Iron Maiden Piece of Mind - Adrian Smith Opens Up

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Join Robert John Hadfield as he dives into the nostalgia of Iron Maiden's legendary Piece of Mind era. This video unearths an old interview with guitarist Adrian Smith, discussing the humor and intensity behind Eddie, Iron Maiden’s iconic mascot, and the band's unforgettable sound.
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Rare insights from the Arizona Daily Star (1983)
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The connection between heavy metal and punk energy
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[@ElKaaahleeente]

This album I found in 1983, and today, to be ahead of its time. The subjects and lyrics on the Quest for Fire movie, Icarus, and WW2 I found as a 12 year old (who avoided and disliked reading) fascinating and interesting. It was thrn, because of these songs, where I dragged myself to the school library and sought out more information on them, and I got to reading with interest and pleasure.

[@martymartin2894]

The same happened to me after hearing Alexander the great.

[@tomsorrell4918]

I was 18 years old and saw them 4 or 5 times in the 80s between '82 - '87. And i recklessly waited until 2022 ( 34 years and 3 kids later) to go see them again in concert. OMG...these 6 guy's are the Real Deal...so gifted musicians and Bruce is phenomenal, and Dave is the sound of Maiden and where the tempos change within the songs with Steve's giftedness...think Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, and the song tells a story like you what you were saying in your KZbin video. In 2024 I took my 27 year old son out to Las Vegas to see Maiden. God bless the humble and down to earth gentlemen of Iron Maiden!

[@christianhaynes1954]

My favorite maiden album . Adrian Smith is a great player 👏

[@jongolsteyn9680]

I saw Maiden for the first time in June 1983 at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. Then I saw them again in Madison, Wisconsin in September. They blew me away and quickly became my favorite band. Great memories of all my 26 Maiden shows. They were my favorite band for over thirty years.

[@audiomover]

Twenty six times! Curious, which was your favorite tour?

[@jongolsteyn9680]

@@audiomover I loved every show for sure, but maybe I would say the World Piece Tour which I saw twice or the Powerslave Tour that I saw 4 times.

[@ericjsmoczynski4374]

I went to the Poplar Creek show. No way my mother let me go to Wisconsin. 😁

[@ericjsmoczynski4374]

Also, my wife and I went to see Maiden in October, 2024, 40 years after I saw them at the same arena for Powerslave in ‘84. Forty years! Yikes!

[@markg410]

POM was my first Maiden album. Baltimore Arena with Quiet Riot. Have seen them 24 more times and metal was definitely a release. It was my sanctuary when nothing else made sense. I still listen to Maiden almost every day and will until without a tear I draw my dying breath. Up the Irons!!

[@marialyons7663]

I love IRON MAIDEN always will, love all of their music 💯😎💣🤘🔥

[@somarriba333]

Iron Maiden didn't lead me to violence. It led me to writing my senior thesis on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for my British Lit class. Got an A! I am glad Maiden went with "Piece of Mind" instead of "Food for Thought".

[@highaltitudescalemodeling9528]

I saw Iron Maiden on the first show of the World Piece Tour in Casper Wyoming in June of 83, then again in Denver shortly after that, Fastway was good, Saxon was amazing and Maiden was a game changer. All these years later I still see Maiden on every tour that comes to the USA.

[@Olmsted1319]

Iron Maiden is my favorite band and Piece of Mind is the first album i bought from them. I was like 12/13 at the time - i have loved punk rock and metal since i first heard Circle Jerks Wonderful and The Dead Milkmen’s Big Lizard in My Backyard in 6th grade and Maiden and Suicidal Tendencies and Anthrax and Metallica and many other metal bands in 7th grade. Love both styles and will listen till my last day. UP THE IRONS… Always!

[@HoradoSomOficial]

Im a 12 years old, in 1984 and i listen the record, and my imagination go on and the sound for.me its melodic, heavy and obscure. Amazing record.

