Iron Maiden

Saw them last monday.... bloody brilliant!

IronGuardian wrote:

Saw them last monday.... bloody brilliant!

I saw them over 23 years ago doing almost the same set... bloody brilliant then as well.

Killers is my personal favorite

Yo DC!

I maintain that Iron Maiden - through - Powerslave is the best 5 year/5 album stretch in Metal (and possibly music) history. They were simply young, hungry, good and on!

Iron Maiden.........-1980
Killers.................-1981
Number..............-1982
Piece.................-1983
Powerslave..........-1984

I know many also like SIT and 7th Son but those fall mostly flat for me. They got to antiseptic and clean sounding. But if you like those as well the glory might be extended..

scottmitchell74 wrote:

Yo DC!

I maintain that Iron Maiden -
through - Powerslave is the best 5 year/5 album stretch in Metal (and
possibly music) history. They were simply young, hungry, good and on!

Iron Maiden.........-1980
Killers.................-1981
Number..............-1982
Piece.................-1983
Powerslave..........-1984

I
know many also like SIT and 7th Son but those fall mostly flat for me.
They got to antiseptic and clean sounding. But if you like those as
well the glory might be extended..

With all due respect, my friend, I think that all of us here know that Judas Priest holds that honor!

Though in the mighty Priest's case ... it's an 11 album streak ... Rocka Rolla through Priest ... Live! all do it for me!!!

(and I'm sorry, it's not that I don't like Turbo per se, it's that it doesn't belong in the hall o' fame the way those others ^^ do)

Maiden was probably one of the first metal bands I laid ears to way back when. I first heard Killers. My brother had the 8 track! Give me the first album up to Somewhere In Time and Im good.

They arent coming anywhere near me of course but then again I really dont like Janik Gers and I just dont think I would want to see them with him in the line up. I saw them on the Somewhere In Time tour and they kicked total tail so......the memory is good.

I loved this one. I was a happy to have this as I was the UFO release with a similar name.


And this one..




..got lots of play as well.


This led me to pick up N.O.B.


After discovering CCM, and while laying down music for awhile (which actually was a good thing) I somehow got it into my cranium that da debil was behind this musik and I proceeded to put my hoLY b00T right through my beautiful vinyls.

I don't have anything to play it on currently anyway but it was very cool to have and I enjoyed listening to them mucho.

Yep, I had some similar experiences back in the day myself. Some of the things I got rid of can never be replaced either.

Oh well - I have all of their stuff on CD, but I've also managed to find some of the MAIDEN stuffs again on vinyl recently:

j/k on that last one!

That's actually the debut album by the *original* IRON MAIDEN way back in 1969.

I found a Powerslave picture disc last week. The record shop is holding onto it for me until I get some more cash.

IronGuardian wrote:

I found a Powerslave picture disc last week. The record shop is holding onto it for me until I get some more cash.

I love IRON MAIDEN up to and including 'Seventh Son...'

After that, there are songs I like on every album (even the Blaze albums), but whole albums not so much.

The last 3 albums are probably my favorite Maiden albums, and I have been a huge fan since '85.

So you were like 10? Yeah, real discerning music age there Spec. You also liked Lambchop so what does that tell you?

Yeah I was 10. I was a cool 10 year old and it has been all downhill from that point.

I dunno, man...the avatars you are picking lately are pretty friggin' cool!

Are you making those yourself?

That's true.

Thanks, ladies.

Yeah I just make the avatars in JASC Animation Shop.

spectrefate wrote:

Yeah I just make the avatars in JASC Animation Shop.

Would you be able/willing to fix Mr. Bass Player here and give him a black background instead of white?

Sure. Here ya go.

I can't see it.

Can you post it with imageshack instead? Photobucket is blocked at my work.

http://imageshack.us/

Can you see it now?

Yep! Got it. Thanks!

Adding it to the emocon list now...

Here he is with the band!


Thanks!!!!!

My first exposure to Iron Maiden was the Maiden Japan Ep. My brother had it and I was blown away. Then he picked up Killers and I was hooked. I remember riding to school with my bro (he is 7 years older than I ) and rocking out to his Killers 8-Track in his late 70's model Ford Torino. Maaaaaan those were good times.

I like em all up to and including Seventh Son. I lost interest after that, although I do like and own Brave New World and A Matter of Life and Death. I just wish Janik would leave so Adrian could all of his street cred back.

Adrian is in my top 5 guitar players and was a huge influence on my style of playing.

My first exposure to Maiden was in 1985, when we moved from Arkansas back to Kentucky for a while. My cousin had a copy of Piece of Mind on cassette that somehow ended up in one of our boxes of stuff.

I put it in, and this 8 year old kid was hooked. My dad hates metal with a passion, so you can imagine what he said when he heard me playing To Tame a Land.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU LISTENING TO?? TURN THAT SHIT OFF!!"

Im new into Iron Maiden, sure Ive heard Run to the Hills, but i bought Somewhere Back In Time and got hooked on Wasted Years, and The Trooper, and a few others, then I got their newest album Final Frontier and i like the first 4 songs on it.