Iron Maiden Fan?

[Kapo_Polenton]

His bas tone was so clean, almost like a piano. In my opinion he has the best bass tone of anyone in the rock/metal world.

Going on youtube and listening to Steve's isolated bass tracks is truly inspiring. So good and so real because you hear his timing speed up /slow down, all the clanking and sometimes less precise fingering on the gallops but the performance sits perfectly in the mix. Also, if you ever try to finger a Maiden song, your inner forearm will be on fire unless you regularly play.

 

[Greazygeo]

While in high school bought Piece Of Mind and Number of the Beast same day. No idea who they were, liked the covers. Thought they were ok. Summer 84 after graduation hooked up with some guys looking for a gtr player. They were doing a bunch of Maiden after learning the stuff liked it alot more.
Saw them on Powerslave with Accept, awesome show.
Played in a couple Iron Maiden tributes…pretty fun. Did all of Live After Death with the stage setup, Eddie and pyro…good times.

 

[MusicIsLife]

I bought Live After Death in 86 or so, based on the cover artwork, and I was pretty much hooked. In small town Iowa, driving to Pamida in a neighboring town, or wherever I could get to, to see if any stores carried other albums. Piece of Mind, Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Maiden Japan, and then finally the D'Anno ones. My walls were plastered with any Eddie posters I could get my hands on. I'm fairly certain the guitar work in particular help drive me to start playing.

I'm still a fan, but Like a lot of people, I think their earlier material is their best. More raw, fresh. More of a hunger. I'm sure nostalgia plays a role in that too. I travelled to Denver to see them last year, and I'm headed to L.A. to see them later this year.

Yeah, I even threw down for Derek Rigg's signed, hardcover book:

 

[Jakem]

My brother bought home Metallica, Iron Maiden, Paradise Lost, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses etc albums when I was young. I was Metallica fan at first and liked a few Iron Maiden songs but some Iron Maiden stuff production was not of my liking. As I got older I started liking Iron Maiden more and more and these days I love their 80s stuff, my favorite albums being 7th Son of a 7th Son and Somewhere in Time.

 

[Floyd Eye]

First time ever, a Maiden Thread!

Around the late '80s/early '90s, I might have said Metallica would be the all-time Champions of Metal, but then they became flatulent for at least 15 years, and never really found their way back to true form.

Maiden's only hiccup was when they were briefly without Bruce in the '90s, but they've been like Iron the rest of the time, and kick harder today than Metallica (having a real drummer helps). Maiden still fully live up to their OWN name in new songwriting quality and live performance. So Maiden are the all-time Champions.

Maiden are also the Rulers of Rio and Donnigton. And of course, Long Beach.

I started one a few months back.

 

[Kordoba]

In 1989 my parents moved from my small town in Mn where I grew up, to the twin cities. I was in the Army at the time, and was NOT happy when I went home on leave to find out that when they moved, they tossed ALL my records. Ugh. I also had a bunch of Star Wars stuff from the late 70s that I had kept, that they also tossed. Those damn things would be worth a TON today to collectors.

My parents did something similar. I went off to college in the fall of 1988. Came home a few years later, and they threw out all of my Circus and Hit Parader magazines, my WASP picture disks and singles, and my Raven cassettes lol.