Monday, 24 June 2013

6...6...6...The number of Iron Maiden records I own!

I had no intention of ever blogging about these records but hey, I figure someone might get a kick out of them. If you read my blog on a regular basis you know I like a bit of metal. My progression through music (once I was old enough to have my own opinion on it and seek out the stuff I liked) went, punk then metal then hardcore. That seems a pretty natural progression to me and I bet one mirrored by more than one person reading this. So when I was listening to metal back in the early 90's I liked all the main heavy hitters, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Sepultura, Anthrax etc etc you know who I didn't like? Iron Maiden (or Metallica for that matter) not one bit. As an angry teen I liked my music angry and violent and Maiden always seemed a bit operatic, light and showy to me, a metal band for people who didn't necessarily like metal. I even saw them around '95 as I agreed to go with a mate who had no one else to go with and it did nothing to change my opinion, although granted it was with Blaze Bayley singing.

Now I don't know if it's an age thing, shit, maybe I'm mellowing, but over the last couple of years I've found myself warming to old Maiden. So much so that on a visit to a second-hand record shop around 18 months ago (who always stocks a lot of killer second hand metal) I picked up their first record, just to have as much as anything, something for the collection if you like.


Well after that first record I had to pick up some more. There's nothing special or collectible about any of these records, hell collecting Iron Maiden at this point would be a pursuit only a mentalist would get involved in as some of their LP's have 80+ different versions. But anyway here they are:
 
 
 

 



And that's me done. I really don't care for anything after 1986, but this stuff is all decent even if it is the first two albums I like the most. Just thought I'd share this with you as I think it's kinda funny a man of my age only just getting into Iron Maiden - who gets into Iron Maiden in 2013? haha

Expect more recent hardcore releases in my next post.
 
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7 comments:

  1. xtinox24 June 2013 at 13:43

    i got into maiden pretty late, too. i think with whatever kind of metal you started out, listening to old maiden you hear what all those metal bands that came afterwards partly take their influences from. maiden rules!

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  2. mcs24 June 2013 at 13:49

    Never been interested in Iron Maiden either. I liked one song that was on a skate video in about 1996, but it was never enough to make me want to commit to listening to a full album. Never say never though.

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  3. mcs24 June 2013 at 13:50

    PS When I read the title I thought you were meaning that you had nearly 700 Iron Maiden records. Ha!

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  4. J@screamingforrecords24 June 2013 at 14:04

    haha yeah Marcus I knew I hadn't written that title very well

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  5. Mike25 June 2013 at 05:37

    Great title. I'm a huge Iron Maiden fan. I started listening to them around '83 or '84 with the release of Piece of Mind. At that time there was no denying how metal they were!

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  6. J@screamingforrecords25 June 2013 at 06:40

    I think thats the key Mike, by the time I gave them a listen in about 90/91 not only were Maiden a different band but the world had changed around them and there were some real heavy outfits around.

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  7. chris25 June 2013 at 21:17

    Never really got into Maiden, but I was always intrigued by their cover art.

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