What ACTUALLY made Live After Death so great? | Iron Maiden reaction

[@MetalPilgrim]

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[@Incompletefusion]

Sounds good ...

[@JimiMitchell]

go for it

[@alexandrosnaoum1318]

A good story is always interesting

[@thesnapperkeeper]

Yes please 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@mehegama]

Yes

[@mirko1382]

It was my first concert that I went to, I was only 13 at the time. Saw the show, bought the album, bought the video. Defiantly the greatest show on earth of all time.

[@derekmann8239]

I’m so jealous, I wish I could have been there! If I had access to time travel, I’d absolutely go there!

[@mirko1382]

@@derekmann8239 I have the bootleg to the same show and I relisten to that show from time to time. Still, it's my top concert experience. About 10 years later I got to meet the band and be on stage when they sang Heaven Can Wait, but it still doesn't trump the Powerslave show.

[@j_freed]

* definitely…

[@mjwbulich]

We're the same age. This was the summer before I went into high school. My mom drove my friends and I to the show. Thanks mom.

[@mirko1382]

​@@mjwbulich I was able to convince my parents, because the show was on a Friday, so me and a friend of mine went downtown to see the show by ourselves. Good thing my parents didn't understand English all to well, If they did, I probably would have never gone.

[@jimmyr204]

I actually burned through two copies of this album on cassette growing up. Played it to death. And my brother kept stealing it. In my metal music collection, I still think it's the absolute best. Captures Maiden at their peak. Also a snapshot of my youth and fond memories. Let's not forget the artwork either. You just had to pick it up and listen. If I only had a time machine, Long Beach arena would be my first stop.

[@nem447]

My sound system in the 80's was a ghetto-blaster, I would buy the vinyl then record it on a blank cassette on my dads sound system, once worn out I'd just repeat the process, I still have the vinyl and it's mint! 🤘

[@robbaskerville253]

I also wore out 2 cassette copies of this before getting it on CD. Played them till they snapped.

[@silafuyang8675]

Same here.

[@xenos_n.]

I live basically in the middle of nowhere where bands do not come to tour and so I traveled across multiple states with barely any money in a car that was falling apart just to see Maiden in 2004 with Dio and Motorhead. I was in the balcony and I absolutely swore that Bruce pointed directly at me (I was going more crazy than anyone there) but I convinced myself that was silly and didn't happen... Until many years later when I saw an interview with him where he said that he likes to point to people in the very back to be like "I see you", and at that moment I knew he really did point at me which was so damn cool. That show was probably the best experience of my life and I haven't been to anything like it since, and I'm so glad I got to see those three legends together in my lifetime.

[@SteveKaynan]

I saw that tour in 03 at Long Beach arena! Great concert!

[@xenos_n.]

@@SteveKaynan yeah I was so happy it was a classics tour and not a Dance Of Death tour

[@princesssolace4337]

I traveled to another country with wife pregnant with our second daughter just to watch them live

[@thedronedownunder3919]

I'm in Australia, and am 55 years young. I saw Iron Maiden on this tour in Shellharbour, although it's credited as Wollongong (incorrectly spelled 'Woolongong' on the sleeve). I wore my Dads cowboy boots to make me taller and get into this venue. We were first in, ran and hugged the stage all night. Still THE best concert I've seen in my life, and damn...I've seen hundreds. Up the Irons.

[@cosmo10973ify]

Absolutely love Live after Death but for me Beast over Hammersmith is my personal favourite Iron Maiden live album purely because Bruce's vocals are incredible on it and Clive Burr's drumming is perfection.

[@philipholmes5884]

I agree... The "Live after death" video seems a bit too polished in my opinion...it's great don't get me wrong...but I prefer Beast over Hammersmith/Maiden England and Live at The Rainbow 1980 ! Incredible stuff !

[@zapusama67]

Lots of firsts here. First Maiden album was Number of the Beast, subsequently my first live Maiden was "Maiden Japan". LOVED it! January 29th at the Philadelphia Spectrum for the Powerslave tour, same venue a year earlier "Piece of Mind"! Maiden is probably THE best live bads out there! Always tight, always a great show!

