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Really enjoyed the Dublin show yesterday...Tailgunner were one of the best openers I've seen, and they had really good sound as well...80s all the way, fast and melodic, guitar solos and whatnot, and the looks (haha)...really great stuff...KK's Priest as expected, super solid and awesome, massive production for the small venue, crystal clear sound, Ripper's singing was fantastic, song selection was good, though a few more Ripper era Priest ones (Cathedral Spires, Bullet Train for me) would have made it even more awesome...all in all a great night of metal mayhem with a cool dose of nostalgia...

Great show, thought Guardian were über-awesome...great sound quality as well, at least up on the balcony...as someone else has said, maybe a tad repetitive in the middle, but that's okay...really hope they'll be back sooner than last time...oh, and did anyone see that 'second drummer' or whatever he was at the upper sound or whatever desk for at least one song? What was that all about?

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Depends. At his own shows he was doing mostly solo stuff and only 3 Maiden songs but also did a tour and festival appearances that were marketed as Virtual XI anniversary shows in which he only played War Within Me and maybe 1 or 2 others and the rest were from the 2 Maiden albums.

This is a 30th anniversary Maiden tour so imagine it will be mostly stuff from the 2 albums. I thought the last album was decent but also hadn't listened to any of the albums between it and King of Metal (which was not good).

the man made some really solid albums back in the day, though I haven't really listened to his more recent stuff after 'Promise and Terror'....

really liked his show at Fibbers many years ago...talked to him briefly afterwards, seemed like a nice bloke...ticket booked for Feb 24, looking forward to it...

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yeah, just heard of that too...looking forward to it, his solo stuff has been awesome so far....

Think I'll hit this...his show at Fibbers many years ago still ranking high in my personal 'best ever gigs' list...

Just playing 'Damned When Dead' by Mael Mórdha once again...what a solid album, and what a shame for that band to fold when they did...

I've never even heard a Motorhead album.  Must pick up 'Ace of Spades' at some stage.

In that case I'd recommend starting with the "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith" live album from 1981...I think it's a near-perfect 'best of' covering their early years, and probably has the best versions ever recorded of any of those songs on it...just my two cents...

Mael Mordha is finished. Some of the lads went on to form Death the Leveller.

Thanks for the info, really a shame, thought their last album was awesome and could have taken them to the next level...reckon the singer's departure didn't help...
DTL sound quite promising, will have to check them out further...

Any news on Mael Mordha and Darkest Era? Are they still active?

Maiden's Janick Gers is just a prancing clown and not even plugged in live...

Completely untrue. Seen Maiden a lot of times and you can tell when he plays a solo quite easily.

I'm going to stick up for him because 1) he's a very talented guitar player that's fun to watch and 2) his off-kilter style of playing and songwriting gives an extra angle to Maiden's repertoire.

Also he gave the band's live performances a massive boost when he joined. Compare Maiden in 1986-88 with Maiden in 1992, they are clearly a tighter and more intense band by the latter point with tons of energy.

In 1986 Dickinson was singing on about 60% power for the entire tour (seriously, just look on Youtube) because he was still somewhat worn out from the insanely long and intense 84-85 tour.  In 1988 he was on better form, but the Donington show that year was abysmal, possibly one of the worst Maiden performances ever - timing mistakes and wrong notes all over the shop and Dickinson singing some songs an octave out of tune.

Sure, they might switch him on for a solo temporarily, as I wrote earlier...and yes, Gers has written a small few good songs, though I still find it hard to see how one could see him as an improvement in any way...Smith left, okay, so they had to find a new guy, and Bruce happened to know Gers...and what does any of Gers' idiotic antics have to do with how badly Bruce sang years before Gers joined the band btw?

not even plugged in live...

Is that actually true?

Well I dunno for sure...but watching him prance around on stage and throwing his guitar around and all makes me think he couldn't possibly be...maybe just occasionally for some solo or so...and as Adrian Smith said in an interview a while ago when asked about Gers' antics, he said "I'd lose the plot"...

Maiden's Janick Gers is just a prancing clown and not even plugged in live...