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[Swedish Chef]

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[UnsungHeroGuitars]

Not that track perhaps, but overall - based on upbringing and what influenced me the most aged 13 or so - Maiden for me all the way

 

[Marrafat]

Metallica from the early days only, I could never get to like Maiden for some reason, so that's Metallica for me

 

[UnsungHeroGuitars]

Ah, you've changed the Maiden track! That's better

Mind you. I was into One too!

 

[Admin M@]

Iron Maiden labored in the mines pillaging the earth for raw metal ore to forge the blade on the pink safety scissors that cut Metallica's umbilical cord.

 

[SilverPlated]

Iron Maiden labored in the mines pillaging the earth for raw metal ore to forge the blade on the pink safety scissors that cut Metallica's umbilical cord.

M@... That was deep...

 

[bammbamm]

Gotta go with early Metallica because they make me headbang harder.

 

[fremen]

Maiden repeated themselves quite a lot. But the first album, "Killers", "Number of the beast", "Piece of mind" and "Seventh son" are awesome. Maiden it is for me, although I do like "ride the lightning", "Master of puppets" and "And justice for all".

 

[thehydeout]

Dickenson has a set of pipes Hetfield can only dream about. I'm not even going to compare the guitar work...

 

[nateb]

Without Maiden, Metallica would never have existed.

They have been powering on forvever.

 

[cobbler]

Don't like either to be honest. Need a N/A option. *donning flame suit*

 

[fremen]

One has Adrian Smith, the other Kirk Hammett. 'nuf said

 

[Highcastle_of_Tone]

Number of the Beast through Seventh Son is my favorite period, but I like most everything they've done including the first two. Maiden has so many strengths: great songwriters, one of the best lead vocalists in any hard rock/metal band, musicians, subject matter for their songs, etc. Metallica are a good thrash metal band, but I don't understand the universal adulation (I'm not knocking them, I have a few of their albums and I think they're good, but not as good as their album sales would indicate).

 

[MM-Chris]

Iron Maiden labored in the mines pillaging the earth for raw metal ore to forge the blade on the pink safety scissors that cut Metallica's umbilical cord.

Damn right they did. \m/

 

[Chizzy]

Up The Irons!

\m/

 

[Coldsummer]

I find myself agreeing with Cobbler on this one. When Iron Maiden first appeared on the scene I thought they represented a sad, embarrassing evolution of the music I loved at the time (Sabbath, Zeppelin, Floyd, Bad Co, Neil Young etc). Same goes for the awful 80's bands like Def Leppard who churned out empty, inane, moronic dirge. Metallica simply jumped on the bandwagon with their empty mid-scooped sound. Thank God Nirvana came along when they did and put a lid on it.

 

[FireInside]

Metallica, they were the reason I wanted to start playing music in the first place. I absolutely love Iron Maiden though.

 

[javajunkie]

Iron Maiden is the band that introduced me to Metal. I still remember putting on the Iron Maiden-Iron Maidien record for the first time - Strange World indeed!

Then again... I remember ditching school just for the release of the Master of Puppets album and listen to it.


There is just something about British Metal though that has a special place for me. Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Priest, Maiden, et al.

 

[Knuckles]

EDDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sixstring]

Maiden... Up the Irons all the way \m/, Song writing ability is killer.