[@jaspal666]

Hey! I’m a Maiden fan in the US. Those 20k US Maiden fans are ravenous and make up for those who are there for the “show”! I’ve been there! I’ve seen it!

[@gwynnarth]

Beast Over Hammersmith is by far my favorite Maiden live album. Setlist is awesome, Bruce does sound amazing on it, but we need to recognize that Clive Burr was absolutely fenomenal during that show. If I remember correctly, that's actually the last recording of him playing with the band and he really nailed it. Gotta love the speed, tightness, and energy of his performance. RIP Clive, you were a legend... 😢

[@Suddsy.]

I just got my vinyl copy about a week ago and the concert audio is awesome. It also has the very best version of Hallowed Be Thy Name. It's even better than the studio version

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

@@Suddsy. That was a great show for sure! Total Eclipse was so powerful live :o But I actually prefer Hallowed Be Thy Name live from Hammersmith in 1983. That was Bruce in his absolute prime and Nicko was really dynamic on the drums

[@markhamilton1670]

Hey Metal Pilgrim. Great discussion about LAD. I heard a report that the best video footage from Long Beach was on a night that Bruce was suffering from a cold, so the singing wasn’t as good as the night they decided to use for the album version

[@georgioskaratsoris7350]

"Live After Death" and "Rock In Rio" are their best live albums in my opinion!

[@marshallofsulfur]

Despite the huge success of live After death, Rock in rio was another high selling and influential Album they did. Would love to see a Video on that.

[@Celatra]

and flight 666

[@davetosch1970]

Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour was the first concert that I saw. I saw the show at Poplar Creek on June 16th, 1985. Accept opened for them. What's great, is that I'm lucky enough to have the exact tour of my first concert recorded on album and video. It might not be the exact show, but it sure brings me down memory lane something fierce. Back when I was in high school, I had the video tape and hooked up my VCR to my Stereo so I could record the different versions of songs from the album. Ah, those were the days.

[@DaveFineWhine]

Thank you for another great Maiden video. There is one thing I'd add to your assessment of what made it such a fun album to own - the liner notes! There were tonnes of them, which went over tour details, lyrics, thank yous and just everything we who were unlucky enough to miss the tour wanted to read. This was obviously a few decades before everything was available online, and I ended up over time getting this thing on cassette, vinyl, CD, VHS and DVD. I know I"m not the only person who walked around school annoying students and teachers alike with shouting out "Scream for me longbeach!". And another point about the video is how in control of the stage and full of charisma Bruce is, even if his vocals aren't the best. I always say this is the album that made me a Maiden freak for life.

[@backofthepack4553]

I saw IM on this tour at the Southampton Gaumont in September 84 on the Powerslave tour. This is still one of my top 5 gigs, for me it was the pinnacle of IM, only saw them one more time on the seventh son tour and I rather drifted away from them after that to other types of metal. The set was the best then with the mix of all of the classic albums and early stuff plus for me Powerslave was the best IM album ever. It was almost 39 years ago but I still remember Rime of the Ancient Mariner

[@henrikthorsen5971]

Iron Maiden is such a great live band. One of the very best.

[@troywindle466]

1 day sitting in class, 85 I think, A class mate drops live after death on my desk, on double cassette, I played that cassette nightly, then in 88, I got it on video, I'd left school by now and was working in a Abattoirs, making cardboard boxes, I couldn't wait to get home and smoke some dope and grab my guitar and play along to the video of Live after death, Then in 93 Maiden came to Australia and I saw them front row, Fucking amazing

[@TRex-rh6rf]

Of all the live albums they have done, Live After Death is my personal favorite. It did capture Maiden at the top of their game in the 80's and set the presidence for live albums. I love watching the video, it's like a personal time machine that takes me back to a better time. 🤘😁🤘

[@RScott413]

I saw the Beast and Piece tours thinking that they were incredible then Powerslave came to town and history was made. I was 17, it was December in 1984 and it is still to this day the best live show I have ever seen

[@mikehosken4328]

Iron Maiden sounds fantastic live. I prefer the live recordings of most of their songs. A fantastic album best heard on vinyl. Phantom of the Opera would be my favourite track.