[@keng.2468]

I love Adrian Smith. His contributions to the band over the years is important to the songwriting of the band. I think leaving the band after 1988 and then returning again was very important to their continual evolution.

[@audiomover]

Sometimes those separations really help with growth.

[@timlehman1678]

I’m looking at my ticket stub right now, June 27 1983 Portland memorial colosseum. I know Coney Hatch, opened. The Fastway sounds familiar but not sure if they were there. I was 15 . Good times back then. Also saw the screaming for vengeance tour right around the same time. Saxon and Accept played a show in Salem Oregon. All around the same time, music was good then 😎🎸

[@ericjsmoczynski4374]

This was the third show my mother let me go to, in the summer of ‘83, at Poplar Creek outdoor theater, in suburban Chicago, the first two being Rush Signals Tour and Triumph Never Surrender, both fall ‘82. After we Catholic school boys determined that Number of the Beast was not satanic, we went for Maiden at full speed. Piece of Mind was the first Maiden record and tour I saw. They were a notch above the other genres I listened to for heaviness and toughness, with lyrics you could use in English and History class essays, which of course I did. Forty-two years later, I’m still listening to POM. My wife and I saw Maiden in October 2024.

[@chadwick634]

Thanks for covering, excellent release

[@lovegun2112]

The first time I saw Maiden was on this tour at Long Beach Arena. Fastway was great, Saxon was unreal, and Maiden tore it up. They even played To Tame a Land, which blew my 17-year-old mind away. I still have my ticket stub. They opened up with Where Eagles Dare!!!!!!

[@mikez7669]

I saw Maiden on this tour but it was Fastway and Coney Hatch that opened. I still have the shirt from the show. I saw them on the next two tours as well.

[@VaraLaFey]

I don't remember Fastway being on the bill for the show that didn't happen in Fargo, but I suppose it's possible. I know I saw them a few years later with.... somebody?

[@ericmiller5603]

Sadly, my first Maiden show was not until the Powerslave tour after falling in love with the previous two albums-I was 16 in 1984 on the Powerslave tour. It was amazing and have seen them about a dozen times since.

[@audiomover]

A dozen times! Which was the best tour?

[@ericmiller5603]

@ The “A Matter of Life and Death” show really stands out-2006 or 2007-but every Maiden show is great, including this latest one, “Days of Future Past.” Strangest one was in the mid-90’s in a smallish RI club, Blaze Bayley on vocals and Janick Gers standing in for Adrian!

[@btownbobby]

I saw this tour in Long Beach, California. It was an amazing concert.

[@atphotos]

Nice video. I was 16 at the time and I still remember the first time putting it on. The drum opening to Where Eagles Dare was jaw dropping and the production was a massive jump from NOTB. Living in NY at the time, I was able to see them a few times on that and each subsequent tour. I agree with you on the first Fastway album, I still put it on once in a while. I also agree that the first album has a punk attitude to it. Having just seen them again (30+ times over the years) in early November, they still are at the top of their game 50 years on and cannot wait to see them on the next tour.

[@carmichael3594]

Awesome album 👍 that record will be forever part of my childhood growing up.

[@HoradoSomOficial]

Its very important the lyrics in Iron Maiden. Well, do you heard the songs and imagine the history. Maiden write about movies, books and real facts. Amazing.. Thumbs up for your channel.

[@audiomover]

Thank you!

[@seanmiller7889]

I saw them on this tour. I was 15 and lied to my mother where I was going because she would have never let me go with my buddy who was a new driver go down to Detroit. I was hell bent on seeing them sorry mom. I couldn't disagree more about Adrian's comments on their lyrics not mattering. 'The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath' really makes you feel you are in the scene that they are painting. The lyrics were always about history or famous novels. The lyrics took you on an adventure. Powerslave was just one big epic journey. I never considered them punk and those that listened to punk I can't say where Maiden fans. I had a denim jacket that was decked out in Maiden pins like many others. Great time to be a metal head!

