Iron Maiden

[MothEatenDeerHead213]

www.rockabilia.com they have a bunch of those kind of things

[E.vil_N.ever_D.ies1344]

I convinced my band to learn Fear of the Dark finally :D They started learning their parts today and me and the rythem guitarist already know our parts. We plan on learning it and saving it to close up our next Battle of the Bands with.

Besides that I really just wanted to save this thread and it took me forever to find it again.

[GurS]

yeh, it sucks that this thread is getting a little slowish

btw you can get loads of wall flags on ebay

[The Mercenary]

just stickin this tread back up top, where it belongs!

*listens to sign of the cross from rock in rio*

*plays along*

[bof22]

How many albums did maiden put out? seems like a lot

[GurS]

13 studios, 2/3 compilations, 5 live albums (seven if you include eddie's archives)

[bof22]

ah ok, thanks

[GurS]

nae bother

[GurS]

what the hell... sixth page? you guys are really slacking.

bruce has the most ridiculous fringe in the aces high vid. yeh.

[Thunder Fingers]

yeah, i know it sucks.. i love steves bass in aces high video :P the lado unicorn with an maple instead of rosewood fretboard would be great..

[The Mercenary]

i got a lado earth - the same one adrian smith used in the two minutes to midnight video - this one

http://www.lado-guitars.com/earth_2002.jpg

he he, bruces fringe rocks!! ......

[The Mercenary]

How many albums did maiden put out? seems like a lot


did? what do you mean did? :angry: they aint done yet!!! :D

[GurS]

a good point.

yeh, adrian's lado on live after death is my joint favourite maiden guitar - the other being adrian's les paul from the wicker man video

[The Mercenary]

i havent seen the wicker man video....ill have to try fish it out..

if he used a les paul on that track, why did he change to a strat for the live rock in rio?

[GurS]

i have no idea... which is a shame, as it's a bloody nice les paul

[GurS]

it's not the sanest of videos... it's got bruce playing with a giant ballon, eddie hypnotizing a guy, some teenage maiden fans going crazy and human sacrifice

[The Mercenary]

^ just the kind of stuff i like!!

are there any plans to release any more of thier stuff from dance of death? i know they dont tend to release many off of any album, but wildest dreams and rainmaker did quite well, for a 30 year old metal act!

i think they got 6th with WD and 14th with rain didnt they (uk charts anyway...)

[GurS]

yeh, i think so.

they normally only release 2 songs from each album:
Running Free, Sanctuary
Purgatory, Twilight Zone
Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast
The Trooper, Flight Of Icarus
Aces High, Two Minutes To Midnight
Stranger In A Strange Land, Wasted Years

Etc.

They should've released Face In The Sand and Montsegur... but they're probably too long for radio.

[The Mercenary]

i would have thought they might do journeyman, just because its so mch mellower (is that a word?!?) than the usual stuff, but yea, probably too long for radio.

[GurS]

eletric journeyman > acoustic journeyman

[The Mercenary]

^ definetly!

[GurS]

i think i'd like to hear strange world done live on the next tour.

who's with me?

[The Mercenary]

yea, id like to hear that one, bt id rather have 'stranger in a strange land' and 'the loneliness of the long distance runner'

[GurS]

fair enuff... how about flash of the blade? i dont think they've ever done that one live

[Damage_Inc.]

i want to get into Iron Maiden, so..........what album should I start off?

[Damage_Inc.]

i want to get into Iron Maiden, so..........what album should I start off? iam a big Metallica fan and I might see them in the ACC in Toronto on Oct. 6 2004.

[The Mercenary]

you cant go wrong with any maiden albums, but try and avoid 'The X Factor' and 'Virtual XI', they are relavtively good albums, but with a weaker singer, at least avoid until you become an avid fan!!

Try Somewhere in Time (this was the first maiden album to incorporate synths and keyboards, which is something they stuck with for a few albums)

Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - Widely thouht of as being the 'best' or at least better album, again, some of the song feel more radio friendly 'can i play with madness' 'the clariovet' and 'the evil that men do'

Number of the beast - i recommend this one, its whrn bruce dickinson first joined and the maiden sound really got its feet off the floor, classics like 'number of the beast' 'hallowed be thy name' and 'run to the hills'

brave new world - one of the best maiden albums, after 4 somewhat more disenchanted efforts, this is an excellent album, sounds so fresh, and will beat the rap out of any nu-metal act around today

dance of death - thier latest offering (2004), and an excellent one at that, you may have been dissapointed with 'St Anger', but this is truly a sensational album, they havent strayed from their roots and original sound one bit, not quite a masterpeice, possibly for one below par track 'gates of tommorow'

Then there are the two live albums, which i any every maiden fan will recommed, 'Live after Death' (widely though of as being the best live metal album EVER!!) and 'Rock In Rio' - two supurb albums which any maiden fan could not live without!!

[mr snrub]

don't forget peice of mind and powerslave, they are great albums aswell.

[DisposableHeroes]

i like Gates Of Tommorow

EDIT:to the mercenary

[Damage_Inc.]

k thanks guy, i always hearing that maiden is great but i always want to know whats the right one to get......so i will remember the albums that you named to me.

[mr snrub]

all you need to do is avoid virtual XI and X Factorm they are the only bad ones, the rest are all good. but the best are the ones with bruce singing, so the earlier ones arent quite up the godlike standards that involve bruce.

[GurS]

er, there are more live albums than that

Live After Death
Maiden England
A Real Live One
A Real Dead One
Live At Donnington (my personal favourite)
Rock In Rio
Beast Over Hammersmith (part of Eddie's Archives)
BBC Sessions (part of Eddie's Archives)
Live At The Rainbow (Video Only)
Maiden Japan (EP)
Live!! + One (the first live album, with the original guitarist duo of Murray and Dennis Straton)
Behind The Iron Curtain (Video Only)
Raising Hell (Video/DVD Only)

[mr snrub]

Nah, I think Rock in Rio is the best. I've got the dvd for it and it rules. Wish I went, but Brazil is too far for a music concert...

[Damage_Inc.]

so iam guess that virtual XI and X Factorm are as bad as Load, Reload and St.Anger from Metallica?

