[kj] (OT) Iron Maiden Tonight in LA

[sade1]

Seconded.
    I revere it highly, along with Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same," Rush's "Exit Stage Left," Underworld's "Everything Everything," and Pet Shop Boys' "Montage (nightlife)" live recordings. Btw, I think Judas Priest's "Priest...Live!" could've been better done.
    
    Anyone out there recommend any live records by Iron Butterfly, Gang Of Four, or electronica bands (techno/trance/industrial/synth/etc.) as top-of-the-line quality performances worth seeing or buying?
   
   Oh sh'.. almost forgot: Gotham, by Bauhaus. Of Course. 
  
ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
  If 'Live After Death' isn't one of THE brest live albums EVER, I don't know what is.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of T.B.
Sent: 20 February 2008 09:03
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: [kj] (OT) Iron Maiden Tonight in LA


As some people here may know, they are doing their current tour based around 
their best run of albums from the 80's, between Number of The Beast through 
7th Son with a couple other tracks like "Iron Maiden" and "Fear of the Dark" 
in the set as well.

Great show, 100% sold out very few scalpers selling seats and appeared to be 
a really tough ticket for anyone hoping to core anything just before the 
show. I've seen Maiden 7 times dating back to the NOTB tour opening for 
Scorpions at Long Beach as well as one of the '85 Long Beach shows and this 
was as good as the original Powerslave tour was and LA gave them a really 
impressive welcome. Haven't heard a Forum crowd that loud when they came on 
since original Roth era Van Halen. Only real beer break spots are during 
Powerslave and Heaven Can Wait. The first hour through Ancient Mariner was 
Godlike.

The only downsides really had nothing to do with the show. The fucking 
monkeys directing traffic into and around the Forum parking lot would send 
scores of cars into dead end parts of a lot already filled causing huge 
traffic fuckups all over the lot. I wound up parking partially on a 
sidewalk, great spot for $22 bucks. Then, no one knew which doors reserved 
seating and general admission floor people were being let in so that was a 
huge clusterfuck as well. I wound up just going through an unguarded door 
in the club entrance which was supposed to be reserved for VIPs and people 
working there. It took me about 40 minutes to drive the 35 miles there, an 
hour and a half to get down to the floor once I paid for parking. I hope its 
another 10 years before I have to go to that shithole again.

The sound and view was pretty good and loud from my position about 50 feet 
straight back from the stage but when I went for a piss and came back and 
hung out near the soundboard for Heaven Can Wait, it sounded pretty muddy 
and weak. Anyone (like myself) that wonders why that "3rd guitarist" Janick 
Gers(sp?) is still in the band will be more pissed than ever after seeing 
the guy spend most of his time spinning his fucking guitar around him and 
basically half-assed playing and posing like a poor man's Yngwie Malmsteen. 
It really doesn't appear he's in the live sound mix much except for a few 
solos. The guy is basically a band cheerleader with a guitar. The rest of 
the band sound and play graet, and bassist Steve Harris is still a monster 
on the instrument.

The good news is that Bruce said before the encore that they are coming back 
for a couple month US tour in May and June and hitting a lot of major cities 
including 2 more SoCal dates, thankfully at the old Irvine/Verizon outdoor 
ampitheater. Also, they are coming back with a more elaborate stage with 
more "Eddie stuff," no doubt a big mechanical prop like the old days that 
was behind the drum riser. Tonight, they just had a guy in a huge, tipsy 
Somewhere in Time era 15 foot tall Eddie costume wearing a Lakers shirt 
(pretty funny). Here's some of the dates off the official site:

Wed 5/21/08 San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless - on sale 3/1 10am
Thu 5/22/08 Houston, TX - Woodlands - on sale 3/1 10am
Sun 5/25/08 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion - on sale 3/1 10am
Mon 5/26/08 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion - on sale 3/15 10am
Wed 5/28/08 Concord, CA - Concord - on sale 3/9 10am
Fri 5/30/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - on sale 3/1 
10am
Sat 5/31/08 Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - on sale 3/1 
10am
Mon 6/2/08 Seattle, WA - White River Amph - on sale 3/8 10am

One last thing, around the 3rd song, some fucktard decided a good way to 
bully his way up front was to take a running charge from way the hell back 
and just plow full speed ahead decking anyone in his way. He managed to slam 
right into my fucked up shoulder (I have a torn rotator cuff and 
calcification tendonitus - getting surgery on 2/28) which had the good grace 
to not start hurting like hell until I got out of the show. The payoff was 
he bounced off me into some other guy on my right who really clocked him 
with his elbow. Right now, I'm waiting for my Heath Ledger cocktail to kick 
in so I can get some hopefully pain-free sleep.

T.B. 

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