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Ancient Mariner
Deep down he's probably just jealous that Maiden has managed to remain relevant and active enough to successfully tour extensively on new material so late into their career.
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Ancient Mariner
Yes, but he's also proud to be the frontman of a band that rules the stage and perform so immaculate that Maiden were intimidated and elected to play the slot before TW at some festival in Spain.
Twisted Sister guitarist says Iron Maiden once refused to play after them
Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French has claimed that Iron Maiden once refused to play after them at a festival due to intimidation.
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TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
srfc
Ancient Mariner
Yes, but he's also proud to be the frontman of a band that rules the stage and perform so immaculate that Maiden were intimidated and elected to play the slot before TW at some festival in Spain.
Twisted Sister guitarist says Iron Maiden once refused to play after them
Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French has claimed that Iron Maiden once refused to play after them at a festival due to intimidation.
I saw Maiden in Barcelona in 2013. Anthrax and Megadeth went on after Maiden then too. Maiden must be afraid of them too.
Or maybe, Maiden went on at their usual 9pm time slot in both gigs.
BludBrutha
Educated Fool
permanenteddie
Educated Fool
It remembers me of a song that I can't remember the name but some of the lyrics were : "dreams are my reality..." yeah, Jay Jay, keep on dreaming, for "sure" Maiden were really intimidated by Twisted Sister fansYes, but he's also proud to be the frontman of a band that rules the stage and perform so immaculate that Maiden were intimidated and elected to play the slot before TW at some festival in Spain.
Twisted Sister guitarist says Iron Maiden once refused to play after them
Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French has claimed that Iron Maiden once refused to play after them at a festival due to intimidation.
Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
I’m m not even sure that Twisted Sister and Iron Maiden should ever appear in a sentence together. The latter is class and the former is arse.
The Garlon
Nomad
I think Dee is a great singer and a great frontman. But he's no Bruce Dickinson.
Iron Lurker
Ancient Mariner
I really don't have an issue with Twisted Sister. I was a fan and had several of their albums. Yes, Dee has some strong opinions but I will always give him props for standing up for our music in front of the US Congress for those hearings. I saw TS open for Accept on the Metal Heart tour and Dee said they were going to be coming back and open for Maiden. He seemed to be happy about that. When I saw them with Maiden on the Powerslave tour I remember Dee saying to the crowd before their last song "Are you ready for Iron Maiden to come out and kick your ass??!"
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Twisted Sister were a great band and Dee Snider is a great singer and a fantastic showman. Sure, he can be an opinionated arsehole at times, but being Maiden fans we should be used to that with Bruce, shouldn’t we?
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
Dee has some shit opinions about Maiden, but I don’t think he’s less intelligent for it. I’ll pick Maiden any day over TW, but it doesn’t mean I’m gonna insult Dee or the band just because they disagree with how Maiden should be doing things.
AncientMariner_Essex
Ancient Mariner
Lol this did give me a chuckle reading this.
Dee Snider Explains His Problem With Metallica's 'Self-Serving' Live Show Concept: 'People Are There for the Hits'
'The percentage of people who know the deeper cuts and are willing to accept not hearing 'Enter Sandman' one night, that's a very small bunch of peopl...www.ultimate-guitar.com
Comments from Dee Snider talking about the new Metallica tour and he also brings up Maiden for the AMOLAD tour:
"And then I harken back to when Iron Maiden toured. Remember they played the entire new album; they refused to play any of their hits. Audience was furious. Bruce [Dickinson] was yelling at the crowd because they weren't getting into it. It was self-serving to do that. And the next year they came back, and it was the biggest hits only, 'cause they had to make up for that."
I know they got some flak in America but it wasn't like that elsewhere, was it?
Once upon a time the “hits” were just tracks on an album that was released and Twisted Sister went off and toured the album(s) but then stopped releasing new music and spent the next 3 decades just playing the same stuff over and over. That’s fine if thats what they wanted to do but bands like Maiden and Metallica didn’t want to do that and have stayed relevant and have huge fan bases because they wanted to continue releasing new music and tour to support it. This forum itself is an example to why Maiden are a big successful band as there’s a lot of people posting here who only became fans during the reunion era.
Twisted sister play small clubs because they have no new music to promote so the only fans watching them live are a handful of middle aged fans trying to relive their youth for an evening.
How can it be self-serving and piss off casual fans when these tours are properly advertised. Metallica have made it very clear what this current tour is all about so if a casual fan buys a ticket and get pissed off that’s their problem.
Same with Maiden, since the reunion the band have been very consistent in alternating hits tours with album tours so fans know what they are gonna get when they buy a ticket.
The Red and the Black
Ancient Mariner
Only if it’s good.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
Arguably any band that releases new music does so under the premise that they think the new songs are worth it. Taste is subjective of course, but I fully agree that new music should be played live, otherwise we drift into "cabaret act" territory, as it once was said
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Arguably any band that releases new music does so under the premise that they think the new songs are worth it. Taste is subjective of course, but I fully agree that new music should be played live, otherwise we drift into "cabaret act" territory, as it once was said
As much as I dislike Virtual XI, I was quite proud when Maiden toured the album and played many songs off it. It showed that they believed in the material.
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Ascendingthethrone
Ancient Mariner
I like the album and I think many of the songs come to life on the stage. Especially, the Educated Fool.
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