This is by FAR the best musical reaction channel on Earth. Your reaction to hearing "Hallowed Be Thy Name" for the first time is fucking priceless, and your genuine appreciation of, and enthusiasm for, Iron Maiden is SUCH a pleasure to watch. Far as I'm concerned, Iron Maiden is the best band in history, and Steve Harris is a fucking genius. One day, philharmonic orchestras will be playing Iron Maiden's music, if such is not the case already. Keep up the great work on this channel, and don't ever change dude.
There are several covers of songs like Wasted years done with acoustic instruments and it sound almost better than the original. A great song is not genre dependant, and to me, if you can take a heavy metal song and do it with 1 acoustic guitar and piano and it still comes up great, that means the writing of both the melody and the lyrics was top notch. And in the case of Maiden, pretty much all their songs could make this transition easily.
ive seen metallica, megadeth, slayer, ACDC and Guns and Roses live and by far Maiden has had the best show out of all of them. they are phenomenal live.
Bruce Dickenson is a metal singer, opera singer, history professor, and has an airline pilots license meaning he can fly just about anything from a small twin-engine to a 747 with you and me as his passengers. Check out the plane Maiden tours around in. He is one of the band's pilots too. He is also trained in fencing and speaks a few languages. I'm sure I'm missing a couple things as well. This dude is the definition of "The Shit" and the band he fronts for is one of the best to do it!
@@longshankdrills8799 You may find it funny to know that I'm an individual from the United States. I wish I had a picture of my teenage room. I had Maiden blacklight posters and regular posters everywhere. I fell asleep with Eddy watching over me! Maiden is the only band I have not seen live. I figure that will change someday!
They actually are responsible for creation of a specific genre, with the help of Judas Priest for the most part, called New Wave of British Heavy Metal or NWBHM
Heaven felt that shit!...lo lwhat an honour for Iron Maiden to hear say those poetic words,never heard that saying before but I hope it becomes a classic phrase and you get the credit for it....
Singers name is Bruce Dickinson !! He fly’s them around on their personal 747 !!! Is an Olympic level fencer !!! Is part owner of the trooper beer !!! And quite literally one of the most interesting men in the world!!!
Hallowed is a perfect song as an introduction to Iron Maiden. You absolutely CAN still go to their concerts. I went to one of their shows last year, and it was phenomenal. They are still kicking ass 30+ years later.
Rock n Role Ribs is right down the street from me in Margate Florida , look up who owns it I think you will be suprised , oh and he also cooks and sometimes waits on people . UP THE IRONS !!!
Bruce Dickinson is the singer, he's one of the best in the business. It's not too late to see them live man, they're still playing shows and they're incredible. Check out Fear of the Dark live from the Flight 666 DVD if you want more Maiden. Also, check out In This River live in Paris by Black Label Society, you're going to lose your mind man. Talk about incredible guitar playing.
I'm 53 years old. I've been to countless concerts since I was in high school. I've seen, not everybody, but practically everybody and almost everybody from the old school hair band generation. There is nothing like being at a live hard Rock concert. I'm sorry you missed it my brother
This song doesn't feel right without his drums. No matter what. I've heard it live 9 or 10 different times in 20 years, it doesn't feel the same as the 82 Hammersmith live (the one on this reaction). Clive's drums are on the fucking spot.
Great reaction to a great band!! The KING can't react to everything that we want, but all be damned if he isn't doing a fantastic job at trying to get to everybody 🤘.... keep it up Bruh!!!
I'd also recommend him checking out "Flash of the Blade", "Where Eagles Dare" and just about anything on the "Number of the Beast" album if he hasn't already.
48 yr old black dude again. I remember getting in trouble for using various pieces of furniture and pots as drums to this and "Run to the Hills".....aaaah good memories lol.
48 yr old black woman here. I used to head bang to iron maiden in my bedroom with my big old afro! Now l just head bang at their gigs! Up the Irons forever!
PS. Iron Maiden is the college level band of metal, the songs are often about historical events and great works in literature. No sex drugs and blah blah blah, more often than not it’s serious history and literature. Great battles, historically significant people, “Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allen Poe... these guys are brilliant across the board. Lyrics, music, vocals, musicians, entertainers... 🙂
I can't believe I am stopping halfway through the reaction to tell you, that you need to listen to Iron Maiden- Rime of the ancient Mariner, but I am so DAMNED excited by your reaction to Iron Maiden, that I REALLY want you to continue with another great song they did. I will warn you though, Rime of the ancient mariner is a musical version of a literary short story classic, that was taught to me in high school back in the mid 90s. So PLEASE listen to Iron Maiden- Rime of the Ancient Mariner after this.
Grew up with Maiden and this is my fav by them. Rime of the Ancient Mariner would be my next suggestion. These aren't just songs, they're performances.
I’m a 55 year old metal head white guy that seen Maiden for the first time about 5 years ago, I had the privilege of meeting the lead singer Bruce Dickinson at my work years ago. Bruce is a pilot and he was at my work filming a show for the Discovery channel called Heavy Metal, a show about airplanes. While I was at work I seen a group of suit and tie guys and several cameramen taking pics, so I walked over to see what was going on and one of the guys asked if I knew Iron Maiden I told him yes then asked if he does. He then mentioned that one of the guys was the singer Bruce, I was looking through the crowd and when I seen him I just approached him and shock his hand, then I asked a guy from the local newspaper to take our picture (this was before cellphones) and email it to me, which did then I walked over to one of our printers and asked for his autograph, I still have the pic of Bruce and I, then I put his autograph with my old cassette cover in a frame together. King KTF I can’t tell you how stoked I get seeing black men that are primarily rap fans indulge in metal, you need to go to a metal show I would highly recommend Gojira and check out the live video of Opeth playing Sorceress at Red Rocks. Keep jamming to metal, you will be amazed at the amount of killer music out there, I’d love to take you to a show
Hell yes -- it's rare that I like a live version of a track more than the studio cut, and this specific track is probably the best example. So much more epic!
You've easily become my favorite person to watch react to metal. I look forward to your signature moves during every song. HOLD ON, BRUH!! Level this man up!
One of the top 5 rock songs ever created. It has everything,..perfect vocals, amazing lyrics, perfect guitaring, great transissions, impeccable drums, amazing tempo....everything a great rock song needs !!!
In rock and metal there are three Exquisite screamers. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and Ronnie James Dio of Dio and Black Sabbath. Absolutely fantastic. Great reaction video.
I don't consider Bruce or Ronnie to be "screamers" though I'd say Rob definitely is. Bruce and Ronnie have very full voices with a lot of range. Love them all but definitely different.
I'm an old and white and full respect for this man right here for coming to my old forgotten culture and seeing it for what it really is. Beautiful, misunderstood and never ending. Love and peace to all. Jason
The Singer Bruce Dickinson was a pro Pilot for some Airlines, he was in the pre olympic Team for Fencing and he is one of the best Metal Singers in the World.... He flys the 747 Number of the Beast
Oh man dude if you've never heard Iron Maiden before you're in for a treat. Fear of The Dark live is ridiculous, but you can't really go wrong with any of em.
poor guy played the whole concert with broken ribs, They wrapped him up tight at the ER IN LONDON then he went on to play one of the best iron maiden concerts ever recorded!
Preston one day you're going to get a few unexpected visits. I'm sure your popularity has reached a lot of these artist. They're really enjoying your reaction. I promise it's happening. Wish there would be a video of that so we could all say Hold on braaaaaaaaaaa!!!
HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHHHAHAHAHAH I don´t think ANY of the guys in maiden knows what a "reaction video" is... Even more, Im 99.9% sure they don´t even know what a "like" or "dislike" is... Every single time they talk about their music on the internet they all use the word streaming... For everything xDxD "Cause our new album is now for sale, its in every store next week, on the internet on that streaming thing, and all that..." Not even well known guys who are actually in the "internet community", like paul gilbert or guthrie govan, watch these kind of videos... That´s something movie actors and directors do. Yours is one of the most innocent and naive thoughts Ive heard in a long, long time xDxD
Iron Maiden is the standard for melodic metal songs, and it really isn't even close. For example, this, Fear of the Dark, Paschendale, Infinite Dreams, When the Wild Wind Blows, and many more. You'll like them for sure Edit: had to add in the Clansman, but it's a different singer unless you do a live version,which I recommend
I just messaged my son and included a link to Run to the Hills, he's like oh yea! I've been listening to Hallowed Be Thy Name over the past couple weeks. I thought to myself, Good boy, good boy lol
Glad you are discovering Iron Maiden now, they are massively respected in the Metal community. I would recommend Powerslave, Fear of the Dark, The Clairvoyant, or Dance of Death next. You can always go with live or studio for any of their songs. Both are equally as impressive.
Iron Maiden is still touring. They are coming to the US in 2019 and it's their Legacy tour, going to be all their great songs. Definitely worth trying to go see. I have been listening to them since the 80's and saw them in 2017 with the Book of Souls tour, their latest album, and trust me they still bring it.
Saw them at the Dallas legacy show. Best damn concert I've ever seen, and honestly doubt it'll ever be topped. They absolutely killed it, and the theatrics of the show were like a stage play on top of the concert aspect.
im 55 yrs. old and was there in memphis when they came on this tour. I will never forget the sounds of live shows like this. I consider my generation the luckiest of them all because we lived this shit everyday . The Midsouth Coliseum was the greatest place to ever go to and rock out with 16000 screaming fans when bands like this came to town. Any body from memphis say hell yes.
Your reaction was the same as mine when I first heard them in 1981.I was awestruck by the intensity and by Bruce Dickenson's vocal range. They are still playing to sold out venues all over Europe and South America.
The states too, I've seen them the last 3 times they've been to florida, against the rails every time, I wouldn't trade those experiences and emotions they evoke for anything in the world
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” is my favorite Iron Maiden song. It’s what got me hooked on them in 1982, and remains my favorite song in their extensive and fantastic catalog. It’s the one I tell others to listen to when they haven’t heard Iron Maiden. It’s a great introductory song. They’re still making new music and still touring. They’re coming to the United States later this summer (2019). Maybe (hopefully) I’ll see you at a show!
It's September 2021 and right now Iron Maiden's new album "Senjutsu" is fighting for the top spot on the charts. Crazy! I am 51 years old and looking back over my life Maiden is one of the few things that stayed true. Friends, women, bands, all changed, sold out, and even betrayed, but never Maiden.
I saw Iron Maiden on this tour (World Slavery Tour, Powerslave Album) when I was a long haired, denim jacket wearing teenager. It was unbelievable. I distinctly remember the tolling of the bells in Carolina Coliseum....the build up to the meat of the song, which you seemed to enjoy like the first drop of a giant new roller coaster, was thick in the air as Bruce held that note for 30 seconds. With the blinding flash of strobe lights the 2 guitars wove a tapestry of ability that forces anyone listening, who has a shred of appreciation for that thing that separates the great from the good, blanketed the sea of head bangers. If you would have been there my friend you would have been embraced as a friend. That is the power of great music. It makes those who can recognize it see past our differences, put aside our politics and nurture friendships as opposed to division. I have seen them 8 times over the years. The most recently was last summer in Charlotte. They never disappoint. This song is one of my favorites and just added back to the rotation now that some legal issues have been resolved. Iron Maiden's lineup in this video consists of Bruce Dickenson, the lead singer, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray on guitar, Nicko McBrain on drums and the best bass player ever, Steve Harris. The power and influence of Iron Maiden's music is evident by your reaction. What a joy it is to share the appreciation and love that I have for their art with new people all these years later. I loved watching your face just light up when you first began to watch. I can relate. I felt the exact same way the first time I listened to one of their albums. Music is one of the most powerful agents of peace that we can all embrace and employ to find common ground and in the end a better place for us all.
Johnny White, ben to 5 conserts from 2006-2017. Wish i could be born 15 years earlier. But nonetheless,ben to alot of conserts and festivals with alot of bands. Iron Maiden will be with me till i go to the grave. Funny tho how many of the ppl born in the 50s and 60s saw this music as devils music. Just like Elvis when he started to dance and rocknroll. They were so conservative. Also i tried to tell my father for years and years that iron maiden is not the devil. Listen to their lyrics, thats the barrier btw generations. The music the riffs are brilliant. But how many did actually pay attention to the lyrics back in those days? How many outside the uk knew the lyrics that well back in those days? They made up their mind about Maiden beeing all about 666 the devil and shit. Just talking about what kinda discussions ive had with my own father and ppl of that generation. I get upset by their reactions, but hey, i was born with english subtitles and movies. Noone can argue about the music. But the message are equally important to me. UP THE IRONS
@@philobeddoe8342 Yeah this is at the Hammersmith I believe. Nicko Mcbrain is at World Slavery Tour in 1984. He replaced Clive Burr and started as drummer for Maiden on Piece of Mind Album in 1983 if I'm right. Also Nicko appears as the devil at The Number of the Beast video clip
@@philobeddoe8342 I was JUST thinking that as I read the comment; "I'm pretty sure that's Clive back there, but he wasn't visible much in the video. I was about to rewind to verify but checked replies first as I figured SOMEONE would have pointed it out, if true. Good deal. I've only seen Maiden once, but it was my FIRST heavy metal/rock concert, during the Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour (if I recall the tour name properly). Maiden was the band that took me from being just a bass-lovin' Beastie Boy kinda kid to loving metal etc. Don't get me wrong, still love my Beasties and old school rap (and some newer stuff too) but because of Maiden (and others) all things guitar-oriented became my mainstay musical preference.
Man, that is the BEST heavy metal band in the universe!! They are 60 years old and still rocking like that. I´ve seen ´em only one time 3 years ago and I can say I´ll die happy. Did you know Bruce (the singer) has just defeated throat cancer? Oh yes he did. Long live the beast! Iron Maiden
Singer is Bruce Dickenson, one of the best for sure. He also is a pilot, he flies the jumbo plane that they use on tour, imagine that, not only being the singer but the pilot flying them city to city. He takes it seriously too, puts on the official pilot uniform and everything. You are in luck, they still perform, they just wrapped up a European tour, should be back in the states in the near future.
Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Dickinson began his career in music fronting small pub bands in the 1970s while attending school in Sheffield and university in London. In 1979, he joined the new wave of British heavy metal band Samson, with whom he gained some popularity under the stage name "Bruce Bruce" and performed on two studio records. He left Samson in 1981 to join Iron Maiden, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuted on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. During his first tenure in the band, they issued a series of US and UK platinum and gold albums in the 1980s. Dickinson quit Iron Maiden in 1993 (being replaced by Blaze Bayley) to pursue his solo career, which saw him experiment with a wide variety of heavy metal and rock styles. He rejoined the band in 1999, along with guitarist Adrian Smith, with whom he has released five subsequent studio albums. Since his return to Iron Maiden, he issued one further solo record in 2005, Tyranny of Souls. His younger cousin, Rob Dickinson, is the former lead singer of British alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, while his son, Austin, fronted the metalcore band Rise to Remain. Outside his career in music, Dickinson is well known for his wide variety of other pursuits. Most notably, he undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours. Following Astraeus' closure, he created his own aircraft maintenance and pilot training company in 2012, Cardiff Aviation. Dickinson presented his own radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2002-2010, and has also hosted television documentaries, authored novels and film scripts, created a successful beer with Robinsons Brewery and competed at fencing internationally. Early life
God damn that dude can blow. All Iron Maiden fans feel like you. They wanna be there for the experience. Some of the most loyal fans in the industry.There aren't any musical entertainers like this anymore.
