Iron Maiden rocks the house

**IliaDN** · 08-16-2005, 10:19

Originally Posted by English assassin

Not as such but they ARE headlining Reading on Sunday AND I'M GOING !!

Oh ****, I know it is bad - but I am getting envious!

**Axeknight** · 08-16-2005, 16:57

I'm listening to their first album right now - man, that opening riff to Prowler is so cool! Dave Murray is one of my all-time fav guitarists

**Kurando** · 08-16-2005, 17:50

One of the reasons I always thought that Maiden rocked so profoundly is that they wrote songs about some really interesting stuff that no other metal bands would write about. Run for the hills is a good example of this.

Definitely a legendary metal band, thanks for the trip down memory lane Hurin_Rules.

**King Ragnar** · 08-16-2005, 19:17

I seen them a few years back on a UK tour, very very good, Long live Cousin Eddie!!!

**JAG** · 08-21-2005, 03:23

Sounded like a brilliant gig, as ever with Maiden.

Have fun at Reading EA. I am going to see Maiden at the Apollo on the 2nd with a mate at their special fund raising concert for Clive, it should be something extremely special. I can't wait, really, really, can't wait.

Maiden, the best band to ever play.

**Proletariat** · 08-21-2005, 06:59

You weenies. It's all about teh Cradle of Filth!!!!111!!!11!!

Lock teh thred!!11!

**Taffy_is_a_Taff** · 08-21-2005, 09:20

Cradle of Flith

I met a girl who had been in one of the videos. She said that Dani Flith was given a box to stand on in their scene together so that he didn't look tiny compared to her (she was only about average heght).

**English assassin** · 08-22-2005, 10:40

Have fun at Reading EA. I am going to see Maiden at the Apollo on the 2nd with a mate at their special fund raising concert for Clive, it should be something extremely special. I can't wait, really, really, can't wait.

That will be something. I'm excited enough about Reading and they will only have just over an hour for their set, and its 80,000 in a field. A full set at the Apollo would be awesome. How come they are platying the Apollo its not like they couldn't sell out Docklands at least? Still, don't ask, I guess.

The only trouble is I am going to spend the whole weekend thinking, yeah, the Pixies/QOTSA/insert other great band here are OK, but lets get to the main attraction.

Nice one Prole, you got me on first reading...

**Hurin_Rules** · 08-22-2005, 17:01

Originally Posted by JAG

...at their special fund raising concert for Clive...

Clive Burr? What are they doing for him?

**drone** · 08-24-2005, 20:19

In case you hadn't heard:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Musi...eut/index.html

Originally Posted by Reuters

Iron Maiden manager: Ozzfest fans 'vile'
Condemns group who threw lighters and eggs at band

Wednesday, August 24, 2005; Posted: 1:39 p.m. EDT (17:39 GMT)

NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Iron Maiden's manager has condemned Ozzfest fans who pelted the band with debris during its performance at the hard rock festival's weekend stop near Los Angeles.

The British metal veterans also endured periodic outages of the sound system, and Ozzfest organizer Sharon Osbourne came on stage afterwards to call Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson a "prick" for allegedly berating her husband, Ozzy Osbourne.

Sunday's dramatic show in San Bernardino, California, was Iron Maiden's last on the Ozzfest tour; Velvet Revolver has joined the lineup in its place.

"In 30 years in this business and after hundreds of gigs I have never seen anything anywhere near as disgusting and unprofessional as what went on that night," Ron Smallwood said on Maiden's Web site (http://www.ironmaiden.com).

"The scale, viciousness and concentration of the throwing made it obvious that this was a premeditated and coordinated attack. Assaulting musicians while performing by throwing bottle tops, lighters and eggs at them from just a few yards away is vile, dangerous, criminal and cowardly."

Without naming names, Smallwood says he knew who was responsible for attempting to sabotage Iron Maiden's set, audio and video clips of which have begun circulating online.

"Those who participated or stood idly by and watched as all this went down should also be ashamed of themselves and I would certainly hope they never come near a tour with which we are involved," Smallwood added.

"If l had any sort of problem or misunderstanding with a band working on a tour we were involved in I would go and talk to them or their manager -- not wait until the end of a tour and assault and ambush them," he continued.

Some more from the Maiden site:
http://www.ironmaiden.com/index.php?...1&subsection=1

When you see them in the UK, give them a good welcome, looks like they could use it.

Originally Posted by Hurin_Rules

Clive Burr? What are they doing for him?

They are doing another concert at Hammersmith.
http://www.ironmaiden.com/article.ph...rticle_id=1175