[/QUOTE]Blaze Video:
That was painful. It was the Trooper, and it still managed to be the worst Maiden song I have ever heard.[[QUOTE]

I heard the Blaze version of afraid to shoot strangers and it sounded awful!!
He's not a bad vocalist, he just sounds bad compared to Dickinson ;)

Has anyone heard iron maiden's cover of thin lizzy's rosalie :thumb:

.....there really should be a thin lizzy thread

iron maiden did a cover of communication breakdown by led zep.
Its real good :D

I like the cover of "Reach out" (adrian singing) they covered it from a friend of adrian's band...

^^^

i like Adrians voice more than Blayze's lol.

check out this great Iron Maiden website i found last night

[url]http://maidenheaven2.tripod.com/jg.html[/url]

go to the FAq's and click on the "Somewhere in Time album cover" and you'll learn alot about the hidden items that are located on it!

I picked up 7th Son... recently and it's great. It's a concept album right? If so, can someone explain to me the concept. Thanks.

[QUOTE=FrailandBedazzled1979]^^^

i like Adrians voice more than Blayze's lol.

check out this great Iron Maiden website i found last night

[url]http://maidenheaven2.tripod.com/jg.html[/url]

go to the FAq's and click on the "Somewhere in Time album cover" and you'll learn alot about the hidden items that are located on it![/QUOTE]

i have found many... like all the names on it relates to maiden somehow, the clock thats 23.58.. kinda the powerslave cover behind the whole pic :p

[QUOTE=sensitiveorgan00]I picked up 7th Son... recently and it's great. It's a concept album right? If so, can someone explain to me the concept. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

The concept is slightly woolly, but heres the vague lowdown:

Moonchild: 7th son (note: not 7th son of a 7th son.....just 7th son) is born. Good and evil will struggle over him and he will be tempted by both. The seventh son has mild occult powers, not the full power of HIS 7th son later on.

infinite dreams: The 7th son has disturbing dreams where he sees into the future. He is tempted to look further and further into the future to see what happens when he dies. He is horrified when he sees that he will spend eternity in the afterlife and never live again. (PS this is possibly my favourite lyric of all time)

can i play with madness: link to the concept is slightly tenuous in this one, i think that the 7th son is consulting a prophet over whether it is fine to concieve a 7th son and therefore release great power. He begins to become enslaved and tempted by his powers

The evil that men do: 7th son concieves his seventh son, therefore sinning as the 7th son of a 7th son leads a tortured existance.

7th son of a 7th son: this ones fairly obvious, similar to moonchild but this time its the birth of the 7th son of a 7th son rather than his father.

The prophecy: the child is now a young boy and tries to warn his fellow villagers of an impending natural disaster which he forsees. (volcano or something i think). They dont believe it and when it does eventually happen they accuse him of causing it with his powers, and he leaves the village. (think hes kicked out or something).

The clairvoyant: The 7th son leads a solitary life, harbouring his powers and seeing the future. Im not sure why but here i always imagine him gradually twisting into the disfigured eddie portrayed on the front cover as he becomes more and more powerful.

only the good die young: this isnt directly connected to the tale, but it more of a 'moral of the story' kind of song, reprising all of the themes covered so far.


Wow that took longer than i thought....theres a lot of speculation involved but many hardcore maiden fans would agree with me on this one i think. Bruce dickenson has once stated that "seventh son has no story....its about good and evil, heaven and hell, just like any other iron maiden album" but steve and the others seem to view it as a propper concept album. The band has provided very little info on it...i think its up to the fans to work out.

^ Thanks a lot. Much appreciated for that write up. :thumb:

yeah really cool story i'm not that big of a fan so this is the first time i know that

Wow I never thought of 7th son of 7th son like that, you shed a lot a light on my favourite maiden album.


Cheers

Ash

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[QUOTE=Aceboy21]I have recently gotten into Iron Maiden, and god they kick ***. They are soon becoming my favorite band![/QUOTE]

soon they will be :) haha

BY THE WAY GUYS!!!!!