This version, this time, i mean. This one of the greatest masterpieces made ever in music history. UP THE IRONS. ben to Maidens consert 5 times. One of the best live bands ever.!
i think deep down every man in his heart wants to be a rock star, a singer like this, just out there in front tearing up the universe with our singing.
Hey King, did you know that the singer became a commercial airline pilot late in life, and he captains the band's own jet during their world tours? His role as a pilot has led to some high-profile flights, which include returning a group of British RAF pilots from Afghanistan in 2008, 200 UK citizens from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict in 2006, and 180 stranded holiday makers from Egypt following the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008. In addition, he flew Rangers F.C. and Liverpool F.C. to away matches in Israel and Italy in 2007 and 2010 respectively. For the 2008-09 "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour", he piloted Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", specially converted to carry the band's equipment between continents, which subsequently led to a documentary film, Iron Maiden: Flight 666. Dickinson flew "Ed Force One" again for "The Final Frontier World Tour" in 2011. For the 2016 'The Book of Souls World Tour', the band upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet, which meant that Dickinson had to undertake type conversion to fly the aircraft. In 2014, Dickinson purchased a Fokker Dr.I triplane replica, the same plane the Red Baron flew, and joined the Great War Display Team, which re-enacts First World War air battles at airshows across the UK.
Isn't it funny how music no matter what kind you're into does that certain thing to you where it's like holyshit and you get goosebumps? There's something to that that connects us I'm sure of it!
I really do feel the same way. Im born '75, wish I was born 10 years earlier. I could see Maiden, Sabbath, Metallica (old days), even Kiss... that would be so awesome! Love your channel, hello from Norway :)
Thank you for this reaction. I'm a huge fan of Pantera, Sabbath, Lamb of God, all the hard core rockers, but how I missed Iron Maiden, I'll never know. At 51 you've opened up a new door for me to explore and appreciate. I'm psyched, gonna soak up these guys while cooking for Thanksgiving all dam day!
I LOVE your vlogs !!! You say that you were born in the wrong era, but you can still see Iron Maiden today live. They are just as good now, if not even better !!!!! Hope that it happens for you..
Iron Maiden are still touring. Bruce Dickenson is the lead singer and he also is a commercial airline pilot. They own there own 747 and he is the pilot.
Octave harmonizer effect pedal? Who needs that? Adrian Smith and Dave Murray can harmonize a whole song together without ever missing a tempo, the more I listen to this song the more I realize just how great these 2 guitar players are. They are the definition of underrated. It sounds like just 1 guitar player using a harmonized synth pedal wow, if you did a blind test, it would be hard to tell.
awesome reaction my friend!!! this is an AMAZING band !!! they are what musicianship is all about... great song you should also react to "wasted Years" , "revelations", "2 minutes to midnight" , "the rhyme of the ancient mariner", "somewhere in time", "fear of the dark" , etc all great songs. \ another band u should try out is DEATH an amazing band with out of this world talent try "The flesh and the power it holds" , "symbolic" , "suicide machine" , "lack of comprehension" , "spirit crusher" , "in human form" , "overactive imagination"... all fgreat songs and they also have this instrumental "Voice of the soul " thaty will leave you speachless.
Hey dude! I love your reaction to this video! Iron Maiden has been my favorite band since ever. I discovered them at the age of 15 going at the library for books and just before leaving there was a display with albums available to borrow with the album Fear of the Dark. The cover caught my attention and I was like "WOW, what a great cover!!" I had never seen anything like it before so I decided to take it home. Once at home I did put the CD in my father radio and upon pressing play and hearing the debut of the first song named "Be quick or be dead" I knew I had discovered a group of music that would changed my life forever!! I must have listened that album a few hundred times within the month I was allowed to keep it before bringing it back. Then I asked if there was any more album that could be borrowed through the library and they were able to obtain "No prayer for the dying" on cassette from a different library. Again I was stomp by another amazing album. The best way to discover Iron Maiden in my opinion is by getting 1 album at a time. At first listening to the whole album you will have a favorite song, but then the more you listen to it, another song will become your favorite and then another until the whole album is your favorite and every songs are your favorites or close to, making it very hard to tell which one you really prefer. Once you fully appreciate and truly know the album, then you are ready to discover a new one, which if you're like me will become again your favorite doing the same pattern as I just described. After 22 years of listening to Iron Maiden and having all their albums, I can't hardly tell which one I do prefer the most as they all are magnificent and all have a different story to tell. Funny fact is that my father could appreciate Iron Maiden as he was way more opened to music than my mother even if he was older than her and was usually listening to even older music like Jethro Tull. My mother was always complaining that Bruce Dickinson was just screaming and not singing and that listening to that music would never bring me anywhere. But life proved her wrong. In 2010, i went to see Iron Maiden on "Les Plaines D'abraham" in Quebec, for like the 6th time back then. In the marshpit i bumped into a girl and we grabbed each other by the shoulder in the frenzy of the event and said to each other "Let's walk to the front row at the gate together!" From there we watch the whole concert together. The only time we spoken is when she asked me from where I was from, to which I reply "from far away" (I had driven 3 hours from New-Brunswick to Quebec). After the concert I walked her to the entrance from there we exchanged our facebook to find a few days after that we had almost 10yrs of age difference, she was 19 and I was 28, but we still decided to neglect that fact and decided to meet up in Quebec again one week later for the Rammstein concert. that night we kissed for the first time and made it official. 2 years later we got engaged after an Iron Maiden concert. And 9 years later we are still together. We now own 5 houses together that we rent apartments for a total of 11 doors. But more importantly we now have 2 sons! The oldest is named: Maiden and we named the second William, but his middle name is Eddie (Iron Maiden mascott's name) So think again just how much I was right to believe that discovering Iron Maiden back then would be so important in my life and would change the course of it, if it wasn't from that I wouldn't know my wife and have 2 sons named likewise! Iron Maiden will be forever my favorite band. And they are still touring and still just as good as ever been! We're going to see them in august are will be bringing our 2 sons. My son Maiden will be seeing them for his second time! Last tour they did we brought him and he was 9 months old and had a great time! Of course we preventively install earplugs in his ears and earmuffs on top of it. My wife and I pretested them at a Megadeth concert to see how much sound attenuation there was and though it was alright. The kid even if that young truly enjoyed the show as it is one of the greatest band to see in concert. I would recommend to you or anyone that never seen Iron Maiden to go see them in concert, you just can't go wrong if you like music! Continue your great work, your channel is awesome and you are bound to discover a lot of great music! Cheers!
YES FINALLY! :D So glad you decided to check it out, and I loved your reaction to it :D Kinda looked like me when I was 14 and heard this song for the first time, been a huge Maiden fan since.
the vocalist is Bruce Dickinson....a strong argument can be made to call him the best metal vocalist of all time....He actually sounds better live than on the studio versions......
100% agree. Then Rob Halford shows up to the party. I think if those two were to perform on stage together the universe as we know it would implode into that very stage location.
Im amazed at the youth today.It make happy that they have found Heavy Metal and that they like it. Iron Maiden is my religion. Best Live performance ever! UP THE IRONS!
