What the hell do we know?

[ELVIS]

Dave would become Axl Roth...yep...

[DavidLeeNatra]

Dave would become Axl Roth...yep...

you will bitch and moan about everything...yep...

[Sensible Shoes]

Geezus, you're absolutely right....

See, that's what we love about you - you can gracefully admit it when you're wrong.

[Jetstream]

People will stop being critical of Van Halen...nope

[Va Beach VH Fan]

See, that's what we love about you - you can gracefully admit it when you're wrong.

But it hurts so bad !!

[Seshmeister]

A new song to open the concert ?

Not even a band like Van Halen would do that... The closest they've come is when they played "Hot For Teacher" as the 2nd song in 1984....

And HFT was a pretty major hit for them, especially as a video.....

But the first song is not the time to give the fans a new song, it just isn't....

Roth opened with Bottom Line on the Skyscraper tour, I agree it's not a great idea.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Roth opened with Bottom Line on the Skyscraper tour, I agree it's not a great idea.

OK OK, stop piling on !! I was wrong, dammit !!

[guwapo_rocker]

And Shy Boy on the EEAS tour.

Okay that's pushing it I know..........

[gbranton]

Personally, I don't think it's a bad idea to lead off with a new song. There is no point when the crowd will be more excited than when the lights first go down and the band comes on stage and I think it's a great time to sell them something new.

[EdVanZep]

On Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son tour they opened with Moonchild, and that song is a great opener. Bands do pull off such a thing.......I guess Maiden was the Biggest metal band in the world at the time and even in the US..........

Nah , Metallica had pulled ahead of Maiden in the States by that time

[Seshmeister]

Doesn't make much difference which Metallica song they play...

[gbranton]

Nah , Metallica had pulled ahead of Maiden in the States by that time

Comparing Metallica to Iron Maiden is like comparing Chickenfoot to Van Halen. When Maiden's Ed Force One lands on US soil, Lars and the boys should be there to carry their bags and shine their shoes.

[EdVanZep]

Comparing Metallica to Iron Maiden is like comparing Chickenfoot to Van Halen. When Maiden's Ed Force One lands on US soil, Lars and the boys should be there to carry their bags and shine their shoes.

Metallica Kill Em All thru And Justice For All
Iron Maiden s/t debut thru Seventh Son
All classics in my book from both bands , I'm not saying ones better than the other just that Metallica became the bigger band .Given the opportunity I'm sure James and Lars would jump at the chance to shine Steve and Nickos shoes

[gbranton]

I'm not saying ones better than the other just that Metallica became the bigger band .

The whole "better" thing is part personal preference of course but I think Iron Maiden has maintained a certain level of excellence for a prolonged period of time (which I think is a valid way to assess greatness) while Metallica peaked and fell back to earth somewhat.

[Va Beach VH Fan]