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[Zookeeper Dan]

I pretty much stopped listening to metal after Metallica going mainstream in 1991 followed by Iron Maiden and Anthrax changing singers in 1992. By that time I was mainly listening to punk rock anyway. It's good to hear Iron Maiden is puting out good albums again!

As someone from Michigan, Ted Nugent does not represent anything but an old rocker trying to stay in the news to sell tickets. He's done pretty well for himself by becoming a cultural bellwether. More power to him!

Besides, everyone knows the true Michigan rocker is Alice Cooper!

[Bishop Steiner]

Danth Reduviid, on 12 April 2015 - 05:22 AM, said:

I pretty much stopped listening to metal after Metallica going mainstream in 1991 followed by Iron Maiden and Anthrax changing singers in 1992. By that time I was mainly listening to punk rock anyway. It's good to hear Iron Maiden is puting out good albums again!

As someone from Michigan, Ted Nugent does not represent anything but an old rocker trying to stay in the news to sell tickets. He's done pretty well for himself by becoming a cultural bellwether. More power to him!

Besides, everyone knows the true Michigan rocker is Alice Cooper!

Yeah..though Bruce leaving Maiden IMO ended up, in hindsight, as the best thing that could have happened. Steve Harris had always had a love for Prog Rock and Metal, and bits show up all the way to their debut album (Phantom of the Opera has definite Prog elements...and punk,, and metal, and it's awesome period, lol). More of those tendencies surfaced with the Somewhere in Time Album, and went full bloom with 7th son. Unfortunately, with the typical mindset of Metalheads, a vocal chunk of fans wanted Maiden to basically just rehash Number of the Beast ad infinitum, and the backlash brought us the limp and uninspired No Prayer for the Dying, followed by Fear of the Dark (which, aside from the title track, is just boring). And in fact, Bruce did get bored, didn't like that Maiden was stuck in a rut, and left.

That departure allowed Harris to fully embrace his Prog tendencies, and so while the 2 Blaze Albums had horrible vocals, the music itself, was pretty good.... and when Bruce came back to the fold 8 years later.... we had the Modern Maiden, which had matured (50 yr old punks and metalheads trying to sound and act like angry 20 yr olds is just pathetic anyhow...look at Slayer these days). I love that they still sprinkle old school tracks throughout the albums, but am happier that they keep experimenting and making the music they want to make. Been to 21 Maiden shows, and am sure more will come in the future.

zagibu, on 11 April 2015 - 03:11 PM, said:

Thread derailment is a fine art I've honed over decades. But back to the topic: If you had to choose only one Maiden song, which one would it be? For me, it would be this one:


It's simple, but powerful, with a great solo part and cool lyrics (twisted Icarus saga). It also ends with a great scream from Bruce.

Great choice..and I love the animated Maiden Videos.

For me?

followed closely by

[Graves24]

Danth Reduviid, on 12 April 2015 - 05:22 AM, said:

I pretty much stopped listening to metal after Metallica going mainstream in 1991 followed by Iron Maiden and Anthrax changing singers in 1992. By that time I was mainly listening to punk rock anyway. It's good to hear Iron Maiden is puting out good albums again!

As someone from Michigan, Ted Nugent does not represent anything but an old rocker trying to stay in the news to sell tickets. He's done pretty well for himself by becoming a cultural bellwether. More power to him!

Besides, everyone knows the true Michigan rocker is Alice Cooper!

Reload and St. Anger were horrible but they improved imho. Death Magnetic is pretty good, with "The Day That Never Comes" and "All Nightmare Long" being my favourite o7

You can only write "Master Of Puppets" and "Fade To Black" once in your life (Motorhead did Enter Sandman better ;s) so you shouldn't really compare these two songs to the entire lineup, you will always be disappointed.

Edited by Graves24, 12 April 2015 - 05:50 AM.

[Peter2k]

Sir Wulfrick, on 11 April 2015 - 11:05 AM, said:

On topic... It is probably true that more causal players have time to play on weekends. I know I do, working all sorts of weird & wonderful shifts during the week. I'm not sure that's a bad thing though - the more people playing MWO the better. The challenge for the game is to retain them and train them.

they seem to be rather hell bend on not listening though

I guess its wonderful if you're in a group 8 man+
especially 10 or 12

[stjobe]

Bishop Steiner, on 12 April 2015 - 05:41 AM, said:

Goosebumps. Damn fine song.

lml

[Mordynak]

God forbid people have lives and are only able to play on weekends.

What has the world come to when people have to go to work instead of mong out at home playing video games 24/7.


First world problems?

[Sir Wulfrick]

stjobe, on 12 April 2015 - 07:38 AM, said:

Goosebumps. Damn fine song.

lml

Interestingly Bruce often says that this is his favourite song and particularly likes to introduce younger Maiden fans (i.e. those not brought up with the band themselves) to some of the older material.