[mr snrub]

well they aren't bad, they just aren't as good.

[Det_Nosnip]

I finally got 7th Son of a 7th Son recently....:eek: What an amazing album! It's such a different sound for them, very cool. I'd say that it, Powerslave, and Brave New World are my favorites.

[mr snrub]

Cool, 7th son is my joint favourite with Peice of Mind.

[GurS]

my favs are NOTB and powerslave

[HondoII]

NoTb and POM are my absolute favorites. But like the lot of you. I love all of maidens albums. :)

[GurS]

i love all the ones that i have.... *is still missing three studio albums*

btw, what EP did maiden release, except no more lies and maiden japan?

[ashman]

I got Visions of the beast yesterday, very cool especially the whole eddy intro and camp chaos anime videos. But I noticed that Blaze stands like hes riding a horse, which i find kinda disturbing.

as for EP thing I only thought there was those two.

[GurS]

yeh, i can only think of those too...

<3 the visions of the beast intro.

btw: on both discs play video 6 three times in a row

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

Who got to listen to Iron Maiden in England (in the suburbs of Hammersmith may i add!!) oh thats right, Frail did :)

[GurS]

buh? when? WHA?

[scream_for_me_brazil]

I'm a mad Iron Maiden fan, but I need to know something.
Before Bruce Dickinson, how many other singers were in the band? and what were they called?

Thanking you.

:)

[RockerGav]

Paul Di'Anno.

I don't know if they had any singers before him, but he recorded Iron Maiden and Killers, then left before Number of the Beast, which was the first album Bruce appeared on.

[scream_for_me_brazil]

Aaah, ok, I thought they had someone else, thanks anyway.

[scream_for_me_brazil]

I've got DoD, Fear Of The Dark, Live After Death, Brave New World and some others and they all truely kick ***, I love all the songs I've heard so far.

\m/(*.*)\m/ Up the Irons!! \m/(*.*)\m/

[-Listy-]

I'm a mad Iron Maiden fan, but I need to know something.
Before Bruce Dickinson, how many other singers were in the band? and what were they called?

Thanking you.

:)

Paul Di Anno and Blaze Bayley i think

[Guitarkid808]

*maiden slave*

[Thunder Fingers]

so iam guess that virtual XI and X Factorm are as bad as Load, Reload and St.Anger from Metallica?

i would say they are a bit like load and reload yes... not what you expected, but awsome albums when you get over it... :thumb: i love them

[Thunder Fingers]

I'm a mad Iron Maiden fan, but I need to know something.
Before Bruce Dickinson, how many other singers were in the band? and what were they called?

Thanking you.

:)

Paul day, Dennis Wilcock and Paul Di'annio, then bruce came, then bruce left, Blaze Baley, and then bruce came back...

[ashman]

I thought at point Adrian smith was the lead singer........'cos that was the only reason steve would let him in.......or that could have been daves old band before maiden

[Thunder Fingers]

I thought at point Adrian smith was the lead singer........'cos that was the only reason steve would let him in.......or that could have been daves old band before maiden

he did sing too.. reach out...

[ashman]

I know great song. I was talking about before Bruce came along....

[GurS]

in urchin, dave's band before maiden, adrian only got in because he said he was a singer (as they did not need more guitarists). then dave left for maiden, adrian took up guitar, adrian joined maiden, adrian left maiden (just before the sound house tapes, hence only1 guitarist). tony parsons joined, tony parsons left, dennis straton joined, recorded s/t album, straton joined praying mantis, adrian re-joined maiden in time to record "killers"

*bows*

[Guitarkid808]

*utter silence*

[The Mercenary]

*tries to find smiley thing that claps*

*fails* :upset:

[The Mercenary]

i found an iron maiden family tree type thing ages ago, that had all the guys previous bands and things like that, where those bands went, how/where they linked up with maiden, i was really good.......but i cant find it!

[-->>SoAdSlIpKnOtGoD<<--]

Does anyone have the Rock in Rio DVD?
Please tell me if it`s good!

[The Mercenary]

its ****ing amazing! buy buy buy!!!! its worth every penny and more!!!

the live 'sign of the cross' and 'the clansman' are superb!!

[GurS]

agreed

also, the crowd's reaction to the opening strains of "2 minutes to midnight"

[605heeleyjp]

i av the DVD n it iz the best live show i have ever seen!!
the clansman is the best track on it
but wen they play out wiv Run to the hills evry1 goes crazy they are the best metal band ever n they cant half play live!

[Till_Lindeman001]

Rock in Rio is a great live DVD, the crowd react to all the hits which is most of the set list really.

[GurS]

there's an mx peter kay fan club? 0_o

[Thunder Fingers]

i found an iron maiden family tree type thing ages ago, that had all the guys previous bands and things like that, where those bands went, how/where they linked up with maiden, i was really good.......but i cant find it!

try "eddies Archive" box set, it have an Maiden family tree...



"MR Janick Gers Comes to rio".... How many times does he mention Janick on rock in rio? :p

[GurS]

er, twice?

[moonboots]

I listen to mainly death metal like Cryptopsy, Nile, Skinless, In Flames, Fear Factory, Psychotogen and Soilwork. I wanna hear some Iron Maiden songs, but I dont know many. Can you recommend some?

I've heard:
Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
Rainmaker

the trooper
fear of the dark(live!)
hallowed be thy name
no prayer for the dying
prowler
mother russia

[moonboots]

ahhh i just replied to someone from the first page. i completely failed to realize this thread was 73 pages. o well

[RockerGav]

:lol:

Not to worry, welcome to the Maiden thread!

[-->>SoAdSlIpKnOtGoD<<--]

Probably this is a stupid question.....but can somebody tell me with which guitars they play

thx

[ashman]

Well Dave Murray often plays a fender strat, sometimes a jackson (don't know the model or anything)

Adrian plays a strat, used to use an Ibanez destroyer, and a gibson goldtop, I think they are hes favourite guitars

Janick uses some poor training guitar with no frets (well there has to be some reason for his sloppy playing)

Steve uses fender Precision 1 bass.

Thats just a quick list, I'm sure GurS will tell you every instrument ever played by Iron Maiden, that guy always surprises me with how quick he learned everything about maiden....