[@audiomover]

Great memories! and yes, those lyrics were always an adventure. I remember listening to Hallowed Be Thy name over and over "I'm waiting in my cold cell as the bell begins to chime." Their lyrics always conjured up great imagery for me.

[@chadwick634]

Yes, definitely had friends who turned me onto punk like Suicidal, DRI, Exploited, Huusker Du and liked it…especially ST, amazing blend of punk and metal which still stands tall to this day.

[@starkillerclub3755]

Sucidal's How Can I Laugh Tmrw album, DRI 4 of a Kind, along with SOD Speak English or Die, and MOD USA for MOD were what got me into crossover and then a little later, hard-core bands like Agnostic Front and the Cro Mags.

[@LV515009]

Thanks for sharing this. I found Iron Maiden at this time as a teen and have seen at least 1 show on every tour since including a show at a club with Blaze. Was fortunate to catch 8 shows on the World Slavery Tour which included the Long Beach Arena run. My favorite tours through out the years were Slavery, Somewhere, Fear more current Brave, Book of Souls, Somewhere back and the latest Future Past. I am SO LOOKING FORWARD to this 50th anniversary tour this year as I am pretty sure we will all get to see some stuff that over the past 25 years never thought we would ever see again. I am sure there will be many surprises on this tour and I can't wait! So bummed there will be no Nicko but positive it will be one for the ages! The boys have never disappointed! Up The Irons!

[@Mark-hn5bm]

This tour was the one and only time I saw Maiden. . One of the first several concerts of my life. I was a 17 year old and It was October of 1983 @ MSG.The opening band was Quiet Riot. Definitely blurred memories but certainly A sizzling show. Excellent video

[@dragonfly17Z]

Was at that show too

[@Batlizard74]

I loved the lyrics in Maiden songs. Especially POM and Powerslave. They were one of my favorite bands back then. It’s been all downhill since Somewhere in Time imo. I like a few songs and still love Wasted Years. I’ve listened and bought a few of their albums since, but something happened. Saw them live a few years ago and they were great. But, musically, not so good.

[@dragonfly17Z]

Saw them on this tour Madison Square Garden NYC. Fantastic show . Was great to see Maiden gaining superstar status at the time. Was lucky to meet them at aftershow party. Very nice and dow to earth!!

[@badmotorbreath5206]

Interesting article, thank you. Piece of Mind has always been my favourite Iron Maiden album !

[@musicnutzunite]

"Piece of Mind" was my introduction to Maiden and it's my favorite Maiden release still. Up the Irons Y'all! 🤘

[@froorocks100]

Saw them on this tour at the Manchester Apollo. Still have the ticket! Agree with your observation that there was an unspoken mutual appreciation of metal by punks and punk by the metal crowd during the early 80s

[@jimdukeproject]

I met Adrian Smith once hanging out outside a venue, just to briefly say hello. Interesting it was at an Iron Maiden / Fastway show. I also sat with Fast Eddie and met Dave King at that same time. They were all just hanging out.

[@audiomover]

How cool!

[@josephconway1968]

I agree with you 100%. It was a great way to deal with teenage emotions. A release is the perfect description! I wish I could've seen that tour I love Piece Of Mind, Fastway's debut. I was 15 in June of '83. So we are from the same time period. Really like your channel. My son is 32 and I got him into a lot of the music you and I grew up with. Him and I have had great conversations about music from that time. I'm pretty sure if I sat down with you, we'd have just as good talks as well.

[@Rextum]

I love metal, I don’t really care about punk… except Dead Kennedys. Love them to bits!

[@mht525]

Always Great content. Eddie. I was raised on punk, listened to Maiden, while skate punk and thrash music developed. ✌️🤘🇦🇺

[@terrypikaart4394]

I had all his albums, listened to him a lot!.

