I saw Iron Maiden and Motörhead this weekend
Myself, my girlfriend, and a friend of ours took a road trip this weekend to Columbus, Ohio because we got free tickets to see Iron Maiden, Dio, and Motörhead (and good tickets at that ). Motörhead ruled as expected, but they had a rather short set, which disappointed me. Dio was very satisfyingly set on slaying dragons. Iron Maiden gave me chills, it's amazing to see a band that's been going as long as Iron Maiden, still rock out just as bad ass as ever, especially from the 5th row. Anybody here seen Iron Maiden?
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I didn't think those two bands even existed anymore as such. I remember Maiden used to crank out the albums back in the 80's. They were to metal what Madonna was to pop. I remember people calling into radio shows with the "what would you do for front row Maiden tickets?" thing. One guy called in and said he'd give them his mother.
The sick fuk. I wonder what that guy is doing today. Probably an investment banker.
The only Maiden album I liked was the one with pyramids on the cover: Powerslave.
Heh. What a name. Had some seriously crankin tunes on that one. I was more of Scorpions and Van Halen kid back in the day though. I wasn't bitter / angst-ridden enough to be a Maiden fan. Bizarre how every generation has one or two bands that attract those kinds of kids like magnets.
I recall almost every Maiden fan I knew back then totally "hated" their parents, were always getting into trouble (mostly to piss the parental units off), farking up in school. Maiden was the band for the angry crew.
Originally posted by nx7oe
Iron Maiden Sucks
Seriously, what's your deal?
Originally posted by iBrowse
Dio was very satisfyingly set on slaying dragons.
Dio has rocked for a long, long time,
Now it's time for him to pass the torch.
He has songs of wildebeests and angels,
He has soared on the wings of a demon.
It's time to pass the torch,
You're too old to rock, no more rockin' for you.
We're takin' you to a home,
But we will sing a song about you.
Originally posted by iBrowse
Seriously, what's your deal?
Yah, what he ^ said. Keep up that "Iron Maiden sucks" stuff and we'll sick Eddy on your ass.
I have met Bruce Dickenson too. He flew his plane to KC and did a private acoustice jam with a guitar player at an expensive wine bistro I worked at. There were only 8 people in the room. Aint that wild? He was a true gentleman. Flew in, jammed, hung out, and flew home. Wow.
FYI: Bruce was an Olympic fencing contender too. Yup. Tis true.