Ash

[HondoII]

Iron Maiden chick.

Hotty alert!

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11385&stc=1

:cool:

[The Mercenary]

very tasty indeed

[The Mercenary]

Probably this is a stupid question.....but can somebody tell me with which guitars they play

thx

what maiden 'time period' you wanna know about?

i know dave has pretty much stuck to strats, hes played a jackson, and a cherry gibson sg standard

Daves List from the 'live after death' album

'57 Fender stratocaster (Black)
'64 Fender Stratocaster (Black)
'81 Gibson Heritage Les Paul Custon Flame Top
Ibanez Roadstar
Squire Fender Stratocaster
Dean V Flame
Lado Straocastors (One Black, One Blue Sunburst)
'61 Gibson SG Standard Cherry
'63 SG Junior

Adrians guitars from the same album...

Lado Earth 2003
Lado Earth 2001 (I have on of these!!! http://www.lado-guitars.com/earth_2002.jpg, its the business!!! :thumb: )
Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
Gibson SG Cherry
Dean Baby ML
Charvel With Floyd Rose
Ibanez Roadstar
Hammer Scarab With a Kahlar tremblo


im good at reading........ :upset:

[Thunder Fingers]

hmmm... steve use mainly one Fender Precision bass(the white one with red and blue binding..), but he has like 7 of them, you can se him use them in different cocerts..(like a real live dead one he uses an red...) But his main bass is the, and always have been the white (1971 i belive) P Bass(it was the blue sparkle before, and before that the black one used at Live at rainbow...) when it got repaintet the first time he changed the bridge and Pickups, and now all of his Basses are equiped with Badass II Bridge and Seymour Duncan Pickups ... :p He also have been seen with Lado Unicorn(Aces High Video) and an Ibanez Roadster II(Run to the hills video..) he is also supposed to own an Gibson Thunderbird... hell, the guy probaly owns 'kin lots of basses...

by the way, anyonknows about an place wich sells the colour blue sparkle? :p

[rik]

I've always wanted to get my bass painted like his black and white chequred one.

[Thunder Fingers]

I've always wanted to get my bass painted like his black and white chequred one.

i think he have two painted like that... or he have changed the the neck on it... becouse thoose pics i see of a black/White checkered one is from 1990 - 92.. and then it had an Rosewood Fretboard... on later pics it have an Maple Fretboard... i think its an bass from 59... atleast it says so in Live After death... but realy when i see the headstock(due the shape of fenders logo on later than 70's basses..) itr seems like its from the 80's until now...

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

I got into Iron Maiden 5 months ago and since then I have used practically all my money on buying there cds and I would like to say every Iron Maiden fan should own the Rock in Rio dvd.

[The Mercenary]

I got into Iron Maiden 5 months ago and since then I have used practically all my money on buying there cds and I would like to say every Iron Maiden fan should own the Rock in Rio dvd.

This man speketh the truth.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

I was wondering how does Blaze compare to there other singers being I have never heard him.

[Zmev]

I like Iron Maiden and my friend gave me his tour '03 shirt for free because it didnt fit him :chug:

[The Mercenary]

I was wondering how does Blaze compare to there other singers being I have never heard him.

The two albums (The X Factor, Virtual XI) with him singing on got, and still get a cold reception from most fans. They arent bad albums, as you can tell from the live 'sign of the cross' and 'the clasnsman' from the rock in rio DVD, but after 7 studio albums with Bruce, the change wasnt hailed as good as Bruce had kind of made the maiden voice his own.

Di'annio from the fisrt two albums was an excellent singer. But Bruce is, and i dont doubt, will always be the voice of maiden

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Well thats good because I liked those two songs so perhaps I will get around to buying them eventually. Thanks.

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

im so sick of my never ending computer problems!!!

anyways, i was gonna play with some friends at a show soon and i brought up the idea of doing "Journeymen" for the gig, ill see what comes of that :thumb:

[shadow_stalker]

i know a guy who i was in a band with who said he could sing like blaze bailey so we thought we would give him a try so we played prowler, running free and man on the edge and he was so **** he put me off maiden for months and as a result i now cannot listen to them three songs anymore!

sorry just thought i would share that with you all

[i_hate_regestering]

have any of you people ever seen the iron maiden video game? its based on like 8 of their songs...lol its from 99 for the pc...im too frightened to check it out for fear that it will disgrace iron maiden

[ashman]

Ed Hunter.....I'ves seen in the shops, but I haven't bought it 'cos its bloody expensive....

hey frail which journeyman, electric or acoustic? My band toyed with the idea......but none of them knew how to keep in time with each other....

Ash

[jpj]

whats a good iron maiden starter album? don't get angry if someone already asked this

[Det_Nosnip]

^^ I would say "Brave New World"...it has a more "modern" sound and some great tunes.

[YDload]

The Number of the Beast. Always a good start.

[rik]

whats a good iron maiden starter album? don't get angry if someone already asked this

I would go for either the number of the beast or edward the great (greatest hits album)

[Led Guitar]

POWERSLAVE. Is the best album by far, I love it.

[The Mercenary]

i learnt to play losfer words (big orra) today, i didnt realise how bloody simple it was!! :D

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

^^^ I learned it the other day, but I am a drummer.

I think Powerslave is a great album to get into them.

[-->>SoAdSlIpKnOtGoD<<--]

I started also with Powerslave

[paco999]

powerslave is good
just as number of the beast
and dance of death is really **** good

but my favorite is brave new world
i think the wicker man is awesome

[Det_Nosnip]

^^ One of Nicko's best performances, for sure. God, the man has the perfect metal groove. :cool:

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Yes he most certainly does. He's among one of my favororite drummers. I try to show him to drummers in my school and there all like"hes no travis barker". It makes me want to cry.

[Jamie FT]

Yes he most certainly does. He's among one of my favororite drummers. I try to show him to drummers in my school and there all like"hes no travis barker". It makes me want to cry.

god dam i hate people like that

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Thats nothing, once someone directly came up to me and said Dave Lombardo sucks. Thats complete blasphemy. Anyway back on topic whatever happened to the people who left Iron Maiden(Paul Diano,Clive Burr ect..)

