The Iron Maiden Song that Changed Metal Forever... | Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What was the first Metal band/album that made you a believer?

[@jimmyramone5714]

Black Sabbath

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

I would have to say judas priest !

[@denisemeredith2436]

Black Sabbath

[@lisamorrison2149]

Black Sabbath

[@stephenbrown4211]

Angelwitch

[@kevinscarr]

In High School, I told my English teacher about this song while we were doing Ryme of the Ancient Mariner. She play the whole 12 minute song in class. I was the only metal head. It was awesome!!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Now that's cool.

[@MattKrogmeier]

I gave a recording of Rime to my high school English teacher as well!

[@MyName-pl7zn]

Too cool, turning on the teacher and class to metal 🤘

[@markh4473]

I made a deal with my English teacher because of having to read Jane Eyre so she played my copy of Powerslave as a compromise focusing on the ryme of the ancient mariner

[@totallykoolyeah]

rock on! is that you' Spiccoli?

[@gb2067]

I saw Maiden 3 times in the 80's. The second time my buddy and I ended up at the same bar as the band after the show. What an AWESOME group of guys. They invited the 2 us to sit with them, at 18 years old, my mind was blown. Bruce came in towards closing time, He had a quick drink and then picked tab for the table. We didn't know that our tab was paid for until the waitress told us Bruce had paid. Thank Guys, we didn't even get a chance the thank them. It was one of the most memorable times of my life. You couldn't meet a nicer bunch of guys. Thanks for highlighting them.

[@Cloxxki]

Awesome! Happy for you. I never went to a concert but listened since the mid 80s.

[@williamreiser3118]

Lucky

[@martinwakefield8138]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s but didnt get to see them until 2022. They were just as good as I imagined they would have been in the 80s

[@harryhirsch3637]

Awesome story! When i saw them in 83, i met my chemistry teacher who was totally drunk. He stumbled, i managed to catch him and we're on first names since then. Great guy, tought us how to build fireworks. Yeah kids, in the 80s you could do that without triggering the local police!

[@markmalmstrom9038]

@@martinwakefield8138same, grew up same time as you but saw them first until 2022. A lot of wasted years and missed concerts. Just saw them two weeks ago with my kids and were close to the stage. They put on an amazing show.

[@mournblade1066]

I never had to "hide" Iron Maiden from my parents. In fact, I listened to them in front of them all the time back in the 1980s. They never used foul language, and their music was melodic and complex. UP THE IRONS!!!

[@mrpositronia]

Same. Maiden were a relatively wholesome band (for a rock band) with no swearing, no visual cigarette usage in band photos and songs about literature, films and history. What more could a parent want than a kid to be into a band like that? I guess it's all about middle-American christians...

[@mournblade1066]

@@mrpositronia I'm Roman Catholic. The only friends I had whose parents forbade Iron Maiden were those who went to a bible church or some other ultra-conservative fundamentalist church.

[@dodiegoldney]

Same. My mom actually bought me the Piece of Mind picture disc for Christmas (which I had begged for, naturally). It had a picture of Eddie's brain on the back, served up with some nice roasted veggies.

[@dvened]

i agree the title makes no sense, it's just clickbaity stuff

[@megb7715]

They're basically English literature teachers

[@shelleygiesbrecht4759]

Iron Maiden’s “Powerslave” tour was my very first concert experience. I was 15 years old and had to lie to my parents and sneak out of the house to go to this concert. Twisted Sister opened for them, with their “Stay Hungry” album. I bought a ticket up in the nosebleeds and waited for the concert to start before heading down to find an empty seat as close to the stage as I could. I ended up being grounded by my parents, but it was worth it.

[@krisyoung447]

We lived parallel lives except I didn't get grounded. When the giant Eddie came out I lost my shit. Saw them in Fresno just after they played Long Beach for the Live After Death album. I took my son to their last show and it was their best stage show since Powerslave. 🤘

[@comettamer]

I bet it was

[@scottangle574]

Powerslave was my first IM show to. Saw it in Denver. After the show I saw a fight between Christian protesters and Iron Maiden fans in a snow storm outside of Denny's waiting for my mom to pick us up from the show.

[@Pete-tu7qg]

Saw that your here in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nov. 24th, 1984. I was 12, and was so pumped I carved the date on my homeroom desk. Love your channel, Adam. Greetings from NS!

[@Daddy53751]

I saw them on the Number tour opening for Scorpions (Blackout) in ‘82. I didnt know who they were, but I sure as heck did after that night!🤘🏻

[@skyhawk263]

I remember standing in a music store back in the early 80's looking for something new. My friends were all into Journey, REO Speedwagon and ZZ Top, which was fine, I was just looking for something different. I spotted this album cover that just screamed to me, "I'm different!!" It was The number of the beast. I stood there looking at the artwork thinking, OMG! any band that had a album cover this cool has got to be good. I had never heard of Iron Maiden, so I went ahead and bought it based on the cover alone. Got home and put it on, and I was just blown away, I listened to it over and over. Here 40 years later it's just as good as the first time I heard it.

[@travisstafford397]

That is one of the reasons that I mourn the loss of LPs as the main vehicle for music. Growing up Every weekend I’d go to our local music store. At times I’d know what I was going to buy, the new LP from one of my favorite bands. Often though I’d dig through the racks looking for something that caught my eye. A cool album cover, a band with a cool name I’d never heard, etc. Sometimes I’d get an album based on a cool cover and it would be listened to once and forgotten. Other times I’d be so blown away I knew that next week I’d buy another album from the band I just discovered. The digital format has some positives for music but IMO the losses far outweigh the “on -demand “ aspects. Kids today will never experience music the way we did.

[@cyrusatkinson3307]

Exactly what made me grab Metallica's Master of Puppets from the Library lol. HOOKED TO METAL

[@PilloryClinton]

Very similar experience for me, but with the album Killers. Haha

[@LoquilloPanama]

Maiden is Huge here in Brazil . I've seen them 10 times live including their Rock in Río festival performances in 2001, 2013 and 2019 . Maiden has been Playing for capacity sold out stadiums of 70 to 90,000 fans in Chile Argentina and Brazil for decades. Thanks for including them in your lessons, Professor.