[@SteveKaynan]

A group that still sounds so great live to this day!

[@icekiwi9533]

Powerslave was my first ever music purchase after hearing the "King of Twilight" single. I still remember the goosebumps and emotions of listening to it for the first time. The magic continued, expanded and brought vividly to life with LAD. Both recordings still have that magic 40 years later.

[@lucasbesasso]

Not only it is the best metal live album in history, but the best one of every genre (101 from Depeche Mode, can be a great contender, but I’d still go with LAD). It is perfectly recorded, all musicians performances are great and flawless, both crowds (Long Beach and Hammersmith) are an additional instrument, band is at its prime, and the album cover is magnificent. And the setlist…my god! Couldn’t ask for a better one! 🙌🏼❤️🤘🏼

[@kenfrederick6223]

I saw the tour and it was amazing. The album is a great souvenir from it. The "Thank You" on the tombstone artwork is a vague joke referencing the band Grateful Dead.

[@stevenbolstridge596]

Live After Death was my first Maiden live album, I love Bruce’s crowd control on the record version! My second favourite is probably Beast Over Hammersmith, because the majority of the songs are from Iron Maiden and Killers and it’s not very often that you get to hear Bruce singing D’Anno’s stuff (apart from the obvious Wrathchild and Sanctuary).

[@richjnev70]

I was 15 when Live after death was released in 1985, I got it for Christmas that year, and it still is the best present I've ever received!

[@randypartlow2245]

The atmosphere was intense.I saw that tour in Maryland with Twisted Sister opening for them.I miss arena shows like that.For the majority of the shows that I have seen have a been in clubs & festivals like the Maryland Deathfest.

[@user-zq5eb2hj9o]

It was a combination of things. The sound quality is incredible and the Setlist are filled with the fan’s favorite songs. Performance wise it was just an average night on the tour. They were so consistent that performance would never be an issue unless it was a night that Dickinson was sick or something like that. They had 4 nights to get the sound exactly where they wanted it

[@mattmcgrath7425]

I couldn’t agree more! Best live album of all time…only wish the audio version had Sanctuary and Murders in the Rue Morgue

[@diracio]

Love all the nerdy details, keep em coming please! Also loved this album since it came out

[@diracio]

...and Slava Ukraini!!!

[@MetalPilgrim]

Героям Слава! Thanks, Jason!

[@tonyperez3920]

I would say Maidens Rock In Rio concert is the greatest I have ever seen and heard. Love the set list and the bands lineup. The crowd is more into the concert and there is more footage of the crowd singing along and having a good time. It feels like you are at the concert, the way they filmed it.

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Great job on the history. I have not listened to this live album or MaidenJapan in so many years. I can't give a true opinion. But I do know that they are both great. Now you've got me wanting to go buy the DVD. I don't think I've watched it since the 80s. I saw Maiden for this first time a few nights after that Long Beach show. It was amazing and I can still remember it pretty well. All I know that, after that show. I really needed a metalflaked blue painted P Bass. Steve Harris was and kinda still is my hero. For different reasons now. 😉 Again. Great video

[@justindevoe9556]

Between my dad as a kid and then me as a kid, his VHS copy has gotta be unwatchable by now lol. Eddie from the cover of this was the first thing I ever wanted as a tattoo back when I was like 9, and I finally made that dream come true. Maiden is always best live and this is the peak for me

[@AceOfRock]

What I really dislike about the cd version is that Running free doesn’t feature the long crowd interaction that IS featured on the vinyl record. How Bruce conducts the crowd left and right is just awesome 🤘🏻

[@timothyweesner6286]

One of two bands I’ve never got to see live, but so want to! Them and Judas Priest! I can never get tickets before they are sold out. Here’s an idea for a live concert…Iron Maiden , Judas Priest, and Queensryche!!!

[@CM-dw3gh]

Dont forget 'Maiden England'. Which i believe was 1988 off the back of Seventh son..had this on VHS. Also, unless im imagining things, its also on disc! .

[@James-qq2vq]

Bought the VHS tape when it first came out and the album. I probably watch it at least once a week for over a year. Greatest show of all time!

