What's your favorite band besides Iron Maiden?

Metallicat180 said:
I got a version of it from You Tube and I'm sorry but I hated it. It just sounding like mindless jamming to me and not in a good way!! Sorry duder!
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What do you mean? Its all written out, not mindless at all? If anything, I'd expect you to say its too structured. Did you really listen to the 20 minute studio version? The old you tube footage is probably bad quality.
 
Acujer said:
What do you mean? Its all written out, not mindless at all? If anything, I'd expect you to say its too structured. Did you really listen to the 20 minute studio version? The old you tube footage is probably bad quality.
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It sounds like that to you but to me it sounded awful. This was the video I watched - I got to about 5 minutes in and then had to turn it off. Some people just don't get prog - and I'm one of them.
 
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Yeah you listened to 5 minutes of a 20 minute song from bad footage of 1973. That was just the intro. It gets more melodic. I told you to hear the studio version. I don't care if you like it, but I am disappointed that you wouldn't even listen to the whole song with an open mind. You say you don't like Progressive rock but what do you think Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and Alexander the Great is? Its total Prog.
 
Acujer said:
Yeah you listened to 5 minutes of a 20 minute song from bad footage of 1973. That was just the intro. It gets more melodic. I told you to hear the studio version. I don't care if you like it, but I am disappointed that you wouldn't even listen to the whole song with an open mind. You say you don't like Progressive rock but what do you think Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and Alexander the Great is? Its total Prog.
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I beg to differ!! :lol: Why else would you be so insistant!! ;) I couldn't find a studio version - you get me one and I will listen again but I really doubt that I will change my mind because I don't like prog!

I would say that Brighter Than A Thousand Suns is Maiden's prog song and I don't like that one much either.
 
I just wanted to show you an example of progressive rock that sounds similar to Maiden to me. You don't have to like it, but I did expect you to have some appreciation since you are such a music fan.

Yes and Maiden are really similar. I know both bands really really well! Maiden is like if Yes was Metal. That's it! If you were with me here I can sit you down and play you a bunch of stuff and you'd get it. What you heard was a crazy intro to a long song. That 5 minute bit does not sound like Maiden. Yes has like 18 albums. Its hard to just listen to 5 minutes of one song and say you hate it.

If you still want to check some out, try this video. Watch both parts though. Don't just watch one minute. Here is part 1 [ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=CuokGz8mVDs&feature=related[/ame]
 
Yeah this thread would have been better if we just kept to the topic.

But do you see how I see Maiden as a Metal prog band kind of? That was really the point I think I was trying to make. I think. Shit, I don't know what the hell I'm talkign about!

UP THE IRONS!
 
Acujer said:
Yeah this thread would have been better if we just kept to the topic.

But do you see how I see Maiden as a Metal prog band kind of? That was really the point I think I was trying to make. I think. Shit, I don't know what the hell I'm talkign about!

UP THE IRONS!
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No I don't! On Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, yes I can see that. Otherwise no I can't! :lol: Plus I know someone who likes Yes but doesn't like Maiden so I guess you can't win 'em all!! :lol:
 
You're actually a fantastic drummer too. Very solid!

Do you like Bill Bruford too? He's great in Crimson.

A lot of people here think I'm nuts when I say there is a lot of crossover between Maiden and Yes. I definitely see it.
 
Archmagician said:
Gotta love the sound of that Rickenbacker in that Yes video! If I were a bassist I would DEFINITELY play a Rick! :worship:
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Chris works hard for his sound just like Entwistle did....
Squire obtained his distinctive tone at the time by rewiring his RM1999 into stereo and sending the bass and treble pickups each into a separate amplifier. This technique is known as "bi-amping". By splitting the signal from his bass into dual high and low frequency outputs and then sending the low frequency output to a conventional bass amplifier and the high-frequency output to a separate lead guitar amplifier, Squire produced a tonal 'sandwich' that added a growling, overdriven edge to the sound while retaining the Rickenbacker's powerful bass response. This gave his bass sound bright, growling higher frequencies and clean, solid bass frequencies. This technique allowed Squire to utilise harmonic distortion on his bass while avoiding the flat, fuzzy sound, loss of power and poor bass response that typically occurs when bass guitars are overdriven through an amplifier or put through a fuzz box. He also uses fresh strings for every show.
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Lemmy does something similar cranking the shit out of a guitar amp along with a bass amp.

Chris Squire has a great sound and in all fairness the Rick is perhaps the coolest looking bass. Buuuuuuuuutttttt ergonomicaly it is a very different beast. The neck profile is quite odd. Where most basses have a ( feel to them the Rick is like { minus the point.

Oddly enough I think they look great and Chris, Geddy, and Lemmy all sound great but ergonomically I cannot play one at all. Nothing fits me. :erk:

Jim
 
Imagine Iron Maiden and Yes sharing the bill as a double concert. You think your head would spontaneously combust seeing both bands in one night?
 
Hey I love some of that old Skid Row stuff. Who hasn't had sex in a car to I Remember You back in the day?

Wait, I still have sex in my car sometimes.


Wasted Time is one of the greatest rock songs ever!
 
Mhhh, favorite bands?

Maiden
My Dying Bride
Priest
Satriani

I saw Yes debut as the opener for Alvin Lee & 10 years after in San Diego, mhhh ... 1971-2? They were Soooooo very much better than poor Alvin. That was the first time I figured out what Bass guitar was for.:worship:

Satriani is about as close as I get to progressive, and MDB is my ONLY excursion into Death/Doom. Aaron has the best Growl, and ex-drummer Rick Miah had THE most interesting idiosyncratic rythmns and the tastiest fills ever. Martin's eerie violin on the early albums is magnificent.o_O



I still have sex in my car ... the only thing missing is a partner.:ill:

:lol:
 
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