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They would have been barely a month after Blaze got the gig, I suspect that Maiden probably just decided there wasn't any rush

I'd be fairly sure most of the collaborations between song writers now is the guitarist has pre written music and then either goes to Steve or Bruce for lyrics, in Steve's case he might then throw a riff or melody in or alter the arrangement. So a lot of talk about particular pairings is moot...

The real magic of it is that no one else plays it with the swagger of Maiden, which is why you'll always see it referred to as the 2 Minutes to Midnight riff, even though that wasn't the first version

I got a free flac download of Metallica from the Hardwired gig I was at as part of the ticket price. That would work

Didn't know Rod got an OBE

Each to their own, but I'd rather listen to a song and form judgement on it regardless of who did or didn't write it.

I would like a decent one from every tour, I wouldn't go down the path of buying every gig

Was it not a case of he became a footie mate because of Dirty Deeds support slot rather than the other way round

Saw Sepultura's last European show (allegedly) last night. There was a few other bands on the bill, I'd never seen any of them before. I missed the openers but they were followed by Sacred Reich, Bloodbath, Biohazard and then Sepultura. Sacred Reich were great, good sound and mostly the hits...

Without doubt All in Your Mind and Kill Me Ce Soir are the best side B of a Maiden single

Man on the Edge too, it's the usual trick of putting a bit more effort into the tracks you think are going to be singles. Compare MOTE kicking in to the aforementioned non-kick-in of the "standing alone in the wind and rain" part of SOTC

Original post is spot on, word for word. Only other contender is VXI. The first album is great for those songs, and if Steve hadn't spent 46 years moaning about it I don't think it would be being brought up. I also think NPFTD sounds fine for those songs. The other albums I'd nitpick about are...

The X Factor Took a few years before I came to appreciate it. I won't say it flew up the rankings table, but there's the bones of a good record there, and I think if you had have recorded it with Shirley and the current line up then it would be up to the standards of the reunion era albums.

Absolutely, Son of a Gun is a potential Maiden classic.

The Ides of March