[@douglasstephens6693]

Dude, I was there!! I saw them on that tour, with Saxon and Fastway, at Long Beach Arena in CA. I was a kid who had recently fallen in love with Maiden, and it was my first big rock concert, and my first time seeing Maiden, of many. I still have the newspaper clipping, and my ticket stub. It was thrilling. Also saw them all 4 nights again at Long Beach Arena on the World Slavery tour, and I can still spot myself in the Live After Death video. UP THE IRONS!!! Edit: Yes, just like you, I was more a metal kid (mostly for guitar solos) but got exposed to punk by friends, and realized how much it shared with metal, and how much I loved it, too. The attitude, the ferocity and velocity. And a band like Metallica (also a big fave) literally wore their punk influences on their sleeves, and on Garage Days EP. So for us, they naturally went together. Heavy, fast, guitar based music. Steve Harris would never accept the punk comparison regarding the first 2 albums and Paul Di'Anno's style, but I don't think he realized it was a compliment, because, at the time, punk in England mostly meant the Sex Pistols and then the Clash, and the Pistols especially were known for just having learned their instruments, and being more considered a "fashion" thing, both of which we know Steve was NOT about. Nowadays, I have a friend who loves almost exclusively hardcore punk, but he also LOVES Maiden, but "only the first two albums."

[@g-pa-Rok-n-Tok]

I got to see this tour. What a solid lineup! Awesome gig! 🤘

[@mikegyro]

I was 10 years old that day. 😊

[@Lee-o8f]

Iron maiden design was always awesome I saw them at o2 technically very good

[@j3t3rdog]

I saw them in Germany it was Blue oyster cult, Iron Maiden, Moore, Motorhead and Blackfoot it was 82 or so , they were great

[@mariohnyc]

Great album, i didn't get to listen to it until around 85. I was just getting into heavy metal in 83, introduced by the more commercial bands quiet riot and twisted sister. My intro to Maiden was Number of the Beast around 83/84, was on a cassette tape with Back in Black on the other side. I played the crap out of that tape on my walkman.

[@ericmiller5603]

Yes, the punk/metal influence is real: In the early 80s my two favorite bands were Iron Maiden and the Clash. I also enjoyed such new wave bands as Human League, Depeche Mode and Howard Jones. Came to love the Smiths as well.

[@audiomover]

I totally relate. I loved metal music, but somehow I also loved the Cure, U2, Depeche, etc.

[@badmotorbreath5206]

8:00 agree, consider lyrics for 80s songs like Alexander the Great, Rime of the Ancient Mariner and 7th Son of a 7th Son. Incredible!

[@RWG331]

Piece of Mind is the favorite after that it's hard for me to rank them after that. Truth be told I have a very hard time listening to Blaze Bayley fronting IM. UP THE IRONS! I was them in Pittsburgh the Future Past Tour, sounded great.

[@tomvogel333]

I saw them on this tour in december 83 in Dordmund and was standing in the second row infront of the Band !!!!! High the Irons!

[@audiomover]

Wow! How cool!

[@captainflamson]

That show was filmed and that crowd is one of the craziest I've ever seen! A raging sea of headbangers!!🤘🔥

[@tomvogel333]

@@captainflamson YES, My first concert ever......... amazing!!! and when YOU see the set*list : Maiden, Scorpions, Priest, Def Leppard, Ozzy, MSG, Krokus You´ll never get such a list in one weekend!!! And I will see them again un July 2025 in Stockholm,,,, and my targed is also the secnd row, in memory of my best freind who died some years aggo. Up the Irons!!!

[@rabarebra]

Judas Priest was also excellent that night. You should check up Victim of Changes and Freewheel Burning performances from that show. Wow!

[@irawangani1]

The music was orchestrated aggression. The lyrics were rich. Anyone with an interest in literature and poetry ballads would appreciate the lyrical craft.

[@rvsteve583]

seen this tour in syracuse with cony hatch and fastway, the war memorial was partioned in half. they played for 2 hours...............