[scream_for_me_brazil]

Who's they then?

[ashman]

Paul started up his own (called Paul Dianno) and did some covers of the first two albums and supposedly did an acoustic version of prowler.
I have no idea what happened to the other guys though, I think most of them joined different bands.
btw scream for me brazil Paul dianno was the vocalist on maidens first two albums (Iron maiden and killers), clive burr was the drummer for the first 3 albums (Iron maiden, Killers and NOTB).

Ash

[The Mercenary]

Clive is fighting with MS (Multiple Sclerosis )? , i know maiden have a big charity for raising money for him and MS sufferers

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

that sucks big time.

[Det_Nosnip]

Thats nothing, once someone directly came up to me and said Dave Lombardo sucks. Thats complete blasphemy. Anyway back on topic whatever happened to the people who left Iron Maiden(Paul Diano,Clive Burr ect..)

I was never a big fan of his until I heard his stuff with Testament. Lombardo's playing with Slayer was actually pretty dull most of the time, with a few obvious exceptions.

[ashman]

*coughs*Iron maiden thread

They rereleased run to the hills for the clive burr ms trust...and it got to number 4 in the uk. But what happened to dennis stratton? and Blaze? I haven't heard anything about him for a while...

[Thunder Fingers]

Blaze is in B L A Z E, an actually rather known and respected band between most Iron Maiden fans... and dennis stratton went to Lionheart...

http://www4.airnet.ne.jp/minds/habits/metal/F_tree/i_maiden.html

[The Mercenary]

Ive just had a listen to 'the tenth dimension' and 'kill and destroy' ay Blaze, its quite good, if a little depressing. I wonder what would have happened had blaze had more input on the two maiden albums....

[ashman]

I think blaze had quite a lot of input, he helped write 5 of 11 tracks on X factor, but he only helped with 2 of the 8 tracks on VXI.

Nice link frail Cheers.

Ash

[GurS]

clive burr had a band called "clive burr's escape" before he developed ms...

i think straton actually now playes for praying mantis. di'anno's got loadsa bands, the biggest one probably being Paul Di'anno and the Killers.

[The Mercenary]

i just listened to 'the trooper', really closely, and between about 0:30 - 0:33 of the intro, is it just me or is there a kind of evil laugh in the background, or am i just crazy?

[GurS]

did you know that during the line "rolling sixes all the way" in 'back in the village', someone whispers "six six six"

[YDload]

i just listened to 'the trooper', really closely, and between about 0:30 - 0:33 of the intro, is it just me or is there a kind of evil laugh in the background, or am i just crazy?

Is it anything like the evil laugh right before the intro to "Powerslave?" Eddie!

[The Mercenary]

Is it anything like the evil laugh right before the intro to "Powerslave?" Eddie!

no, its really subtle, sounds almost like it shouldnt be there, but it should. hmmmm

*checks marbles* :smash:

are there any other maiden tracks with hidden stuff?

and what does nicko say at the end of thin line between love and hate? i think its him anyway....

[ashman]

^I thought it was steve...

[Thunder Fingers]

Oh, i ****in missed it


:thumb:

[YDload]

Topic time: What's the deal with Iron Maiden and movies? I don't know if they've ever been in any, but they've definitely been mentioned.

Like in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" when the king says "Put them in the iron maiden!" And Bill and Ted go "Sweet!" And at the end where Bill announces the Wyld Stallyns as opening for Maiden in their demo video.

Also, I think the stoner older brother in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" had a Maiden poster.

[The Mercenary]

^ what other movies have they been mentioned in?

Bill and ted metioned loads of bands, megadeth, primus (it was tommy the cat in the battle of the bands uin the 2nd film wasnt it?), steve vai, kiss, extreme, kings x, slaughter, winger...

[ashman]

^oh and on the second bill and ted when they make that tape as a diversion, they say "maiden rule " at the end of the tape.

Bring your daughter to the slaughter was the theme for a horror film....I think it was nightmare on elm street 4....But i am not too sure.

Ash

[The Mercenary]

^I thought it was steve...


i dont actually know!, i just guessed it was nicko because hes nuts!

[GurS]

are there any other maiden tracks with hidden stuff?

did you know that during the line "rolling sixes all the way" in 'back in the village', someone whispers "six six six"

quoted for emphasis

[Armor O'Malley]

Just thought I'd mention that I watched Live After Death on video last night for the first time in ages. :)

[Thunder Fingers]

i dont actually know!, i just guessed it was nicko because hes nuts!

its good ol' flatnoose himself! "I Fecking missed it..."

[The Mercenary]

hmmm...where the heII did the 'virus' track come from on the best of the beast album......hmmm.....

*thinks to self*

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

FINALLY BACK!!

my compter has been in the shop forever!!

anyways, im up to bidding on more old tour DVD's and i hope to finally win a show from the "piece of mind tour".

[ashman]

hmmm...where the heII did the 'virus' track come from on the best of the beast album......hmmm.....

*thinks to self*


I think it came from Ed Hunter...

[Firecracker]

he threw it up in rage.

[GurS]

wb frail...

and virus was written for best of the beast - it doesn't appear on any other album

[The Mercenary]

*album of the day*

No Prayer For The Dying

Ive really got into this album over the lst couple of days, i havent really listened to it as much as i have my favourites

[Thunder Fingers]

heh.. 7th son of a 7th son... needed somthing to put in my discman when i went to school, and i suddenly got this lust to listen to "Moonchild"...

[.Realm.of.Chaos.]

I think that Powerslave is an excellent album, I even find it better then Number of the Beast. Anyone agree?

[ashman]

heh.. 7th son of a 7th son... needed somthing to put in my discman when i went to school, and i suddenly got this lust to listen to "Moonchild"...


I also have the same sort of urge when I used to walk to college (to listen to SSOASS).

Powerslave is a good album, but somewhere in time is much better

[MetallicaRULZ192]

kirk hammett owns dave mustaine
:chug:

[Armor O'Malley]

kirk hammett owns dave mustaine
:chug:

Whoa, had to check there whether I was in the official Metallica or official Maiden thread, even tho I thought I was in the Maiden one...anyway...go away :)

Oh and Kirk Hammett does not own Dave Mustaine.

