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Invader
I first got into Maiden when I saw the video for Aces High on Top Of The Pops....
My only sources for pre-internet information were The Friday Rock Show and Kerrang! (Metal Hammer was very amateur in those days, and Raw only started in '88
The Friday Rock show was where I heard for sure that Maiden were headlining Donington in 88, and in 92. It was also where I first heard Wasted Years, CIPWMadness, Holy Smoke and Be Quick... I get the feeling Tommy Vance wasn't the biggest Maiden fan in the universe, I think he was more of a Priest guy, back when there was still a real rivalry between the two bands.
Kerrang was good for tracklistings and The Big Interview before an album came out, and there was a great two page spread of a photo of the Somewhere On Tour stage set the week before the Big Live Review. Albie and I have posted before about the review of the first proper gig with Janick. The worst was a headline on the front page when Adrian quit, which was the first I'd heard of it. I could deal with Bruce leaving, but not H...
Of course Mick Wall's relationship with the band meant that there was always a good long interview, sometimes over two issues, to pore over...
Not to mention the full page adverts, which was the only way to see the artwork before the lp hit the racks, and usually featured the tour dates too. The ad for Wasted Years said something about Maiden taking metal into the 21st Century, which has proved to be eerily prescient, but I don't think any of us who were fans at the time expected Iron Maiden would still be a going concern 24 years after that advert was printed....
Maybe us oldies could have a reminiscence section as there's some great stories about being a fan in the earlier years...
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Now playing: Pink Floyd - Echoes
via FoxyTunes
My only sources for pre-internet information were The Friday Rock Show and Kerrang! (Metal Hammer was very amateur in those days, and Raw only started in '88
The Friday Rock show was where I heard for sure that Maiden were headlining Donington in 88, and in 92. It was also where I first heard Wasted Years, CIPWMadness, Holy Smoke and Be Quick... I get the feeling Tommy Vance wasn't the biggest Maiden fan in the universe, I think he was more of a Priest guy, back when there was still a real rivalry between the two bands.
Kerrang was good for tracklistings and The Big Interview before an album came out, and there was a great two page spread of a photo of the Somewhere On Tour stage set the week before the Big Live Review. Albie and I have posted before about the review of the first proper gig with Janick. The worst was a headline on the front page when Adrian quit, which was the first I'd heard of it. I could deal with Bruce leaving, but not H...
Of course Mick Wall's relationship with the band meant that there was always a good long interview, sometimes over two issues, to pore over...
Not to mention the full page adverts, which was the only way to see the artwork before the lp hit the racks, and usually featured the tour dates too. The ad for Wasted Years said something about Maiden taking metal into the 21st Century, which has proved to be eerily prescient, but I don't think any of us who were fans at the time expected Iron Maiden would still be a going concern 24 years after that advert was printed....
Maybe us oldies could have a reminiscence section as there's some great stories about being a fan in the earlier years...
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Now playing: Pink Floyd - Echoes
via FoxyTunes