Yeah Live after Death is phenomenal. Great album too.

Somewhere in Time or the Stranger in a Strange Land single... Probably.   No Prayer is a great cover as well, probably their last good one. 

Just an aside, I was listening to Helstar last night, A Distant Thunder, and I'm going to posit that Winds of War from that album may be the best song Maiden never wrote.
Wearing jeans and leather, not crackerjack clothes

Had a rattle through most of the main ones there over the last couple of days. Definitely going with Powerslave as the best. I mean, realistically it's probably Number of the Beast, but it's also the most overplayed one. I liked Piece of Mind better then Seventh Son or SiT.


It's the way of things and is only going to expand, throughout the entire industry. Music, the only worthwhile bit of the whole thing, is essentially worthless now, so partnerships like these which exploit established and recognisable brands by selling branded tat and lifestyle experiences are how to make money. Expect Eddie and the logo to show up on all kinds of shite you never would have dreamed of.

Quote from: Floss on July 14, 2026, 04:04:05 PMThis is a bit odd/dodgy surely: https://www.ironmaiden.com/iron-maiden-x-pophouse/ 

It was inevitable for them as a business. They've had merch in Asos, Pennies etc.

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Be quick or be in the red
The Red and the Black
Running ain't free
Run from the bills




The Ides of Merch
Stranger In Strange Tat

Quote from: Sworntothecans on July 14, 2026, 04:33:12 PM
Quote from: Floss on July 14, 2026, 04:04:05 PMThis is a bit odd/dodgy surely: https://www.ironmaiden.com/iron-maiden-x-pophouse/ 

It was inevitable for them as a business. They've had merch in Asos, Pennies etc.
Yeah, I got a banger of a Live After Death T shirt in H&M for 12 quid (there's a less good Live After Death one in Penney's too). Picking that up as gig merch would have been €50 or more.

Quote from: The Ancient Ones on July 14, 2026, 09:21:10 PM
Quote from: Sworntothecans on July 14, 2026, 04:33:12 PM
Quote from: Floss on July 14, 2026, 04:04:05 PMThis is a bit odd/dodgy surely: https://www.ironmaiden.com/iron-maiden-x-pophouse/ 

It was inevitable for them as a business. They've had merch in Asos, Pennies etc.
Yeah, I got a banger of a Live After Death T shirt in H&M for 12 quid (there's a less good Live After Death one in Penney's too). Picking that up as gig merch would have been €50 or more.

Better quality than official merch too. Think that's where my missus got my Killers one 😂

Yeah!
Nabbed a Killers wife beater top in Penny's yesterday to help cope with the heat on our week off.
😂

I know I'm looking like a metal Onslow, but I couldn't really give a shit at this stage in my life.