[Thunder Fingers]

ahahahaha, Janick Gers owns kirk... could kirk make anything likes janicks solo in blood brothers? thought not.... and every single maiden guitarist and every single megadeth guitarist through time is better than kirk..(Why did i just do that :confused: )

alright, wich iron maiden guitarist made you wanna start guitar? for me its janick(the blood brothers solo, im realy an bassist, but i realy want to be able to play that solo :P) im on the hunt for an guitar to buy after i get an fender vintage Precision Bass, an repaint, new pickguard and bridge for it(yes, the "Live After death" Bass also known as the 1982 - 1990 colour:p) i was thinkin of an fender mex. strat maple fretboard guitar and maidenify it :p

[andy]

yay!

[ashman]

erm...it would have to be Adrian Smith, I dunno what it was about him...but he compelled me to pick a guitar and start making several guitar noises. Infinite Dreams was the song that made me start guitar (bass as well, I love the bass line :p).

Janicks solo on Blood brothers is surprisingly easy. But janicks delivery isn't too good, I think if adrian played it, it would sound 100 times better... (janick hasn't heard of vibrato, and adrian is the king of vibrato)

Ash

[dawnofthemaggot]

ha its ironic that i found this thread while i was listning to run to the hills... i love iron maiden, even my boyfriend is also a die hard fan of them..

[mr snrub]

Ha ha, I was just listening to Journeyman, man I love that song. I wish my girlfriend shared the same passion that I have for Iron Maiden. But she doesn't like rock and metal music, she is more into r&b crap.

[Det_Nosnip]

kirk hammett owns dave mustaine
:chug:

Yeah, and Marty Friedman owns them both. What's your point?

[Thunder Fingers]

erm...it would have to be Adrian Smith, I dunno what it was about him...but he compelled me to pick a guitar and start making several guitar noises. Infinite Dreams was the song that made me start guitar (bass as well, I love the bass line :p).

Janicks solo on Blood brothers is surprisingly easy. But janicks delivery isn't too good, I think if adrian played it, it would sound 100 times better... (janick hasn't heard of vibrato, and adrian is the king of vibrato)

Ash

:lol:. i first thought it was Dave who was playing that solo until i saw Rock in Rio, the feelings in it and the sound of it, and how its written sounded very Dave'ish...

[Kurtz]

I think that Powerslave is an excellent album, I even find it better then Number of the Beast. Anyone agree?
Yeah. It's my third favorite behind SIT and SSOASS.

To me, NOTB might even be a little overrated.

[monkey_chops23]

Powerslave is the first maiden I had ever heard, it's what got me going on them. Then I found Rock in Rio, which of course made me fall in love Brave New World.

But since then, I'd have to say Somewhere in Time is my favorite. Adrian's awesome... not that the others aren't, they all rock, Adrian's just my favorite.

[Armor O'Malley]

Yep Adrian's my fave too, definatly my fave of the guitarists at least. He's just the lad. :cool:

[GurS]

adrian, too, is my fave... adrian with a lado earth on LAD, now THAT is what being a guitar legend is all about (or something... bleh)

[ashman]

Adrian owns simple enough, then Dave, then Janick...but there is something I don't like about Janicks playing tho...

[mr snrub]

Adrian is the best, with Dave closely following him. I don't think any Maiden fan will disagree, but hey, someone will prove me wrong!

[flappersack]

Adrian for me!

[YDload]

Adrian = Page, Hendrix, or Clapton
Dave = Van Halen, Hammett, or Malmsteen

Obviously these are huge overestimations: there's no way Kirk Hammett is better than Dave Murray. Ha ha ha!

[Thunder Fingers]

yeah, well, adrian is realy the fav, guitarist of mine, but janicks solo in blood brothers are the reason i wanna start myself :p

[GurS]

i'd say the order is adrian, dave then jannick too... and i think we can all agree stratton comes last.... poor dennis

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

yeah, well, adrian is realy the fav, guitarist of mine, but janicks solo in blood brothers are the reason i wanna start myself :p

Being an avid guitar (and bass) player, i easily find Adrian to be the most creative and well rounded of the three boys in Maiden. Janick's lead in blood brothers is fantastic, but his "wasting love" solo is my favourite by him. What also puts Adrian on such a high perch for me is his ability to write such incredible songs, something Dave contributes less to. Janick's strenth in the band is song/riff writing, not leads. While Adrian's strenth is in both lead playing and song writing, hes always been my favourite member of Iron Maiden and i can't stress enough how important he is to the bands sound/success.

[Thunder Fingers]

Steve is the most important one :p (then dave, then adrian)

[Angels_dont_Kill]

ahh... 't has been awhile since ive been here... i got banned for some reason (i WAS zeppelin_rules_62)...i used to post in this thread LOADS but i'd just like to say that in that time i have come to realise that Iron Maiden are perhaps the biggest joke on the face of the earth... the guitarists are truly ABYSMAL and nicko mcbrain is really short a few chromosomes... their music is annoying and i can only stand the Di'Anno stuff and some Blaze... jesus Dickinson is an annoying buffoon...Harris is the only one with any talent... Priest are infinitely superior..............
There... my first post done

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

Steve is the most important one :p (then dave, then adrian)

Steve yes, than id say Bruce and Adrian are following :thumb:

[Thunder Fingers]

Steve yes, than id say Bruce and Adrian are following :thumb:

well, i would put bruce behind dave, since maiden started to get known before bruce joined.. but yeah, bruce have had alot to say about Maiden later on..

[GurS]

i think jannick is least important - if jannick left, then they'd just get another guitarist or continue with two, but if nicko left i reckon they'd call it quits

[ashman]

I was listening to "From here to eternity" earlier on today and I thought I heard 'Charlotte'. So I got the little booklet thing and in the lyrics it says:
"The beast and Charlotte they were two of a kind" could this be another song about charlotte the harlot?

Ash

[ibanezrat96]

who here has seen iron maiden live, if not oyu must go see them whenever you can!! they a amazing!!

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

nicko is first

[Thunder Fingers]

ashman: yes it is..

