At least, Steel Panther is comedy on purpose.

I've always liked this Samson song (with Bruce)



Talking about Spinal Tap...

Thankass, which song is that (can't handle Youtube links)? I really like Earth Mother and a few others by Samson.

The Number of the Beast (song) rocks.

Posted By: Badlands66The first album has utter shite production, though it has an all time classic in Phantom of the Opera. Half of Killers is filler....Another Life, Genghis Khan, Prodigal Son, innocent exile etc.

You should give those songs another shot. Genghis Khan is some stellar musicianship just like Transylvania. Prodigal Son has one of Adrian's best solos ever. Innocent Exile, oh man, that main riff is so cool!

I find the lyrics to Take It Like A Man by Samson rather disturbing.

I think their peak "epic" song was To Tame A Land because it never got stretched through repetition and every section was stellar writing. I could never get into stuff like Alexander the Great because it didn't have very interesting riffs and just seemed to be padded into an "epic". I'd put most reunion albums above anything between 1986-1992 in fact.

Posted By: GoulashI can't believe someone had the balls to criticise Kiss's Music From The Elder album. Apart from the fact I love that album almost as much as I love Unmasked. You're risking the wrath of one of our absent friends who may not know who you are or where you are but he has a certain set of skills.. He will find you and he will kill you!

Wasn't The Music From The Elder not the wedding music of the man who is absent and who's name shall not be mentioned?

Posted By: Goulash

Posted By: Thankass

Posted By: GoulashI can't believe someone had the balls to criticise Kiss's Music From The Elder album. Apart from the fact I love that album almost as much as I love Unmasked. You're risking the wrath of one of our absent friends who may not know who you are or where you are but he has a certain set of skills.. He will find you and he will kill you!

Wasn't The Music From The Elder not the wedding music of the man who is absent and who's name shall not be mentioned?

It was indeed. He entered the church to "Fanfare" and the 1st dance was to "Just A Boy" but don't tell him I've told you.

My lips are sealed. Just like his, when he kisses the album cover every night before going to bed.

A World Without Heroes.

Posted By: Thankass (also Reach Out from Adrian was great).

Tell me H doesn't sound like Bryan Adams on that song though. Right?

Never been a fan of Maiden and Kiss style of artwork.
Don't know Di'Ammo.

But my little brother was, with Eddie patches
on jacket,
7th Son sticker at his chamber door.

Middle brother was more diverse into Motörhead,
Dio and Anthrax.

Me never ever would have come to the idea,
buying an Iron Maiden recording.
Dickinson's voice was to much into opera, than metal.
Horrifying terrible the tune ladder up and down.
Too diverse, might point to multiple personalities inside him.
Being a turnament single swordsman might need to meet him as opponent,
not "friend", buddy or member of a legion.

Of course one can say f*kkers to audience,
but needs situation and how.
Blunt directly straight between the eyes, of course is,
nicely spoken not very amusing,
except one is a Brexiteer and in Scottland on enemy ground.

From the interims singer of Mayday Maiden I stumbled
some years ago via Mss Doro Pesch on YT
performing 'Fear of the Dark' .
That singer seems not have as artistic vocal cords,
as Dickinson has.
It's much deeper. But frankly, are deep voices
not a sign of masculinity ?
Dickinson's nickname shall "Air Raid Siren" be.

RadioBOB! occassionally plays Maiden,
am remembering Run to the Hills, Fear of the Dark,
and probably some others in lesser frequency.
But seems only stuff of the 80/early90s Dickinson.

Now growing older, I am starting to accept Dickinson,
but could probably stand only three songs in a streak.

Iron Maiden rocks and Bruce Dickinson is the man, that's all I can say to you people who criticize one of the greatest bands and frontmen on Earth.

Posted By: Davidceltic

Posted By: ZanIron Maiden rocks and Bruce Dickinson is the man, that's all I can say to you people who criticize one of the greatest bands and frontmen on Earth.

I certainly didnt criticise the band. I loved maiden in the 80s and seen them many times live.
I just made an opinion about Bruce Dickinson ( who I did meet) and lots of people agreed with me

I’m not attacking anything you said or anything in specific mentioned in the thread. I just wanted to highlight that Maiden and Bruce kicks ass.
Quite a few rockstars seem to be jerks, but I don’t mind that if they do a good show.

I've read a lot of posts about Bruce being a twat, Brexit voter and so on. I wonder: Does noone have anything nice to say about Bruce as a person, not as singer, performer, pilot, fencer or whatever, but as a person? Is he really always a jerk??

Wait, I thought the only country that had controversial politics was the USA???

"Paul Bruce Dickinson was born on 7 August 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.[1] His mother, Sonia, worked part-time in a shoe shop, and his father, Bruce, was a mechanic in the British Army.[2]" - yeah fucking entitled twat! two parents who both worked; shit! would he be less entitled if his parents fucked each other and then couldnt make it work and then not bother having a job to support him?

In my almost no experience of him personally i didnt take to him, but he has many talents and a drive to succeed that is way more impressive than mine!

Posted By: soulstripper666I've read a lot of posts about Bruce being a twat, Brexit voter and so on. I wonder: Does noone have anything nice to say about Bruce as a person, not as singer, performer, pilot, fencer or whatever, but as a person? Is he really always a jerk??

I think as with many things, you'll find that those with a chip on their shoulder will find any excuse and gather anecdotes to make somebody look bad, whereas normal people won't have anything to say because they don't judge people they don't know personally. I certainly don't agree with his politics if he is a Tory, but it would be absurd to think I could judge his character as a person from some anecdotes I've heard through the grapevine.

Maybe like most people he is a complex human being who has bad days and good days and doesn't always appreciate being treated like a public spectacle while going about his daily life? I don't know the actual circumstances of these anecdotes so I don't give them very much worth.

Posted By: DustDevilI've met Bruce a couple of times. He seemed OK to me, but I'm a cunt.

Dusty dont be so hard on yourself

Posted By: ToiletWallPoet

Posted By: soulstripper666I've read a lot of posts about Bruce being a twat, Brexit voter and so on. I wonder: Does noone have anything nice to say about Bruce as a person, not as singer, performer, pilot, fencer or whatever, but as a person? Is he really always a jerk??

I think as with many things, you'll find that those with a chip on their shoulder will find any excuse and gather anecdotes to make somebody look bad, whereas normal people won't have anything to say because they don't judge people they don't know personally. I certainly don't agree with his politics if he is a Tory, but it would be absurd to think I could judge his character as a person from some anecdotes I've heard through the grapevine.

Maybe like most people he is a complex human being who has bad days and good days and doesn't always appreciate being treated like a public spectacle while going about his daily life? I don't know the actual circumstances of these anecdotes so I don't give them very much worth.

I totally agree. I take people as I find them and I find Bruce to be an arrogant arsehole. Maybe on the dozen or so times I've been in his company he was having off days but, as a mathematician, I find the probability of that being the case to be rather slim.
I've experienced him away from pestering fans and haven't found him to be any more pleasant.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it's probably a duck... If he acts like a dick and talks like a dick then he's probably a dick.
Like I say, I admire and respect his talents but not his personality.