Not sure where I'd be musically without Maiden. My mother of all people bought me Killers on one of those new fangled tape things in about 1982, been a Maidenite ever since

Blaze Bailey wasn't bad in his own right and he tried hard, just a shame that his vocal range couldn't come close to matching Bruce. Seeing Blaze fronting Maiden was like seeing Priest without Rob Halford at the microphone, i.e. just wrong.

We should name this threat the Official MWO Heavy Metal Appreciation Thread

[Bishop Steiner]

Sir Wulfrick, on 12 April 2015 - 10:18 AM, said:

Interestingly Bruce often says that this is his favourite song and particularly likes to introduce younger Maiden fans (i.e. those not brought up with the band themselves) to some of the older material.

Not sure where I'd be musically without Maiden. My mother of all people bought me Killers on one of those new fangled tape things in about 1982, been a Maidenite ever since

Blaze Bailey wasn't bad in his own right and he tried hard, just a shame that his vocal range couldn't come close to matching Bruce. Seeing Blaze fronting Maiden was like seeing Priest without Rob Halford at the microphone, i.e. just wrong.

We should name this threat the Official MWO Heavy Metal Appreciation Thread

Funny thing though? I think Ripper actually reinvigorated JP at a time where they needed it, which made Rob's return and the later albums more intense and successful. Plus Ripper is a million times the singer Blaze is/was. I actually appreciated that when Ripper was with Priest, he actually sang the intro to dissident aggressor, live, something Rob hasn't done in decades. Plus, blasphemous as it sounds, Cathedral Spires is probably my second favorite JP track

Dissident Aggressor being the first.

[Sir Wulfrick]

Bishop Steiner, on 12 April 2015 - 11:10 AM, said:

Funny thing though? I think Ripper actually reinvigorated JP at a time where they needed it, which made Rob's return and the later albums more intense and successful. Plus Ripper is a million times the singer Blaze is/was. I actually appreciated that when Ripper was with Priest, he actually sang the intro to dissident aggressor, live, something Rob hasn't done in decades. Plus, blasphemous as it sounds, Cathedral Spires is probably my second favorite JP track

Dissident Aggressor being the first.

Dissident Aggressor... Great track, though in some ways I actually prefer the Slayer cover.

[stjobe]

Sir Wulfrick, on 12 April 2015 - 10:18 AM, said:

We should name this threat the Official MWO Heavy Metal Appreciation Thread

Hell, talk about taking a thread and running with it

As for Metal - I grew up with NWOBHM; Maiden, Saxon, Priest, you name it. Always had a weak spot for early trash and speed as well, and let's not forget bands like Manowar and Mercyful Fate

Ah, the benefits of being a teenager in the 80's - I knew there had to be one!

Metal is always going to have a large place in my heart, but I have to tell you I'm not monogamous when it comes to music - I prefer to keep my options open. Hence why my playlists can contain everything from Aaron Parks to Tom Waits, with a bit of Ghost BC thrown in for the hell of it

[QuantumButler]

The weekend warriors only show up when there are events to grind, the two are inseperably linked.

[LordNothing]

Danth Reduviid, on 12 April 2015 - 05:22 AM, said:

I pretty much stopped listening to metal after Metallica going mainstream in 1991 followed by Iron Maiden and Anthrax changing singers in 1992. By that time I was mainly listening to punk rock anyway. It's good to hear Iron Maiden is puting out good albums again!

As someone from Michigan, Ted Nugent does not represent anything but an old rocker trying to stay in the news to sell tickets. He's done pretty well for himself by becoming a cultural bellwether. More power to him!

Besides, everyone knows the true Michigan rocker is Alice Cooper!

the 90s is when the thrash boat sank and grunge started taking over. lots of people saw that as the death of metal and it definitely put it off the main stream (not that real metal was ever mainstream, but it got it off the radar). that was a good time to bail murika for european metal. there was a very interesting death-black metal feud that resulted in a lot of good albums at the time (not as good as the extreme metal explosion in '86 but still pretty awesome, i still prefer old skool black metal to the stuff that came out of norway in the early 90s). even i had started to bail for hard rock and some of the heavier grunge (alice in chains for example) by the end of the 90s. in the '00s i had started going back and listening to 20+ year old metal trying to figure out where it all went wrong. did that till i turned 30, then stableized on 20 or so bands i like.

these days for me its mostly motorhead (which i consider its own damn genre all together), 4 or so black metal bands i follow, lots of doom metal bands, and a bunch of other crap thats not really metal but could be mistaken for it by noobs.

[zagibu]

I saw Motorhead live once, and damn the dude can't sing. It's even worse than on the albums, which I thought impossible. Also, they lack at least 1 additional e-guitar in my opinion.

But I know quite a few die hard Motorhead fans, and other than that we mostly share our taste in music.