Thank you. Clive, although he didn't last very long, was most likely The Most Under rated drummers in His Time. He fit Maiden perfect. Sorry about what happened to him. He deserves far more credit.
ever since this came out..it has given me goose bumps....I'm 62 yrs old and have never seen or heard a band that has the power or intensity that Iron Maiden has..
I saw Iron Maiden open up for Judas Priest in 1982 at Brendan Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands, NJ. It was my first concert of my life. I was 15 years old, those were the days.
me too - twice I think it was 81 and 82 then Iron Maiden became a headliner. I think the first year they had Diano, then they fired him before the 82 album.
I can appreciate how Clive anchoring this song on the open hihat with underlying kick accents made it sound much more 'metal' back in the day. I equally appreciate Nicko taking this to a different level breaking up the open hihat, adding switches to the ride and stronger snare ghost notes. In the end I've come to appreciate and learn from both styles.
It was a so great time for our music ! All the greatest did already exist (AC/DC, Motörhead, Maiden, Accept, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, ...) or emerged (Dio, Metallica, Slayer and so many others). I've been lucky for having been a teenage during this Era.
Pim Vd Steeg No offense, but Slayer sucks ass, lol. Lombardo is ok, but Clive has rudiments and tightness that can't be compared. He's like the Randy Rhodes of drums: Here for just a short time, but was the greatest at his craft. But these are just my opinions, so no offense.
Scott Woods I agree that Clive was great. However slayer's drumming is pretty impressive.... you can't deny that lol (I"m talking about the technicality, not the "feel" for making music or something because maiden definitely won that imo)
40 years later....... it speaks for it self. Yeah folks. Awesome, genuine, fulfilling, and, lol, to go back in time 40 years is amazing.... more to follow.....
Music sure has changed in a few decades. This was one my favorite albums in grade 7 or 8. When i get angry i put this song on to match the hell i feel inside.
I saw them on this tour open for Judas Priest at the Spectrum in Philly. Two sections away from the stage on the first level. Blew my mind wide open. Favorite heavy metal band ever since......
That howl at 1:16ish could have brought down the Berlin Wall! Kudos to Bruce and the band. This might be better than the album, which I didn't think was possible actually.
I think the live album Beast Over Hammersmith absolutely blows Live After Death out of the water. The screams Bruce does for Wrathchild and Number Of The Beast are friggin breath taking!
this is the best scream in the whole history of heavy metal and every kind of music, cause its not the typical high pitch scream in every intro, this is another level of scream, like hell gates open and every soul in disgust come out at the same time... or something like that
For all of you saying Maiden was not known by the audience, here some facts: 1) This 4th time in Odeon since 1980. 2) This is their 2nd world tour. 3) They're touring the UK for 6 years at this gig. 4) Their first album 2 years before was number 4 in the UK. 5) They're released an EP of a live show in Japan, in 1981. 6) The album was at the stores 2 days after this show and went number one in the UK . 7) Bruce was far known in the UK with is former band Samson. They're quite known already.
I saw maiden on this tour; they opened for judas priest. I was like who is this , iron maiden? I was blown away. Was a fan from that point on. So many great bands at that time, it really was a great time to be a teenager. The best part of that night was priest was just as great. If I could live one night of my life over again that night would be on the consideration list!
Everytime I hear this, I know what kick ass music is. So hard and melodic. Every instrument can be listened to separately and makes you smile and kick ass!!
Saw them in cleveland last summer for the first time. Bruce said if you want to here are old songs, go to Vegas and see a cover band. They played all their new songs that I don't know. I was very disappointed. Never going to spend the money to see them again!!! Bruce you guys are Fucking up!!! Don't forget how you got where you are today.
October 10 1983. Madison fucking Square Garden. Saw them in their prime. I was 15 years old. I still listen to them. This is one of the top 10 metal songs of all time. And, as an old fuck, I've heard a lot of them. If my leathers still fit I'd wear them to work tomorrow to work, just in honor of this song. Up the Irons. Ha ha ha
Nobody dislikes Iron Maiden. Let's face the facts that those dislikes are people who missed the like button. I mean they are right beside each-other......
That was blistering, just around the time they took the whole world by storm. You can feel every bit of the intensity that makes them the greatest band in the world.
The album was released in UK on March 22nd 1982, two days after this show. So the audience in this show had never heard this song before. I wonder how it felt to be there and hear this song first time ever. Voice of Bruce in this show was absolutely awesome and this is probably the best version of this song ever. His scream and voice in the intro brings chills into spine.
You can really hear it in the performance from this show that they had just come from recording these songs. All of the songs from NOTB sound exactly like the record. I mention in an above comment about how I really dislike the feel Nicko plays Clive's songs with. He's way too jazzy and laid back.
Dickinson's favorite band was Deep Purple while Steve Harris's favorite group was Peter Gabriel era Genesis (1971-1975). Some weird combination that worked.
+Scott Woods Are you on glue? Adrian specifically asked the dude not to put the camera on him lol. A little more comment surfing would have told you that.
fooloof If you were going to do the camerawork for a famous band and their well-respected lead guitarist requested in contract that you don't put the camera on him, you should probably listen to him. He broke a few ribs and was not up to being on camera just standing still.
1981/1982 was the year that Bruce joined Maiden, and 1982 was the year that The Number of the Beast was released, so the fans, back then, probably didn't realize that The Number of the Beast was going to be Maiden's most iconic song, so... there's that theory.
Metal was still in its infancy in 1982. Bands like zeppelin and sabbath laid the foundation but they weren't quite "metal" as we commonly think of it. Priest and Maiden built the house on that foundation