Iron Maiden Fan?

[LPMojoGL]

I know. Old band. Old news.
I'm on an Iron Maiden kick.
I recently watched all the parts of "The History of Iron Maiden" on YT.
It gave me a new appreciation for the band. I already loved them. Ed Hunter Tour, Bronco Bowl Dallas 1999, is one of the best concerts I've ever experienced. I have even more respect for them now.
7th Son was the first cassette I bought for myself, on the suggestion of friends, without ever having heard Iron Maiden before. I quickly worked my way back through their catalog.
Piece of Mind thru 7th Son are my favs. McBrain took that band to the next level, imo.
I can, and often do, listen to any of those albums all the way thru, over and over. Usually on cassette while I'm working on a motorcycle or something else in the garage.

The intro for Die With Your Boots On is killer:


Same for Sea Of Madness:


In the spirit of Maiden fanboying, slapped an old Dimarzio DP100 Super Distortion into my Explorer last night. I've had the 500t, Godwood, Psykes and an old JBJ in there. I've only had the SD in superstrats, and never cared for it. Initial impressions in the Exploder, killer! Going to explore (no pun intended) this combo for a while. EVH, Maiden, plethora of others can't be wrong.

 

[watson503]

One of the first bands I really got into as a kid after I discovered metal, they were the second concert I went to, saw them on the Powerslave tour with WASP opening and would see them for the next two tours (Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son). I remember going to Montgomery Wards when I was 9 and how hard it was to decide on what album of theirs to buy just going by the cover art..Piece Of Mind had just come out but I went with Number Of The Beast and that was all it took...all of these years later, I still love them but those albums from the self-titled to Seventh Son are my favorites.

 

[LPMojoGL]

Wish I could've seen the Powerslave tour!
They were so good in 99. I had seen plenty of great concerts, but they were freaking brilliant.
I guess Maiden was my gateway into metal. I was into LZ, PF, AC/DC, GnR, Dokken, Tesla...then quickly got into Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth Ozzy/Sabbath after getting 7th Son. I still have all of those cassettes. Some of em don't sound so great anymore. I'm slowly building up a vinyl collection, and every once in a while grab one of those old albums. Dark Side on 180g vinyl sounds amazing. Just realized I have no old Maiden on vinyl, just Senjutsu. Gotta fix that.

 

[Monkey Man]

I always favoured Maiden 'cause of Steve Harris' bass playing.

That gallop, and also the fact that he played without a pick back when almost every other man and his dog in metal used one. Gave it punch, which I loved.

 

[LPMojoGL]

I always favoured Maiden 'cause of Steve Harris' bass playing.

That gallop, and also the fact that he played without a pick back when almost every other man and his dog in metal used one. Gave it punch, which I loved.

He's a madman on bass. Almost his own thing, really.
You get a sense of how it was Steve's focus and intuition that drove that band to being the beast they became, after watching "The History of IM".
It's amazing, the amount of thought, planning, support and care that was given to their tours, image, keeping the band's integrity. They had such a great team of smart, creative people backing them. It started, and was ultimately guided by Harris. But he had the best team a guy could ask for.