy stuff, classical, even a bit of Disney – all kinds of shit in there. I think it’s one of the best-sounding albums I’ve ever heard in my life. Then I got the next one, [2011’s] Imaginaerum. Storytime is a fantastic, instant song. The rest of the album took me a while to get into. Dark Passion Play was so good, I thought there was no way they could ever come up with an album that’s anywhere near that, but the more I got into Imaginaerum, the more I loved it. I haven’t heard the new one with Floor Jansen yet, but those two albums for me – I don’t think there’s anything else that I’ve heard out there that’s even close.” These words from Steve Harris came form this 2015 article in "Metal Hammer" magazine: "How "Nightwish became a modern metal phenomenon" @t which might be an interesting read to all of their fans."