yeh, harris. woo.

good question for the Maiden thread, where we're all unbiased :rolleyes:

Harris wins, so much better bass lines (I don't care if Burton could solo better, that doesn't do it for me as much as an interesting bass line)

plus, Harris wrote a whole lot of Maiden's stuff

Burton never really stood out in Metallica unless he had that horrible distortion on. Steve could always be heard in the mix.

dave murray is the cherub of God.

and blaze baily is the slut-ho of the devil

Blaze is a good vocalist/song-writer. He just isnt maiden material.

er...hello? sorry, but virus is atrocious. not just writing, but singing wise aswell. and he killed the slow bit of afraid to shoot strangers

[QUOTE=GurS]er...hello? sorry, but virus is atrocious. not just writing, but singing wise aswell. and he killed the slow bit of afraid to shoot strangers[/QUOTE]


wow..virus is an awesome song. And I believe that the slow parts of afraid to shoot strangers is brilliant.

Looks like we have an anti-blazer here :lol:

0_o

Dennis Stratton was decent

What ever happened to Dennis Stratton?

[QUOTE=FaceInTheSky]What ever happened to Dennis Stratton?[/QUOTE]

He killed himself once he saw how great Maiden was without him. Nah, he's probably just living a quiet life in England or something.

Maiden on tour with a new album in 2006...I got my tickets already...question though...are tickets printed on crackers?

Bruce is supposed to start a tour somewhere around August 2004...or so the rumors have said

[QUOTE=The Clansman...secrets]Maiden on tour with a new album in 2006...I got my tickets already...question though...are tickets printed on crackers?[/QUOTE]

Yes, and they're playing a team called the Spungoes.

*Simpsons reference woohah!*

[QUOTE=GurS]And, well, what did burton ever do, creativley, for metallica?[/QUOTE]
I don't know. Half of their first three CDs?

half their first three cds? er... on master of puppets he wrote a little section in orion and a little section in damage inc... i'll get back to you on the other two cds in a sec

Ok, on kill 'em all he wrote pulling teeth. Yeh, played some part in 6 of the songs on ride the lightning, but they could all be as major as he did on master of puppets (which was the intro to damage inc and the middle section of orion)


Now for harris:

Iron maiden: 8/9 tracks (including 5 by himself)
Killers: 11/11 tracks (including 10 by himself)
The Number Of The Beast: 8/9 tracks (incluidng 5 by himself)

So, in metallica's first three ablums cliff contributed to 9 out of 26 tracks, writting one by himslef, where as steve contributed to 27 out of 29 tracks, including 20 by himself.

Heck, i'll go on

Piece of mind: 6/9 tracks, (including 4 by himself)
Powerslave: 4/8 tracks (all by himself, including the 13 mintue 36 second 'rime of the ancient mariner')
Somwhere In Time: 5/8 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son: 7/8 tracks (inclduing 3 by himself)
No Prayer For The Dying: 7/10 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Fear Of The Dark: 7/12 tracks (including 5 by himself)
The X Factor: 10/11 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Virtual XI: 7/8 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Brave New World: 10/10 tracks (including 1 by himself)
Dance Of Death: 10/11 (including 1 by himself)

What's that - you want statistics as well?

Ok

Steve's contributed to 100 of Maiden's 126 tracks (not including B-sides)
That's nearly 79.5%
Steve's written 54 of Maiden's 126 tracks
That's approximatley 43%
In all the songs that steve's been credited with contributing to, he's written 54% of them by himself.

Now, compare this to cliff.

Cliff contributed to 34% of Metallica's tracks from when he was alive, writing just 4% of Metallica's tracks by himself.

So, Cliff wrote half of their first three three albums, then? He contributed to just over a third. Steve contributed to 93% of Maiden's first albums.

Nuff said

^you have too much time.

If Bruce does tour in august that would be two reasons to celebrate (I'm 18 on the 19th)

[QUOTE=GurS]Ok, on kill 'em all he wrote pulling teeth. Yeh, played some part in 6 of the songs on ride the lightning, but they could all be as major as he did on master of puppets (which was the intro to damage inc and the middle section of orion)


Now for harris:

Iron maiden: 8/9 tracks (including 5 by himself)
Killers: 11/11 tracks (including 10 by himself)
The Number Of The Beast: 8/9 tracks (incluidng 5 by himself)

So, in metallica's first three ablums cliff contributed to 9 out of 26 tracks, writting one by himslef, where as steve contributed to 27 out of 29 tracks, including 20 by himself.

Heck, i'll go on

Piece of mind: 6/9 tracks, (including 4 by himself)
Powerslave: 4/8 tracks (all by himself, including the 13 mintue 36 second 'rime of the ancient mariner')
Somwhere In Time: 5/8 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son: 7/8 tracks (inclduing 3 by himself)
No Prayer For The Dying: 7/10 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Fear Of The Dark: 7/12 tracks (including 5 by himself)
The X Factor: 10/11 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Virtual XI: 7/8 tracks (including 4 by himself)
Brave New World: 10/10 tracks (including 1 by himself)
Dance Of Death: 10/11 (including 1 by himself)

What's that - you want statistics as well?

Ok

Steve's contributed to 100 of Maiden's 126 tracks (not including B-sides)
That's nearly 79.5%
Steve's written 54 of Maiden's 126 tracks
That's approximatley 43%
In all the songs that steve's been credited with contributing to, he's written 54% of them by himself.

Now, compare this to cliff.

Cliff contributed to 34% of Metallica's tracks from when he was alive, writing just 4% of Metallica's tracks by himself.

So, Cliff wrote half of their first three three albums, then? He contributed to just over a third. Steve contributed to 93% of Maiden's first albums.

Nuff said[/QUOTE]

:amaze: awesome post :thumb:

*bows*

thankee, i do try.

and yes, ashman, i have far too much time ;)

man how long did it take you to come up with those statistics? impressive

iron maiden are my second favourite metal band

took but a mere half an hour - all it took was a calculator and the iron maiden and metallica websites.

who's your favourite?

er..... BUMP

why is it this thead isn't as popular as the metallica thread?

i bet we could over take 'em if we tried.

metallican bastards

hey lay off metallica, they're a good band, my one of my favourites, second only to maiden

[QUOTE=GurS]took but a mere half an hour - all it took was a calculator and the iron maiden and metallica websites.

who's your favourite?[/QUOTE]

you mean outta cliff and steve right?
i'd have to say steve harris coz u can hear all his basslines in the songs really well and just watch how fast he moves his fingers when he plays

...and he's a great songwriter

who went crazy with the admin and locked every other thread?

[QUOTE=Spirit_In_Black]you mean outta cliff and steve right?
i'd have to say steve harris coz u can hear all his basslines in the songs really well and just watch how fast he moves his fingers when he plays[/QUOTE]

Looks Much Faster than it is, i dont know how he manage to make it look that fast... i dont much problems playing his lines anyway... But, Steve is SOO much more mighty than That Cliff...

Burton was fast, but Steve is faster.

Steve doesnt solo as in live without any instruments, but if you listen closely to some songs, some bits sound like bass solos. For example, the very last part in 22 Acacia Avenue, theres a awesome bass bit, played real fast, with the guitars playing rhythm. Theres a similar thing in Number of the Beast, right after the first solo.

Burton was great, he brought a very musical approach to metallica's music. But Steve is the main man in Maiden, he does everything. Steve always keeps in mind what is suited to a particular piece of music, he doesnt play fast just cos its cool.

Plus whats called Maiden's trademark gallop rhythm is all in the bass. Also Steve's got the click sound, which i still havent figured out how he does, and that gives him a very distinct sound.