Iron Maiden coming to the US on tour this summer.... from someone that has seen the band live 36 times since 1982 and has seen dozens of the best rock bands a few hundred times total, if you only ever see one rock concert.... THIS is the band to see ….. you'll LOVE the experience
King, I'll date myself bro, but I saw these guys in 84. All these old metal bands, seen em all. they were great. When Number of the Beast came out, Maiden was at the top of stardom. They got a lot of radio play and packed whatever arena they booked. They were among the best sounding bands live and loud and put on a hell of a show. I blame this period of time on my not hearing as good as I used to haha! After a rock concert you walked around for 3 days convinced you had cotton balls in your ears LOL! Imagine a 40000 seat arena with the entire place in a cloud of weed smoke, the ground vibrating, imagining your shirt was moving from every base kick you felt in your chest while screaming at your buddy beside you and can't hear a word the other one says it's so loud~ And that's the way it was, yea, kind of had to be there. Bruce D. had some pipes, that guy could sing, ultimate rock god vocalist. Also Steve Harris is one of the best bass players of all time. He's on anyone's' top 10 Metal bassist list. I truly got a kick out of watching your reactions. I know what's coming in the song and I imagined that we looked just like you when we pealed the plastic off the album (yes, vinyl antique shit) and laid it on the Pioneer turntable and cranked that amp to max and had our minds blown. I think a lot of what is lost is the magic of those days compared to now. Consider, all we had were album covers, Rock mags, radio and live concerts. We learned about our music at the record stores checking out covers, rags on the mag rack and talking to people who knew anything about who. Our Wikipedia was the DJ's on the radio and everything else we made up and imagined. Then, you finally snagged tickets to see whatever band live! It was the biggest thing going on for the moment, it was a big deal. I think a lot of the magic and mystery is lost in our connected and information rich lifestyle these days. Back then, there was so much we didn't know. That old saying comes to mind "ignorance is bliss" LOLOLO!!!... Rock on man!
Leonardo Willi I totally agree! Almost 50 & highlight of the week as a kid was riding my bike to the record store to check out what was new. First time I heard Metallica Whiplash was at Mellody Music in Brandon, FL. Best times of my life!
Well discribed, well said, that's exactly how it was in all arena heavy Metal shows in the 1980s, 40k stadium down to 15k they are all exactly what you said they were. Amazing times my friend wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, was so lucky to have been born & raised in the time of Heavy Metals not so humble beginnings. I would have hated being a kid in this day and age, security it's Locked down and meet and greets cost a fortune!! I was blessed to have lived it all, for just the price of admission into the arena!! Been there, done that, everyone A to Z, from Areosmith to ZZ top!! And I mean all of them!! If there was a Rock concert in any direction within a 100 mile radius, I was on my way down the road to be there, to experience the rush of excitement & energy that came from being inside all of those concert arenas! It was my main addiction and what a good one it was.
I saw Iron Maiden for the first time in 1984 when they toured for their Number of the Beast album. I remember spending all of my babysitting money on concert tickets that summer. I saw some great shows that year. Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Scorpions etc. Best times ever. At that time, I wanted to be a concert critic. Go to all the concerts & write about how good the shows were.
I heard Maiden for the first time in 82. And you are right. I didnt have a preview when I got my first Sabbath album or Holy Diver or even Judas Priest screaming for vengance. I was just amazed an ROCKED by the sound I was hearing for the first time. 70s 80s metal was the bar. Anything after has struggled to reach that pinnacle.
I had the album in 1982.. I was 12years old..My greek father hated it but my Irish mother said "he,s got a lovely voice"..I,ll never forget those words my mom said when I played Hallowed be thy name on our record player.✌️❤️
This is by FAR the best musical reaction channel on Earth. Your reaction to hearing "Hallowed Be Thy Name" for the first time is fucking priceless, and your genuine appreciation of, and enthusiasm for, Iron Maiden is SUCH a pleasure to watch. Far as I'm concerned, Iron Maiden is the best band in history, and Steve Harris is a fucking genius. One day, philharmonic orchestras will be playing Iron Maiden's music, if such is not the case already. Keep up the great work on this channel, and don't ever change dude.
There are several covers of songs like Wasted years done with acoustic instruments and it sound almost better than the original. A great song is not genre dependant, and to me, if you can take a heavy metal song and do it with 1 acoustic guitar and piano and it still comes up great, that means the writing of both the melody and the lyrics was top notch. And in the case of Maiden, pretty much all their songs could make this transition easily.
+Arnold Greenberg
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Arnold Greenberg iron maiden was one of those band you couldn't be stoned and listen to.maiden rules still, up the irons!
fuckin priceless. I truly love me some Preston and making it all real!
Yes.
YOU CAN...STILL GO TO THE CONCERTS...after 40 years,... Maiden is STILL touring.
yep and tickets for the USA are on sale now, i'm going next august
ive seen metallica, megadeth, slayer, ACDC and Guns and Roses live and by far Maiden has had the best show out of all of them. they are phenomenal live.
Yep, im going to rock in rio in october to see them for the first time!! Im so fucking excited for it.
Yes, saw them June 2017...I LOVE Bruce dickisnon...
I went to see maiden 3 year ago and they played this song... I can die peaceful
There will never be another Iron Maiden.
Masters of the genre
Brings a tear to my eye remembering this stuff
Oohh but Judas Priest though. 🤔
@@johndonson1603 they predate maiden, so really maiden is another priest.
@@rlanger3108
Well if you want to be picky the mighty UFO predate both so where do you stop ?
Iron Maiden should be a genre.
Clive Burr, ladies and gents.
May he Rest in Peace.
🙏🏼🤘🏼
Τhis right here is my favourite Maiden line-up...
Impressive drummer too bad he had to go for whatever reason because he had a great flavour.
@@MrROTD ALS
@@nickburrellaka He didn't leave the band because of it, and he had MS, not ALS.
Bruce Dickenson is a metal singer, opera singer, history professor, and has an airline pilots license meaning he can fly just about anything from a small twin-engine to a 747 with you and me as his passengers. Check out the plane Maiden tours around in. He is one of the band's pilots too. He is also trained in fencing and speaks a few languages. I'm sure I'm missing a couple things as well. This dude is the definition of "The Shit" and the band he fronts for is one of the best to do it!
That's awesome to know, thanks.
FINALLY !!! SOMEONE WHO REALLY KNOWS SOME SHIT ABOUT "BRUCE ALMIGHTY" ... 👍🤘👍🤘👍🤘🤙🤙🤙
Alpha Bravo Delta 666 is Ed Force One
@@longshankdrills8799 You may find it funny to know that I'm an individual from the United States. I wish I had a picture of my teenage room. I had Maiden blacklight posters and regular posters everywhere. I fell asleep with Eddy watching over me! Maiden is the only band I have not seen live. I figure that will change someday!
He's not an opera singer.
Maiden are the melodic metal standard bearers. You chose wisely, sir! This song is a burner!
They actually are responsible for creation of a specific genre, with the help of Judas Priest for the most part, called New Wave of British Heavy Metal or NWBHM
"man heaven felt that shit!" Never truer words said.
That sir was how we did it back in the day.
Nice to see some love for the irons
Heaven felt that shit!...lo lwhat an honour for Iron Maiden to hear say those poetic words,never heard that saying before but I hope it becomes a classic phrase and you get the credit for it....
Singers name is Bruce Dickinson !! He fly’s them around on their personal 747 !!! Is an Olympic level fencer !!! Is part owner of the trooper beer !!! And quite literally one of the most interesting men in the world!!!
Hallowed is a perfect song as an introduction to Iron Maiden. You absolutely CAN still go to their concerts. I went to one of their shows last year, and it was phenomenal. They are still kicking ass 30+ years later.
Yeah their shows are still amazing. I've seen Irom Maiden 4 times, last time was just a year ago. and they're still incredible live!
sorry must say 40+ years hahah XD
yes man and they are more awesome then ever
This was my intro song :)
Rock n Role Ribs is right down the street from me in Margate Florida , look up who owns it I think you will be suprised , oh and he also cooks and sometimes waits on people .
UP THE IRONS !!!
Bruce Dickinson is the singer, he's one of the best in the business. It's not too late to see them live man, they're still playing shows and they're incredible. Check out Fear of the Dark live from the Flight 666 DVD if you want more Maiden.
Also, check out In This River live in Paris by Black Label Society, you're going to lose your mind man. Talk about incredible guitar playing.
Tyler yeah that live version with the whole audience singing is ultra :)
Rumor is the same show they are doing this summer in Europe is coming to North America next spring
That whole documentary is incredible. Seeing Bruce at the helm of a 747 with Eddie painted on the side is kick ass.
Lol just said the same thing! Haha
Iron maiden rime of the ancient mariner.