[@markcatanzaro9699]

I live in Arizona, I've seen them 3 times also- EVERY TIME THEY'RE GREAT but what is it about South America and Brazil? I've seen the videos of the shows and it absolutely blows my mind!!!

[@jenglishg]

I've seen Maiden I think 8 times since they started coming to Chile, the last one last night with 60,000 other people (on their 2nd show in the country), and it would have been 9 if the Catholic Church hadn't blocked them in 1992 (what a shame). How great they are!

[@arey721]

I’m 21 years old, and I LOVE Iron Maiden! I can only imagine how awesome it must have been to hear the albums come out through the decades. I’m very blessed to have it all at my disposal - The Trooper and Rime of the Ancient Mariner are my two favorites of theirs. Thanks for covering them, Professor! Up the Irons!

[@latentsea]

We waited six weeks to get to See five songs on TV around 1980 (killers days). We all gathered at a friends and we’re blown away seeing them in action for the first time. recorded it on VHS and that tape was gold. We shared it until it was soon worn out. I think it started with ides of March , into wrathchild... we all went nuts

[@richrodriguez8520]

I was 12 yrs old they were my first concert in 1987

[@renewsustainpeace]

Up the Irons!

[@markcatanzaro9699]

If you ever get the chance to see them in concert- YOU MUST GO! -if its too expensive, save up. If its a little too far, make the trip. If no one wants to go with you, go anyway- these guys are so good live, and their show is so absolutely amazing- PLEASE treat yourself- you'll thank me later I promise! If it's anywhere near Phoenix I'll go with you

[@Jm-Gonz]

I’m 60 and play maiden on guitar more than probably any other band. You have good taste

[@mikev2050]

Iron Maiden lyrics are going to form the basis of a home schooling curriculum for my (8 month old) grandson. Tip- Knowing the lyrics and singing Rime of the Ancient Mariner to yourself while running will increase your fitness hugely...Up the Irons!!

[@JeffTheHokie]

A lot of good history lessons there. Alexander The Great, Passhendale (Multiply Vietnam's battle of Hamburger Hill by about 2000. That's how bad the battle of Passhendale was.), Empire of the Clouds, The Trooper. The list goes on. Math on the other hand would probably make for some really boring songs.

[@leroybrown3856]

The loneliness of the long distance runner always played in my head when I ran. Way back when.🏃🏻

[@nem447]

Bruce Dickinson and his band mates were watching the _Iron Maidens_ (all female cover band) and said to Steve Harris, _‘This is a really weird question, but looking at them, would you f*ck yourself?’_ And he went, _‘I don’t know, but we’ve all been thinking it.’_

[@markcatanzaro9699]

Ha! I've seen them live- they were great!

[@metalmugen]

That's so fucking funny 🤣

[@harryhirsch3637]

OMG, LOL! 👍🤣 Then again, depending on when they watched them, Nita was/is a real eyecatcher!

[@justabill5780]

HA! The singer of the Iron Maidens is my ex girlfriend! lol

[@Dr7strings]

My old bass player "Mel" (Melony) is/was a founding member of the Maidens!

[@hughaskew6550]

I was working in a music store in 1981 when I came across the self-titled album in our stock. I was so intrigued by the album cover that I bought it that day and blasted it out all evening. I turned many rockers on to this band and looked forward to each new release.

[@shawnbartz9818]

Iron Maiden. The "thinking man's" metal. Their lyrical subject matter has always exceeded most other metal practitioners. I loved how you included that Piece of Mind opens with the onslaught of Where Eagles Dare. In their live shows, Maiden always open their set with the opening track from the album they're touring on. Eagles is an incredibly difficult song, and they would open their set with it! They're just an amazing group of musicians. My first Maiden album was Somewhere in Time and they've been my favorite band ever since (I'm currently just a few months shy of 48). Lyrics spanned the literary, the philosophical, and the historic. I actually wound up convincing my mom that the Irons were alright by going through the lyrics to Alexander the Great side by side with our World Book encyclopedia! Up the Irons!

[@williamkoonrad7930]

That was my first album from them and it was love at first listen all the songs are great especially deju vu by far the best metal band of all time

[@johnchedsey1306]

My dad was a history buff but also assumed all metal lyrics were dumb. I remember showing him Aces High and he was impressed with them. Granted, he still thought Bruce Dickinson sounded like a cat being mauled, but at least he understood some of the appeal after that.

[@st170ish]

Its just not the lyrics musically they brilliant, they make excellent orchestral pieces(Of Mind 🤘... pun intended) written well enough to be stand alone without lyrics and still tell a story. But yes lyrically speaking there are very few writers/composers who could Die with their boots on.

[@grantandrews4826]

Well said my friend. Iron Maiden could have written all of their songs about absolutely nothing and still would have rocked harder than anyone else, but they didn't.

[@idnyftw]

Iron Maiden made me stick to the genre, might even play it to my kids someday

[@kylelewis4685]

Up the Irons!!! As a die hard 80's metal head, Maiden was always right at the top my favorites list. 30 years later and they are still going. Though their more recent albums are still pretty good its the 80's golden era albums that shine. Power slave and Number of the Beast are two of my all time favorite albums. Cheers man. More Maiden content would be awesome.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

🤘UP THE IRONS🤘

[@davidransom4703]

umm its more then 30 yrs ..try 30 billion yrs

[@ck5192]

Up the Irons!!

[@doubtingthomas9117]

POWERSLAVE and NUMBER OF THE BEAST are two of my favorite all time albums as well

[@ThatCaymanGuy]

So many maiden memories, I did take my mom with me to see them during powerslave tour on a bet that they weren't satanic. My mom thought they were fantastic, not her cup of tea but I got the green light to listen to heavy metal.

[@danielcarlson800]

51 here, and a fan since the age of 9. Up The Irons!!!!!!! 🇬🇧 🤘

[@MrDeengels]

48 here and right with you!!!

