Iron Maiden vs. KISS

DallasBlack wrote:

Did I even need to say anything for someone to know who I choose? Kiss is the more influential though. I've met a few people who never heard of Maiden, but I've never met anyone who doesn't know Kiss.

I didn't take that into account. Everyone knows about KISS, not so much Maiden. I suppose I was just looking at it from a metal fan's perspective.

I was a huge Iron Maiden fan when I was in junior high (late 1980s--I'm old). I bought metal magazines and made a scrapbook of their articles and my door was covered with their pin-ups and I had posters all over my walls and wore tons of their square buttons (remember those?).

But, before that, I was a huge KISS fan. Some of the first albums I ever had were KISS records my mom bought me from thrift stores, parking lot sales, used book/record stores, etc. (Gene Simmons solo, Dressed To Kill, The Originals, Double Platinum, Destroyer). I still listen to their music regularly. I have a set of KISS Majik Market cups on my bookcase I see everyday. I don't listen to Maiden near as much as I did back in the day while I've since collected KISS albums I didn't have back then (Elder, Creatures, the other solo albums etc.) and love them (even Peter's solo albums). So, to me, KISS is an easy choice. They are a top 5 band (maybe #1) off all time for me.

SpectreFate wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Did I even need to say anything for someone to know who I choose? Kiss is the more influential though. I've met a few people who never heard of Maiden, but I've never met anyone who doesn't know Kiss.

I didn't take that into account. Everyone knows about KISS, not so much Maiden. I suppose I was just looking at it from a metal fan's perspective.

Good point. I know my father knows who KISS is and might even recognize Gene Simmons. His grasp of pop culture expired around 1975. His knowledge of Iron Maiden would probably be limited to the bands actual namesake.

"Throw them into the iron maiden"....
....."excelent !"

James B. wrote:

"Throw them into the iron maiden"....
....."excelent !"

There is actually rumors of the third d Bill & Ted movie to be released in the near future .

Iron Maiden because they never did a reality show.

DallasBlack wrote:

James B. wrote:

"Throw them into the iron maiden"....
....."excelent !"

There is actually rumors of the third d Bill & Ted movie to be released in the near future .

Alex Winter has been the source of those rumors since Keanu hasn't been returning his calls.