[@ColinBrain]

I have a soft spot for Rock in Rio because it is the first time I was exposed to Iron Maiden when I was about 13 years old. So despite Live After Death being from the golden years of the band, Rock in Rio is still _the_ definitive Maiden concert for me.

[@curtjohansen5742]

I was there on the 2nd out of 4 nights. They played thursday through sunday. I was in the 9th grade and the whole 9th grade was going to Magic Mountain but not me, i was going to Maiden and I wouldn't have changed that for the world.

[@LV515009]

Nailed it! As always, great job! Still my favorite shows/tour I ever seen from Long Beach, Las Vegas, Alpine Valley Wiconsin, Popular Creek Ill and Red Rocks Colorado. Take me back! Stay safe my friend!

[@Canuck1000]

I am not so sure about no overdubs. They were well-known for correcting mistakes that happened live. I remember liking it a lot when it came out, but I know prefer Beast of Hammersmith. The first live album was supposed to be 2-LP version of Maiden Japan, but was reduced to an EP after IM fired Paul D. The management thought it would reduce the impact of introducing Bruce if they released a full live album with the former singer. You can now find the full Japanese show on CDs and KZbin. This would have been a great album with Paul.

[@garymcbrearty5845]

This album changed my life. 1st I was a child punk, then a skinhead into SKA, then I began hearing & appreciating rock music. Once I had decided to buy my 1st rock album in '86 I went looking for an Iron Maiden greatest hits record & found this beauty instead. 8000 records later & I'm still a rocker, but this is the only album that will go to the grave with me. 1st because its artwork is tattooed on me and 2nd because the band patched Levi's denim jacket with a Live After Death centerpiece will also go with me after taking pride of place on my coffin.

[@TKCoutside]

Saw them on this tour, several others as well, and again just this October in Tampa Florida. Always a great show, always a good time. Up the Irons!

[@borizh]

The video of the concert was how I fell in love with Iron Maiden. My older brother had it and I remember watching when they played number of the beast and Bruce got Dave on his shoulders.. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world (I was 5). Then I bought the cd and listened to that thing to death… until the day I discovered the B version and the extended, uncut version of Running Free… I was shocked! Up The Irons!

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

The original 1-disc CD version sucked because of the songs that were omitted. I was so happy when the 2-disc version was released with the entire album track listing restored.

[@borizh]

@@BangBang-hk4rg well… it didn’t suck! But the 2-disc version is so much better! The version of phantom of the opera on LAD has to be the best version of that song IM has ever played.

[@icekiwi9533]

Nice to see you, to see you...

[@mjwbulich]

I had tickets to the second night in Long Beach but I got into a fight at school,got suspended, and my folks forbid me from going. I did get to see them that July at Irvine Meadows. The album came out right after we went back to school and I was so jealous because all my friends had been at the show. Even almost 40 years later when Bruce says "scream for me Long Beach" it stings a little. To add insult to injury the fight was over a girl and she dumped me that summer for some 20 year old loser with bad skin and a Mustang.

[@roberthachtel4465]

Love LAD as it holds a special place in my heart. I saw Maiden for the first time Dec 10 1984 & this was recorded mid March 1985 locking that memory in my brain forever.

[@trevormadden4301]

Some of the old good quality bootlegs from 81 to 83 are my fav recordings. Chicago and Hammersmith on the 83 world piece tour and The full concert soundboard bootleg of Maiden Japan 81 and a good recording from Nijmegen holland same tour

[@FiLWisneski]

If I could only listen to one metal album for the rest of my life, this would be it. As a teen metal head in the ‘80s, this was the peak of metal for me. It felt like every metal album that came out after this was a disappointment to me, so I slowly drifted away from metal. But this album still get my blood pumping.

[@craigmorgan6010]

One of the things that makes this album so great is hearing Nicko’s interpretation and complete changing of Burrs parts of the songs performed live of the first three Maiden album. Burr’s parts are so well thought out and perfect on those albums u can’t imagine them being played any other way. And yet Nicko plays them sooooo differently and they sound f ing awesome

[@Suddsy.]

