Originally Posted by The Batlord

My nigga. It also took me a while to really get into it but now it and Brave New World are the only Maiden albums I really listen to with any regularity anymore.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I love Turbo

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Diehard Maiden fan. The Number of the Beast was not only my first Maiden album, but my very first Heavy Metal album. I rate them thus:
1. The Number of the Beast (this isn't because necessarily it's the best album, but because of nostalgia and it introduced me to so much)
2. Powerslave
3. Killers
4. Piece of Mind
5. Brave New World
6. Fear of the Dark

and then all the rest, with Virtual XI and The X Factor coming in way, way, way at the bottom, the latter beating the former for bottom place just by a tiny margin, mostly due to "Angel and the Gambler".

Not particularly pushed about Priest. British Steel is a good album and I love Turbo, but other than that, decent yeah but nowhere close to Maiden.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Me too. 1982 was my first Maiden album, as I said. The thing about the Di'Anno albums is that, well, the material really suited him. The more harsh, punky, shorter (mostly) songs. I mean, is there anyone who can do that unhinged, maniacal laugh at the end of "Killers"? I heard Bruce do it live and it just ain't the same. I definitely prefer Bruce, but I can appreciate the way Paul was so much a different vocalist. I love both the first two albums, though the debut suffers from a lot of weaker material. By Killers they had almost perfected their sound, plus of course you get the twin guitar attack as Adrian came on board.

It's pretty clear though that there was little to no commercial single material on either of those two albums, and it took someone like Dickinson to help them realise their true potential and become a world-famous band, bringing metal, pretty much I think for the first time, to the mainstream, and into the charts.

Originally Posted by Nick1976

Does anyone prefer the first two Maiden albums, S/T and Killers, over the rest of the stuff they have done? I just find those first two albums to be very unique in sound and style, they don't sound like Maiden with Bruce at all, obviously in vocals but even with the music, it's completely different. I think those first two records to me, really do feel like a true fusion of punk and metal. Just like Motorhead, I think the first 2 Maiden albums were total fusion of punk and metal. But I guess a lot of the early new wave of british heavy metal was kind of like that.
The debut is raw and dark, and it's interesting to hear Maiden at a point where they hadn't quite found their voice, although they were close. It's a great, if slightly flawed album. Killers, imo, is better, more confident, with Maiden having at that point developed what I would consider their trademark sound.

Originally Posted by Nick1976

Does anyone prefer the first two Maiden albums, S/T and Killers, over the rest of the stuff they have done? I just find those first two albums to be very unique in sound and style, they don't sound like Maiden with Bruce at all, obviously in vocals but even with the music, it's completely different. I think those first two records to me, really do feel like a true fusion of punk and metal. Just like Motorhead, I think the first 2 Maiden albums were total fusion of punk and metal. But I guess a lot of the early new wave of british heavy metal was kind of like that.
The debut is raw and dark, and it's interesting to hear Maiden at a point where they hadn't quite found their voice, although they were close. It's a great, if slightly flawed album. Killers, imo, is better, more confident, with Maiden having at that point developed what I would consider their trademark sound.

Originally Posted by buran2011

Does anyone else prefer the first two Maiden albums, S/T and Killers, over the rest of the stuff they have done? Or am I alone in that regard.

I just find those first two albums to be very unique in sound and style, they don't sound like Maiden with Bruce at all, obviously in vocals but even with the music, it's completely different. I think those first two records to me, really do feel like a true fusion of Punk and Heavy Metal, I've just always got that vibe from them.

But yeah, just wanted to get some other opinions on those first two records, along with any of the other Di'Anno material released in the Maiden early days.

Originally Posted by mord

Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

Originally Posted by Nick1976

I was a metalhead as a teenager. From 1988 until 1994. My favorite bands were W.A.S.P. Cinderella, Poison,Guns N Roses, Warrant, Winger,Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Slaughter, Skid Row, Motley Crue and Aerosmith. My son threatened to jump out of the car the other day if I played one more Motley Crue tune.

Originally Posted by StellaDanielson1977

I was a metalhead as a teenage girl. From 1989 until 1994. My favorite bands were Cinderella, Poison,Guns N Roses, Warrant, Winger, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Slaughter, Skid Row, Motley Crue and Aerosmith. My daughter threatened to jump out of the car the other day if I played one more Bon Jovi tune.

Originally Posted by Marla1977

I was a metalhead as a teenage girl. From 1989 until 1994. My favorite bands were Cinderella, Poison,Guns N Roses, Warrant, Winger, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Slaughter, Skid Row, Motley Crue and Aerosmith. My daughter threatened to jump out of the car the other day if I played one more Bon Jovi tune.

