IRON F***ING MAIDEN!!! They still rock after all these years. I took my wife and my teenage son and one of his buddies to see them when they came thru town last year. It was awesome!!! I saw them for the first time during their Piece of Mind tour when I was my sons age. It's a really awesome feeling to rock out with your son at an Iron Maiden concert. Thanks for the clip!!!!!

The song that got me into Iron Maiden.

It's like some ghastly plastic facial iron maiden!

>> ^mauz15:
>> ^Duckman33:
Yeah, I hate to say it, but Damn Yankees does not fit the Heavy Metal genre of the 80's. More like Iron Maiden, Dio, Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Priest, Sepultura, etc. Damn Yankes was more pop-rock than metal.

But you could say they were seen as "mainstream heavy metal" at the time, I dont think they are metal at all, but at the time, all sorts of crap were labeled metal.
Sepultura, slayer, early metallica, those are trash metal. Weren't trash metal bands part of the underground scene?


Yeah, you have a point there. I listened to a lot of different genres back then. Everything from Gary Newman to Steely Dan to King Diamond. But now that I think about it, those bands were labeled as "trash, or thrash metal" back in the day.

>> ^Duckman33:
Yeah, I hate to say it, but Damn Yankees does not fit the Heavy Metal genre of the 80's. More like Iron Maiden, Dio, Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Priest, Sepultura, etc. Damn Yankes was more pop-rock than metal.


But you could say they were seen as "mainstream heavy metal" at the time, I dont think they are metal at all, but at the time, all sorts of crap were labeled metal.

Sepultura, slayer, early metallica, those are trash metal. Weren't trash metal bands part of the underground scene?

Yeah, I hate to say it, but Damn Yankees does not fit the Heavy Metal genre of the 80's. More like Iron Maiden, Dio, Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Priest, Sepultura, etc. Damn Yankes was more pop-rock than metal.

Iron Maiden:Paschendale
From LyricWiki
This song is performed by Iron Maiden.

In a foreign field he lay, lonely soldier unknown grave
On his dying words he prays, tell the world of Paschendale

Relive all that he's been through, last communion of his soul
Rust your bullets with his tears. Let me tell you 'bout his years

Laying low in a blood filled trench, killing time 'til my very own death
On my face I can feel the falling rain, never see my friends again

In the smoke in the mud and lead, smell the fear and the feeling of dread
Soon be time to go over the wall, rapid fire and the end of us all

Whistles, shouts and more gun fire, lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire
Battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb, be reunited with my dead friends soon

Many soldiers eighteen years, drown in mud no more tears
Surely a war no-one can win, killing time about to begin

Home, far away, from the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away, but the war, no chance to live again

The bodies of ours and our foes, the sea of death it overflows
In no man's land God only knows, into jaws of death we go

Crucified as if on a cross, allied troops they mourn their loss
German war propaganda machine, such before has never been seen
Swear I heard the angels cry, pray to god no more will die
So that people know the truth, tell the tale of Paschendale

Cruelty has a human heart, everyman does play his part
Terror of the men we kill, the human heart is hungry still

I stand my ground for the very last time, gun is ready as I stand in line
Nervous wait for the whistle to blow, rush of blood and over we go

Blood is falling like the rain, its crimson cloak unveils again
The sound of guns can't hide their shame, and so we die on Paschendale

Dodging shrapnel and barbed wire, running straight at cannon fire
Running blind as I hold my breath, say a prayer symphony of death

As we charge the enemy lines, a burst of fire and we go down
I choke a cry but no-one hears, feel the blood go down my throat

Home, far away, from the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away, but the war, no chance to live again

See my spirit on the wind, across the lines beyond the hill
Friend and foe will meet again, those who died at Paschendale

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I recall that she was wearing running shoes - only dorks wore moon boots. She had a black, faded Iron Maiden shirt on under the ski coat - and she kept her Alyeska lift pass on the zipper - like all the cool kids do. I can still smell her strawberry lip gloss.

sonofabitch!

2 other people mentioned iron maiden covers, while i was looking for good pics of the album covers i remember digging as a kid. hehe. knew i wouldn't be the only one.

gabriel: scratch

faith no more: songs to make love to

korn: follow the leader

iron maiden: several of them, seen here redone, using Spongebob instead of Eddie!

^Ooooo! Yeah, Iron Maiden had some awesome covers! I used to have this Iron Maiden Number of the Beast album cover as a black light poster on my wall in high school. Eddie is legendary! I've got a cheese-lovin' nostalgic spot for most of the Heavy Metal covers from that time. I mean, come on, how can you not include this 80s-era nuke hysteria gem? Vic Rattlehead is also legendary.

As an aside, do you remember how many 80s heavy metal bands had mascots?! Motley Crue's Allister Fiend?! Anthrax's Not Man? A quick Google search netted this site with a list of 80s band mascots. Classic stuff.

Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death.

Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles

I have to check my collection at home for me, but for now I dig chicks

Meanwhile check out this great site for Album Covers. http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/cover_art_list.html and this one as it gives alot of background information. http://www.superseventies.com/greatestalbumcovers.html

Racing across the airstrip at the speed of light with Iron Maiden's Aces High running ... great times.

>> ^thinker247:
The tag should be plains, not planes.


Ah but you see Bruce flies planes so this is probably just a brilliant pun!

I never cared for Iron Maiden but I gotta give them credit for this FU moment.