Controversial Metal Opinions

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[Carnage]

You mean the '90s, yeah?

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[Carnage]

When I think of 5 years ago my mind always goes to the '90s. Every date after 1982 sounds wrong to me anyway.

[astfgyl]

Still a big regret of mine missing them in Temple bar music centre in 2003,the gig in 08 wasnt great at all,for a so called final show/tour they didnt play enough old material.Overall it was just a flat show.

It sort of had the Hired Hands feeling going on and definitely not enough of the classic stuff. I got locked and jumped around but a lot of the show didn't stick in the memory at all. Contrast that with the TBMC show and it was the Sphinctour lineup and a fucking fantastic setlist that was only missing Burning Inside to be 100 percent perfect. Jourgensen and Barker were both in great form and the 2 drummers really blew the shit out of me. Had the setlist stuck to me wall for years and I used to reminisce regularly looking at it.

[Bomberman]

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

[astfgyl]

not even plugged in live...

Is that actually true?

[Bomberman]

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"...

[Carnage]

I don't know about the plugged in bit, but he's an irritating twat onstage. Just fucking play and stop prancing about like you're Jimi Hendrix with electrodes on your sac.

[astfgyl]

I feel a bit like I dodged a bullet by never ending up getting into Iron Maiden

[Ducky]

I feel a bit like I dodged a bullet by never ending up getting into Iron Maiden

That's an interesting take on it.

Gers didn't join them until their eighth record at which point they had lost the plot a bit anyway. Doesn't take away from the 80s classics.

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[Cosmic_Equilibrium]

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.

[Juggz]

Gers is fine. He's the fall guy because no-one wants to try to pull Harry back out of his own arse since he went up there at the end of the 80's.