[@rabarebra]

Funny Smith would say that, because he wrote a song about the life on the road in Wasted Years, three years later.

[@geezberry8889]

saw my first concert during this tour. quiet riot opened. my favorite maiden album. number of the beast was great but with nicko's drums i prefer this album

[@jaliennation9169]

i got into maiden in 87--if i remember. i was 13, it was the first metal band i ever paid attention to. i loved the music and the lyrics. my parents said they were satanic, just because of the covers. piece of mind wouldn't be my first choice if i wanted to introduce someone into maiden--it'd be killers or powerslave.

[@wilfredmcgillicuddy7902]

We're both around the same age. I was never a fan of punk but a huge Maiden and metal fan. I can see the similarities but always believed metal musicians were more talented and better song writers.

[@mickeygklug]

I remember thinking “Die With Your Boots On” had kind of a punk edge to it. This record blew my mind when it came out that summer. I was 15. I still love “Die With Your Boots On,” “Still Life”, “Revelations”, along with most of this album-except Quest for Fire, which was pretty lame, IMHO. And yes, the punk/metal crossover existed at that time. The punks and the metal-heads were the outcasts of the school back then. We’d play tapes to each other on boomboxes in the cafeteria and stuff.

[@jasonbennett60]

Quest for Fire has some goofy lyrics and the vocal line isn’t great but the music is pretty kickass.

[@rabarebra]

It's set in stone with the album, and leading up to the epic To Tame a Land

[@chadthedrummer7]

Bro you had me at Fast as a Shark! Loved that album! And of course the greatest metal band ever… Up the Irons! (Don’t meddle with things you don’t understand! ~ Nicko. Backwards message intro to Still life) My first show was World Slavery. 85 in Dallas, I was 15! My vehicle license plates now are MAIDEN.

[@audiomover]

Maiden plates! How cool!

[@jeffreyhutchins6527]

You can feel the reach for the Satanic Panic of the 80's in the way this article is authored.

[@delorangeade]

Adrian Smith has always come across as pretty laid back and cool. Of course he went on to write a song, Wasted Years, that was about the loneliness of life on the road. I think there is some footage on YT of Iron Maiden on this tour, maybe in Texas? I think America has often failed to understand what the British see as humorous, and that we tend to be irreverent and self-deprecating even when it comes to serious subjects. There was a spectrum of attitudes between punk and heavy metal fans, ranging from outright disdain and rejection of the other, to an acceptance of both, gut most tended to fall towards one or other end of the range, The New Wave of British Heavy Metal cams a few years after punk, so the kids who were into bands like Iron Maiden and Saxon tended to be younger and nerdier. It was never close to being the epitome of cool to be a rock fan. Punk for the most part was over and done by that time, so as a more general music fan you tended to enjoy what was around at the time and not get caught up in the tribalism.

[@Charles-e8e9m]

I like music

[@Charles-e8e9m]

As much as I like dokken, which is alot,for every lightning strikes there were five so many tears.

[@Charles-e8e9m]

I like iron maiden

[@rabarebra]

And Harris wrote about the life on the road as an lonely distant runner, on the same album

[@Lee-o8f]

Good research nice paper image too

[@MichaelBoyle-e3y]

I was a big sex pistols fan, and got lost with new wave ,hated it infact ,then the Number of the Beast got me into metal, and I love metal since. 80s metal was the best, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

The first time i smoked the dope was this tour Maiden, Saxon & Fastway. One week before my 13th birthday. Kick Ass Show. Steve Harris dove out into the crowd and beat on a security guy who was getting too aggressive

[@ROCKNROAR]

How come you can't do a short documentary on Steel Panther already? It could be a challenge as you would have to keep it clean. AGT did it. They were on AGT (America's Got Tallent) for almost an entire season for prime-time TV! COME ON! Please.