[@stugramajo3197]

You are a great writer, a poet. What a tribute you paid to Maiden. I’m inspired. I became an Iron Maiden fan the second I heard them for the first time, their song: Hallowed Be Thy Name - the live version from Life After Death. The chiming of the bells and the minor-scale tones put me of a glorious journey I continue to cherish. The best moment of my first listen, however, was The Phantom Of The Opera. The musicianship, the menacing lyrics, the euphoric drama of an epic musical performance - and those guitar solos… wow!! Iron Maiden changed my life in that moment.

[@ponzo1967]

Iron Maiden has always been the epitome of a professional disciplined rock/metal band. Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind were my youth. Awesome memories 😎

[@old_man_with_cane3407]

Piece of mind was my fav.

[@m42037]

@@old_man_with_cane3407 #

[@Driskyle]

I met Bruce Dickinson at a Halloween festival last month. Such a down to earth guy! What a legend

[@ProfessorofRock]

I've heard that about him. We'll try to get him. We actually had him scheduled for an interview a few years back but it got canceled due to scheduling conflict.

[@Driskyle]

@@ProfessorofRock that would be so cool! I really hope you can arrange that. It took all of my courage to decide to speak to him, so as he walked past I awkwardly blurted out “Mr Dickinson!”. He graciously stopped and we shook hands, I introduced my wife to him and we spoke for a minute before he wished us well. I love your channel, always the best content.

[@austintrousdale2397]

@@ProfessorofRock 💔

[@KelvindeWolfe]

RIP

[@christophercrowder872]

Thank you for giving Iron Maiden their due. They are literally the biggest metal band in the world (even Metallica would admit that). Up the irons!!

[@johnchedsey1306]

I think they are the epic 80s metal band and represent the best of that decade. I might prefer other bands a tad more, but every single Maiden release in the 80s is a classic.

[@Bobklijn]

Metallica actually made one good album. Maiden's at least eight or more. Way more consistent and original band imho

[@zman2205]

@@Bobklijn one good album 😂😂😂. Piss off mate

[@davidransom4703]

iron maidens new album backhands metallica off of my top ten

[@zodiac6968]

Debatable.

[@paisteplayer1040]

Me and My 23 year old son are going to Bruce’s talking tour in Raleigh NC in Jan, 22, cant wait.

[@alwolfy1782]

My husband is a hugh Iron maiden fan and introduced me to the music the first time I went into his bedroom. We were both in our teens. Very sweet young love listening to Iron Maiden together. I love this track especially live. We never get tired of seeing this band and will be seeing them for the 16th time next year. BTW, I live 3 miles away from where Trooper beer is made, I know one of the brewers who was involved in developing it and it's my husband's favourite beer. I'm loving this episode.

[@jenglishg]

How lucky you Brits are to live in the country of bands like Iron Maiden and so many other legends of rock and music in general. You can meet your heroes in the pub and sometimes see them up close in venues smaller than a stadium, without necessarily expecting a world tour that takes them to your faraway country. Greetings from Chile. PS: Maiden beer is sold here, I drink it frequently.

[@leroybrown3856]

Good beer. I buy it at every show.

[@jcsauls9537]

I was taking art in high school and my friend chose for his pointalism subject the cover for "Killers". I asked him what it was and he let me borrow the cassette. That was all it took. From then I bought the new albums on their release date. Half of my bedroom was covered with Maiden posters. Thanks for this episode. Glad to hear you say you were doing more down the road.

[@danatorres1035]

Aaaaw maaan that brings me back to my HS days. I had a great love for Maiden and i drew the somewhere in time cover over thirty years ago which was one of the first masterpieces i ever made. I regret losing it though

[@christophercrowder872]

I first heard Iron Maiden when my friend Jim Henson (not *that* one) pulled out "Killers" and played it. I was hooked. Then "Run To The Hills" started showing up on MTV, and that was it. Been a HUGE Iron Maiden fan ever since. "The Trooper" remains one of my favorite songs all these years later, and "Piece of Mind" is one of my favorite metal albums.

[@mattygates1]

Gotta say so many great songs but Hallowed be thy Name live is awesome

[@Krullmatic]

Thank you SO MUCH for covering this Prof! They were very instrumental in the heavy metal movement. They're definitely original, and a force to be reckoned with! Sidenote: I was mainly a metalhead myself when I was a teen, but as I've gotten older, I'm 51 now, I've opened myself up to many genres, and now my tastes are expanded exponentially! Music is life!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Original for sure.

[@ponzo1967]

I appreciated Iron Maiden like any self respecting teenage metal head. I still like them at 53, though it's no longer my religion and Creed I think it's great music and great lyrics

[@Frostwulf1313]

Very nice! I've been on an Iron Maiden binge once again. They were my first heavy metal love. My first experience with Maiden was hearing the Live After Death album at a friend's house during a sleepover. I thought it was all really cool but wasn't fully sold until I heard Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. That middle section with the creaking of the ship gave me the best chills. I was hooked right then and there. I devoured everything Iron Maiden after that. Every few years I go back and run through all of their material and watch all the old documentaries. Thanks for this Adam. Try to get a Steve Harris interview, too, if you can. It is HIS band after all. Also, don't ever let anyone talk you out of Michael Jackson or Prince.

[@Simon-RucknRideAUD]

I met Bruce when he was doing his book tour and seminar what a truly wonderful person he is

[@GrahamGibby]

Maiden passed over for the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. F them, Up the Irons!

[@thatoldcomicsmell56]

It's a joke. There's non rock bands in there. It means nothing now

[@tonygreene3941]

HOF not worthy, F em, up those friggin Irons

[@Jcruzer70]

In 1984 the year after this album debuted I discovered Maiden through a friend of mind who had been blasting Powerslave. I was immediately hooked and ran to the record store to buy the Powerslave cassette. Was so blown away I think I waited an entire week before I bought Piece Of Mind next. The Trooper was a song that just grabs a hold of the listener and never let's go. I have seen Maiden live about 12 times and the Trooper along with Hallowed Be Thy Name are must haves at their live shows. Great tribute to one of the GOATS of metal! Up The Irons! 🤘🤘

[@danielthomas8507]

i was 16 when the first album came out, changed my life played in metal band right through the 80's because of that first record..., still a fan after all these years even though the best stuff was the first 4 albums IMO...cheers from New Zealand

[@dragonqueen6589]

I knew it!!! Cinderella did a similar thing with Long Cold Winter (the title track, at least) Steve Harris is one of the legends of the bass guitar.