[Angels_dont_Kill]

There are 4 songs about Charlotte... each more appaling than the last... thanks for that quadrilogy of ****e, Dave Murray...

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

I was listening to "From here to eternity" earlier on today and I thought I heard 'Charlotte'. So I got the little booklet thing and in the lyrics it says:
"The beast and Charlotte they were two of a kind" could this be another song about charlotte the harlot?

Ash

it goes

Charlot the Harlost (from Iron Maiden)
22 Arcacia Avenue (from TNOTB)
Hooks in you (from No Prayer....)
Here to Eternity (from Fear of the Dark)

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

well, i would put bruce behind dave, since maiden started to get known before bruce joined.. but yeah, bruce have had alot to say about Maiden later on..

i agree with that. Davey has been there since day one. I look at it like, where would the band be without a certain member. Musically his solos are fantastic and vital to the sound, but his contributions to writing songs has always been very limited, where Bruce is not only the voice that gained them a whole new audience over Paul's, but he has penned many of the bands most ledgenadry tracks.

[Det_Nosnip]

Bruce has become associated with Maiden, through and through. For me, at least, it wouldn't be them without him...I still haven't gotten the Blaze albums nor Killers, b/c I can't picture Maiden without Bruce. Maybe it's b/c I got into them late in the game, but...I find it hard to listen to them without Bruce and Nicko (well, I'm a drummer and Nicko's a huge inspiration for me).

[ashman]

There are 4 songs about Charlotte... each more appaling than the last... thanks for that quadrilogy of ****e, Dave Murray...


They wasn't all written by dave. From here to eternity was written by Steve, Hooks in you was written by Adrian and I can't be bothered to find out who wrote 22 acacia avenue.

I think from here to eternity is really good, and very catchy...so stop yer yapping

[fret21]

Hey,you guys might think I'm stupid or something but I never really heard Iron Maiden,is there any song suggestions you can give to me?Like with guitar solos or something?Because like everyone at my school wears Iron Maiden shirts.

[shadow_stalker]

Hey,you guys might think I'm stupid or something but I never really heard Iron Maiden,is there any song suggestions you can give to me?Like with guitar solos or something?Because like everyone at my school wears Iron Maiden shirts.


get the 'number of the beast album' it is brilliant or do what i did and get 'rock in rio' first because that is one of the best live cds ive ever heared

[YDload]

Getting into Iron Maiden because everyone at your school wears their shirts is not a good reason. You don't want to become a Maiden poser.

[Thunder Fingers]

Getting into Iron Maiden because everyone at your school wears their shirts is not a good reason. You don't want to become a Maiden poser.

Sadly most people are...."yeah, what do you think of the albums with paul diannio" "With Who? :confused:"

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

Getting into Iron Maiden because everyone at your school wears their shirts is not a good reason. You don't want to become a Maiden poser.

whatever gets them into the band, ive nevet met a half assed Iron Maiden fan before. Everyone i know is obsessed with them after a few listens. i first bought "best of the beast" like 6 years ago because i had seen people wearing their shirts to shows and seen pics in magazines, but then again the music world was differnet in the 90's than it is now hehe.

[ashman]

Getting into Iron Maiden because everyone at your school wears their shirts is not a good reason. You don't want to become a Maiden poser.

Leave the guy alone, maybe he is just trying new things out. Its only bad if he listens to an album and doesn't like it, but still wears an Iron Maiden T-shirt and says he likes 'em.

I'd suggest getting either Rock in Rio or Best of the Beast or Edward the great to start off with.

and Eddie, I know what you mean, that kind of thing really pisses me off...

[Angels_dont_Kill]

Don't get into maiden... they're appaling... try Priest... their solos are far superior... Maiden solos have the musical merit of whoopie goldberg garotting a goat

[Thunder Fingers]

Don't get into maiden... they're appaling... try Priest... their solos are far superior... Maiden solos have the musical merit of whoopie goldberg garotting a goat

yes, we got it, you dontlike maiden anymore, so with the words from bruce during "heaven can wait" at live at donnington: "GO AWAY!"
what are you doin here if you dont like maiden?

[YDload]

Don't get into maiden... they're appaling... try Priest... their solos are far superior... Maiden solos have the musical merit of whoopie goldberg garotting a goat

Quit spreading your anti-Maiden propaganda if you've got nothing to say. Obviously you're no bassist.

[GurS]

Don't get into maiden... they're appaling... try Priest... their solos are far superior... Maiden solos have the musical merit of whoopie goldberg garotting a goat

i reckon tis only a matter of time before this guy gets banned again.

i'm offering 4 to 1 on next tuesday :p

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

Don't get into maiden... they're appaling... try Priest... their solos are far superior... Maiden solos have the musical merit of whoopie goldberg garotting a goat

you have made no impact on anyone's opinions here and made a fool of yourself at the same time.

[JMetallica]

you have made no impact on anyone's opinions here and made a fool of yourself at the same time.

Although he does make a good point; get into priest first. :p

Hmm, that wasn't the point he made at all... He did make a good point: Priest's solos are way better. :D .... and they are. :D

[Kurtz]

Don't get into maiden... they're appaling... try Priest... their solos are far superior... Maiden solos have the musical merit of whoopie goldberg garotting a goat
I would like to see you try better.

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

Although he does make a good point; get into priest first. :p

Hmm, that wasn't the point he made at all... He did make a good point: Priest's solos are way better. :D .... and they are. :D

