Search results

This morning I grabbed my copy of Best of the Beast and put it on the CD player. Other than being a great intro to Maiden as a 8 year old back in the day, I still think the single disc copy holds up as a great introduction to the band. I have other Maiden compilations in the collection and this...

I need to get this one off my chest. When did backing tracks just become an accepted part of live music? Maybe I am set in my ways, but how can you a show live if the band are essentially just playing along to a backing track? You want it to sound like the record? Hire some extra musicians to...

I think I have seen this thread before, but what the hell. Describe each Maiden album with one word. Make it sensible, funny or controversial. Iron Maiden. Raw Killers. Leftovers The Number of the Beast. Fresh Piece of Mind. Fresher Powerslave. Noodling Somewhere in Time. Lasers Seventh Son of...

Based on a comment on another thread, I thought this would be an interesting discussion. Do you associate certain Maiden albums with different times of year? For me, I always associate Dance of Death with the summer time. Not sure why. It came out in September. I suppose there are quite a few...

I went to see the tribute and ‘Ion Maiden’ last night. For £12 it was excellent value. They put on a great show and the musicianship was outstanding. Considering you have to replicate the freak of nature that is Bruce Dickinson, I thought the singer did a good job. Here is the set list. I would...

I have been sorting out my music collection today and I was having a look at which albums I have multiple copies of. Here are my top 5. Dance of Death. Original CD, Remastered 2015 CD, DVD Audio and 2017 vinyl reissue. Senjutsu. CD, book CD, vinyl and box set (the latter I snagged for £12 last...

If Maiden had toured Senjutsu during these years instead of Legacy and TFP tour, what do you think the setlist would have looked like? Here’s mine. It is put together based on comments from the band over the last few years. It’s not adventurous, but I think it is realistic. Senjutsu Stratego...

Pearl Jam just released tour dates for next year. £160 is the rumoured price for a ticket. If this is the case, I’m done with big gigs by huge bands. I saw PJ in 2008 for £45. I don’t remember inflation being at 300%. I’m going to save my money and support local bands.

What are some of your favourite recurring inside jokes that only Maiden forum fans would know? For me, it has to be that Steve Harris played drums on Virtual XI.

I find this an interesting topic. There are so many albums that I see being discussed on here that are always compared to another albums. Are there Maiden albums that you can’t help compare when you listen to them? For me, every time I listen to Senjutsu I compare it to Book of Souls. Purely...

I was in a record store yesterday, and I thought that it would be good to hear people’s thoughts on this. Who here still collects physical music? I’m 33, and I have been collecting CDs since I can remember. When we inherited my wife’s grandparents old record player, I decided to collect vinyl...

In anticipation for the new tour, I thought it would be good to crack out another generic thread to reflect on our favourite IM live memories. I have seen them on 7 tours. My first gig was Reading Festival 2005. I also saw them on both the 2018 and 2022 legs of the LOTB tour. Here are my top 5...

Morning. I was rummaging through some paperwork and found the tour programme to the A Matter of Life and Death. It was nice to revisit that special tour. I saw them at Earls Court on the 22nd December. I remember the power going out and running across Waterloo bridge trying to get the last train...

I’m not one normally one for playlists but they are nice to have on sometimes. Has anyone got some good ideas for Maiden playlists? The only one I have is ‘Maiden by 3’. This is where I am limited to 3 songs off each album.

I have been listening to TFF all week and forgot how ‘proggy’ some of Adrian’s songs were on that album. Over the last two albums, I feel he had been playing it safe by writing more straightforward songs. I love TWOTW and TGU but I feel the other songs of his recently haven’t been as strong. I...

Yesterday, I managed to pick up a near-mint condition copy of Powerslave on vinyl. I am dead chuffed with the find in a local record shop and for £25! The reason I mentioned this is because I think this is the first time I have heard a Maiden album pre-1995 with it's original mastering. This...

I am a big fan of geeky lists and this has been one that I have been thinking about all week. With the release of the new live album, I was wondering about songs that have been performed live and ones that have not been released in some way. Below is a list of songs that I believe have been...

I have been on a few FB groups for bootlegs and rare items and it seems that more and more people are selling bootlegs these days. When I got hold of some bootlegs about 15 years ago, I did all by trading. Is it now acceptable to sell them or is it still frowned upon? Personally I hope it is the...

I had this thought last night. If you had the chance to sit in and watch a tour rehearsal, which one would it be? I’m talking about pre-production rehearsals where they try out songs before taking them on the road. Mine would have been the Early Years tour. I remember Nicko saying in an...

Just recently, I finally finished my Maiden vinyl reissue collection. However, I had hardly listened to any of them all the way through or even got them out of the wrapping. Therefore I thought I would make good use of the winter evenings here in the UK. My wife rehearses with her choir every...