Iron maiden a most fantastic prog band.

Borealis wrote: Several different genres?! I see one : METAL... Original and new sounding melidies? I see one kind: METAL... Lyrics intelligent? Aren't they the kind of band with I'm-gonna-kill-everyone-lyrics, like most f***ing metal bands? I think yes.

Maiden don't write I'm-gonna-kill-everyone-lyrics,so don't lump them in with those kinds of bands.Murders in the Rue Morgue(Edgar Allen Poe),Ryme of the Ancient Mariner(Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem),The Trooper(Napoleanic Wars),Powerslave(ancient Egypt),Aces High(The British RAF and the Battle of Britain),Alexander The Great(figure that one out),Phantom of the Opera(again,figure that one out),Run to the Hills(The exploitation of the American Indians),Flight of Icarus(Greek mythology),To Tame a Land(Dune).

I don't consider Maiden prog,or even prog metal.They are a metal band with some proggy moments.But I grew up with them,was listening to their first album in 1980 when no one knew who the hell they were and they are a huge musical influence for me.You obviously don't like metal and are very biased in your opinion.Just by the statement of yours that I quoted above,you don't really know what you are talking about.The members of Maiden(especially Steve Harris)are highly intelligent,and probably more well read than you are.

bluetailfly wrote: Okay, I was at the record store today and checked out the covers of the Iron Maiden albums, and, I'm sorry, but I don't see interesting music coming from a band that would agree to put out those embarrasing juvenile cover illustrations. If Iron Maiden is more than just a metal band for repressed white boys to rock to to let out frustration (and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's not prog), then, I don't know, they have an image problem. They're not even good fantasy/sword and sorcery pics; but the kind of stuff I would see in bad comic books. Defend the band if you can, but part of what makes up a band is the persona they choose to project. They could be playing "South Side of the Sky" but if this is their image, I don't know, I'd I have a hard time getting past it.

Haven't you ever heard the saying "never judge a book by it's cover"?Jeez.And all thier covers are painted by Derek Riggs,and excellent artist.

Okay, I was at the record store today and checked out the covers of the Iron Maiden albums, and, I'm sorry, but I don't see interesting music coming from a band that would agree to put out those embarrasing juvenile cover illustrations.