I'm 53 years old. I've been to countless concerts since I was in high school. I've seen, not everybody, but practically everybody and almost everybody from the old school hair band generation. There is nothing like being at a live hard Rock concert. I'm sorry you missed it my brother
Clive Burr on Drums RIP
This song doesn't feel right without his drums. No matter what. I've heard it live 9 or 10 different times in 20 years, it doesn't feel the same as the 82 Hammersmith live (the one on this reaction). Clive's drums are on the fucking spot.
I've always found Clive Burr to be the better drummer. Just raw emotion.
@Ragnar in Rock in Rio 2001, for me, is the only time he play incredible this song
Great reaction to a great band!! The KING can't react to everything that we want, but all be damned if he isn't doing a fantastic job at trying to get to everybody 🤘.... keep it up Bruh!!!
Agreed man! He's epic!! Gojira next please!😃🤘🤘🏴🇬🇧🇫🇷
Very true
The trooper and run for the hills are awesome.
Indeed they are.
Yes, The Trooper is a badass one. And on another note Diamonds and Rust by Judas Priest is a nice one too
dance of death is my favorite
Never got that run to the hills hysteria. I mean I like the song but I wouldn't put it in the top 10 Iron Maiden songs
I'd also recommend him checking out "Flash of the Blade", "Where Eagles Dare" and just about anything on the "Number of the Beast" album if he hasn't already.
48 yr old black dude again. I remember getting in trouble for using various pieces of furniture and pots as drums to this and "Run to the Hills".....aaaah good memories lol.
48 yr old white dude here. I remember getting into trouble for exactly the same thing!
who else turned wooden cooking spoons around to use as drumsticks?
48yo here too...and yeah, but it was tennis rackets for guitars for me!
48 yr old black woman here. I used to head bang to iron maiden in my bedroom with my big old afro! Now l just head bang at their gigs! Up the Irons forever!
@@poppytop3806 Rock on girl!
PS. Iron Maiden is the college level band of metal, the songs are often about historical events and great works in literature. No sex drugs and blah blah blah, more often than not it’s serious history and literature. Great battles, historically significant people, “Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allen Poe... these guys are brilliant across the board. Lyrics, music, vocals, musicians, entertainers... 🙂
I can't believe I am stopping halfway through the reaction to tell you, that you need to listen to Iron Maiden- Rime of the ancient Mariner, but I am so DAMNED excited by your reaction to Iron Maiden, that I REALLY want you to continue with another great song they did. I will warn you though, Rime of the ancient mariner is a musical version of a literary short story classic, that was taught to me in high school back in the mid 90s. So PLEASE listen to Iron Maiden- Rime of the Ancient Mariner after this.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner or The Trooper next!!!
Powerslave or Rime Of The Ancient Mariner from Live After Death
The whole Powerslave album is fantastic.
Grew up with Maiden and this is my fav by them. Rime of the Ancient Mariner would be my next suggestion. These aren't just songs, they're performances.
Children of the Dammned. Wtf you people share the same brain?
"Heaven felt that shit, bro...Heaven felt that shit."
Love you so much, Preston!!!!
I’m a 55 year old metal head white guy that seen Maiden for the first time about 5 years ago, I had the privilege of meeting the lead singer Bruce Dickinson at my work years ago. Bruce is a pilot and he was at my work filming a show for the Discovery channel called Heavy Metal, a show about airplanes.
While I was at work I seen a group of suit and tie guys and several cameramen taking pics, so I walked over to see what was going on and one of the guys asked if I knew Iron Maiden I told him yes then asked if he does.
He then mentioned that one of the guys was the singer Bruce, I was looking through the crowd and when I seen him I just approached him and shock his hand, then I asked a guy from the local newspaper to take our picture (this was before cellphones) and email it to me, which did then I walked over to one of our printers and asked for his autograph, I still have the pic of Bruce and I, then I put his autograph with my old cassette cover in a frame together.
King KTF I can’t tell you how stoked I get seeing black men that are primarily rap fans indulge in metal, you need to go to a metal show I would highly recommend Gojira and check out the live video of Opeth playing Sorceress at Red Rocks.
Keep jamming to metal, you will be amazed at the amount of killer music out there, I’d love to take you to a show
one of the legendary metal bands in history.
they are sucessful still to this day.and they deserved every bit of it.
Bruce Dickinson is the singer's name. Fear of the Dark live from Rock in Rio should be the next Maiden reaction🤘 another fire reaction bro🔥💯
I second this
KTF, listen to this man. He is very wise.
Hell yes -- it's rare that I like a live version of a track more than the studio cut, and this specific track is probably the best example. So much more epic!
Yes! Definitely react to Fear of the Dark live! Either from Live in Rio or Flight 666! Both are equally epic!
I prefer Fear Of The Dark-Live At Donnington 22.8.1992
You've easily become my favorite person to watch react to metal. I look forward to your signature moves during every song. HOLD ON, BRUH!! Level this man up!
One of the top 5 rock songs ever created. It has everything,..perfect vocals, amazing lyrics, perfect guitaring, great transissions, impeccable drums, amazing tempo....everything a great rock song needs !!!
I was THERE when it first came out, now I am 50 + and I am still THERE. BEST BAND EVER..!⚔
In rock and metal there are three Exquisite screamers. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and Ronnie James Dio of Dio and Black Sabbath. Absolutely fantastic. Great reaction video.
And don't forget Dio started in Rainbow.
Wait...dont forget Blackie Lawless.
+Kelly Regalis love Blackie's vocals
I don't consider Bruce or Ronnie to be "screamers" though I'd say Rob definitely is. Bruce and Ronnie have very full voices with a lot of range. Love them all but definitely different.
I'm not a fan of screamers myself but surly Ian Gillian must be in the top three. If you doubt me have a quick listen to child in time.
They are inspiracion for Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer... And more
I'm an old and white and full respect for this man right here for coming to my old forgotten culture and seeing it for what it really is. Beautiful, misunderstood and never ending. Love and peace to all. Jason
The Singer Bruce Dickinson was a pro Pilot for some Airlines, he was in the pre olympic Team for Fencing and he is one of the best Metal Singers in the World.... He flys the 747 Number of the Beast
Oh man dude if you've never heard Iron Maiden before you're in for a treat. Fear of The Dark live is ridiculous, but you can't really go wrong with any of em.
You could still see Iron Maiden live...they tour regularly...and are still great live.
Next Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
adrian smith chilling in his dinner jacket
Looking sharp
poor guy played the whole concert with broken ribs, They wrapped him up tight at the ER IN LONDON then he went on to play one of the best iron maiden concerts ever recorded!
Inxs
@@monicajean37 I never knew that....whiskey and painkillers what do you reckon 🤗🤘🤘
First time seeing you watch Iron Maiden but Bruce has one of the best voices in heavy metal. Man is very smart too.
Pausing this song every 15 seconds, behold the power of Maiden XD!
And you should do also Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Pretty sure every Stairway to heaven reaction gets taken down
Subway Stairway denied!
The lead singer in this video is a commercial airplane pilot, cancer survivor and father. He also is a successful solo vocal metal artist.
Felt the same way when I heard Maiden the first time. Pure perfection.
Preston one day you're going to get a few unexpected visits. I'm sure your popularity has reached a lot of these artist. They're really enjoying your reaction. I promise it's happening. Wish there would be a video of that so we could all say Hold on braaaaaaaaaaa!!!
I thought this ... From unexpected places too....
Facts
got to listen to ....Savatage...hall of the mountain king or sirens
HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHHHAHAHAHAH I don´t think ANY of the guys in maiden knows what a "reaction video" is... Even more, Im 99.9% sure they don´t even know what a "like" or "dislike" is... Every single time they talk about their music on the internet they all use the word streaming... For everything xDxD "Cause our new album is now for sale, its in every store next week, on the internet on that streaming thing, and all that..." Not even well known guys who are actually in the "internet community", like paul gilbert or guthrie govan, watch these kind of videos... That´s something movie actors and directors do. Yours is one of the most innocent and naive thoughts Ive heard in a long, long time xDxD
And you know for fact that artists dont "watch these kind of videos" ? or just your opinion ?
