The Iron Maiden appreciation thread

[Chinaski]

The only difference being that Maiden have managed to keep their releases fresh and interesting, while maintaining the same style for twenty years. Motörhead, with the exception of Inferno being slightly more power metal than punkish, bore me to death. Every song on every album is excruciatingly alike. At least Maiden know how to keep things varied.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

The only difference being that Maiden have managed to keep their releases fresh and interesting, while maintaining the same style for twenty years. Motörhead, with the exception of Inferno being slightly more power metal than punkish, bore me to death. Every song on every album is excruciatingly alike. At least Maiden know how to keep things varied.

I never said Motorhead stayed relevant. But they changed metal single-handedly. After Motorhead, everyone had to play louder and faster to be heard. There was nothing anywhere to compare with Overkill when it was released. Without Lemmy, there would not have been Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax a few years later - at least not as we know them.

Iron Maiden bore me - they are so generic - they took metal up its own backside. Number of the Beast was fun but does not deserve the plaudits heaped upon it. They are the ultimate pimply metal-kid band.

[Chinaski]

The only difference being that Maiden have managed to keep their releases fresh and interesting, while maintaining the same style for twenty years. Motörhead, with the exception of Inferno being slightly more power metal than punkish, bore me to death. Every song on every album is excruciatingly alike. At least Maiden know how to keep things varied.

I never said Motorhead stayed relevant. But they changed metal single-handedly. After Motorhead, everyone had to play louder and faster to be heard. There was nothing anywhere to compare with Overkill when it was released. Without Lemmy, there would not have been Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax a few years later - at least not as we know them.

Iron Maiden bore me - they are so generic - they took metal up its own backside. Number of the Beast was fun but does not deserve the plaudits heaped upon it. They are the ultimate pimply metal-kid band.

Did you listen to the first two albums, Iron Maiden and Killers, as well? Paul DiAnno has an almost Lemmy-esque voice, albeit slightly more melodic, and the music has a punk edge that Priest never had and disappeared with their later albums.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

The only difference being that Maiden have managed to keep their releases fresh and interesting, while maintaining the same style for twenty years. Motörhead, with the exception of Inferno being slightly more power metal than punkish, bore me to death. Every song on every album is excruciatingly alike. At least Maiden know how to keep things varied.

I never said Motorhead stayed relevant. But they changed metal single-handedly. After Motorhead, everyone had to play louder and faster to be heard. There was nothing anywhere to compare with Overkill when it was released. Without Lemmy, there would not have been Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax a few years later - at least not as we know them.

Iron Maiden bore me - they are so generic - they took metal up its own backside. Number of the Beast was fun but does not deserve the plaudits heaped upon it. They are the ultimate pimply metal-kid band.

Did you listen to the first two albums, Iron Maiden and Killers, as well? Paul DiAnno has an almost Lemmy-esque voice, albeit slightly more melodic, and the music has a punk edge that Priest never had and disappeared with their later albums.

I did indeed listen to the first two Maiden albums. And I liked them at the time. It was raw, aggressive and (although no-one inside or outside of metal would admit it at the time) punk! As soon as Bruce Dickwad joined, they lost their credibility from my standpoint. Number of the Beast was interesting but they rehashed it for so many years afterwards that the joke got very old really quick.