Anything Maiden

BronsonTB · 28-01-2020 5:14pm

'Iorn Maiden' tribute playing at the Sligo Whiplash Metalfest this year in Aug.
(Over 2hrs of a World Slavery setlist)

shanec1928 · 27-04-2020 3:03pm

assume the belfast gig will get cancelled although no word yet.

jack presley · 27-04-2020 3:14pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

assume the belfast gig will get cancelled although no word yet.

Ah yeah, definitely not going ahead but whether it's cancelled or postponed, we'll have to wait and see.

All the gigs 2 weeks prior to the Belfast date and the following 2 weeks of gigs are all cancelled/postponed already so even if in the highly unlikely situation that mass gatherings in Northern Ireland are somehow permitted, it wouldn't make financial sense for the band to run this one show instead of the 9 or 10 that were originally planned for that period so cancel any hotel or transport you had booked.

Gonzo · 07-05-2020 4:20pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

assume the belfast gig will get cancelled although no word yet.

Iron Maiden in Belfast is now cancelled and not being rescheduled either.

blastman · 08-05-2020 4:35pm

Full statement here, but no Belfast on the re-scheduled dates.

Seth Brundle · 09-05-2020 10:54am

blastman wrote: »

Full statement here, but no Belfast on the re-scheduled dates.

Nothing about any UK dates mentioned there. Were there other gigs scheduled other than Donington?

jack presley · 09-05-2020 10:59am

The most intriguing line of that statement to me was "This is mainly because we already had an extremely busy year lined up for 2021". I know there were rumours of an album already recorded so am I putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5 and thinking its release and promotion could be what they are getting at with that line?

Wrongway1985 · 09-05-2020 5:14pm

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Nothing about any UK dates mentioned there. Were there other gigs scheduled other than Donington?

They do mention festivals not playing a part of the rerouting (of which even Belsonic was deemed) they were also due to headline the likes of Graspop, Tons of Rock, Copenhell too.

PTH2009 · 20-05-2020 5:07pm

Terrible about Bruce's estranged wife

Life can be so cruel

scudzilla · 11-08-2020 1:48am

Just heard that Martin Birch has passed away, this makes me very sad

Produced every Maiden album from Killers up to Fear of the Dark

blastman · 11-08-2020 11:56am

scudzilla wrote: »

Just heard that Martin Birch has passed away, this makes me very sad

Produced every Maiden album from Killers up to Fear of the Dark

Just heard this last night, very sad to hear he's gone as he produced the soundtrack to a large chunk of my life. I didn't realise he basically retired after Fear Of The Dark when he was only 42.

RIP, Farmer.....

jack presley · 11-08-2020 12:00pm

Killers to Seven Son, has there been a better run of albums that sound so good? And they all sound completely different to each other too.

Nephilim Wolf · 06-09-2020 6:49pm

I hope it's alright to post here, as no one else has in a while. I have quite a huge collection of classic Derek Riggs Eddie's and a lot very rare Eddie pics too, and scanned in to my computer at hi-res to very very hi-res pictures. I've been collecting Eddie pics since around 1992. I nearly have all them except for three I can't seem to get hold of. If anybody is looking for particular Eddie's and of course in very hi-res let me know, as I'll more than likely have what your looking for.:)

scudzilla · 07-09-2020 11:11am

Nephilim Wolf wrote: »

I hope it's alright to post here, as no one else has in a while. I have quite a huge collection of classic Derek Riggs Eddie's and a lot very rare Eddie pics too, and scanned in to my computer at hi-res to very very hi-res pictures. I've been collection Eddie pics since around 1992. I nearly have all them except for three I can't seem to get hold of. If anybody is looking for particular Eddie's and of course in very hi-res let me know, as I'll more than likely have what your looking for.:)

Nice, have you got any originals or prints? Come to think of it, did he ever sell any originals/prints?

Nephilim Wolf · 07-09-2020 6:59pm

scudzilla wrote: »

Nice, have you got any originals or prints? Come to think of it, did he ever sell any originals/prints?

I have some original 80's Christmas cards, posters, promos, adverts, and magazine cuttings. I don't have all physical Eddie Christmas cards though. I have scans of the 1981 and 1982 cards, but I have all the other Derek Riggs cards from 1980 to 1999. The 1981 card is a quite good scan, but I wish it was better. The 1982 card is excellent, and not pixelated. I also have all the best calendars from 1990, 1994, 1995, 2005, and 2008. I didn't bother with the other calendars as they only have band pics which I find boring! I reckon I may have one of the best vintage Eddie collections in Europe. However I'm missing three Eddie's though, the 1990 DJ Eddie, X-Factor decapitated Eddie and a rare Eddie Derek did during the '90s.