I won the "somewhere on tour" dvd off e-bay last night :) i should have it next week...as some of you know that is my favourite album (somewhere in time) by Iron Maiden so this ought to be a nice addition to the collection, the setlist is wonderful...im currently bidding on a live japan show from the 03' summer dates "dance of death in japan" live cd...ill tell ya if i win :)

Frail, cancel that bid NOW. That Japan CD is just a bootleg that can be obtained for FREE through a Maiden Direct Connect hub or by trading... you're being ripped off. There's an amazingly good bootleg from Chile floating around on the net - same setlist, great performance, superb quality - that you can just download. I'll track down the link if you want.

According to MaidenFans.com, IRON MAIDEN's recently issued "No More Lies" souvenir EP has entered the singles chart in following countries:

Hungary: #1
Spain: #2
Finland: #3
Italy: #10
Ireland: #25
Canada: #34
Germany: #36
France: #70
Switzerland: #93

Due to the EP's extensive content, "No More Lies" did not qualify for the U.K. singles charts, where IRON MAIDEN have traditionally performed extremely well.

As previously reported, the "No More Lies" souvenir EP features the track "No More Lies", the seven-minute epic from the "Dance Of Death" album, plus special mixes of "Journeyman" and "Paschendale" as well a live video of the band's performance of "No More Lies" from the sold-out "Dance Of Death World Tour".

Is No More Lies actually being sold over here in the U.K? I can't find it anywhere! :upset:


I live in Bristol BTW.

[QUOTE=Arpanet]Frail, cancel that bid NOW. That Japan CD is just a bootleg that can be obtained for FREE through a Maiden Direct Connect hub or by trading... you're being ripped off. There's an amazingly good bootleg from Chile floating around on the net - same setlist, great performance, superb quality - that you can just download. I'll track down the link if you want.[/QUOTE]

yea he is right. I have those bootlegs. Even the Osaka japan 04 - DOD DVD

seeing as how im in the business of TRADING these bootlegs and I am part of the LOSSLESS DC++ maiden hub I have access to those. Why would you want to buy those bootlegs off ebay when you can get them for like 2 blank cd-r's (or 2 dvd-r's for dvd's)?


and arpanet, the Chile bootleg that you can download off those websites are in mp3 format. No one wants those ;)

alright, so the japan cd and dvd are bootlegs? im not winning them at the moment so i wont re-bid, thanks for the warning guys!!

anyone seen the Somewhere on Tour 86' dvd? i cant wait to get that.

[QUOTE=Bass_Rocker_Andy]Is No More Lies actually being sold over here in the U.K? I can't find it anywhere! :upset:


I live in Bristol BTW.[/QUOTE]

i managed to get a copy :D but i had to order mine try a big store like hmv

Yes No More Lies is being sold in the UK.
I got it in HMV.

[QUOTE=DimebagDarrell]i managed to get a copy :D but i had to order mine try a big store like hmv[/QUOTE]

i ordered two from [url]www.whatrecords.co.uk[/url] ....dont know if they still have it though..

According to MaidenFans.com, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson announced during an appearance on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" that bassist Steve Harris would shortly begin work on a "Dance of Death Tour" DVD. In addition, Bruce mentioned that he would be releasing a solo "Best Of" DVD (including live footage) sometime before the end of the year.

since i know little about maiden, can someone suggest an album of theirs for me to buy

Number of the Beast (i dont care how overrated people call this album, we all know its awesome) and Brave New World...

and as for Steve Harris working on a dvd...


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I would love a dvd and I think steve is an awesome bassist...but stay away from the video editing!! ROCK IN RIO was great but hell...he was changing camera angles every second.

trying to watch how he plays aint easy when the camerea is on him only a sec....

^Maybe he's quite shy about being filmed, even though he is in one of the biggest metal bands in the world,


Ash

[QUOTE=6stringz89]since i know little about maiden, can someone suggest an album of theirs for me to buy[/QUOTE]


****, there's too many...

yeah too many good Maiden albums. Id say get "Killers" or "Seventh Son of a Seven Son". great albums

I would say 7th Son is their best album.
If you buy any make it either:
7th Son
Powerslave
Brave New World
Dance Of Death

Those are their 4 best in my opinion.

I'd say Seventh Son of a seventh son! My favourite
Or Piece Of Mind (no one ever mentions this album:()

Am I the only one who doesn't like NOTB? I liked it alot at first, but now it holds almost no interest for me. The only song I can listen to the whole way through without being bored to tears is the title track.

album...id list them like this!!!

