THE Iron Maiden Thread

[Icarus Witch]

Hey guys,

I play bass in Paul DiAnno's U.S. touring band. Let me tell you, those Steve Harris basslines are no joke! haha.

Anyway, I had a chance to interview Paul for Piki Rocks. I mostly wanted to pick his brain on tips and insights for other musicians in terms of forging a lasting career. In true DiAnno fashion, his responses were off the cuff and quite surprising.

Also on the site is an interview with former Dream Theater manager, Jim Pitulski about his new Ghost Story TV show.

Check it out here at PikiRocks.com

Cheers,
Jason Myers
Icarus Witch
Paul DiAnno Band (U.S.)

[cramx3]

While I am very dissapointed that they are not playing the NYC area, it looks like a very cool tour with Ed Force One again and it is really great for the band and its fans for them to be playing in new places.  The site does say to stay tune for more dates. Maybe the second leg will be similar to the second leg of SBIT where they play more US dates and travel normally with a bigger stage show. Otherwise I may be planning a trip to Florida.

[MykeHavoc]

Hey guys,

I play bass in Paul DiAnno's U.S. touring band. Let me tell you, those Steve Harris basslines are no joke! haha.

Anyway, I had a chance to interview Paul for Piki Rocks. I mostly wanted to pick his brain on tips and insights for other musicians in terms of forging a lasting career. In true DiAnno fashion, his responses were off the cuff and quite surprising.

Also on the site is an interview with former Dream Theater manager, Jim Pitulski about his new Ghost Story TV show.

Check it out here at PikiRocks.com

Cheers,
Jason Myers
Icarus Witch
Paul DiAnno Band (U.S.)

Hey Jason, my band Dorian Gray will be opening the Foxboro MA show for you guys on 12/20!
Looking forward to a great show and getting to meet all you guys!

[Birch Boy]

I know it's in Central America (...right? ), but I was just talking about SA.

it's in the Caribbean, nub

Shows how much geography I know

[sneakyblueberry]

X Factor has Nicko's best drum sound put to tape I'd say.   The reverb on the toms makes it very atmospheric.

[GuineaPig]

UK dates are being announced on November 11.  Gigs in the Balkans are being rumoured for spring 2011 as well.

[Seventh Son]

X Factor has Nicko's best drum sound put to tape I'd say.   The reverb on the toms makes it very atmospheric.

Definitely. His drum solo on Sign of the Cross = 

[Mladen]

Gigs in the Balkans are being rumoured for spring 2011 as well.

That would be just amazing, I hope you're right. 

[TAC]

UK dates are being announced on November 11.  Gigs in the Balkans are being rumoured for spring 2011 as well.

Are the Balkans anywhere near Boston??

[Birch Boy]

UK dates are being announced on November 11.  Gigs in the Balkans are being rumoured for spring 2011 as well.

Are the Balkans anywhere near New York??

[Seventh Son]

UK dates are being announced on November 11.  Gigs in the Balkans are being rumoured for spring 2011 as well.

Are the Balkans anywhere near New York??

l2geography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Peninsula

[skydivingninja]

I have a feeling they know where the Balkans are and were joking around.  Just a feeling though.

[Birch Boy]

I have a feeling they know where the Balkans are and were joking around.  Just a feeling though.

This guys knows.

[Seventh Son]

I have a feeling they know where the Balkans are and were joking around.  Just a feeling though.

Then it was a shitty joke because there isn't anything to joke about.

[TAC]

I have a feeling they know where the Balkans are and were joking around.  Just a feeling though.

Then it was a shitty joke because there isn't anything to joke about.

Easy bro,
WTF?

[sneakyblueberry]

Yeah that seemed like a pretty odd response.  Unless of course he was joking, then it was a shitty joke because there isn't anything to joke about.

[skydivingninja]

I have a feeling they know where the Balkans are and were joking around.  Just a feeling though.

Then it was a shitty joke because there isn't anything to joke about.

Birch and TAC live in New York and Boston, respectively.
There are a lack of US dates on this new tour.
Birch and TAC really want to see Iron Maiden.
When rumors of the Balkans came up, feigning ignorance, they asked if the Balkans were anywhere near their hometowns, because they want to see Iron Maiden.
Funny is had.

[Birch Boy]

I have a feeling they know where the Balkans are and were joking around.  Just a feeling though.

Then it was a shitty joke because there isn't anything to joke about.

[Seventh Son]

I have a feeling they know where the Balkans are and were joking around.  Just a feeling though.

Then it was a shitty joke because there isn't anything to joke about.

Birch and TAC live in New York and Boston, respectively.
There are a lack of US dates on this new tour.
Birch and TAC really want to see Iron Maiden.
When rumors of the Balkans came up, feigning ignorance, they asked if the Balkans were anywhere near their hometowns, because they want to see Iron Maiden.
Funny is had.

Except that isn't funny.

At all.

[skydivingninja]

Okay, killjoy 

[TAC]

 

[glaurung]

I think this is Seventh Son's biggest fail to date.

[zxlkho]

I think this is Seventh Son's biggest fail to date.

He's got nothing on Numbers.

[glaurung]

I think this is Seventh Son's biggest fail to date.

He's got nothing on Numbers.

[tri.ad]

I think this is Seventh Son's biggest fail to date.

"Par for the course" is more accurate imo.

[zxlkho]

I think this is Seventh Son's biggest fail to date.

He's got nothing on Numbers.

Well no shit. I'm just saying that Seventh Son's biggest fail is nowhere near Numbers' level.

[Birch Boy]

DTF: Where member failures are discussed more than the topics at hand.

[glaurung]

We really should start a Fail of the Year competition to run alongside the post of the year one.

[Rina]

We really should start a Fail of the Year competition to run alongside the post of the year one.

But we already know who would win. 

[sneakyblueberry]

If I said the first riff in Phantom of the Opera (where the whole band comes in) was a blueprint for thrash metal, would anyone disagree?

[GuineaPig]

Especially when you listen to the 1981 live versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt26iVI9FoM

[sneakyblueberry]

Yeah, it occurred to me while listening to the BBC Archives; Reading 82.  Pretty furious!

[LudwigVan]

If I said the first riff in Phantom of the Opera (where the whole band comes in) was a blueprint for thrash metal, would anyone disagree?

That song might qualify as a blueprint for Prog-metal too. 

[Seventh Son]

If I said the first riff in Phantom of the Opera (where the whole band comes in) was a blueprint for thrash metal, would anyone disagree?

Nope.

If I said the first riff in Phantom of the Opera (where the whole band comes in) was a blueprint for thrash metal, would anyone disagree?

That song might qualify as a blueprint for Prog-metal too. 

This too. I've thought of it as being one of the very first prog-metal songs ever.

[RobD]

As much as I love Satellite 15... Final Frontier, the editing on the drums during the intro is really starting to annoy me.

Also UK dates announced on Thursday at 12 noon!