[@tristandunn4628]

I'm probably a few years younger than you, so didn't get into Maiden 'til a little bit later (end of the Somewhere in Time era). It's interesting what you were saying about the lyrical content of the whole heavy metal genre. It's true that in the late 80s, bands were singing about partying and girls a lot more. However, I think that's more from the glam side of things. They formed bands to get laid and have a good laugh. The music was secondary. Bands like Maiden took things much more seriously. You can see that in Steve Harris' determination. He was writing way more intelligent stuff by comparison. His influences were classic literature and history. Bruce also tapped into that with the likes of Flight of Icarus. Other bands that took the more serious approach (the thrash movement for example) were also composing with more serious subject matter.

[@audiomover]

Great points. Thank you!

[@user-bl6ne3hc6n]

Saw Maiden on this tour in socal, to this day i thought Saxon was better, i bought all their Albums the following day, we took a walk around outside the venue, a tour bus pulls in and its the guys, nice lads, got Harris autograph on my shirt and like dumb ass i washed it, heres the fun part, Andrian comes off the bus STINKING DRUNK. 2 guys have to help him, they were wearing Sombreros so I think they just came back from Mexico, we go back in line with are buuddys thats there and told them i dont think Smith is going to make it, about 4 hs later Maiden comes out im on the front rail left in front of Smith, nothing, completely sober and he kicked assssssss,, what ever he took IT WORKED, 😊😊😊

[@sonicmojo]

I was 13 years old when Peace of Mind came out man I loved that album so much. Maiden remains one of my favorite bands of all time. Right around that time I also expanded into a lot of punk and indie rock, like Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Dinosaur jr., Loud Fast Rules aka, "Soul Asylum" ... they were so awesome, way ahead of their time. Before that whole "Runaway Train" crap... And before Dave Pirner began dating Winona Ryder. Im still pretty peeved about that since she was supposed to have hooked up with me instead! But i digress. Lmao 😂😂😂

[@NewEnglandInSeattle]

I think the writer of that article didn't do even the most base level or research into the band or its music. I mean, we all know the Trooper is based on The Charge of the Light Brigade, which was based on real historical event. Iron Maiden fans know that at least half of their songs, if not more than half, are about literature, history, and film.

[@SWVA2TX]

I was 18 when Piece of Mind came out, and I'd been into Maiden since Killers. This reviewer seems to have no ability to discern the meaning behind Steve's lyrics, nor does she have any historical or cultural context in which to place them. Funny how I did have that ability at 18. But most newspaper album reviewers were like that. I remember reading a review that trashed AC/DC's Back in Black as having no value because "the group does no ballads." Oops. Totally clueless. I liked Maiden because they combined smart, intelligent lyrics and themes with hard driving yet complex music. That’s why I'm still a big fan in 2025 and catch them live whenever I can. And you're right about Fastway. Those first two albums were brilliant. The Trick or Treat soundtrack was good too.

[@marcimarcimarci5101]

i've never thought Eddie was "evil"

[@mitchpalmer5116]

I saw them in Germany but I forget what tour. 85ish Power slave I think.

[@davel7791]

Eddie doesn’t represent evil. He represents raw power. That’s why Eddie even toys with the devil. He’s something apart.

[@chrisnizer]

Early 80's was the height of the "Satanic Panic" as it related to heavy metal music. Imagery like the artwork on "Piece of Mind" was a risky proposition back then. Record companies ran the risk of lawsuits, band's and band members ran the risk of boycotts, bad press, lawsuits, etc, etc too. Everyone had to be on the same page and the band better be able to make the money faucet's flow or it ain't happening. "Lyrics are secondary" I think meant they spend more time arranging/recording the music than working on the Lyrics. All 5 members have to be on point for the music to good enough for Iron Maiden.

