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Azas said:
In the '90s, one of my country's TV channels used to broadcast metal concerts on Friday or Saturday nights. I think there must have been some metal fans working there, because over the course of a year or so they showed Behind the Iron Curtain, Live After Death, Maiden England, and Raising Hell. I was blown away by all of it. I think that's really how I discovered Maiden.

It was so different and kick-ass. We had only been independent for a few years, and those were wild times, including on television.

Watching those live shows, I absolutely adored everything about them - the show itself, the music, the boys on stage. I even thought their jesterish clothing on Live After Death was great. It never even crossed my mind that I might dislike any of them.

You could sense their personalities from the way they behaved on stage while playing. Nicko was funny and completely owned his drum kit. Steve was badass. Bruce was the ultimate frontman. And both guitarists seemed very intelligent, professional and restrained - maybe even a little shy.

And boy, the way they played those guitars was honey to my ears.

So I don't share the impression some of you have regarding Adrian's character. I never got any negative impression of him at all. Even then, I thought he looked stylish and was a great guitar player.
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I Can see me there. About the whs videos. For me they were my heroes, maiden england was my fav show. I saw all off them all the time. Thats why my first iron maiden show was a complete let down lol. Because they didnt use the backdrop because the wind and you could see the small buildings behind from a small spanish town. And thats what i not used to see on the vhs. That was xfactor 95
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
For me it was all just knee jerk reactions of a young person. Like, strats looked cool, pointy Lados did not so Adrian was at the back of the queue from the start. Those white tassles on his sleeveless jacket in the Maiden England video, oh my, I wanted to be sick. At the same time I thought everyone else looked cool as fuck in their spandex. Go figure. But yeah, I was a child.

Sounds like a wonderful tv channel you had there.
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I recall watching Maiden England VHS with a pal of mine over 20 years ago. I burst out laughing when he said "that bloke looks like he just walked onstage from a Duran Duran concert!" about Adrian's outfit!

Also we were teenagers so go figure. Same friend and me also preferred Janick but partly because we were FOTD era fans.
 
Im watching live shows of other bands apart of the classics and the big ones for ex Angra has screens on the amps and behind. I really hope maiden go back on the next tour to old backdrops old stage and big eddies and other surprises. Its like all the bands have that kind of stage. Gnr helloween maiden angra judas.
 
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