I would love to hear the unused London shows audio. Even if the video is horrible I bet the audio is incredible 🤘

[@sorengraymusic]

I saw that tour. It was mind blowing! 🤯🤘

[@brandonrobinson1603]

Iron Maiden videos hosted by Metal Pilgrim are some of my favorite videos on all of KZbin. Thank you for every single one of these. I am an Iron Maiden addict and love all their live albums but hands down my favorite is Rock in Rio. Hands. Down. God Bless Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@DavidSmith-is4ph]

My 1st concert ever was night 4 of those shows in March 1985, the night that most of the album is comprised of, other than side 4. Getting the album and the VHS tape made my 1st concert extra special. To see what a legendary and classic period that was makes me one lucky metal fan.

[@damiangrimm1430]

Bruce Dickinson admitted in an interview that there was touching up in the studio of the album

[@GranamyrKhan]

The band that change my life. Only masterpieces in the 80's. Unfortunately, it all came to an end at the end of Seventh tour (89), here that band, that sound is over.

[@Celatra]

i highly suggest to get over yourself and give the 2000's maiden a fair shot.

[@nuttyDeedee]

Awesome video as usual!

[@olastokken7670]

Live after Death album and the video (yes, i bought it on VHS back in 1985, no such thing as DVD back then😉) is for me no. 1. Back then Iron Maiden was and still are to this day, my favorite band. Seeing the Metal light in -82 with Number of the beast, followed by Pice of mind in -83 and Powerslave in -84, Live after Death was the ultimate climax for me😎🤘❤️ And for those commenting Bruce singing on LAD, try to run around like a maniac and do his vocal parts with a band who plays as tight, fast and loud as Maiden does for over a year almost non stop😉 I wish you good luck with that❤️

[@Claggyt]

Still have the original LP and remember air-guitaring my ass off to Aces High as it blasted away on the stereo. Good times and the best album cover IMO with the possible exception of NOTB.

[@timothydiedrich6531]

Totally cool! I saw someones copy on vynil in late 90's. So ultimate they even had all the gear listed. So I bought it on cd and loved it. Memorizing everything I could.

[@erics5846]

Live After Death is absolutely Maiden at their peak. While they're definitely still great today and loads of fun to see live (I go every time!), nothing they've done since has come close to matching it. One disclaimer though. I was 12 when the album and video came out and even though I had seen Maiden albums in the stores, LAD was my introduction. I vividly recall sitting at a buddy's house every day during summer of 86 watching the video over and over and over. So for me, it hits me in that place. It might not for anyone who came in at a different time.

[@chrislewis7]

Same here. Live After Death got me into metal. I was already into rock but a friend played me LAD and I was blown away. Side 3, Hallowed be thy Name, Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills, Running Free, ... I had never heard anything so good before or since.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

I wonder where the original footage for the LAD film is - I would love to see a HD transfer

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

Album showcases not only the peak of Iron Maiden, but the peak of heavy metal as a whole. The 80s were a special time for metalheads and I feel like Live After Death just captures that raw energy and excitement which was so dominant back then. And it doesn't hurt that all of the songs in that show are performed better than their respective studio versions. Aces High has never sounded better and I really like the way they played Hallowed Be Thy Name! Slower pace than recent years but still with the dynamics of Nicko McBrain in his prime. I prefer the style he used back then, rather than the more "playful" drumming he has adapted since 2000

[@WampaOne71]

The best album ever made, not only of metal, all genres

[@dogcowrph]

I saw them on this tour (1985-01-16 Cleveland) and it was the best to that point. It summed up their past and subsequent tours would include lots of progressive metal from more contemporary albums. This 1985 release found the band in Arguably their finest arena rock form. Very strong performances. Pink Floyd tried to film The Wall shows in 1980 and again in 1981 with similar results to Maiden efforts. It was very dark and considered unusable. It did lead to the 1982 film version of The Wall. Just an aside.

