Iron Maiden in LA May 31st overview

Iron Maiden





So we just returned from Irvine seeing Iron Maiden! What a great show!!!

We
got to the arena as Lauren Harris was on-stage. I didn't hear it but I
guess they did ok from what I was told. But it's Steve Harris' daughter
so whatever.

We make our way in and Anthrax had started. I'd
say they were in their 3rd or 4th song. They were LAME!!! I was never
really a big fan of Anthrax and I guess this proved why. Their new
singer is not good at all. He sounds like John Bush for the most part,
but too much. His stage ranting reminded me of Phil Anselmo but I hate him too. He was also off key for half of the show. I know he was
probably shitting himself being the new guy in Anthrax, but I guess my
interest in them is just nil. Throughout their set you'd see heads bopping, but most people I was around were just sitting there bored.

Maiden hit the stage and just
let loose! The stage props were AWESOME!!! They brought back the Powerslave stage set up but updated it a bit. The colors were great and was seriously picture perfect! The
sound was clear, and as complex as Maiden are, they were tighter than
hell! Here's the set-list:

01. Intro - Churchill's Speech
02. Aces High
03. 2 Minutes to Midnight
04. Revelations
05. The Trooper
06. Wasted Years
07. The Number of the Beast
08. Run to the Hills
09. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
10. Powerslave
11. Heaven Can Wait
12. Can I Play With Madness?
13. Fear of the Dark
14. Iron Maiden
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15. Moonchild
16. The Clairvoyant
17. Hallowed Be Thy Name

They
could have played a lot longer! I wishg they would have. With so many
songs that I like that they never played, I'd love to hear some of
those again live now days! I think Flight Of Icarus, Running Free,
Stranger in a Strange Land and Murders in the Rue Morgue would really
have been awesome. But oh well. I am just damn happy I was able to see
Maiden again. Now if they can just get Janick Gers to quit acting like
a Fairy on stage, they would KILL!

Cool review. Wish I were there. Sorry to hear about Anthrax's apparent mis-step.

Lurideath wrote:

Now if they can just get Janick Gers to quit acting like
a Fairy on stage, they would KILL!

He was actually fairly tame when we saw them here in NM. He wasn't doing too much of the usual prancing around. At the end he was throwing his guitar around and having a good time. That I don't mind as much as the dancing and prancing. He did shred though. His solos were fantastic.

Great review!

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Now if they can just get Janick Gers to quit acting like
a Fairy on stage

What exactly does he do?

exactly. so I am sure you see my point on him. hahaha That's ridiculous! He is a great guitarist and he does an awful lot of killer solo's and amazing rhythm's, but ummm, he needs some stage lessons on being more masculine.

Good stuff

Oh, I see. Very festive!!




Lol, I love his old-man partial split!!


Did someone hand him a painted human skull? That was pretty weird/cool.

Lurideath wrote:

exactly. so I am sure you see my point on him. hahaha That's ridiculous! He is a great guitarist and he does an awful lot of killer solo's and amazing rhythm's, but ummm, he needs some stage lessons on being more masculine.

Meh. Could be worse. At least he's not shadow-boxing.

Bummer to hear that about Anthrax, though. They're still one of my favorites, no matter who's in the band. I'm missing them this time around, but everytime I've seen Maiden, it's always a great show. Nice job on the review.