Iron Maiden is the standard for melodic metal songs, and it really isn't even close. For example, this, Fear of the Dark, Paschendale, Infinite Dreams, When the Wild Wind Blows, and many more. You'll like them for sure
Edit: had to add in the Clansman, but it's a different singer unless you do a live version,which I recommend
+1 for infinite dreams th-cam.com/video/pCZNIOE5Xi4/w-d-xo.html
I just messaged my son and included a link to Run to the Hills, he's like oh yea! I've been listening to Hallowed Be Thy Name over the past couple weeks. I thought to myself, Good boy, good boy lol
So glad you did the live version too, it really shows Bruce’s talent.
Iron Maiden is touring. You NEED to go see this tour. It's incredible.
They just finished the European leg of the tour. They should announce the next set of tour dates soon. I'm thinking USA is going to be next.
I hope so, I've seen them 3 times in the last 5 years in florida, would kill for a 4th
Going in August.
Glad you are discovering Iron Maiden now, they are massively respected in the Metal community. I would recommend Powerslave, Fear of the Dark, The Clairvoyant, or Dance of Death next. You can always go with live or studio for any of their songs. Both are equally as impressive.
Iron Maiden is still touring. They are coming to the US in 2019 and it's their Legacy tour, going to be all their great songs. Definitely worth trying to go see. I have been listening to them since the 80's and saw them in 2017 with the Book of Souls tour, their latest album, and trust me they still bring it.
Jason Evans I got my ticket to the legacy tour, how you did too. Can’t wait, I get too see them in a few weeks!
Saw them at the Dallas legacy show. Best damn concert I've ever seen, and honestly doubt it'll ever be topped. They absolutely killed it, and the theatrics of the show were like a stage play on top of the concert aspect.
Yup I already got tickets for 10-20-22 Greensboro, NC. Already counting down the days!🤘
I have been listening this song from my teenage, I am 43 now, and it still makes my hairs stand on.
Dude,you can go to an Iron Maiden Concert..They still tour the world every year,and popular as ever around the world..
yes thay were in Croatia this year and i mised them becose of flight back to Sweden!
@@NamisJC shame, hope you get to go to a concert!
Jurica Jaranovic I saw them about 2 months ago in Athens. You can't imagine how great it was.
@@orion3043 no i mised them 😪
Iron maiden-The clansman live rock in rio
Iron maiden-The trooper
Iron maiden-Rime of the ancient mariner
After 2 years I still watch this reaction almost every week. It cheers me up!. THANK YOU MAN!!!
im 55 yrs. old and was there in memphis when they came on this tour. I will never forget the sounds of live shows like this. I consider my generation the luckiest of them all because we lived this shit everyday . The Midsouth Coliseum was the greatest place to ever go to and rock out with 16000 screaming fans when bands like this came to town. Any body from memphis say hell yes.
Your reaction was the same as mine when I first heard them in 1981.I was awestruck by the intensity and by Bruce Dickenson's vocal range. They are still playing to sold out venues all over Europe and South America.
ME TOO! I've LOVED maiden SINCE 1982! i WAS IN THE 11TH GRADE LOL
The states too, I've seen them the last 3 times they've been to florida, against the rails every time, I wouldn't trade those experiences and emotions they evoke for anything in the world
In '81 I was struck by the intensity of that Steve Harris bass, and made it and Getty Lee's of Rush playing my targets in my own.
Also sold out arenas all over THE U.S.A.
Next Iron Maiden should be Fear of the Dark👍,,,,or Alexander the Great.
Fear of the dark (en vivo)
Fuck yeah
Fear of the dark cool riffs song
Fear of the dark- rock in rio
Alexander the Great is HUGLY underrated!
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” is my favorite Iron Maiden song. It’s what got me hooked on them in 1982, and remains my favorite song in their extensive and fantastic catalog. It’s the one I tell others to listen to when they haven’t heard Iron Maiden. It’s a great introductory song.
They’re still making new music and still touring. They’re coming to the United States later this summer (2019). Maybe (hopefully) I’ll see you at a show!
And that ladies and gentlemen is the greatest metal song ever.
Love the reactions. I'm 46yrs old and you're working your way through my stuff 🤣🤣🤣
Try ACDC Ride On.
But different and Bon Scott too 👍🏻👍🏻
yeah i've been suggesting that song for a while !!! yeah that's an awesome song with tons of soul in it
Got a one way ticket, going the wrong way 🔥
"One of these days"...
Maiden is still playing! You gotta go see them when they come around! They still deliver!!! 🤘
My favorite song from Maiden and I love all of them delivered...
It's September 2021 and right now Iron Maiden's new album "Senjutsu" is fighting for the top spot on the charts. Crazy! I am 51 years old and looking back over my life Maiden is one of the few things that stayed true. Friends, women, bands, all changed, sold out, and even betrayed, but never Maiden.
I had the same reaction when I first heard it over 30 years ago. Keep rocking man, keep rocking!
I saw Iron Maiden on this tour (World Slavery Tour, Powerslave Album) when I was a long haired, denim jacket wearing teenager. It was unbelievable. I distinctly remember the tolling of the bells in Carolina Coliseum....the build up to the meat of the song, which you seemed to enjoy like the first drop of a giant new roller coaster, was thick in the air as Bruce held that note for 30 seconds. With the blinding flash of strobe lights the 2 guitars wove a tapestry of ability that forces anyone listening, who has a shred of appreciation for that thing that separates the great from the good, blanketed the sea of head bangers. If you would have been there my friend you would have been embraced as a friend. That is the power of great music. It makes those who can recognize it see past our differences, put aside our politics and nurture friendships as opposed to division. I have seen them 8 times over the years. The most recently was last summer in Charlotte. They never disappoint. This song is one of my favorites and just added back to the rotation now that some legal issues have been resolved. Iron Maiden's lineup in this video consists of Bruce Dickenson, the lead singer, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray on guitar, Nicko McBrain on drums and the best bass player ever, Steve Harris.
The power and influence of Iron Maiden's music is evident by your reaction. What a joy it is to share the appreciation and love that I have for their art with new people all these years later. I loved watching your face just light up when you first began to watch. I can relate. I felt the exact same way the first time I listened to one of their albums. Music is one of the most powerful agents of peace that we can all embrace and employ to find common ground and in the end a better place for us all.
Up the irons
Johnny White, ben to 5 conserts from 2006-2017. Wish i could be born 15 years earlier. But nonetheless,ben to alot of conserts and festivals with alot of bands. Iron Maiden will be with me till i go to the grave. Funny tho how many of the ppl born in the 50s and 60s saw this music as devils music. Just like Elvis when he started to dance and rocknroll. They were so conservative. Also i tried to tell my father for years and years that iron maiden is not the devil. Listen to their lyrics, thats the barrier btw generations. The music the riffs are brilliant. But how many did actually pay attention to the lyrics back in those days? How many outside the uk knew the lyrics that well back in those days? They made up their mind about Maiden beeing all about 666 the devil and shit. Just talking about what kinda discussions ive had with my own father and ppl of that generation. I get upset by their reactions, but hey, i was born with english subtitles and movies. Noone can argue about the music. But the message are equally important to me. UP THE IRONS
Johnny, you didn't see this tour. That's Clive Burr playing the drums......this is 1982 the The World Slavery Tour was 1984+
@@philobeddoe8342 Yeah this is at the Hammersmith I believe. Nicko Mcbrain is at World Slavery Tour in 1984. He replaced Clive Burr and started as drummer for Maiden on Piece of Mind Album in 1983 if I'm right. Also Nicko appears as the devil at The Number of the Beast video clip
@@philobeddoe8342 I was JUST thinking that as I read the comment; "I'm pretty sure that's Clive back there, but he wasn't visible much in the video. I was about to rewind to verify but checked replies first as I figured SOMEONE would have pointed it out, if true. Good deal.