I posted a small collection of low res samples on Maiden Fans.com. Both here:

https://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/more-very-rare-eddie-pics.71081/

And here:
https://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/even-very-rare-eddie-pics-prt-2.71087/

That's only a small collection of what I have. I meant to say that I also have a huge collection of Iron Maiden Albums, Singles, rare Eddie's, and Live Eddie's without any type at all which are rare to come across. Just remember that those Eddie images posted on Maidenfans.com are just low res samples.;) I'm not sure if he ever soled any originals or prints. They would be very pricey if he did. I meant to say I have all the rare Eddie's from 'Best of The Beast' and every rare Eddie from the 1998 remaster CDs. Pm me and let me know what you're looking for, and hopefully, I'll have it. I just hope you have eh hard drive space as some pics are between 20Mb and 40 to 60MB.

scudzilla · 07-09-2020 9:54pm

damn, 20-40mb per pic, thats mad

I love the earlier era, up to 7th son, have you a somewhere in time?

Nephilim Wolf · 07-09-2020 11:15pm

scudzilla wrote: »

damn, 20-40mb per pic, that's mad

I love the earlier era, up to 7th son, have you somewhere in time?

The highest files I have are between 60 to 120mb! My whole Derek Riggs folder is just over 8gb! I have all those eras. I have a scan of Somewhere in Time vinyl and Somewhere in Time without any type. I also have Stranger in a Strange Land without any type and also Somewhere on Tour without type. Funny enough 'Somewhere in Time' is my all-time favorite Maiden album, so I have a lot Eddie images from that period, both normal, Christmas (which is rare) and other very rare images too. There are 10 or so more Eddie images apart from the cover, Wasted Years and Stranger in a Strange Land Eddies that are also rare and hard to come by in either a high-quality image or another reproduction, etc.

Anyway, pm me what you are looking for or I can send you some rare Eddie's from 1981 to 1988. 1980 has no real hard to find Eddie's apart from the 1980 Christmas card which I also have. Or you can pm me the Eddie's your looing for through links from the net, and of course, I'll send you the much higher-res versions.

jack presley · 23-09-2020 9:07pm

30 years ago today, Maiden played their first Irish gig. My first real rock gig. Great night.

peter4918 · 23-09-2020 10:33pm

jack presley wrote: »

30 years ago today, Maiden played their first Irish gig. My first real rock gig. Great night.

September 23rd 1990 - the Point depot. Etched into my brain forever. What a night!!

Okon · 25-09-2020 7:59pm

peter4918 wrote: »

September 23rd 1990 - the Point depot. Etched into my brain forever. What a night!!

A brilliant gig. Maiden really were in top form... Wolfsbane was support that night and they were very good too. I wonder what became of their lead singer?

Ash.J.Williams · 25-09-2020 8:07pm

jack presley wrote: »

30 years ago today, Maiden played their first Irish gig. My first real rock gig. Great night.

what the hell kept them so long?

scudzilla · 25-09-2020 9:48pm

Okon wrote: »

A brilliant gig. Maiden really were in top form... Wolfsbane was support that night and they were very good too. I wonder what became of their lead singer?

Never really into Wolfsbane but Blaze really does epitomise what it means to be a Metal Legend. The guy plays anywhere and looking at recent videos he's playing to maybe 50 people per gig, and still puts in 110%

A few years back i was at Hard Rock Hell in Wales and Blaze had the graveyard (Sat night/sun morning 01:00), i was out the back having a smoke and i see Blaze coming along, lugging an amp, it was snowing, and here was Maiden's ex singer lugging his own gear in during heavy snow, he stopped for a chat, and was asking how many people were left in the venue, told him quite a few, didn't have the heart to tell him maybe 50 tops as most were fcuked

Lithium93_ · 01-10-2020 5:25pm

The band are back in the studio, and a live album coming next month.

Morries Wigs · 06-10-2020 12:58pm

manhunts a cracking tune by wolfsbane-and blaze was perfect to replace bruce

lee_baby_simms · 07-10-2020 1:31pm

peter4918 wrote: »

September 23rd 1990 - the Point depot. Etched into my brain forever. What a night!!