[@Andy-co6pn]

The UK had a much more liberal outlook,no one really cared or saw it as devil worship or satanic

[@Al_Bundy_1966]

If you need proof the lyrics aren't what necessarily makes a song, look at a song like 99 Luft Ballooons becoming a number one hit or listen to any Rammstein song. But good lyrics like in most Maiden songs definitely turn it up a notch.

[@bcardamone]

Had zero interest in punk. Closest I came was purchasing Plasmatics Metal Priestess. Had never heard of them and then saw them on… Drumroll…Solid Gold. They played black leather monster for Andy Gibb and I think Marilyn Mccoo lol. Anyway, I was totally hooked on the main guitar riff of that song and I ended up buying that album and played the hell out of it.

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

Plasmatics were great

[@fclefjefff4041]

Adrian hasn’t been “silent” regarding Piece of Mind or anything else 😂

[@richardwarner8648]

For this mag reviewer to suggest that Iron Maiden are satanic in any way shows just how ignorant they are concerning the concepts both lyrically and musically with Iron Maiden. Their lyrical (reviewers) interpretation of The Trooper just furthers the point. Smh....alot of people regardless of where or whence they come are just damn dumb. I like your channel my man. Subbed.

[@audiomover]

Thank you!

[@mister_syre]

As far as I am concerned, the lyrics of Iron Maiden have always been AS important as the music. Not only did it separate them from the hordes of bands speaking of sex, drugs or the devil but they also introduced a lot of us to history, poetry, movies and books. Back then, we were listening to Maiden, DRI, Slayer, Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies and they were all 'variations' of heavy music. It wasn't that important to label each band with a genre.

[@rabarebra]

+ Judas Priest, Kiss, Twisted Sister, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Anthrax, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Motorhead, Accept, Dio, Motley Crue, Van Halen.... . . . . . .

[@Charles-e8e9m]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Charles-e8e9m]

It's pissing rain outside ,burp.eef,eef.

[@Charles-e8e9m]

Yessir I was checking into the green (apples)bout that time and desired appreciation effect was turn up volume and Steve Harris take it away!

[@Charles-e8e9m]

You know,bass was so cool ,you know.

[@joeyd3324]

Remember the poster that came in this album..?

[@youtoo2233]

Yep, they're all sitting at the table with the brain in the middle

[@rabarebra]

not a poster, it was inside of its jacket's gatefold along with its lyrics. This is the only 80s album that got released in gatefold, hence why the fuck-up of the 1980-1989 boxset, where all albums couldn't fit. The US box were measured correctly, but not the European one 😂

[@rabarebra]

(gatefold: except Live After Death, but that's a live album. Was thinking studio albums).

[@joeyd3324]

@@rabarebra ?

[@joeyd3324]

@@rabarebra I lost interest after Powerslave...not a gatefold...I met Clive Burr and the boys on the # of the Beast Tour...Dot my album signed...lol

[@mirko1382]

One of my favorite bands is a Japanese metal band called Flatbacker who had a punk tinge to their sound. There were/ are some crossover bands like the Plasmatics, and Suicidal Tendencies that straddle the line between metal & punk, though most fans in each genre wouldn't cross that line. For me I'm more of a metalhead, but if I heard a cool punk song, I wouldn't snub it.

[@audiomover]

Flatbacker! They were the precursors to EZO who had one of the best heavy metal debut albums in the 1980s.

[@mirko1382]

@@audiomover Yes. It's a great album, however, if you ever heard Flatbacker, they were heavier. I've always felt that they became too Americanized and "softer" than their first 2 albums they did as Flatbacker. EZO was an underrated band. Masaki Yamada would join Loudness in 91 and would record another 5 killer albums.

[@neilbethell2299]

What silence

[@chrisnizer]

No doubt, Steve Harris was the "Boss Applesauce" of Iron Maiden. I think that had a lot to do with the dismissal of Paul Dianno. He (Paul D'ianno) was Type-A all day long, had to be to do what he did...and he was great! (Killer's was the TIT'S). Steve Harris was also...Type-A, but Steve Harris was the Boss...there was no room for argument on that, none whatsoever. Thanks for the video my friend, good stuff indeed! Punk never gave me the adrenaline rush I got from metal, it didn't even blip on the radar. Metal got me thru 4 years of being a TOW missile gunner when I needed some adrenaline...right NOW.