I've only seen Maiden once, but it was my FIRST heavy metal/rock concert, during the Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour (if I recall the tour name properly). Maiden was the band that took me from being just a bass-lovin' Beastie Boy kinda kid to loving metal etc. Don't get me wrong, still love my Beasties and old school rap (and some newer stuff too) but because of Maiden (and others) all things guitar-oriented became my mainstay musical preference.
Man, that is the BEST heavy metal band in the universe!! They are 60 years old and still rocking like that. I´ve seen ´em only one time 3 years ago and I can say I´ll die happy. Did you know Bruce (the singer) has just defeated throat cancer? Oh yes he did. Long live the beast! Iron Maiden
As soon as you mentioned songs with a "build up"...may I suggest you give 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner" a listen. It's 13 plus minutes of epic metal.
Yea man,listen to it!!!
You Will NOT Bum on it.
Up The Irons!
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Dio- Dickinson - Halford all have 4-5 octive range!🔥🔥🔥
I grew up at the right generation...52 years and still listening to Iron !!!
I'm 51 and lifelong fan. I just saw them in phoenix. Best rock show on the planet. They are all amazing! Go Go Go
Singer is Bruce Dickenson, one of the best for sure. He also is a pilot, he flies the jumbo plane that they use on tour, imagine that, not only being the singer but the pilot flying them city to city. He takes it seriously too, puts on the official pilot uniform and everything. You are in luck, they still perform, they just wrapped up a European tour, should be back in the states in the near future.
Also has been rank 7 in Great British in fencing. He's all over the place :)
He also flies for Lufthansa I think in his spare time.
Bruce is so bas ass he beat cancer and continues to tour
They don't use the touring plane anymore.
@@zondaboy6493 Ed Force 1 retired?
Love this. Great reaction. If you don’t like this, you don’t have a pulse
Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Dickinson began his career in music fronting small pub bands in the 1970s while attending school in Sheffield and university in London. In 1979, he joined the new wave of British heavy metal band Samson, with whom he gained some popularity under the stage name "Bruce Bruce" and performed on two studio records. He left Samson in 1981 to join Iron Maiden, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuted on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. During his first tenure in the band, they issued a series of US and UK platinum and gold albums in the 1980s.
Dickinson quit Iron Maiden in 1993 (being replaced by Blaze Bayley) to pursue his solo career, which saw him experiment with a wide variety of heavy metal and rock styles. He rejoined the band in 1999, along with guitarist Adrian Smith, with whom he has released five subsequent studio albums. Since his return to Iron Maiden, he issued one further solo record in 2005, Tyranny of Souls. His younger cousin, Rob Dickinson, is the former lead singer of British alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, while his son, Austin, fronted the metalcore band Rise to Remain.
Outside his career in music, Dickinson is well known for his wide variety of other pursuits. Most notably, he undertook a career as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-reported ventures such as captaining Iron Maiden's converted charter aeroplane, Ed Force One, during their world tours. Following Astraeus' closure, he created his own aircraft maintenance and pilot training company in 2012, Cardiff Aviation. Dickinson presented his own radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2002-2010, and has also hosted television documentaries, authored novels and film scripts, created a successful beer with Robinsons Brewery and competed at fencing internationally.
Early life
God damn that dude can blow. All Iron Maiden fans feel like you. They wanna be there for the experience. Some of the most loyal fans in the industry.There aren't any musical entertainers like this anymore.
I'm having fun watching you have fun. This is my all time favorite group!!!
This version, this time, i mean. This one of the greatest masterpieces made ever in music history. UP THE IRONS. ben to Maidens consert 5 times. One of the best live bands ever.!
i think deep down every man in his heart wants to be a rock star, a singer like this, just out there in front tearing up the universe with our singing.
Hey King, did you know that the singer became a commercial airline pilot late in life, and he captains the band's own jet during their world tours?
His role as a pilot has led to some high-profile flights, which include returning a group of British RAF pilots from Afghanistan in 2008, 200 UK citizens from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict in 2006, and 180 stranded holiday makers from Egypt following the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008. In addition, he flew Rangers F.C. and Liverpool F.C. to away matches in Israel and Italy in 2007 and 2010 respectively.
For the 2008-09 "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour", he piloted Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", specially converted to carry the band's equipment between continents, which subsequently led to a documentary film, Iron Maiden: Flight 666. Dickinson flew "Ed Force One" again for "The Final Frontier World Tour" in 2011. For the 2016 'The Book of Souls World Tour', the band upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet, which meant that Dickinson had to undertake type conversion to fly the aircraft. In 2014, Dickinson purchased a Fokker Dr.I triplane replica, the same plane the Red Baron flew, and joined the Great War Display Team, which re-enacts First World War air battles at airshows across the UK.
Flight 666! Iron Maiden! 🔥🔥🔥 They toured around the world! In a 727 plane flown by Bruce Dickinson the singer ✈️
747
Flight 666 was an earlier tour some years ago. As mentioned above, it's now Ed Force One. And I believe that the earlier flight 666 was a 737.
Isn't it funny how music no matter what kind you're into does that certain thing to you where it's like holyshit and you get goosebumps? There's something to that that connects us I'm sure of it!
I’m 73. I’ve see Iron Maiden at least four time. Terrific live band. The base player, Steve Harris, writes slot of their songs
I really do feel the same way. Im born '75, wish I was born 10 years earlier. I could see Maiden, Sabbath, Metallica (old days), even Kiss... that would be so awesome! Love your channel, hello from Norway :)
Thank you for this reaction. I'm a huge fan of Pantera, Sabbath, Lamb of God, all the hard core rockers, but how I missed Iron Maiden, I'll never know. At 51 you've opened up a new door for me to explore and appreciate. I'm psyched, gonna soak up these guys while cooking for Thanksgiving all dam day!
I'm also 51, but when i was a teenager my bedroom wall was covered in Iron Maiden posters, lol. Sabbath and Ozzy were huge for me growing up too.
Everything you need to know about _Iron Maiden_ is onstage! *\m/*
I LOVE your vlogs !!! You say that you were born in the wrong era, but you can still see Iron Maiden today live. They are just as good now, if not even better !!!!! Hope that it happens for you..
Iron Maiden are still touring. Bruce Dickenson is the lead singer and he also is a commercial airline pilot. They own there own 747 and he is the pilot.
You’re right , Heaven felt that shit bro 🙌🏻🙌🏻Always a Maiden fan .Damnn
That was a first for me too.
Awesome music.
Dave Murrays solo just blows everything else away
Octave harmonizer effect pedal? Who needs that? Adrian Smith and Dave Murray can harmonize a whole song together without ever missing a tempo, the more I listen to this song the more I realize just how great these 2 guitar players are. They are the definition of underrated. It sounds like just 1 guitar player using a harmonized synth pedal wow, if you did a blind test, it would be hard to tell.
awesome reaction my friend!!!
this is an AMAZING band !!! they are what musicianship is all about... great song
you should also react to "wasted Years" , "revelations", "2 minutes to midnight" , "the rhyme of the ancient mariner", "somewhere in time", "fear of the dark" , etc all great songs.
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another band u should try out is DEATH an amazing band with out of this world talent
try "The flesh and the power it holds" , "symbolic" , "suicide machine" , "lack of comprehension" , "spirit crusher" , "in human form" , "overactive imagination"... all fgreat songs and they also have this instrumental "Voice of the soul " thaty will leave you speachless.
“Pure Perfection” Nailed it! 😎😎✌️✌️👍👍
Going to metal concerts is addictive!! And a stress reliever!! Been going for 40yrs!! OZZFEST was our family vacation for years with our daughters.
Hey dude! I love your reaction to this video! Iron Maiden has been my favorite band since ever.