[@josecg6990]

In Spain out the 10.000 fans, 11.000 would be Maiden fans

[@MaidenFan1]

I've been a Maiden fan since I was 9 years of age because thanks to my brother who was 10 years older than me got a copy of The Number of The Beast I listened to it and I was hooked then Life After Death came and I was just amazed that was Maiden for me at there peak now they are actually back up there with their live shows I've seen them live loads of times since 1990 I still and can't stop playing these 2 albums I would actually have them number 1and 2 with Seventh Son numbered 3 listening to these 3 albums over and over I never get tired of hearing I'm 49 and going to see Maiden live next year on there Future Past Tour and I can't wait Iron Maiden have never not been in my life without them I don't know were I'd be Long Live Maiden

[@chrislewis7]

Live After Death is the best live album by any band by a distance. It is so good it makes any other live album by Maiden sound pretty ordinary. My second favourite live album is Operation Live Crime, a great live performance of my favourite album ever.

[@petetobey3933]

My favorite Iron Maiden live albums, in order from most to least: 1. Live After Death - Maiden at the peak of their powers. 2. Rock in Rio - 3 guitars now? Yes, please… so many highlights from Brave New World. 3. Flight 666 - An absolutely crushing setlist. A rampaging Revelations, a Wasted Years that raises the hairs on my arm, an epic Rime of the Ancient Mariner… 4. Beast Over Hammersmith - Welcome aboard, Bruce! 5. Maiden England - they actually sound fantastic on this album, but they skip Powerslave completely. 6. Nights of the Dead: The Legacy of the Beast - proving the boys can still kick ass, great setlist with three of my all-time favorites: For The Greater Good of God, Revelations and Flight of Icarus. 7. Death on the Road - great mix of old and new on the setlist. Love the Fear of the Dark on this. 8. The Book of Souls: The Live Chapter - another great mix of recent and classic material, includes Children of the Damned and a slamming version of Wrathchild. 9. A Real Live Dead One - I just combine the two 1993 live albums here, Bruce is kind of going through the motions. 10. En Vivo! - nine songs that have been done to death by this point, but there’s a thundering version of Coming Home on this. 11. Live at Donington - bass is a bit thick and overrides the mix on this, which is almost an identical setlist as A Real Live Dead One. I skipped Maiden Japan because it’s so short, like an EP…

[@mikatu]

That is wrong. Maiden Japan wasn't a live album, but just an EP. It was released with extra tracks in Japan, but still. And the first live album was just the video (no audio recording) Live at the Rainbow. Live After Death is not just their best live album, but the best live album of any band!

[@danderson5084]

Saw them twice on this tour - in Cardiff, if I remember correctly they played two Sunday nights a week apart. Best album and first live album - before the odd (money-making?) compulsion to release a live album after practically every tour.

[@bobs3302]

Huge geek here. Side 4 can't exclusively be from the 1st night, because they played two extra songs at each of the four Hammersmith shows. It has to be from at least 2 of the shows, possibly 3.

[@TailgunnerATC]

Definitely the first 3.

[@paulwalsh2344]

Loved this live album !

[@jameschavez6400]

The solution to the other Art with Eddie looking more directly at you was simple-it was published on a whole page in circus magazine and you put a cassette cover over the picture and outline it in pencil then cut it out to fit in the recording that radio broadcast the leftover bits can be cut out and glued to the outside of the cassette swing out part-I know I more nerdy than you

[@dandosk]

I love this album. Heard it earlyer to day🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@SuddenStorm982]

Interesting info. The stage was probably the best ever, so was the audio 🏆. Priest Live is still my favourite though, but Live after Death had the best stage ever

[@WhippingBrady]

It was the first live album I ever bought. It was also the first Iron Maiden album that I ever bought. My previous experience of Iron Maiden was listening to K-Tel Tapes were you'd get one track from them. I remember staring at the cover for hours looking at the intricate artwork. It is my favorite live album and one of the best ever. I'd put the Scorpions World Wide Live and Cheap Trick - Live at Budakan up there for their recordings but from a full package standpoint (Artwork, Sound, etc) Live After Death is the hands down best. My one and only complaint is the live version of Run to the Hills is played just too fast compared to the studio version and just sounds weird to me. I have owned multiple versions, starting with the Cassette tape, then I bought the original Capitol Records release on CD that was missing the last five tracks, the Castle re-issue 2 CD set that had all the tracks, the LP included in the Iron Maiden - The Complete Albums Collection 1980-1988, and last but not least the LaserDisc release.