[@rabarebra]

Di'anno was a drug addict and didn't want to tour that much. Di'anno hated to travel to Japan (e.g. Maiden Japan EP). Rod Smallwood + Harris took the decision, as Di'anno was also too aggressive - anger temper.

[@ZeBubba]

Motörhead is the missing link between punk and metal. They are the two sides of the same coin. It was all about rebellion.

[@audiomover]

Motorhead! Great point!

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

I discovered Motorhead via One Track Mind video on MTV about 3 weeks after I Saw Maiden in July of 83

[@rabarebra]

@@MENFUSSMIKE Probably Killed by Death video. It went constant on MTV.

[@frankmartell2063]

Snow

[@joeyd3324]

to any guitar player, lyrics are secondary...lol

[@kellecetraro4807]

Bla blah blah blah you sit, read and wax poetic about creative works other people have created. You remind me of my little brother

[@thatsgottahurt666]

I like IM but I in fact did not enjoy this video. Stick to the subject. We didnt click on this video to hear your opinion on every aspect of IM…who cares

[@audiomover]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@froorocks100]

That's a little unfair. If we just want facts we can go to Wikipedia. I click on these videos to get the creators perspective so I can learn something or see something from a different angle

[@rabarebra]

There's always one of those people. 🤡

[@VaraLaFey]

I _almost_ saw them on this tour. Story time.... I was living in Fargo ND at the time and they came through with Coney Hatch. In those days you could show up early to the venue and help the roadies as unpaid volunteer labor, and you'd get to watch the show free and often from just behind the backline. Needless to say I did that a couple times. The downtown auditorium (forgot the name, not looking it up) couldn't fit the lighting: someone had mis-measured or miscommunicated, and the trestles would be hanging over the audience - a complete no-no. The riggers were not amused (one of their crew had a neckbrace, fwiw). So that was that. On the plus side that night I was at the Gaslight Lounge and the drummer from Coney Hatch was there. He was cool and we chatted a bit. "People had warned us not to tour with Iron Maiden, telling us "oh, Iron Maiden this" and "Iron Maiden that", but they've been great to us". Similar case: a while later Leppard was touring Pyromania and Uriah Heep was opening. Outdoor show, and Lepps were having fun driving golf carts around the back area. The rented lighting from regional company Naked Zoo also had problems. Giant 3' * 3' *12' trestles couldn't be stabilized for whatever reason, would go halfway up and the riggers would lower them again. It took about 6 of us just to drag one of those pieces across the stage, and the crew was showing us a 3/4" steel bolt bent into a rounded L shape. Eventually Leppard went on (no Heep) using genie towers, and I watched from behind the backline, and got to meet a lot of people (Box, Allen and Colin were especially cool). All us local volunteers got Pyromania tour shirts (mine is long gone). Fargo was NOT the place for big production, but still had a big demand for big bands.

[@audiomover]

That's super interesting!

[@freakybeaky1]

The attitude of the first two albums and the ‘controversial’ artwork was something else- a bit more to it(some of it a bit political but with a hint of ott for the sake of it) eg ‘Women In Uniform,’ ‘Sanctuary’, ‘Twilight Zone’ etc. Got NOTB, coincidentally in Worksop, the weekend it came out but- didn’t shell out on this. Still went to see them but this was them getting really popular and a bit overblown. I didn’t fit in maybe. Think it was the girls turning on to it because of Bruce Bruce. Think I was getting into Accept and ‘Machine Gun Etiquette.’ My pal was into drums and Clive Burr ( and his Purgatory shirt) but we all got together at his to watch Live After Death a few years later- on the VHS Rental.;)