Originally Posted by Nick1976

And you're right, Cobain's image was based on sort of anti-fashion stance, but he ended up being somewhat fashionable and glam in spite of himself. In the 90s, you didn't hire Anton Corbijn to direct your video without having some concern for putting across an image. I thought Soundgarden sounded like a million other bands, and I just never got the infatuation with Pearl Jam. They actually sounded to me like a bunch of wannabe folkies, or maybe a bunch of folkies who had jumped on the grunge bandwagon. I can't even be bothered verifying whether that is historically accurate, except that I know a couple of them came from Green River. ​ There's an anecdote about Def Leppard doing an unplugged performance at a radio station in the post-grunge era in which they played several unplugged numbers with three-part harmonies. When the DJ commented, “That was incredible,” Joe Elliot replied, “You must be a product of the nineties. There is nothing incredible about three guys singing in tune.” I remember grunge was identified as a movement and game-changer almost as soon as it hit, whereas hair metal wasn't even a term used for that music until many years later. Most of the bands in that genre probably saw themselves in the same harmless fun, hard rocking/pop tradition started by Van Halen. When I think of 1992, I remember "Let's Get Rocked"-era Def Leppard and Slaughter alongside Nirvana on MTV. It's not like September 1991 hit and Bret Michaels suddenly had to go get a job at IHOP. What really makes this time special I think is it's the last time young people were all bonded together by a common music culture. This was pre-internet, and everyone still watched the same videos on MTV, whether it was Dr. Dre, Def Leppard or Metallica.

Originally Posted by Nick1975

And you're right, Cobain's image was based on sort of anti-fashion stance, but he ended up being somewhat fashionable and glam in spite of himself. In the 90s, you didn't hire Anton Corbijn to direct your video without having some concern for putting across an image. I thought Soundgarden sounded like a million other bands, and I just never got the infatuation with Pearl Jam. They actually sounded to me like a bunch of wannabe folkies, or maybe a bunch of folkies who had jumped on the grunge bandwagon. I can't even be bothered verifying whether that is historically accurate, except that I know a couple of them came from Green River. There's an anecdote about Def Leppard doing an unplugged performance at a radio station in the post-grunge era in which they played several unplugged numbers with three-part harmonies. When the DJ commented, “That was incredible,” Joe Elliot replied, “You must be a product of the nineties. There is nothing incredible about three guys singing in tune.” I remember grunge was identified as a movement and game-changer almost as soon as it hit, whereas hair metal wasn't even a term used for that music until many years later. Most of the bands in that genre probably saw themselves in the same harmless fun, hard rocking/pop tradition started by Van Halen. When I think of 1992, I remember "Let's Get Rocked"-era Def Leppard and Slaughter alongside Nirvana on MTV. It's not like September 1991 hit and Bret Michaels suddenly had to go get a job at IHOP. What really makes this time special I think is it's the last time young people were all bonded together by a common music culture. This was pre-internet, and everyone still watched the same videos on MTV, whether it was Dr. Dre, Def Leppard or Metallica.

Originally Posted by Nick1976

I went to my 1st Motley Crue concert with my father when I was 13. You can call me old all you want but these kids today will never know what it's like to see your favorite band for 11bucks in a sold out stadium or the thrill of buying your favorite album. Nirvana and all the other grunge bands were nothing but a bunch of kids who barely knew how to play their instruments. They sounded like very amateurish garage bands.

Originally Posted by Nick1975

I went to my 1st Motley Crue concert with my father when I was 12. You can call me old all you want but these kids today will never know what it's like to see your favorite band for 11bucks in a sold out stadium or the thrill of buying your favorite album. Nirvana and all the other grunge bands were nothing but a bunch of kids who barely knew how to play their instruments. They sounded like very amateurish garage bands.

Originally Posted by Marla1978

I went to my 1st Motley Crue concert with my mom when I was 13. You can call me old all you want but these kids today will never know what it's like to see your favorite band for 11bucks in a sold out stadium or the thrill of buying your favorite album. Nirvana is the most overrated band of all time. Basic story telling, masked as genius narrative, combined with absolutely mediocre guitar and drums, leaving only one thing I find decent, Kurt's voice.

Originally Posted by mord

Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

You've just pretty much paraphrased what I wrote. Are you actually interested in my opinion, or just using me to reword your own posts???

Originally Posted by mord

Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.