[@green4black]

Adam, I made the opposite musical journey in this time period: I started as an Iron Maiden / metal fanatic then wandered into post-punk and the Smiths, who became my other favorite band. Very different worlds represented by each - Sci-Fi/fantasy/ horror/historical (Maiden) vs the extremely personal, realistic and social (the Smiths) - but I just saw it as good music and compelling personalities, regardless of genre. It’s one thing that keeps drawing me back to your channel - your enthusiasm and appreciation for such a wide range of artists and types of music. Great song choice and overview here of an incredibly influential metal band.

[@desmondellis657]

Total Maiden fan and die hard metal head, here, at 61 years old and still head banging! Great vid, keep up the good work. One thing: the poem was The Charge of the Light Brigade, not Chase. Thanks again!

[@markellis5008]

58 here..... right there with ya.

[@karlwendell6177]

52 and the same

[@zephead64]

57 and still crancking up the Maiden and Priest on a regular basis 🤘

[@shawnallen6734]

56 amen brother

[@danielcarlson800]

51 here, same. "Honor the charge they made".

[@brandonerickson5188]

I had a teacher that was trying to show the adverse effects of heavy metal music on a person's mental and physical well-being. One of the tests was to squeeze a bathroom scale as hard as you can, both before and after listening to the Iron Maiden album Piece of Mind that I provided at his request. He had a few ringers go up and do the test so he could prove that you were physically weaker after listening to Iron Maiden. They couldn't put as much pressure on the scale after listening. I went up next and could press it harder after listening to the album. I wasn't one of his favorites after that.

[@je-2024_1]

And now it's all CRT LOL that teacher would be sued nowadays for even playing something like that in class

[@King_Conan]

That sounds like the dumbest experiment I have ever heard of lol. Anyway what the hell, how many people love to work out to metal, I know I do!

[@je-2024_1]

@@King_Conan obviously the teacher must have been teaching home economics yeah LOL sounds like a made-up story to me

[@brandonerickson5188]

@@je-2024_1 the only thing I exaggerated was whether he didn't like me afterwards. I could never tell.

[@je-2024_1]

@@brandonerickson5188 okay whatever props to you he man let me take you to the circus the next time I need someone to smash the bell with a hammer my girlfriend could use this stuff Teddy

[@markg410]

Up the Irons. Similar introduction to Maiden as POM was my start. It felt so powerful and epic. 40 years later, I still have the same emotions when I listen to the greatest band ever. I appreciate the video.

[@TheFivepoint1994]

Growing up in deep East Texas, I was steeped in 70's and 80's country music. My uncle introduced me to Piece of Mind and my life hasn't been the same since. 7th Son of a 7th Son is still the best live show I've ever seen. My daughters first concert...you guessed it. Had her on my shoulders the whole night so she wouldn't miss a second of the show. Thanks for covering this monumental group and thank you Iron Maiden for so many awesome songs and memories. Up the Irons!!!

[@DukesMusic84]

Why are there Millenial consumers on every block wearing Iron Maiden (or Metallica or GNR) T-shirts in the 2020s? Because the experience of going to great rock concert is timeless, and something no one can ever take away from us again.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen to that.

[@mikecooper7772]

The same reason why back in the 90s we all wore doors shirts Zepplin shirts.

[@RH-xs8gz]

Great music is great music, no matter what era.

[@rallypoint1]

My Gen Z son loves Maiden!!! Good parenting..LOL He even took my Maiden T-shirt I would wear at Maiden shows!!

[@michaelboyle5805]

​@@RH-xs8gzexcept since the start of the 2000s, no new bands are any good, pro tools auto tune, click tracks, WTF is that all about.

[@jjfromthebigland781]

In 1980 I was 9 years old and my teenage brother brought home Judas Priest album British Steel. I didn't really understand what I was hearing at the time but I knew that I liked it. And from that day on I was an avowed metalhead...

[@deanrobert9953]

Older brothers and Judas Priest! The way to metal!

[@kevinbreckenridge6729]

Kick ass album

[@bookrisingisclosed]

Iron Maiden is my all-time favorite band. One of the few bands that really bring it in concert night in and night out, and have stayed true to themselves and their fans throughout the years. And they did it all with relatively low air time. The best ... ever.

[@ShaWar102]

Revelations from this album floored me back then. Absolute floored. I dont get that kind of reaction with any band today.

[@djanf93]

The greatest track on the album. One of maiden’s greatest still. The opening riff is monumental…

[@nondescriptcat5620]

I got to see Maiden at Ozzfest in the early 2000s and every member had more energy than bands literally half their age. between being a commercial pilot and competitive fencing, Bruce is the real life Most Interesting Man in the World. my friend showing me Raining Blood and New Millennium Cyanide Christ growing up made me a Metalhead.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

Ozzfest? Didn't Sharon kick them off because they upstaged Sabbath night after night?

[@ivankrushensky]

@@hattorihanzo2275 because her foolish daughter was trying to get people to egg Maiden and disconnect the PA during their shows.....because Bruce was critical of how the festival was being run and Ozzy's substance abuse and inability to perform.

[@paulbyrne7617]

Been listening to Iron Maiden since I was a teenager in the 80's. They just get better over time and their last album was a beauty. Still have a special place for the classics of the 80's- Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave

[@stuartleckie]

Yes prof! I’m sure tons of us have Maiden stories. Finding the band, having the posters, the patches, all of that good stuff. And here we are in 2021 where we are still getting brand new Maiden ! Up the irons. 🤘🏼

[@vaskylark]

Yep. Saw them in concert in the 80's. My friend caught the drum stick and then some guy stole it from her. She and I were invited up to the stage during a certain song since we were hot girls in spandex. There were several of us haha

[@TRex-rh6rf]

Had a friend of mine introduce me to Iron Maiden with this album. Where Eagles Dare, best intro ever, completely blew me away. I really got hooked with Powerslave and Somewhere In Time. Maiden is still the gold standard for metal. 🤘😎🤘

[@russellsehn9566]

The moment i heard "woe to you oh earth and sea..." back in '82, Ive been a Trooper ever since. UP THE IRONS!!!!

