| ili 04.09.2017 17:20 |
Hello friends, I enjoy Iron Maiden as much as Queen (or a bit more lately). We know that they supported Queen at Rock in Rio in 1985, so I would expect them to participate in the Freddie tribute concert in 1992. Does anybody know or have a guess why Iron Maiden was not there that day? |
| Kuijpy 04.09.2017 17:31 |
That one, only Friends of Roger and Brian where there... Where was Montserrat? Peter Straker? Phil Collins? Cliff Richard? |
| mooghead 04.09.2017 18:45 |
Just because they supported Queen doesn't mean they were there by invitation from the band. Would have been great to see them at the gig though... |
| The Real Wizard 04.09.2017 19:36 |
Indeed - the main act at a festival gig does not select the other acts. |
| Russian Headlong 04.09.2017 19:46 |
I agree, BM is friends with the band he played with Bad News when they supported Maiden back in the 80S and Bruce Dickinson played with BM and RT on the Smoke of the Water remake. He also covered Barcelona with Montsy. |
| mooghead 04.09.2017 19:56 |
Its a bit tenuous though. Its like saying BM used to be in Queen so why wasn't he playing guitar on Great Pretender. |
| Dim 04.09.2017 21:37 |
Sanctury borrows the Keep yourself alive riff. Bruce knew Freddie and his favorite song is who wants to live for ever. Also in reincarnation of Behamim song, Maiden's producer stated that they used Brian guitar orchestrations. And that Brian is the Gate keeper in Rock |
| reesefallon 05.09.2017 10:29 |
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| LOTV 05.09.2017 11:38 |
ili wrote: Hello friends, I enjoy Iron Maiden as much as Queen (or a bit more lately). We know that they supported Queen at Rock in Rio in 1985, so I would expect them to participate in the Freddie tribute concert in 1992. Does anybody know or have a guess why Iron Maiden was not there that day?Probably because they are awful. Having been there I am most thankful they weren't. |
| Dr Magus 05.09.2017 11:54 |
I'm a big fan of Iron Maiden. Not many bands have a frontman who also flies the band around the world in a 747. Doens't get any more rock'n'roll than that! |
| mike hunt 05.09.2017 19:13 |
I grew up on Maiden, what I know is Bruce is a big Queen fan, didn't know his favorite was who wants to live forever, but obviously a fan of Freddie and Brian. He sang Barcelona and I want to Break Free. Also, on the first Record they had to remake the song Phantom Of The Opera on their first Record because the original sounded too much like Queen. |
| mooghead 05.09.2017 19:39 |
Does the rejected version exist anywhere? |
| reesefallon 05.09.2017 20:17 |
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| mike hunt 06.09.2017 03:18 |
Mooghead, Don't think so. They mentioned it on the Documentary of the early years of Maiden and how the original Phantom was so much better than the album version, but the Producer said it was a Queen ripoff so they chose to change it. It's probably in the archives, but will probably never hear it. |
| mike hunt 06.09.2017 04:06 |
I know Freddie and Bruce met, I wonder what type of discussions they had. I just remember the story of the Rio gig where they booed freddie off the stage because he was wearing drag, and Bruce saw how upset freddie was. He felt misunderstood that night accordind to Bruce. |
| Vocal harmony 06.09.2017 11:56 |
Dr Magus wrote: I'm a big fan of Iron Maiden. Not many bands have a frontman who also flies the band around the world in a 747. Doens't get any more rock'n'roll than that!Not many bands have a guitarist who has a doctorate in astronomy! And it wasn't a 747! And the truth is that while Bruce flew the band he was a flight crew member who shared the duties with a more senior pilot! |
| Holly2003 06.09.2017 13:54 |
Vocal harmony wrote:Fair enough but Bruce is still a dude. He was also a fencer and could quite easily carve a Z in Brian's chest before Brian could even take his clogs off.Dr Magus wrote: I'm a big fan of Iron Maiden. Not many bands have a frontman who also flies the band around the world in a 747. Doens't get any more rock'n'roll than that!Not many bands have a guitarist who has a doctorate in astronomy! And it wasn't a 747! And the truth is that while Bruce flew the band he was a flight crew member who shared the duties with a more senior pilot! |
| matt z 06.09.2017 15:19 |
Holly2003 wrote:Yeah. ...but without the sword, Brian could always just hold him at arm's length (*not that they'd fight or have any reason to at all)Vocal harmony wrote:Fair enough but Bruce is still a dude. He was also a fencer and could quite easily carve a Z in Brian's chest before Brian could even take his clogs off.Dr Magus wrote: I'm a big fan of Iron Maiden. Not many bands have a frontman who also flies the band around the world in a 747. Doens't get any more rock'n'roll than that!Not many bands have a guitarist who has a doctorate in astronomy! And it wasn't a 747! And the truth is that while Bruce flew the band he was a flight crew member who shared the duties with a more senior pilot! |
| Holly2003 06.09.2017 16:54 |
matt z wrote:I find your premise that Bruce would not have a sword with him at all times to be quite improbable.Holly2003 wrote:Yeah. ...but without the sword, Brian could always just hold him at arm's length (*not that they'd fight or have any reason to at all)Vocal harmony wrote:Fair enough but Bruce is still a dude. He was also a fencer and could quite easily carve a Z in Brian's chest before Brian could even take his clogs off.Dr Magus wrote: I'm a big fan of Iron Maiden. Not many bands have a frontman who also flies the band around the world in a 747. Doens't get any more rock'n'roll than that!Not many bands have a guitarist who has a doctorate in astronomy! And it wasn't a 747! And the truth is that while Bruce flew the band he was a flight crew member who shared the duties with a more senior pilot! |
| Vocal harmony 07.09.2017 13:33 |
Holly2003 wrote:This I believe to be true, however not only is Brian 18 feet taller than Mr Dickinson he also has the weighty neck of his guitar with which to club Bruce over the head with thus rendering him even slightly shorter than he would already appear!matt z wrote:I find your premise that Bruce would not have a sword with him at all times to be quite improbable.Holly2003 wrote:Yeah. ...but without the sword, Brian could always just hold him at arm's length (*not that they'd fight or have any reason to at all)Vocal harmony wrote:Fair enough but Bruce is still a dude. He was also a fencer and could quite easily carve a Z in Brian's chest before Brian could even take his clogs off.Dr Magus wrote: I'm a big fan of Iron Maiden. Not many bands have a frontman who also flies the band around the world in a 747. Doens't get any more rock'n'roll than that!Not many bands have a guitarist who has a doctorate in astronomy! And it wasn't a 747! And the truth is that while Bruce flew the band he was a flight crew member who shared the duties with a more senior pilot! Rock n'Roll is a tough life! |
| dysan 08.09.2017 07:02 |
Partial to a bit of Maiden. But I do like to keep all those metallers out of my Queen sphere. |
| Dr Magus 08.09.2017 08:13 |
Dim wrote: Sanctury borrows the Keep yourself alive riff.Think you mean the Ogre Battle riff. |
| victorvortex 10.09.2017 01:18 |
I love Maiden myself but in fairness, there was already a lot of heavy rock bands there and Freddie wasn't all about heavy rock - even though that was part of his life (big fan of Zeppelin, Hendrix, Rory Gallagher etc). Metallica, Def Leppard and Guns N Roses were all arguably bigger than Maiden worldwide at the time and Extreme were a relatively new band but very obviously influenced by Queen. Brian and Rog said they had to turn some artists down, I would love to have seen that list. I was surprised that the Quo weren't there really, given how friendly they were with Queen. |