[@jakesshopandtracktalk1835]

I think it’s time for me to revisit this one. Thanks for reminding me of this legend.

[@JimiMitchell]

I got that album on my 12th birthday in 1987. I love that album and I wore the cassette out till it was unplayable

[@travisd7888]

My very concert in’85. Firebird track Phoenix Az. Twisted Sister opened up. Man, what a show!!!! UP THE IRONS!!!

[@NelsonMontana1234]

That was Maiden at their height. Their songwriting and arranging skills had matured. The playing was top notch. They recently made it really big. They were inspired. And they were young. I actually feel that 7th Son was their apex and everything after that was sub par re-hashing of what they already done, but with less energy and a lousier sound.

[@carlroyle3055]

Totally agree, mate 👍

[@Celatra]

bruh? how the hell were No prayer, fear, x factor, virtual xi, brave new world, dance of death, amolad rehashes of anything? you may not like them, and they may have been less consistent, but they sure as hell are not rehashes of anythign

[@NelsonMontana1234]

@@Celatra They're rehashes in the sense that they relied on formulas they used in the past. But the arrangements and performances weren't nearly as good.

[@Celatra]

@@NelsonMontana1234 so what formula from before was used on the song Dance Of Death? closest to it is Rime to the ancient mariner, and that's literally just one song. for their shorter songs...iron maiden has always been basic. verse/ bridge/ chorus / verse. some variant of that. i personally PREFER their more modern arrangments to their older stuff. and i've listened through all fo their albums except for book of souls like a million times. (senjutsu is kinda bad, but that's an exception) up until final frontier, every album except for fear of the dark was a banger.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

@@Celatra It's true that they did deviate form the formula bit on that album, but the songs just aren't that good. Hey...it's not bad. But any of those later albums suggest they're a good rock band, whereas the stuff from NOTB to 7th Son is brilliant musical mastery. They were special in too many ways to get into here. That's gone I(That's Gers fault to a great degree). Bottom line ; If you still like them -- fine. But to most musicians it's obvious they ain't what they used to be.

[@neillbickerstaff6671]

Do a video of the best heavy metal live albums!’ Rainbow, Priest, and Maiden are my top 3

[@icekiwi9533]

Don't forget Purple.

[@neillbickerstaff6671]

@@icekiwi9533 or ted Nugent, rush, and raven

[@mister_syre]

I hate live recordings of any bands in any genres and Live After Death remains THE only live album I like. The artwork, the sound, the setlist, the performances - Everything was there for any fan of the band to be delighted. It was an amazing marketing tool for them as hordes of fans were convinced to buy tickets for their next tours.

[@YogijiClamzananda]

3rd vinyl record I ever bought at the age of 13 after Perfect Strangers and Led Zeppelin II. Still have it in relatively mint condition. It came with extra thick vinyl. I saw them 2 years later off the SIT tour. The first time I heard them was from Number of the Beast, so yeah, I've been a Maiden fan since I was 10. Only Led Zepp, DP, Rush, VH and JP have been there with me since those days. I owe it all to my older bros record collection.

[@sutekh233]

Thank god it did come in thick vinyl!! even mine is stlll in near mint condition after many, MANY playthroughs

[@DragonBallSuperDope]

This was the album that got me into Maiden. An absolute treasure for my ear holes.

[@ferdinandwang1165]

For me, Killers.

[@roberthaynes8677]

Yes I absolutely love this. The stage show was sublimely second to none especially Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. I could watch the guitar solos after the fog all day long 🤘🏼

[@gdr1174]

Live after Death was the gateway drug for may iron maiden fans back in the day 😀

[@kernanandrews3374]

Another great (as well) and very informative video, even though I've never liked LAD, largely because of how it is mixed which leaves the crowd sounding as if they are standing very far away from the stage, leaving it all sounding bloodless. The album does, however, have one of the very best of all IM album covers (back in the 80s the poster of the album cover adored my bedroom wall)

[@dragonchaserkev]

I am not the biggest Maiden fan but a huge one. Yes I would say they peaked with Live after Death, they did some great stuff after and some good stuff and some terrible stuff but they never reached this greatness. And I still think their first 2 albums are my favourites... funny. I finally saw them live in 2019 on Legacy of the Beast tour.... it was amazing but the sound was like a 6 and the venue in Edmonton was a 6 as well.