[@warriorinagarden70]

Your experience with buying piece of mind had me smiling to myself. I bought number of the beast with my paper round money and listened to it on my parents record player with headphones every night for months. Still listen to it now. Epic.

[@Fiona2254]

The album cover is why I didn't play it when my friend loaned it to me...after I returned it and then I realized I'd already listened to Run To The Hills and already loved it 🤣🤣🤣 decades later I still love Maiden! Up the Irons! 🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@johnosullivan7467]

Thanks for covering Maiden. They were omnipresent throughout the 80’s and 90’s and are still going strong today!

[@dont_follow5777]

Bought Piece of Mind for "Flight of Icarus." Was blown away when I heard "The Trooper." I was a senior in high school(1984). We had an assignment in a class to bring in songs about war. I played The Trooper. I don't think the cover freaked anyone out. Cool school.

[@shanebrown4146]

same

[@AlucardHV]

I have considered Trooper as a concert song... and have not heard it by choice in over 30 years... only in concerts and going deep into it with you taught me not to keep certain things for granted

[@samburchard9921]

My older brother bought the Piece of Mind album, brought it home and I started to listen to it. A new metal head was born. Up the Irons! I don't remember my first listen, but I remember putting the head phones on, dropping the needle down and cranking up the volume. Iron Maiden definitely helped me survive my high school years.

[@wheelch0ck]

Maiden is my favorite band!! (Dickinson era) 🤘🏼❤️🤘🏼 This was two years ago? How am I just now seeing this video? My parents were heavy into the Satanic Panic and I never admitted to them about loving the band. I listened to them at school and at friends houses where their parents' weren't as uptight about things. Until i was a young adult and they couldn't do anything about it. The first album I bought (without the proverbial noose swaying in front of me) was Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Still to this day, that album holds a special place in my heart. It later came up in a conversation with my dad, and I was telling him how educated and successful outside of the bend each member was, how Bruce is a licensed pilot, did a humanitarian mission with their own 747, and how Bruce was a professor. I also explained how much of their songs were historical references or something/someone iconic in literary references. I even looked up the lyrics of some of those songs for my dad. To my surprise, he said something to the effect of, "Wow, we seemed to misjudge that..." When we still lived in Colorado, my wife surprised me with tickets in 2005. I still remember that concert like it was yesterday.

[@mrpositronia]

I remember singing the non-lyrical chorus to the Trooper, when I was almost 7 years old and asking friends at school if they new the song. Then a few years later I went all in for the Seventh Son albums and singles, and never looked back. Well, I kind of look back now, but that's different. Anyway, I never felt like I needed to hide my appreciation for them, and had posters all over my bedroom of artwork and live/studio photo shoots.

[@FatherAndTeacherTV]

I have never been a huge metal fan. But I can always appreciate the musicianship by heavy metal artists / bands. Thank you, Professor of Rock!

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

I’m the same. I was 16 in 1985, so I came of age right in the middle of metal-mania. It was all about technicality for most of those bands, and I gravitated more towards post-punk and early-alternative. Very few of those hair-bands have stood the test of time, and Iron Maiden is one of them.

[@FatherAndTeacherTV]

@@hailmaryrecordings8255 I am listening to your "Bury You" by Jeffrey Hamilton. Is Hail Mary Recordings a record label?

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

@@FatherAndTeacherTV It’s my vanity-label. I won’t sign with a corporation, so I’ve been releasing some things on my own. My girl-thing is named Mary.

[@FatherAndTeacherTV]

@@hailmaryrecordings8255 Oh cool! What's a "girl-thing"? Do you copyright all of your stuff too?

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

@@FatherAndTeacherTV She’s a wife in everything but name. If you say “partner” now, people assume you’re gay, but that’s exactly what she is. My first wife was an enemy eventually. Yes, I copyright and register my stuff through ASCAP and have been using reverbnation as a distributor. It’s going OK so-far.

[@iankearns774]

I saw them live in November of 1982 in Melbourne Australia. It was my first live concert, not yet 18. Never forget it and was a big fan from 1982 to late 80's.I was more into hard rock but Iron maiden had something special. I bought the Number of the Beast in the first week of its release in 82. Music tastes change and I got more into Aussie Pub rock before rediscovering Prog Rock in the 90's. I grew up listening to my older brother (by 10 years) music as a small kid . I was listening to Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Beggars Opera, Yes etc as a 7 year old. Now I listen to a lot of Blues, its strange how your music tastes change and evolve over time.

[@MrThelmaGore]

First song I remember hearing from Maiden was run to the hills. I was a huge kiss fan so to hear a song like rtth was mind blowing. I had to have more of this. I had no idea what the name of the band was and my brother told me he would not let me know. It was a few years later that I heard the trooper. My friends were all making fun of my addiction to KISS and when I heard that voice again, I knew exactly what I had been cheated out of. This was my IRON MAIDEN awakening. They are still one of my favorite bands ever. Damn, thanks for taking me down memory lane.

[@crusherbmx]

My Dad was a country guy and would make fun of my music...he's also an airplane guy, you see where this is going....one day I saw a plane fly in with the Iron Maiden livery, an Air Iceland 757...I called my Dad on his cell, he was at the airport watching planes come in as he likes to do, I told him to watch for this plane and that I'd meet him there in a few minutes...he was pleasantly shocked when I told him that the name on the side was one of the bands he used to make fun of in the 80's....and that the singer of the band occasionally flies that plane.

