Im 13, and I know a lot of the history of metal. And Iron Maiden in my opinion are the best metal band ever, along side Sabbath and Preist. Long live Iron maiden!
I grew up on Maiden..One of the BEST BANDS to date! Kids now a days (granted I'm only 20..) grow up on music that takes no skill, no members leaving or joining, just other terrible artists being "Featured"...Saw Maiden back in 2012, BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER! if you get the chance FUCKING GO! you won't regret it..you'll only ever want more!
I also totally agree, I'm 30, I've been listening to Maiden for 20 years or more, my favorite song's been Hallowed be thy name since then lol. Saw them live 7 times and I'd go again anytime. I also grew up on them and I finally got 7th son's Eddie tattooed on my arm, UP THE IRONS !! Best band ever
Whilst for the most part I agree with you, mainstream music nowadays does not take no skill. I don't like a lot of it, but that doesn't mean that it takes no skill or talent
Best metal band in the world. I was a fan when Di'Anno was there after buying Iron Maiden and Killers but first seen them live in ST. Davids hall Cardiff with Dickinson and Nicko replacing Di'Anno and Clive Burr (RIP) on the 1983 Piece Of Mind tour, outstanding gig. Haven't seen them as many times as some of you 'Irons' (10 times), my favourite live gig was in late 2006, again in Cardiff, A Matter Of Life And Death. An absolute brilliant show and superb album to go with it...
I grew with Maiden albums all over the house. When I was 14 (1996) I got my first CD player and when asked what i wanted on it I bought "Best of the Beast" - been a fan ever since. Up the Irons!
Pretty much. Heavy metal does take the bass to a new level. I'm not a metal bassist but I've given it thought I mostly do Blues, Blues Rock, Rock N' Roll and Homeland Rock
Berneer They did mention him briefly, but failed to mention his strength with The Force, his prowess with a Lightsaber, his cameo in "Flight Of Icarus", his co writing of the "New Frontier", his religion, or his hit and run incident. (they also mispronounced his name so they made him sound like the chick from Velvet Underground) In my opinion, he is the only known living drummer that could actually give Grandmaster skin basher Neil Peart a run for his percussive money. UP THE IRONS FROM DEGOBAH
Now the empire of the clouds from the book of souls album is their longest but only just hitting that 18-minute mark Anyway, iron maiden is the best band of all time, no doubting it
More "History of" videos would be awesome, especially for Metal Bands. I'd like something a little less obvious though. No hate against some of the suggestions below (I love's me some Megadeth and Pantera) but those tales have been spun to death over the years and you'll have people beating that horse for some years to come. Any band lesser known band/artist would be welcomed :)
Ah, Jeff Keith. Tesla is one of my all time favorites! I just wasn't thinking of them in this category. Good call. I can never include Axl, because I can't stand him. They were definately groundbreaking though. Geoff Tate is so underrated in my opinion.
The Wicker Man...Maiden's last great 'ear candy' song that was a throw back to the old days. Now everything is a quasi-melodic 6 minute epic song. Ugh. Bring back the good ol days 'Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'Killers' 'Run to the Hills' and 'Aces High'.
@ Robert Rusch The above ones you mentioned are melodic (Speed of Light less so) but they still lack the gritty punch of the ones I mentioned. I don't know how to explain it.
"The Final Frontier"? Look up the Cover of "Jorn". You can feel literally the power! Beside that I love "A Matter of Life and Death", which is the best album after their reunion imo.
Rime of the ancient mariner isn't their longest song anymore. The brand new double album book of souls has a song called empire of the clouds that's 18 minutes long.
Kylie Minogue! The US NEEDS to learn more about her and to appreciate her work over the times... especially since she's celebrating 25 years of music career :D
Grape koolaid Those were accidental down votes caused by over enthusiastic headbanging, air guitaring and Maloik throwing. Or maybe they were just so butthurt Watch Mojo didn't throw in a clip of Christopher Walken screaming "NEVER QUESTION BRUCE DICKINSON!!"
Venom is the Black Metal music period. The dirty sound, the satanic lyrics, the image...and they call themselves BLACK METAL before no one in the fucking planet play what after became the black metal scene. So this is the true. VENOM IS THE REAL THE UNIQUE THE TRUE BLACK METAL BAND. And Iron Maiden is the more popular NWOBHM band in the world that real help to spread the metal music to all the land. Before all this, Black Sabbath gives de first step to real deep heavy music (with some liltle help of Deep Purple and Led Zeplin and many other 70´s heavy rock bands around the world, like Uriah Heep, UFO, AC/DC, Alice Cooper etc etc...) and than it was Judas Priest that take it to another level, and gives birth to the real "traditional" Heavy Metal that inspired many of the NWOBHM bands, than after Priest came Motorhead that gives a lilte help on more dirty sound with the real rock n rol atitude and lilte punk influence, that inspired many bands after them...like Venom (that is a mix of judas priest and motorhead influencies) and with the scream of the NWOBHM came the rest, thrash..speed, power, death..etc etc untill today...this is the simple true history of metal music....sorry for my english...but i think any one can uderstand the message. cheers from Portugal!
The X Factor and Virtua XI are the only Iron Maiden albums I'm not crazy about. And it's not the singer's fault. In my opinion, it seems like they were uninspired when they wrote it. Some songs are good, though. UP THE IRONS.
ZEPPELIN!!!!!!!!!!! I read "Hammer of the Gods" and these guys where insane. Check out the section on creme filled donuts and tub of baked beans, also the red snapper in her red snapper they were awesomely insane.
Hallowed Be Thy Name, Revelations, Rime of The Ancient Mariner, Caught Somewhere In Time, Phantom Of The Opera, Aces High, The Prisoner, Iron Maiden, Purgatory, The Clairvoyant
Led Zeppelin, the greatest band of all-time, breaks up in 1980. That same year, Iron Maiden releases its debut album. Coincidence? I think not. UP THE IRONS \m/
Whoever wrote the script for this should be fired. They completely brushed over the Blaze Bayley era like it was nothing, named Def Leppard instead of Judas Priest as the spearheaders of The New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and didn't even make fun of Janick Gers. In all seriousness, WatchMojo fucks up a lot of information and it's pretty annoying.
Metallica: watch?v=dygawlkGwIM Megadeth we don't have a profile (yet ;) but here's an interview with Chris Broderick (watch?v=rbjs9xQNJM0) and Glen Dover (watch?v=8iB1E8aeqko) - I guess Dave wasn't available. Pantera we will probably do sooner than later; it's a shame we didn't cover them to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Vulgar Display of Power (released Feb 1992).
