[!--QuoteBegin-lichen+Aug 2 2005, 08:35 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(lichen @ Aug 2 2005, 08:35 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]I last came here a couple years ago, and people were dissing maiden. Someone said Maiden isn't the end-all and be-all of metal. ... I heartily disagree.
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I think you misinterpreted the comments you read. Most people here would say that Maiden is their favorite band, but that the spectrum of metal is much wider and more diverse than just Maiden. I don't think anyone was 'dissing' Maiden; we were just advocating that people listen to other music, too.
I've been on this forum for a couple years, and I've only rarely seen geniune instances of Maiden getting 'dissed'. Furthermore, such statements are routinely contradicted in strong terms by the rest of us. If you had seen a genuine insult towards Maiden, you should also have seen a flame war break out.
Having said all that ... welcome! It's always good to see another Maiden fan from Denver around here. In fact, I think that makes 2 of us now. [!--emo&:rock:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/headbang.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'headbang.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
As far as your being "the most die-hard Maiden fan on the planet": don't even try to claim that. [!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--] Even if you're right, it's only going to start an unsolvable argument. There are a
lot of insanely dedicated Maiden fans on this forum.