Great gig, remember Bruce threatened to end the gig cos of spitting!?

Roanmore · 07-10-2020 9:51pm

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

Great gig, remember Bruce threatened to end the gig cos of spitting!?

Or gobbing as he called it 😀

Bombaby1974 · 08-10-2020 9:11am

Unfortunately spitting was the norm at gigs for a while in late 80's early 90's. I remember Anthrax walking off stage for the same thing but one particular band from Cork encouraging it in a McGonagles gig.

I just remember how loud that gig was. We were right up front and couldnt hear a f*****g thing afterwards!!

D.Q · 08-10-2020 4:15pm

jack presley wrote: »

30 years ago today, Maiden played their first Irish gig. My first real rock gig. Great night.

Haha my first rock gig would be maiden in the point in 2003 on the DOD tour.

griffin100 · 11-10-2020 9:54am

jack presley wrote: »

30 years ago today, Maiden played their first Irish gig. My first real rock gig. Great night.

I was at this gig. I remember it was the night before I started college (Jesus I’m old). The amount of spitting at the start was unreal, you could see a rain of snot flying onto the stage. I remember clearly seeing Dave Murray getting one onto his guitar in the middle of a solo and the look on his face. I think that was the night Bruce announced he’d had a son the night before before doing Two Minutes To Midnight. I had a pirate recording of that gig bought on O’Connell bridge that I listened to for years.

I also remember this gig for the crush at the start. The crowd went mental at the start and people started falling over around me and I fell down and then more people fell on me. I couldn’t move or breath until others starting pulling us up. I’ve never forgotten how scary that was. I think Bruce had to ask the crowd to calm down a bit to help her everyone back on their feet.

Cant believe that was 30 years ago.

Dyr · 11-10-2020 10:23am

griffin100 wrote: »

I was at this gig. I remember it was the night before I started college (Jesus I’m old). The amount of spitting at the start was unreal, you could see a rain of snot flying onto the stage. I remember clearly seeing Dave Murray getting one onto his guitar in the middle of a solo and the look on his face. I think that was the night Bruce announced he’d had a son the night before before doing Two Minutes To Midnight. I had a pirate recording of that gig bought on O’Connell bridge that I listened to for years.

I also remember this gig for the crush at the start. The crowd went mental at the start and people started falling over around me and I fell down and then more people fell on me. I couldn’t move or breath until others starting pulling us up. I’ve never forgotten how scary that was. I think Bruce had to ask the crowd to calm down a bit to help her everyone back on their feet.

Cant believe that was 30 years ago.

Dont remember much spitting, remember the crush. Remember seeing the red lights of the amp stacks in the darkness, realising that there was no stage set and being pissed off. Remember them opening with Tailgunner and thingking the chorus line was "I'm Attila the hun"

All in all it was a let down let down from some very high expectations. Maiden were a spent force by 1990

scudzilla · 11-10-2020 7:54pm

Bambi wrote: »

Dont remember much spitting, remember the crush. Remember seeing the red lights of the amp stacks in the darkness, realising that there was no stage set and being pissed off. Remember them opening with Tailgunner and thingking the chorus line was "I'm Attila the hun"

All in all it was a let down let down from some very high expectations. Maiden were a spent force by 1990

Jaysus :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

PTH2009 · 11-10-2020 11:54pm

Never realised how good an album Dance of Death is

Blazer · 12-10-2020 1:24am

griffin100 wrote: »

I was at this gig. I remember it was the night before I started college (Jesus I’m old). The amount of spitting at the start was unreal, you could see a rain of snot flying onto the stage. I remember clearly seeing Dave Murray getting one onto his guitar in the middle of a solo and the look on his face. I think that was the night Bruce announced he’d had a son the night before before doing Two Minutes To Midnight. I had a pirate recording of that gig bought on O’Connell bridge that I listened to for years.

What kind of dirty ****ers would spit at a band they actually paid to go and see ffs...
I grew up in the 80/90s and this was never the norm at least for us.

flasher0030 · 12-10-2020 9:33am

scudzilla wrote: »

Jaysus :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

The 90's was a dire time for a Maiden fan. Even the most optimistic must have thought it was all over as the decade progressed.
But when Brucie boy came back in '99, everything just soared again. For a band that long on the road to keep churning out excellent albums - Dance of Death, Matter of L&D, Brave New World. And then their last album – Book of Souls for me beats everything gone before. A beast of an album – with creativity you’d expect from an enthusiastic band making their debut.
For someone to say that they were a spent force by 1990 obviously means they haven’t listened to anything properly since 2000.