1. Somewhere in Time
2. Brave New World
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. Piece of Mind
6. Dance of Death
7. Powerslave
8. Iron Maiden
9. No Prayer for the Dying
10. Killers
11. Fear of the Dark
12. Virtual XI
13. The X Factor

live albums:

1. Live After Death
2. Beast over Hammersmith
3. Rock in Rio
4. Live at Donnington
5. A Real Live / Dead one

Thats just me and what i like...Somewhere in Time to me is flawless, id say five of my top 10 Iron Maiden songs are on there (heaven can wait, the lonliness of the long distance runner, caught somewhere in time, stranger in a strangeland and wasted years)...Adrian being my favourite member of the band, had alot of input on this album which enhances it for me. Not to mention the bands tone (bass, guitars, drums, vocals) is just wonderful...some of the heaviest they have ever sounded.

PS: this in no way at all disregards my love for any of their albums, i love them all to death...song for song, just if i had to choose...they would go like that. UP THE IRONS!!

for me it would have to be in this order:

1)Brave new world
2)Somewere in time
3)Powerslave
4)The number of the beast
5)Piece of mind
6)Seventh Son of a Seventh son
7)Dance of death
8)No prayer for the dying
9)Fear of the dark
10)Killers
11)Virtual XI
12)The X factor

man did i ever have problems doing that list, they are all so good, had a real problem choosing the number one and number two spot, and when i saw dance of death sitting at the number 7 spot i was shocked beacuase i love that album just as much as the ones at number 3. anyhow, you gotta love maiden

Just watched Raising Hell for the first time. That stupid magician was annoying as hell; he had a few cool tricks, but he took the focus off the band too often. Still, it was better than I expected technically. Generally good performances; **** sound, tho, and I could barely hear Bruce. I hate the whole idea of that performance tho. I mean it's Bruce's last performance; why turn it into some pay-per-view ****? Make it about the band and the fans. Thank god for Rock in Rio.

i would say get piece of mind its a brillaint album and number of the beast also somewhere in time is worth buying too

[QUOTE=Arpanet]Just watched Raising Hell for the first time. That stupid magician was annoying as hell; he had a few cool tricks, but he took the focus off the band too often. Still, it was better than I expected technically. Generally good performances; **** sound, tho, and I could barely hear Bruce. I hate the whole idea of that performance tho. I mean it's Bruce's last performance; why turn it into some pay-per-view ****? Make it about the band and the fans. Thank god for Rock in Rio.[/QUOTE]


WOW....Raising Hell was one of my FAVORITE maiden concert vids. The acting was so cheesy that it was hilarious and the performance wasnt half bad.

*shudders at the sound of Steve's voice*

[QUOTE=Arpanet]Just watched Raising Hell for the first time. That stupid magician was annoying as hell; he had a few cool tricks, but he took the focus off the band too often. Still, it was better than I expected technically. Generally good performances; **** sound, tho, and I could barely hear Bruce. I hate the whole idea of that performance tho. I mean it's Bruce's last performance; why turn it into some pay-per-view ****? Make it about the band and the fans. Thank god for Rock in Rio.[/QUOTE]

^^^
Yes, Harris' voice isnt quite the air raid siren! He was all they had left after H left the band, who's voice if you ask me is remarkable.

my only problem with Raising Hell was that Bruce and Janick were so hard to hear. Not to mention the tone of the guitars was weak, as i think it was the entire tour in 92' 93.

NICKO MCBRAIN To Celebrate 52nd Birthday By Jamming With IRON MAIDEN Cover Band - Apr. 15, 2004

IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and former BLACK SABBATH/GREAT WHITE/LITA FORD bassist Dave "The Beast" Spitz will be joining the South Florida-based hard rock band DEEPSET for a set of MAIDEN covers on Saturday, June 5 (Nicko's 52nd birthday) at Kelsey club in Lake Park, Florida. According to a posting at DEEPSET's web site, "This show will be full of special events also, such as, signed memorabilia giveaways, VIP tickets will be available which include a back stage meet & greet, best IRON MAIDEN/Eddie costume contest with the winner coming on stage for a song... and much more."

yay happy birthday Nicko
Best Drummer in the world (opinion) :P