I discovered them at the age of 15 going at the library for books and just before leaving there was a display with albums available to borrow with the album Fear of the Dark. The cover caught my attention and I was like "WOW, what a great cover!!" I had never seen anything like it before so I decided to take it home.
Once at home I did put the CD in my father radio and upon pressing play and hearing the debut of the first song named "Be quick or be dead" I knew I had discovered a group of music that would changed my life forever!! I must have listened that album a few hundred times within the month I was allowed to keep it before bringing it back.
Then I asked if there was any more album that could be borrowed through the library and they were able to obtain "No prayer for the dying" on cassette from a different library. Again I was stomp by another amazing album.
The best way to discover Iron Maiden in my opinion is by getting 1 album at a time. At first listening to the whole album you will have a favorite song, but then the more you listen to it, another song will become your favorite and then another until the whole album is your favorite and every songs are your favorites or close to, making it very hard to tell which one you really prefer.
Once you fully appreciate and truly know the album, then you are ready to discover a new one, which if you're like me will become again your favorite doing the same pattern as I just described.
After 22 years of listening to Iron Maiden and having all their albums, I can't hardly tell which one I do prefer the most as they all are magnificent and all have a different story to tell.
Funny fact is that my father could appreciate Iron Maiden as he was way more opened to music than my mother even if he was older than her and was usually listening to even older music like Jethro Tull. My mother was always complaining that Bruce Dickinson was just screaming and not singing and that listening to that music would never bring me anywhere.
But life proved her wrong.
In 2010, i went to see Iron Maiden on "Les Plaines D'abraham" in Quebec, for like the 6th time back then. In the marshpit i bumped into a girl and we grabbed each other by the shoulder in the frenzy of the event and said to each other "Let's walk to the front row at the gate together!"
From there we watch the whole concert together. The only time we spoken is when she asked me from where I was from, to which I reply "from far away" (I had driven 3 hours from New-Brunswick to Quebec).
After the concert I walked her to the entrance from there we exchanged our facebook to find a few days after that we had almost 10yrs of age difference, she was 19 and I was 28, but we still decided to neglect that fact and decided to meet up in Quebec again one week later for the Rammstein concert. that night we kissed for the first time and made it official.
2 years later we got engaged after an Iron Maiden concert. And 9 years later we are still together.
We now own 5 houses together that we rent apartments for a total of 11 doors.
But more importantly we now have 2 sons! The oldest is named: Maiden and we named the second William, but his middle name is Eddie (Iron Maiden mascott's name)
So think again just how much I was right to believe that discovering Iron Maiden back then would be so important in my life and would change the course of it, if it wasn't from that I wouldn't know my wife and have 2 sons named likewise!
Iron Maiden will be forever my favorite band.
And they are still touring and still just as good as ever been!
We're going to see them in august are will be bringing our 2 sons. My son Maiden will be seeing them for his second time! Last tour they did we brought him and he was 9 months old and had a great time!
Of course we preventively install earplugs in his ears and earmuffs on top of it. My wife and I pretested them at a Megadeth concert to see how much sound attenuation there was and though it was alright. The kid even if that young truly enjoyed the show as it is one of the greatest band to see in concert. I would recommend to you or anyone that never seen Iron Maiden to go see them in concert, you just can't go wrong if you like music!
Continue your great work, your channel is awesome and you are bound to discover a lot of great music!
Cheers!
YES FINALLY! :D So glad you decided to check it out, and I loved your reaction to it :D Kinda looked like me when I was 14 and heard this song for the first time, been a huge Maiden fan since.
the vocalist is Bruce Dickinson....a strong argument can be made to call him the best metal vocalist of all time....He actually sounds better live than on the studio versions......
100% agree. Then Rob Halford shows up to the party. I think if those two were to perform on stage together the universe as we know it would implode into that very stage location.
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Im amazed at the youth today.It make happy that they have found Heavy Metal and that they like it. Iron Maiden is my religion. Best Live performance ever! UP THE IRONS!
That's why Iron Maiden will always be the best !!!
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (live Rock in Rio 2001) 😉
Beast over Hammersmith....my first time hearing maiden live back in the 80's.
Welcome bro...!!🙏
Bruce Dickinson is a pilot and collector of WW2 British Spitfire fighters. He is also the pilot of the bands jet.
Iron Maiden coming to the US on tour this summer.... from someone that has seen the band live 36 times since 1982 and has seen dozens of the best rock bands a few hundred times total, if you only ever see one rock concert.... THIS is the band to see ….. you'll LOVE the experience
King, I'll date myself bro, but I saw these guys in 84. All these old metal bands, seen em all. they were great. When Number of the Beast came out, Maiden was at the top of stardom. They got a lot of radio play and packed whatever arena they booked. They were among the best sounding bands live and loud and put on a hell of a show. I blame this period of time on my not hearing as good as I used to haha! After a rock concert you walked around for 3 days convinced you had cotton balls in your ears LOL! Imagine a 40000 seat arena with the entire place in a cloud of weed smoke, the ground vibrating, imagining your shirt was moving from every base kick you felt in your chest while screaming at your buddy beside you and can't hear a word the other one says it's so loud~ And that's the way it was, yea, kind of had to be there. Bruce D. had some pipes, that guy could sing, ultimate rock god vocalist. Also Steve Harris is one of the best bass players of all time. He's on anyone's' top 10 Metal bassist list.
I truly got a kick out of watching your reactions. I know what's coming in the song and I imagined that we looked just like you when we pealed the plastic off the album (yes, vinyl antique shit) and laid it on the Pioneer turntable and cranked that amp to max and had our minds blown.
I think a lot of what is lost is the magic of those days compared to now. Consider, all we had were album covers, Rock mags, radio and live concerts. We learned about our music at the record stores checking out covers, rags on the mag rack and talking to people who knew anything about who. Our Wikipedia was the DJ's on the radio and everything else we made up and imagined. Then, you finally snagged tickets to see whatever band live! It was the biggest thing going on for the moment, it was a big deal.
I think a lot of the magic and mystery is lost in our connected and information rich lifestyle these days. Back then, there was so much we didn't know. That old saying comes to mind "ignorance is bliss" LOLOLO!!!... Rock on man!
Leonardo Willi I totally agree! Almost 50 & highlight of the week as a kid was riding my bike to the record store to check out what was new. First time I heard Metallica Whiplash was at Mellody Music in Brandon, FL. Best times of my life!
Well discribed, well said, that's exactly how it was in all arena heavy Metal shows in the 1980s, 40k stadium down to 15k they are all exactly what you said they were. Amazing times my friend wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, was so lucky to have been born & raised in the time of Heavy Metals not so humble beginnings. I would have hated being a kid in this day and age, security it's Locked down and meet and greets cost a fortune!! I was blessed to have lived it all, for just the price of admission into the arena!! Been there, done that, everyone A to Z, from Areosmith to ZZ top!! And I mean all of them!! If there was a Rock concert in any direction within a 100 mile radius, I was on my way down the road to be there, to experience the rush of excitement & energy that came from being inside all of those concert arenas! It was my main addiction and what a good one it was.
I saw Iron Maiden for the first time in 1984 when they toured for their Number of the Beast album. I remember spending all of my babysitting money on concert tickets that summer. I saw some great shows that year. Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Scorpions etc. Best times ever. At that time, I wanted to be a concert critic. Go to all the concerts & write about how good the shows were.
I couldn't off said that better long live rock music
I heard Maiden for the first time in 82. And you are right. I didnt have a preview when I got my first Sabbath album or Holy Diver or even Judas Priest screaming for vengance. I was just amazed an ROCKED by the sound I was hearing for the first time.
70s 80s metal was the bar. Anything after has struggled to reach that pinnacle.
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Are you high?
He'll definitely lose it if he hears that
never too late to discover Iron Maiden!! rock on brother!!
I had the album in 1982.. I was 12years old..My greek father hated it but my Irish mother said "he,s got a lovely voice"..I,ll never forget those words my mom said when I played Hallowed be thy name on our record player.✌️❤️