[@ronstewart6362]

I love All Maiden. Probably my favorite metal band but on piece of mind it was flight of Icarus that not only pulled me in but it was the first song I learned to play on bass guitar. I've been playing now for over 35 years👍

[@demetriuscooksey7147]

People would be sadly mistaken to accuse you of not having a broad musical palette.

[@roncamp2148]

And they got punched

[@AdamSandaver]

Are you kidding . Apart from crappy techno there isn’t a genre not covered here.

[@demetriuscooksey7147]

@@AdamSandaver that's what I'm saying.

[@leroybrown3856]

I’m 55 years old. IM’s Piece of Mind was my first Maiden album. It was the torch that set me ablaze. It was 84 or 85, I’m not sure but I was in high school and firmly entrenched in the bands I still listen to like Rush (#1 forever),Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Van Halen. All those bands have amazing songs that rock but Piece of Mind was something else and every song told a story and some I recognized, like the Trooper. I’d been playing drums since 6th grade and my musical choices always revolved around a killer drummer that fit the music being played but always really listening to the guitar as well. Maiden brought all of that with an extra guitarist and the first ultra powered vocalist I’d ever heard that could really raise the bar, Dickenson. Geddy had great falsetto, D.L.Roth had bluesy soul and punch, many others had great articulation, but Dickenson was superhuman with all of that and more. The vocals and lyrics of history and literature backed by an unbelievably tight, hard, fast and capable of heavy harmony and melodic trists gang of dudes with instruments that are legends, was my reason to get on that train and never get off. The Trooper will forever remain their best song ever IMO, and I like damn near every song they’ve ever written. I’ve replaced Piece of Mind at least 3 or 4 times on CD In the past 40 years as it’s one of my must haves. I can’t say enough about IM and how they are definitely playing on the soundtrack of my life. I’m grateful for them and all the others and I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to gush praise for them.

[@cakevictim]

My first intro to Iron Maiden was in 1982. Walking into my friend’s house after high school, seeing “Run To The Hills” firing up on MTV, which was only available in my area for a few weeks then. Hearing that drumbeat and those guitar notes, then Bruce’s voice, ROCKED MY WORLD. My car had an 8-track player and I bought that tape the following weekend. Absolutely still a huge fan to this day.

[@thorthunderhammer7779]

My favorite band in the 80s as a 16yr old punk. They’re still my favorite. I’m 59 now. UP THE IRONS!!!!

[@bmf60118]

The Powerslave tour was my first big Metal show. I don't think I was even 13 yet, my buddy's dad took us. My parents were pretty cool too so we never had to hide most records, I wish I'd hid my Mercyful Fate imports though. Those were a bit much for my mom I guess 😅

[@Vaticider69]

Haha, I thought my mother was gonna have and aneurysm when she heard Melissa... at the time she was a Fundamentalist Baptist...

[@johnny6strings]

Had the same experience! World Slavery tour at Radio City Music Hall in New York, January 85... first Maiden gig... first live concert! Barely 14 years old... Queensryche opening. Mind blown by the sheer volume (and overall crazy environment, with people burning seats, fights... pandemonium all around). Haven't missed a Maiden tour since!😅😅

[@matthewestrada5217]

I was to young to see that tour but Maiden was my first concert in 91.

[@NeilCrouse99]

Steve Harris was my hero, made me want to learn to play base, and I did. I can play Live After Death Note for note now. Thank you, Steve and Iron Maiden, for the life of music you gave to me!!!

[@Donb1233]

The only bassist that comes close to Steve is Billy Sheehan. They're obviously both quite different players but masters of that instrument.

[@danzemacabre8899]

We are brothers from another mother friend! Same here, I have come to appreciate many great and different bass players, but it started and will end with Steve Harris, those first seven albums taught me how to play, and to this day, I can pretty much still play those front to back, and of course, live after death is always good to jam along with , especially with the slightly sped up tempos , up the Irons! 😜🤘

[@deanrobert9953]

Love the juxtaposition of talking Maiden while wearing a James Taylor shirt - definition of POR.

[@strat192]

This was my first concert. I snuck out at 11 to see this show. I’ve been a bassist since. While I may not play metal anymore, Steve Harris’s unique influence is very apparent in my playing. Thanks for this video Professor

[@Wild1BillS]

Go to a maiden concert now and it's amazing how many older people are there like me in my mid 50's but also cool to see so many young kids in the crowd. Maiden has been my favorite band since Piece of Mind and I have been a fan since 80 when my friend bought their first album just because of the artwork on the front cover. Fast forward to today and I have better then 30 picture discs hanging on the walls of my living room keeping my Maiden pinball machine company. Been to many shows and was also lucky enough to work with a guy that in the early to mid 80's was a roadie for them and lucky for me that meant backstage passes. Up the Irons !!!!

[@SamanthaGCox]

I was lucky enough to see them in '88 for their Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album tour. Very good concert!

[@aaronleverton4221]

Heavy Metal and Dungeons and Dragons! My parents never bought me a metal album, I did all of that after I went to boarding school, but they were totally into me and my friends buying Choose Your Own Adventure books and ended up giving me a couple of similar books which required dice-play for Christmas, telling me they were "Dungeons and Dragons books". I guess they figured D&D (to them all role-playing was D&D) meant multiple friends were involved instead of a loner son in his bedroom. Women in Uniform. Such a weird cover, given the originators.

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

AND NOW I AM THE "PARENT"... MY 17 YEAR OLD SON SAYS..."IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL BUT I LIKE IT"😎

[@a.mathis9454]

Our kids (not really kids anymore (22 & 21)), listens frequently to 80’s rock. 👍👍

[@ProfessorofRock]

Raising them right!

[@ProfessorofRock]

@@a.mathis9454 My kids love 80s rock ! Good on you!

[@CrypToed_]

Awesome! I was 13 in 1982 when Iron Maiden (Number of the Beast tour) Opened for the Scorpions in Victoria BC Canada, at the Memorial Area... I went by myself, ticket bought from my Paper route. Told my mom I was at a friends place. I went to see the Scorpions but Maiden, that night, that concert changed my life! I have seen them so many times since... (only with Bruce singing Maiden is not Maiden with out Bruce!) every time they do The Number of the Beast... I am right there as my young self at the age of 13 seeing it again for the 1st time... now my 3 boys are Maiden fans. cant wait to see them again soon... Bruce is coming to town on a solo tour next spring... I'm there... UP THE IRONS!!!!!!