[@lilycaradoc]

I got to see that tour. I was them at Radio City Music Haul. Great wonderful time.

[@molin1]

I've bought this record 4 or 5 times in various formats over the years. For me these are the definitive versions of a lot of these songs - the stuff from Piece of Mind and Powerslave really pops here, whereas the original album versions are a bit flat/tinny sounding by comparison. I wouldn't even care if it turns out they did overdubs or cobbled together chunks from multiple performances - the final product is truly great.

[@williampanic8292]

....what do you mean IF it turns out they did overdubs/cobbled together chunks - they did, and no, it doesn't matter! There are many unbelievers out there, but even Maiden have hinted that it's not *quite* as live as the title suggests. For a start they make it quite clear that the thing was recorded across a couple of nights (so clearly they have taken the best performances of each song from each night). Then there is the fact that you can clearly hear Bruce doing his own backing vocals (Flight of Icarus is one that immediately springs to mind) and I'd put real money on H's Powerslave solo being an overdub (the tembre and tone of his guitar changes significantly) BUT it really doesn't matter - For a start, it was something EVERY band did back then, and secondly - it really is a testament to how good Maiden are live that folks listened to LAD and *didn't* think it was overdubbed! The crowd noise is the only thing that puts it a notch down from perfect in my mind - but then they forgot to put crowd mics up!

[@stormont666]

A rare gift from Gods and teen Spirit, awesome job as always,Thanks Metal Pilgrim

[@ottoparnarson6381]

This is by far their best live album/video and will never be topped by them selfs or any band :) Being a 10 year old and seeing this was a lifechanger for me and tha vhs rolled non stop for weeks and nonths (my parents know, unvillingly, all the songs as well haha) Awesome vid by you, keep up the good work 🤘🤘

[@frankj10000]

What made it great for me initially was that it was the first full length (and even double) live album by the band. So it was something the fans, me included, were kind of waiting for at the time. Nowadays I even don't notice anymore when there is a new Maiden live album being released and I rarely listen to any of the newer ones. I guess there are three reasons why it's still my favourite Maiden live album: The production (way better than for example on A Real Live One and A Real Dead One), the nostalgia (remembering buying and first listening to that album at 14) and then of course the songs themselves. And the video was one of the first two music VHS tapes I bought. The other one was W.A.S.P. Live At The Lyceum.

[@mikegraphone2736]

On the album all except for Hammersmith,was from the fourth night at Long Beach.

[@MetalPilgrim]

On the audio version - yes. The video one is a different story😉

[@RobertWilson17]

Saw the World Slavery Tour in Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens) when I was 16 in November or December (can't quite remember) 1984. Twisted Sister opened and both bands put on an amazing show. Bought Live After Death on cassette the following year and pretty much wore both my Walkman and the cassette out repeatedly playing it. Great time to be a teenager.

[@JosesAmazingWorlds]

Back in the early 90s my classmates and I had a pirate VHS of Life After Death. God we wore the tape out. Amazing show. To finally see them life during the Brave New World tour was a childhood dream come true.

[@translucent_nick]

Live After Death is the best live album by Maiden I was waiting for it to be released back in the day and I knew it would have been fantastic. One think I want to point out it's the fantastic sound of guitars, bass and drums they had here : so organic, that makes everything else sounding fake and artificial - even by Maiden too.

[@corygoen2361]

I first really got into Iron Maiden after watching the concert video that MTV aired. I later had the cassette tape and, like other commenters, wore that thing out. Today, I still listen to the Live After Death CD in my truck.

[@13thcentury]

I want to go to the hearing doctor and say... "Doctor? Longbeach has fucked up my hearing for good", alright?

[@shauno6799]

One of the reasons this album did so well is the album art. What a fantastic lure for any metal head, and especially maiden fans!