Real oldschool Maiden

[Mr. Vengeance]

Came across this surfing youtube. Half hour of the orignial band in concert.

[SparkieD]

Excellent find! That tour was my first concert ever, and the show was absolutely KILLER!

[VHscraps]

I remember buying this on VHS back then - what, 1980? Probably for a cash amount that would buy you a DVD player today (anyone else remember when VHS tapes were, like £40-50 quid - whatever that was in dollars).

Maiden were always quick on the uptake with video, though, and liked to film shows and get the stuff out there (are you reading this Ed ...)

I kinda lost interest in them around Piece of Mind, 'cos I basically didn't really care for Bruce's vox.

[Dave's Bitch]

Wow scraps,I have honestly never heard anyone say they lost interest in maiden because of Bruce's vocals.What don't you like?

[rocking ron]

I think without Bruce they wouldn't be that big and succesfully, just a thought...

[Seshmeister]

Wow scraps,I have honestly never heard anyone say they lost interest in maiden because of Bruce's vocals.What don't you like?

Add another.

I lost interest after Number of the Beast.

I think it was because with Bruce(the Hagar of Iron Maiden) they lost their punkiness, the vocal melodies suffered as well plus Clive Burr was a better drummer.

[ashstralia]

blasphemers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave's Bitch]

Add another.

I lost interest after Number of the Beast.

I think it was because with Bruce(the Hagar of Iron Maiden) they lost their punkiness, the vocal melodies suffered as well plus Clive Burr was a better drummer.

I get that.I love the Paul stuff,i probably give his albums more play time than the bruce ones.One thing i have to say is most of the Paul stuff has aged terribly,charlotte the harlot makes me cringe

I do love the Bruce stuff though.

[Seshmeister]

charlotte the harlot makes me cringe

That song made me veto Charlotte as a name for a daughter when it was suggested...

[binnie]

Add another.

I lost interest after Number of the Beast.

I think it was because with Bruce(the Hagar of Iron Maiden) they lost their punkiness, the vocal melodies suffered as well plus Clive Burr was a better drummer.

I can understand why people would find Bruce's vocals too much - although his vocal lines are far, far superior to Di'anno's.

But Burr a better drummer than Nikko? Come one......

[Seshmeister]

Bring your daughter, Holy Smoke, Fear of the dark, those are the newer Maiden songs I hear regularly and to me those have completely thoughtless vocal lines.

Burr was more subtle that McBrain who is a lowest common denominator drummer IMHO although I'm not a drummer.

[Dave's Bitch]

That song made me veto Charlotte as a name for a daughter when it was suggested...

Got to give you a thanks for that one,I had exactly the same thing

[Dave's Bitch]

Bring your daughter, Holy Smoke, Fear of the dark, those are the newer Maiden songs I hear regularly and to me those have completely thoughtless vocal lines.

Burr was more subtle that McBrain who is a lowest common denominator drummer IMHO although I'm not a drummer.

I know absolutely nothing about drumming but i prefer Nikko.I am a little biased though because I have a signed Nikko drum skin from 2006

[binnie]

Bring your daughter, Holy Smoke, Fear of the dark, those are the newer Maiden songs I hear regularly and to me those have completely thoughtless vocal lines.

Burr was more subtle that McBrain who is a lowest common denominator drummer IMHO although I'm not a drummer.

Those songs were recorded in the '90s. It was over by then.

The melodies on 'Piece of Mind', 'Powerslave' and (mostly) 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son' are stellar.

[vandeleur]

Number of the beast is the best maiden album whoever is singing and piece of mind still sounds great today ....tho am biased i do think the two di anno albums are great but i prefer the following brucey ones up to when adrian smith left .. tho their last album i really enjoyed .
But in truth i cant stand paul di anno he is the biggest cock in rock n roll... an industry full of them

[Mr. Vengeance]

Personally, if it's Paul or Bruce I'm in. Blaze?.....can't stand those albums.

[SparkieD]

Personally, if it's Paul or Bruce I'm in. Blaze?.....can't stand those albums.

You knew I'd chime in about that, didn't you? Honestly, The X Factor is a fantastic album. Virtual XI not so much, but that has nothing to do with the vocalist. Steve was out of his fucking mind when he wrote that rot.

