Posts Tagged ‘Iron Maiden’

Flight 666

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Somehow, I completely missed hearing about the Iron Maiden tour documentary, Flight 666. I guess this is probably due to the change in my commute since I moved, since I haven’t been listening to Eddie Trunk’s show on XM nearly as much as I used to when I had a 45 minute commute home every night.

Can’t say I’m disappointed though since it’s out on DVD now. I’ll have to see about picking up a copy, and then I’ll start doing more tour/concert DVD posts. (I’ve been meaning to start doing posts on my collection of Bon Jovi DVDs. The VHS collection will just have to wait until I can get a VCR hooked up around here.)

The LA Times makes a lot of interesting points about this DVD and how Iron Maiden is one of the last bands to do this kind of tour. They are right; this kind of tour is really not something that newer artists do. Only the strongest remaining metal and hair metal bands do this kind of thing.

I would say that rock is dying, but then I see this kind of thing, or I see a Steel Panther video, and I realize that there’s still hope for those of us who prefer our rock with a side of devil horns and sleaze, and hold the social conscience please.

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The Top Heavy Metal Singers

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Blabbermouth posted a list of the top 30 heavy metal singers from a Turkish magazine.

A lot of the list is debatable, but the top two, at least, are almost impossible to argue with. In the world of metal, Iron Maiden is one of the defining bands. Bruce Dickinson deserves his spot at the top here.

Now personally, I think the #2 spot is impossible to argue with as well. But that being said, I’m a big Dio fan, much more than I am an Ozzy fan. However, I’m sure Ozzy thinks he belongs up here, and not Dio. What’s odd is that Ozzy didn’t even snag the #3 spot. He’s below Rob Halford, down at #4. Once again, I wouldn’t argue giving Halford the #3 spot. So ultimately, the question is, who belongs at #2? Is it Ozzy, or is it Dio?

And that’s where it gets tough. In terms of outright talent and abilty? Dio wins hands-down. The problem is that Ozzy has done so much to shape heavy metal, both in image and in sound. In both his solo albums and with Black Sabbath, he always surrounded himself with highly talented musicians, and together they created some amazing things.

But since they’re specifying singers, I’ll take the technicality and say that they got it exactly right on the list. Dio is a better singer than Ozzy, in my opinion.

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