[@jeffrogge8597]

I saw them on Mischief Night, opening for Judas Priest in Salisbury, MD during their British Steel tour...they blew the Priest off the stage and actually came back to perform an encore set after midnight after Rob Halford called them, from onstage, and told them we were still screaming for them to come back onstage. Been my favorite band ever since; stoked that I got to take my daughters to see them twice and share the experience with them. Up the IRONS!!!!

[@dalekidd420]

In case you've never tried it, that Trooper beer of theirs is actually damn good...

[@robertmclernon4836]

"The Charge of the Light Brigade." It was not a victory, the Light Brigade was slaughtered. They should never have made the charge, it was a terrible blunder.

[@tafnac75]

When he observed it French Marshal Pierre Bosquet stated " C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre. " ( " It is magnificent, but it is not war. " ) he continued " C'est de la folie " ( Its is madness. )

[@derricklarsen2919]

It was the Heavy Brigade that triumphed

[@lloolloollooii]

it was the year 2000, i was 12. i found a burned cd at a friends house with the title "brave new world", i put it in the stereo and i was blown away. it changed my life. my favourite band through all my teenage years... i am not a metalhead anymore but maiden will always have a special place in my heart

[@mhochoa]

I just saw them 2 weeks ago, and they played this song. It's the first time I've heard it since I saw them back in the 80s. I'm a veteran myself. This song really does resonate with me. It is a powerful song for me. I've seen Maiden 20 times, and I'll keep on going to their concerts as long as they keep touring. UP THE IRONS!!!!!

[@DEFKONSIXTYSIXlml]

Haha finally a proper tribute to the complete opposite to The Smiths! Up the Irons!

[@ProfessorofRock]

True that. Opposite for sure.

[@aaronleverton4221]

As a teenager Live After Death was the perfect introduction to Maiden.

[@delkiser8352]

Eddie!!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

EDDIE!!!

[@stevejoyce4765]

Piece of Mind was my first exposure to Maiden back in the '80's. Just saw them in Pittsburgh and The Trooper was one of the encores. They are still kicking after all these years!

[@davediesel90]

Piece of mind was my first metal experience, friend gave me the cassette, it was only just released. I still remember playing it over and over. Bought the previous albums over the next few months. Playing senjutsu now

[@dgsantafedave1]

When I was on the USS Flint we would play Die with your boots on constantly while getting ready to do underway replenishments. Saw them in concert and was in awe when the 50' Eddie appeared on stage. What a great band and the documentary they did flying all over South America was awesome!

[@BryanEisenhart-yr4qd]

When I was a sophomore in high school, my bus driver would play Seventh Son of a Seventh Son on our way to school. Maiden instantly became my favorite band.

[@liquidrum7]

I love how you explain the emotions of listening to Maiden's music, exactly the same feelings that I had

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

I recited Maidens version of Rhime for my Year 10 English poetry assignment, I had never heard it, but knew about it thanks to my mates older brother. That same mate bought Piece of Mind when we first left school and went fruit picking at 15..... mind blown as we listened for the first time(we had seen Aces High several times on MTV at that point).... Powerslave followed very close behind and the first chance to list to Rhime...... I still blast both today with the same joy and enthusiasm I did then....Up The Irons.

[@jonorose2333]

A guy recommended Killers to me - I was 12. It was the first 'album' that I ever had and it had just been released- it was brand new- and I was hooked from there !! Up The Irons !!! It was the second concert that I ever saw too- Twisted Sister opened up for them at little hockey arena in a place called Sudbury. It was about 2000 people. It was their Powerslave Tour- unbelievable !!

[@psychodeli]

You are everything I miss about mjsic. The age when someone could talk about an album or band and that talk alone would convince you to listen/love a band or album. Great video and I'm now off to listen to all of my Maiden albums again!

[@JohnKowalski-r6e]

1983 The Trooper. The artwork, just blew me away. I heard The Number of the Beast, but Piece of Mind hooked me for ever. My parents thought I was mad. Posters on my wall; the Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Live After Death, scared my mum. She thought I was crazy. I hooked most of my friends on Iron Maiden. 41 years later. I saw Maiden first time on September 6, 2024 in Melbourne. Could not afford it before or missed it. This time I got lucky. Talking to my neighbour he noticed my Iron Maiden t shirt. Did you know the tickets for the concert are on sale today? I said thank you and ran home. My daughters helped me on the phone to buy tickets. Technology!? I took my older daughter to the concert. She wore my, The Trooper denim jacket I made in 1983. She loved the concerts even though I never heard her listening to heavy metal. She told me later that she has never seen me so happy in 19 years of her life. I can tell you this… I was buzzing for two months. Now December, I listen to Iron Maiden all the time. 41 years waiting to see my best band ever changed my life for ever!

[@DatWarenWelDieHollanders1981]

Piece of Mind, the first metal album I bought on the recommendation of my older brother. it's music brings me straight back to those great eighties vibes of my youth. It still is their best album in my opinion and belongs in the top 3 of my favorite rock albums together with 'back in black' from AC/DC and the first album of Van Halen.

[@nau97]

My first Maiden album was Number, but then I dove into the Di'Anno albums and Maiden Japan was my first exposure of Live Maiden. Life changing.

[@stefis6]

My first experience of aIrin Maiden was also my first with a Sony Walkman: NOTB in 1982. I was hooked. Mind blown. I was 13. My Canadian cousins came over to the UK. So I bought the two previous albums, NOTB, and Piece of Mind. I remember desperately wanting to go see ‘Maiden in Hammersmith west London but as a kid, didn’t even ask permission. Then went to uni studying medicine and studying listening to Maiden didn’t work! I finally, after 42 years, saw them live in Auckland this year for the Future Past Tour - with my son. Phenomenal.