i got into Maiden first and belive Maiden are superior in all aspect, including leads. KK espically dosent have what it takes to stand up to Dave and Adrian, Janick id say so. Glenn is a very very well rounded lead player and id say has the most musical muscle solo's out of all of them, but i wouldnt say i think his leads are any where as pationate and experimental as Adrian and Davey's where their solos are alot more flavorful and fit the music much more. Iron Maiden in all aspects ive found to out perform Judas Priest (who are one of my top favourite bands by the way) espically in terms of their rhytem section. Clive and Nicko have much more original ideas than what had been presented with the majority of the Priest drummes whereas only Les Binks and Scott Travis were the only ones who i felt enhanced the music at all. Bass wise, i dont even want to chart those waters. Vocals, its even keil to every level. Both can hit'em low, and both can hit'em high. Rob and Bruce have the ability to be unforgetable frontmen and have voices that are hailed as influences to countless vocalists since the early 80's. Riffing...Priest are alot more cut and dry than Maiden are and didnt have the wonderful "tone" that Maiden have on their albums. Priest follow a basic riff formula as does Maiden, when you break it down it comes down to preference and ive always sided with Maiden's guitar riffs over Priests, they are more diverse and certainly have less filler tracks on albums (if any on most records). lyrically they are two different giants, Priest are more friendly to the average listner as Maiden's are more well researched and well thought out, i find Maiden's enchanting as Priests are more sing alongs. Solo wise, ill say it again...Glenn and Adrian have the most difficult pieces to play but it comes down to the feel, and Priest have more "solo just for the sake of soloing" ethic than Maiden do where its more "if a lead is needed than we'll use a lead, if not why bother?". Comparing two of the greatest metal bands of all time is hard, this is alot like the eternal battle of "Metallica vs Megadeth" where in this case Priest are Metallica and Maiden are Megadeth, more people are into Metallica and Priest becuase tehy are more friendly to the average listners ear, but when it comes down to it...the more diehard and dedicated fans are more into Megadeth and Maiden. Id say with the exception of slayer and kiss, there arent any fans who are as diehard about a band as the Maiden fans are and i stand by what i feel. Iron Maiden are a superior musical talent and their songwriting has proven it worldover, making them in what id say as the most well respected metal band worldover.

[YDload]

Good job Frail, but the only reason I like Maiden so much is the bass. Also, I haven't heard anything from Priest except singles, so there's very little to judge Halford by. Even though he's supposed to be the greatest metal vocalist ever, I need to hear it for myself.

[Kurtz]

^ Listen to Victims of Changes. That scream is awesome.

I actually perfer Dickinson over Halford. To me Dickinson has a better all around voice, while Halford has better screams.

[Thunder Fingers]

i find halfords voice a little anyoing(especially if he always sings like he does on "Breakin the Law") and bass wise, i agree with frail, dont even get me started :p

nice frail :thumb:

[GurS]

the moral of the story is: NWOBHM > all

[ashman]

^Couldn't have put it better myself


p.s. Maiden>all

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

i find halfords voice a little anyoing(especially if he always sings like he does on "Breakin the Law") and bass wise, i agree with frail, dont even get me started :p

nice frail :thumb:

of all people i wouldnt let you down :) hehe, just my two cents. Halford is one of my favourite vocalists on top of Priest being one of the bands in the most heavy rotation in my cd players, but when it comes to Maiden i dont let any metal band stand above them hehe.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Well said Frail anyhoo seeing you guys seem to know everything about maiden, Answer me these questions three. 1 who does that last solo in Flight of Icarus. That solo is the greatest I think. 2. Being I have there first six cds and Brave New World what would be a wise desicion as far as what to purchase next. 3. Is Dance Of the Death any good

[Armor O'Malley]

2. Being I have there first six cds and Brave New World what would be a wise desicion as far as what to purchase next.

Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

[YDload]

1. Steve said that Dave Murray does both solos (or one big solo) on that song, but it sure sounds a lot like Adrian. No wait, it's almost assuredly Dave.

[Poofy 666]

wish i could see em live...

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

1. Steve said that Dave Murray does both solos (or one big solo) on that song, but it sure sounds a lot like Adrian. No wait, it's almost assuredly Dave.

Dave does the first and Adrian the second, watch the music video...it shows them playing it :). also look at who writes the songs.


PS: you can tell after awhile whos playing what lead preety easily :)

[YDload]

Dave does the first and Adrian the second, watch the music video...it shows them playing it :). also look at who writes the songs.


PS: you can tell after awhile whos playing what lead preety easily :)

I can usually tell them apart pretty good (Adrian does most of Revelations, right?), but there was a website with a quote from Steve Harris that says "If you're keeping track of solos, this one's Davey" or something to that effect.

[FrailandBedazzled1979]

just watch the video lol.

how i tell them appart is by their tone. Davey uses his neck pickup with is naturally (on a stratocaster) more low tones and he has a very legatto style of playing, more constant notes with alot of hammer-ons and fewer notes are picked. Adrian's is the most wide ranged, he can play the best speed metal solos but also incorporates alot of bluesy licks (if you a guitarist you know what i mean!) into his solos, he also finger taps more often and uses the wah at times. Janick is the sloppiest and generally has a more rough and strait picked tone to his. after hearing years of Maiden telling them appart gets as easy as parents telling their triplet children appart hehe.

[Spirit_In_Black]

[QUOTE= 3. Is Dance Of the Death any good[/QUOTE]

sure is, it has pashendale, one of my favourite maiden songs ever! its an 8 minute epic about war.
other good songs on the album are monstegur, no more lies, dance of death and rainmaker.
i dont really care for the firsat track (wildest dreams) though

[GurS]

dance of death is very good... some say better than BNW. the last solo on icarus is davey... i always thought it was adrian but the video says otherwise... maybe he's just using his bridge pick up.

adrian should go back to using lado earths and SGs

[ashman]

Is there any news on the DoD tour album and DVD yet?

[Thunder Fingers]

well.. there is gonna be an dvd... rod have confirmed it... from the early days...


well, anyway, anyone know how tall steve is? :p


anyway... im goin g for more iron maiden gear :p Steve Harris Signature strings... :D

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Thanks guys. I have 30 so im gonna swing by best buy and snag DOD and SSOTSS....I'm excited.

[GurS]

you slept with meat loaf? really?

[GurS]

also, what do ya'll think of my new mini-title/first ever avatar? 5 points if you can guess what it's off.

[Thunder Fingers]

also, what do ya'll think of my new mini-title/first ever avatar? 5 points if you can guess what it's off.

like... nicko? :p

[GurS]

yep... good ol' flat nose :D

[Armor O'Malley]

Listening to Piece Of Mind. :)

[GurS]

tis a good album... except quest for fire :s

[Armor O'Malley]

In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth
When the land was swamp and caves were home
In an age when prize possession was fire
To search for landscapes men would roam.

Then the tribes they came to steal their fire
And the wolves they howled into the night
As they fought a vicious angry battle
to save the power of warmth and light.

