Recent content by Donner

Quest For Fire - I think this is a very strong song musically. Seems like folks check out after the dinosaur line though, which honestly isn't that much dumber than nearly all post 70s Priest lyrics. I've always liked this song a lot. The Assassin - for a very brief time of my life shortly...

It's Adrian for me and by quite a bit. I think his riff writing is the most stand out of the 3 guitarists. When I think of Dave I think of smooth intros that Steve builds a song around (exception - Breeg assuming he wrote the main riff). When I think of Janick, I think of recycled acoustic...

I'm looking forward to the book the most. I actually think it has the potential to be rather interesting. Bruce's book had way too much flying stuff (interesting kind of, but not something I care too much about) and Adrian's had way too much fishing stuff (I care not one iota at all about...

I think it's beyond clear by now that Steve values someone he can work with (and or control I suppose) over pure technical chops. Hence why he hired Janick, Blaze or Simon. All good players in their own right, but maybe not the absolute best around. But after all, being in a band isn't just...

Seeing how great the performances so far have been of Infinite Dreams it really makes me wonder why this song has been out of the set list since the Seventh Son Tour. It crams so much amazing into 6 minutes it's crazy. In another universe this would have been on a steady...

Infinite Dreams is the only one remotely possible and happens to be the one I'd like to see the most get added to the setlist. Whether it will or not, I'd bet not terribly likely. But I'd love to be proven wrong.

I'd still bet no setlist changes are far more likely than there being any setlist changes. No need to build up false hopes for things that aren't likely.

I saw Burning Ambition last night here along with about 20 or so other folks (honestly, not bad for a 6PM showing on a week night in Fairfax. VA). Overall, I really enjoyed it. Pluses - A good deal of footage I have not seen before. And some scenes started with footage I had seen but then...

1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son- Has been my favorite album of all time (not just Maiden) for nearly 30 years now and I don't really ever expect that to change. The entire album is ranges from great to incredible. On some days, The Evil That Men Do and Infinite Dreams are tied for my second...

I've been lucky enough to see them 31 times over the years. My favorites would be - 1996, Baltimore - my first Maiden show. This was at the semi legendary Hammerjacks club in Baltimore (featured on the SIT artwork) and was an amazing experience. I found out about the show about 2 days...

Of the two, Book of Souls has the higher highs I'd say with If Eternity Should Fail and the title track. But there's also a lot of mediocre middling material on that album and I've never ever warmed up to liking Empire of the Clouds all that much. I just find myself liking singular moments...

I bought tickets to a showing in my area last night. If you are in the US, check out Fandango for local listings. It's at 6:00 PM on May 7. If you are in the DC area there are a number of locations with showings listed on this date.

Regarding the name, I'm just glad they went with something other than "____" of the Beast.

I believe you are thinking of Machine Men, which do sound a bit like Maiden with a singer that does sound a great deal like mid 80s Bruce.

To me, OTGDY is a great song off of one of Maiden's best albums and seems like a song that would work well live (as opposed to something like The Prophecy) and is one of only 2 tracks they never played from Seventh Son live. Which I guess means folks think it has a shot, but I pretty much...