[VHscraps]

I dunno what it is - the kind of screaming he does. I'm not a musician, but it seems to be something to do with where he sings on his range, if that makes sense? ... I feel that a lot of his vocals sounded off-key, or something. Unimaginative vocal lines ...

Back then when he joined the band I loved the Killers album with Dianno, but I haven't owned it for a coupla decades! Fck, talk about getting old. I saw those early tours with Bruce, Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind, and I felt they were going downhill.

This is just an aside - but the opening band on the Beast tour in the UK were one of the best, most exciting bands I ever saw - The Rods, with Ronnie Dio's cousin Dave Feinstein on guitar and vocals.

I dig some stuff with Bruce - whenever I hear 'Number of the Beast' on the radio I turn it up. Kicks ass and he sounds great on it, but a lot of the rest just leaves me cold.

[rockhead]

As huge Maiden fan i agree with Sparkie that Virtual IX was just plain rubbish and i think at that stage Steve should have put Maiden on hiatus, as i think he was going through a divorce at the time and his head just wasn't where it should have been.I think with bruce and H leaving it made him lose his self confidence with the songwriting and you could tell how important bruce and H were to the band.

Although listening to beast over hammersmith i dont like Bruce covering Pauls songs, i think the songs work well with just Bruce doing his own.I wished as part of the 2008 tour they could incorporate some very old songs, but cant fuckin wait for Maiden England hopefully in our summer early next year.

Scraps - what was the press like whwen Bruce joined, i hear from other sites the press wern't exactly - into him at all.Also im curious what life was like back in England in those days from 81-82, life, economy etc.

[rocking ron]

Ofcourse MAIDEN sounded a little more punk in the late 70's, punk was hot at that time but when the 80's began there came the NWOBHM ( new wave of British Heavy Metal )

with bands like SAXON,,MOTORHEAD,,TYGERS OF PAN TANG,, GIRLSCHOOL,,RAVEN, ,HOLOCAUST,, DEMON,, DEF LEPPARD and a lot more...........

And at that time there was a lot of unemployment overthere........(punk,rock against gouverment)

[Hardrock69]

Who is the better vocalist these days? Bruce is better than ever. Paul sucks fucking shit....saw him 2 years back and his voice sounded like a bunch of leafblowers, weedeaters and lawnmowers all running at high rpm while being crushed in the back of a garbage truck.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Who is the better vocalist these days? Bruce is better than ever. Paul sucks fucking shit....saw him 2 years back and his voice sounded like a bunch of leafblowers, weedeaters and lawnmowers all running at high rpm while being crushed in the back of a garbage truck.

Time was not kind to him. I have to say that I have a guilty pleasure in his Paul Dianno Battlezone albums. The music is paint by numbers metal, but he still brought it vocally.

[rocking ron]

I think D'ianno's voice fits better for those first two records and than they've changed musically ( more heavy-metal ) and Bruce's voice was/is perfect with that sound!!

And they've had the luck they were getting a lot of air-play in West-Europe with the song : 'Run to the Hills' and the first album,:Number of the Beast,, (w/Bruce) went straight to nr 1 in the UK charts.
But Bruce is absolute the best vocalist they've ever had!!

[Seshmeister]

Who is the better vocalist these days? Bruce is better than ever. Paul sucks fucking shit....saw him 2 years back and his voice sounded like a bunch of leafblowers, weedeaters and lawnmowers all running at high rpm while being crushed in the back of a garbage truck.

I wouldn't go and see Dianno now if he was playing for free in the local bar at the bottom of my road and he is an asshole of biblical proportions.

[rocking ron]

I wouldn't go and see Dianno now if he was playing for free in the local bar at the bottom of my road and he is an asshole of biblical proportions.

Yes indeed sir,, and for me the same thing with Blaze.................the other 'vocalist'...............who doesn't belong in 'Maiden'............

[rockhead]

the updated merch for the 2012 US tour doesnt look to shabby though i prefer the 2012 north american tour shirt http://ironmaiden.com/iron_maiden_shop.php

this tour can't get to OZ quick enough!!.

[Dave's Bitch]

Time was not kind to him. I have to say that I have a guilty pleasure in his Paul Dianno Battlezone albums. The music is paint by numbers metal, but he still brought it vocally.

I like Battlezone.It is as you say paint by numbers metal but still 3 good albums