Blazer · 14-10-2020 3:56pm

flasher0030 wrote: »

The 90's was a dire time for a Maiden fan. Even the most optimistic must have thought it was all over as the decade progressed.
But when Brucie boy came back in '99, everything just soared again. For a band that long on the road to keep churning out excellent albums - Dance of Death, Matter of L&D, Brave New World. And then their last album – Book of Souls for me beats everything gone before. A beast of an album – with creativity you’d expect from an enthusiastic band making their debut.
For someone to say that they were a spent force by 1990 obviously means they haven’t listened to anything properly since 2000.

I would have been thinking the same honestly.
I stopped listening after Bruce and Adrian left so must really catch up on the newer stuff.

peter4918 · 14-10-2020 5:33pm

Blazer wrote: »

I would have been thinking the same honestly.
I stopped listening after Bruce and Adrian left so must really catch up on the newer stuff.

You really need to listen to all the albums from 2000 onwards. There is some brilliant output in there. Start with Brave New World and work your way up. You won’t regret it. (Or even start with Book of Souls and work your way back!)

I really don’t think they were a spent force by the 90s as somebody has mentioned, just changed direction a little bit. I love No Prayer and FOTD and listen to them on a regular basis, X-Factor and Virtual XI not so much but there is some good songs on both that I do listen to from time to time.

peter4918 · 21-11-2020 2:16pm

Have any of you pre-ordered and received your copy of Nights of the Dead from the IM shop yet?

RayCon · 31-01-2021 10:59am

New project with Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOyeowWVwN8

Ash.J.Williams · 31-01-2021 4:29pm

RayCon wrote: »

New project with Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOyeowWVwN8

So boring you could sing along with it on a first listen

bonzothedog · 01-02-2021 2:16pm

I was at that gig too and was disappointed (1990) thought they weren't enjoying it much - hard to blame them with the idiots there.
I think Megadeth played the same year on Rust in Peace tour and they were phenomenal.
Book of Souls is a very very good album.

PTH2009 · 03-02-2021 1:41am

RayCon wrote: »

New project with Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOyeowWVwN8

Meh, thats a very support band song

scudzilla · 03-02-2021 1:56am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Meh, thats a very support band song

talking of support bands, remember when it seemed like Lauren Harris was support for years, jaysus she was bad

flasher0030 · 03-02-2021 10:28am

scudzilla wrote: »

talking of support bands, remember when it seemed like Lauren Harris was support for years, jaysus she was bad

I'd would pay to listen to her fart on stage.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/singer-lauren-harris-daughter-of-iron-maiden-bassist-steve-harris-picture-id89739490?s=2048x2048

Wrongway1985 · 03-02-2021 10:43am

flasher0030 wrote: »

I'd would pay to listen to her fart on stage.

Much preferable to Bruce's sons projects.

Her former guitarist has done mighty well for himself now!

scudzilla · 03-02-2021 7:58pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Much preferable to Bruce's sons projects.

Her former guitarist has done mighty well for himself now!

who's that then?

Wrongway1985 · 03-02-2021 9:04pm

scudzilla wrote: »

who's that then?

Richie Faulkner who replaced Ken in Judas Priest. Which will be ten years ago this year come to think of it, feck I'm getting old.

Lithium93_ · 10-02-2021 9:58pm

Iron Maiden included in this year's nominees for the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame.

peter4918 · 10-02-2021 10:58pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Iron Maiden included in this year's nominees for the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame.

I don’t think they care too much about it at this stage as Carole King or Chaka Khan or whatever other pop artist is nominated this year will get it before them anyway so from their point of view says it all really.

Ash.J.Williams · 11-02-2021 12:00am

For those on the Twitter Tim’s listening party this Friday at 9pm will be powerslave and Bruce dickenson is the guest https://timstwitterlisteningparty.com/

Mushy · 11-02-2021 8:30pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

For those on the Twitter Tim’s listening party this Friday at 9pm will be powerslave and Bruce dickenson is the guest https://timstwitterlisteningparty.com/

A cool concept, have listened in to a few so may add this to the list

Anything Maiden

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