Drawn by Quest for fire
They searched all through the land
Drawn by Quest for fire
Discovery of man.

:p

[ashman]

I think quest for fire is a cool song, I think its cool when Bruce hits the high notes...

[Armor O'Malley]

Yeh but c'mon it's always cool when Bruce hits the high notes. :)

[YDload]

The singing is fine, but the lyrics are horrible. Cavemen and dinosaurs did not live anywhere near the same time together.

[Thunder Fingers]

:lol: i dont think they mean that serriouse.. its not a bad song.. and the lyrics is kinda funny.. i like it... :thumb:

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

I like that song but the best on that albums either Still Life or To Tame a Land.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

In my opinion of course.

[nasal discharges]

Run To The Hills is sick

[GurS]

I say Still Life, Flight of Icarus or Revlations.

Quest for Fire is helluh cheesy. I cringe at the lyrics to that song. Well, what do you expect from a filler?

[Jharaski]

Piece of Mind is awesome except for Where Eagles Dare. Except maybe like 2 minutes into it.

[rik]

Does anyone else find some songs are ruined by their chorus? for instance Blood brothers, brave new world and no more lies all great songs, but for me the chorus lets the song down.

[GurS]

the chorus of blood brothers is great.

[HondoII]

Does anyone else find some songs are ruined by their chorus? for instance Blood brothers, brave new world and no more lies all great songs, but for me the chorus lets the song down.


All three songs have great a great chorus. But I am sick of Brave New World. I would much rather hear dream of mirrors.

[Kurtz]

Does anyone else find some songs are ruined by their chorus? for instance Blood brothers, brave new world and no more lies all great songs, but for me the chorus lets the song down.
The Brave New World chorus is quite sweet on Rock in Rio.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

I love the choruses or however you say it.
But anyway today I got Dance Of the Death and I personally think its better than Brave New World even though that is a nasty cd.

[Poofy 666]

nasty as in good or bad?

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Bad and Iron Maiden dont go in the same sentence with me.

[Poofy 666]

watever. Listenin to Powerslave...

[MajOr tHreaT]

against the rules

[The Clansman...secrets]

So, this is another What Maiden songs are bad?" situation? Unfair questions...the only bad Maiden song is Tailgunner.

[ashman]

I love the chorus on Bllod Brothers, BNW and no more lies, its really amazing live in the pit, great atmosphere. The whole crowd is chanting "A BRAVE NEW WORLD!! IN A BRAVE NEW WORLD!!" and "NO MORE LIES!! NO MORE LIES!!" 'tis 'kin awesome.

[GurS]

how bout the apparition and fear is the key? they are sins against nature and crimes against humanity.

[Firecracker]

any info on a new album?

[ashman]

Gurs, I pretend those songs are not by Maiden, but by steves evil twin...stephen

Maiden are supposed to be releasing a live version of DoD on CD. At the moment there are rumours in magzines (metal hammer) saying that they will be releasing a new studio album in 2006/7...

[Thunder Fingers]

against the rules

what the fu ck are you talkin about? it like this and the metallica thread that are the originals :p and everybody started following...

[Thunder Fingers]

blood brothers is one of maidens best songs, how can you say anything like that?

[GurS]

jannick's solo on blood brothers was the first maiden solo i learnt to play on guitar

unrelated, i reckon adrian's divebomb during the chorus of "aces high" is the best divebomb in a song ever.

[rik]

blood brothers is one of maidens best songs, how can you say anything like that?

I know its a great song, one of my favourites but repeating "we're blood brothers" 4 times as a chorus doesn't really appeal to me.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

It sure appeals to me.

[Thunder Fingers]

it gives me an tear in my eye... everytime :p

WERE BLOOD BROTHERS!!! WERE BLOOD BROOOOHOOOOOTHERS!!

*Sings out loud*

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Ya that is such a great song. You know what song doesnt get mentioned alot...The Nomad. Im listening to it now and I am just starting to realize its greatness.

[rik]

^^haha, weird im listening to that song just as I read you post.

[miss_mcbrain]

it gives me an tear in my eye... everytime :p

WERE BLOOD BROTHERS!!! WERE BLOOD BROOOOHOOOOOTHERS!!

*Sings out loud*


:wave:

[Thunder Fingers]

:wave:

ahahahahaha.. hellu krestin... And welcome to MX! :thumb:

[miss_mcbrain]

ahahahahaha.. hellu krestin... And welcome to MX! :thumb:


:D thank you Martin :p

[shadow_stalker]

I know its a great song, one of my favourites but repeating "we're blood brothers" 4 times as a chorus doesn't really appeal to me.


its not half as bad as no more lies

blood brothers rocks!

[joshuathegr8]

Well the trooper is a class song and so is iron maiden and phantom of the opera u cant beat its amazing intro.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

I just felt like saying Nicko is god.

[GurS]

so did i.... so i made it my title...


so, about that dive bombing thing, who agrees?

other random thoughts that have come to my head recently: dave's the most mellow one in the band, adrian put on a lot of weight during his 12 years of absence, nicko's hair looked better brown, bruce with short hair > bruce with long hair, jannick looks like a tramp on the back of the FOTD sleeve, and steve should use his signature bass more often.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

Jannick looks evil but hes cool. And ya Adrian does look a little more flabby. And Dave always seems to be smiling.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

But I would be too if I was in Iron Maiden.

[PoliticallyIncorrectMetalhead]

And what do you mean by dive bombing.

[rik]

Does anyone else get overcome with how good the part in "afraid to shoot strangers" is at around 2:45 when that guitar riff kicks in. God I ****ing love that.

[Armor O'Malley]

Does anyone else get overcome with how good the part in "afraid to shoot strangers" is at around 2:45 when that guitar riff kicks in. God I ****ing love that.

Yeh it's great, but what about the bit at 3:05 in Dance Of Death when the other guitars join in on the first main electric part...OH ****ING YES!!! :D

[YDload]

And what do you mean by dive bombing.

I think it's when the guitarist slides his fretting hand slowly down the strings to make it sound like something is falling from the sky. It's very audible in "Welcome to the Jungle" too.