[@UnbotheredLA]

In the 80's, i grew up in a diverse neighborhood. I was into soul n hip hop but this jean jacket, long haired kid named chris marterella, who was in high school while i was in elementary school still, would drive his camaro through the neighborhood blasting heavy metal. I loved it. He would let me borrow his tapes. Quiet Riot, def leppard, iron maiden and my favorite, the scorpions. I was this 11 year old black girl rapping n break dancing after school, rocking out at night in my room and listening to gospel music on sundays. I was also a blues fan listening to my dad play it when they had their card parties. I love marterella for letting me borrowgis tapes. Now, im in my 40's and went to the iron maiden concert by myself in Inglewood California. Lol i think i saw like 2 other black ppl there and we just gave eack other the nod. Man, i rocked out. Iron maiden live is an experience... i had to go. Even by myself.

[@TheJhale2011]

In the early to mid 80's my brother found Iron Maiden. He got a drum set for Christmas in 85. A 10x10 bedroom with a full size bed, dresser, chest of drawers, and a drum set. LOL. He would blast Iron Maiden on his boom box and actually learned to play the drums well!!! My mother who is now 74 loves Iron Maiden (having heard it so much). I like it too. Took my brother and my daughter to see them in Concert in Nashville in 2013. My brother passed a year later in 2014 of cancer. His last concert was Maiden. I'm glad he gave us all an appreciation of Iron Maiden.

[@ChrisDoyle2112]

First, I LOVE that you’re a Maiden fan. Though you don’t LOOK the part, mad respect. Thanks for making a video about them and promising more. I was always a fan of “Run To The Hills” since hearing it in middle school. But a friend in high school, who I’d known since the first grade, was a huge metal head and Maiden fan. I was more into Crue and Dokken. In college, I became fond of “Powerslave.” I loved the progressive metal, the message, the album art, but I was still only a fringe fan of the band. Years down the road I checked “Somewhere In Time”out from my local library. I didn’t realize how many Maiden tunes I was into and could remember the iconic riffs or Niko’s epic fills! As a drummer, I have mad respect for him. I found myself loading song after song onto my portable MP3 player, the Walkman of the 2000’s 😂 Very much a Maiden fan now! “Wasted Years” and “Stranger in a Strange Land” are two faves, if you haven’t listened to those in awhile, do yourself the sonic favor…and turn them up loud!!!

[@TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner]

Great video! My first Maiden album was Live After Death. Still one of my favorites. Completely understand how revolutionary it was to hear them and how I also would keep that music on the down low w my parents!

[@TheCookster64]

Thanks for covering Iron Maiden! Seeing them in 1982 changed my entire life. I've seen them 20 times, been in 3 Iron Maiden tribute bands and met them twice. DiAnno actually left, he wasn't really fired. It was mutual. Harris wanted him out and so did Paul. Paul couldn't handle the tour and simply wanted to go home. Realize they went from touring the UK to touring the entire world. To this day Paul won't tour outside Europe and if he does it's VERY rare.

[@troy242]

Two years late...oh well. Jyst saw Maiden in Chicago. 5 hour drive. I loved this vid! I remember being grounded HARD for sneaking out to see them live. As I got chewed out, all I was thinking was that I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Now I go with my boy. It's one of the great joys in my life. Thanks for this vid!

[@billhogue9523]

Correction: Not one of the best heavy metal bands but the best heavy metal band ever! Great channel mate! I hid my copy of Number of the Beast in a Steve Miller Band album cover. I still had to deal with my mom going thru my albums. My dad was an english major and it was funny that when I was very young he tried to get me to read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Thanks to Maiden we finally got to bond over it. Iron Maiden has been such a huge part of my life and I can proudly say they helped raise me. I started playing bass because of Steve Harris.My first Maiden memory was being at my friends house and hearing "Run to the Hills" come on MTV and thinking "WTF IS THAT?!" Life changing! Up the Irons! \m/

[@shelleyharrop1419]

There is nonl band even close to maiden

[@ianbeale2527]

1986. Still at school and 15 years old and in the last year of school. I was a Die Hard Queen fan. I listened to nothing else. We did "Work Experience" and got paid a few bob. My school mate decided we should go in to town to spend our meagre earnings ( less than £5). He had already made his mind up to buy a New Release 12" picture disc of Iron Maiden: Stranger in a Strange Land. He persuaded me to get a copy too. I remember looking at the artwork and thinking how amazing it was. But when I got home and put it on the stereo, I was blown away instantly by that Bass intro. I never looked back. I grew my hair, bought the leather biker jacket and became a Metal Head. Thanks to Kelvin Lothian for introducing me to Iron Maiden , which lead to me being a Die Hard Metal Head to this very day. The strange thing was, I remember listening to "Run to the Hills.Live" in the charts in 1985 and really liking it. I also used to check out the Killers album as a kid and wonder at the cover art, but was too scared to buy it incase the music was as scary as the picture. My mother is from Watchet. There is a statue of the "Ancient Mariner" from the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" on the harbour esplanade with the albatross which is tied to his neck, as apparently the author, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, wrote it during a visit there. I wonder how many people who look at that statue know it was an inspiration for Iron Maiden's epic of the same name .....

[@thadoverocker8771]

My first introduction to Maiden was from a friend of mine. He bought Killers and asked me over to hang out. He put that on and I was instantly blown away. I was hooked! I then went out about a week later and bought their self titled first album. I wanted more!! Now 40 years later I still catch them live every time they come to town. I will probably be buried in an Iron Maiden urn when I die. 😂 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@mccask]

"I was lost in time for hours into that night." This made me cry. I had the same experience with Iron Maiden at the same age, what a magical time and music. I will see them again in Nov '24 for the tenth (or so) time.

[@cabinlife1886]

I just went to see Maiden this week in Chicago. I remember I convinced my mom and her friend to go with us in the 80’s just to show her it was not devil music and not evil kids. She came away with another perspective. UP THE IRONS

[@davida7135]

I grew up with Maiden as a 14yr old drummer playing along to Powerslave for hours on end. Now, 52, they still take me back.