Well, maybe I had the wrong impression about the forum. But it is certain that nobody objected when I was told that Maiden isn't the end-all or be-all of metal.
I had come on to the forum to express my enthusiasm for BNW, which I had just bought. I said that there is no other band like Maiden, none that have the same sort of soul and spirit. And nobody appreciated what I was saying. I was dissapointed. [!--emo&:unsure:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/unsure.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'unsure.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
So I wandered off, and now I'm back.
Today I started my day with Tyranny of Souls, which replayed several times while I worked at fine woodsmithing in a large, expensive custom Swedish cope log home. I didn't really notice that it had been several hours. So I changed it to Bruce's Best. Then I played Powerslave, and we listened to that until it was time to leave, then my buddy played Seventh Son. We listened to that all the way home.
The other day, I asked him, at another house, if he ever gets tired of me playing Maiden all the time. He surprised me, saying no, I really like em too.
Occasionally, I decide to hear some other music, and I actually have a wide range of interests, and hundreds of albums. But for the most part, I am content to listen to Maiden all day long, every day. Of course, I really like Crube's solo stuff, too.
As for me not being the most hardcore Maiden fan in the world, I am glad to hear it