Recent content by Eddie's Uncle

So pretty much what EVERY band does which is not full-time professional. And still many of them do better.

Being a band member and standing on stage / in the studio playing with the band can be two completely different things. Look at Megadeth for example. They have a fix line up, yet the only band member is Dave Mustaine. Everyone else is hired for a loan by the Megadeth company. So this termination...

Listened to Mandrake twice. Some decent stuff, some terribly generic stuff too. Why not? Just because it's made by them? A turd is a turd. It does not make the great albums of the favourite band any worse, so I have no problems to admit if my fave band did a turd. Maiden is the band example...

Didn't know about the meaning of the bear, but I suspected something like that. Of course all your points are valid and correct. But it still looks absolutely ridiculous and childish. Being unique and different is not ALWAYS a good thing... Right. It's just another Killers Eddie with an axe...

Never understood instrumentals. No matter how good it is, it would still be better with a great (!) vocal line above it. I rarely listen to them. In this comparison, only TLITD is really appealing to me. Orion needs either to be shorter or have some singing. Transilvania is the only good Maiden...

This. I own a closet full of band shirts, but only 2 Maiden shirts (candle middle finger Eddie and The Trooper). Also used to own a Live After Death shirt from 1993 but it fell apart. Maiden shirts are usually too upfront, too colourful, and often too comic for me. I absolutely love the old...

Everything about this quote is so far off reality that it must be moved to the fan fiction subforum.

This one made my day. Some weeny watched a horror movie and now he pisses himself because there are always people there.

Stole this from the Guns N Roses reddit. Describe a Maiden song as poorly as you can. Others may guess the song. F.e.: A guy is about to be executed and can't really believe it, but actually he does not care much. (Hallowed Be Thy Name) There is a siren and someone explains how to start an...

I am rather sure that came from record sales... If I am not mistaken, Overkill and Exodus were signed to majors too in the early 90s, albeit with much smaller sales.

It's totally okay not to like that album, and yes, it is every cliché turned to the max. But calling it a parody attempt to stay relevant is a very odd assessment. I'd say Turbo was much more of a calculated move to be hip by distorting their own style. Same with Demolition.

No. Absolutely nobody :lol: I don't even share your love of any Anthrax album. Vastly overrated band. How they made it into the big 4 is the second biggest miracle in Heavy Metal (the biggest is how Run To The Hills could become such a huge classic). Fistful of Metal and Spreading the Disease...

I think it is slightly underrated. Better than one might think upon first listen, but also definitely weaker than the following albums. It also features several songs that are very untypical for Maiden, and you can tell they developed into a direction that would soon be too difficult for Paul...

I always wanted to review my favourite Maiden album last, but I guess I will not make it through all of their catalogue, so what the heck. Here I go. SSOASS is my favourite Maiden album of all time. Has been so from the first time I heard it (it was the 3rd Maiden album I ever listened to). It...