Iron maiden?....

[Filthy]

[ICGenie]

Why are there a million massive pop/rock bands but less than a handful of massive metal bands?

That's one for the genuis' amongst us to ponder.

[eFestivals]

I guess you could ask the same about folk, reggae, drum 'n' bass, etc etc etc...

well you could, but not everything is equal. There's popularity, and then there's the musical limits of a genre.

[The 38 year old virgin]

Edited November 20, 2013 by The 38 year old virgin

[The 38 year old virgin]

Or if you'd prefer

http://www.gizoogle.net/xfer.php?link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law&sa=U&ei=RMCMUqjPIeiN7AbeiYDgCw&ved=0CBkQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNGNmJlvO_9PLL80Dx4QpgMLxLeF2g

[fred quimby]

as I saw their 1st tour, their 2nd tour, their 3rd tour... etc, etc, etc.

[russycarps]

I reckon I must have bump into you at some point.

Haven't IM also stated that they would not play Glasto as it wasn't their type of thing

[The Nal]

What a terrible band.

The best thing they ever did is influence this piece of utter genius.

[SirDaniel]

If watching long haired men in their mid-fifties jump around on stage in spandex is wrong, I don't want to be right. Iron Maiden to headline every night.

[TheSeventhOne]

They'd be wasted on Glasto, sooner see 'em at their own show. Preferably not Download again as the place has turned into a gigantic atmosphere vacuum since it moved off the race track.

They're brilliant, camp fun. Anybody giving it the tiresome 'one song' chat is just being lazy.

[Gnomicide]

Anybody giving it the tiresome 'one song' chat is just being lazy.

[TheSeventhOne]

I prefer the period where they went mental on synthesizers

[Red Day]

1. I'm allowed an opinion, just as you are.

2. I'm allowed an opinion that's different to yours.

3. the closed-minded one is the one that throws his dummy out of the pram because someone has a different opinion to him.

Now, if you'd like to act like an adult, I'd just like to point out that it's hugely likely that my experiences of IM are massively greater than your own, seeing as I saw their 1st tour, their 2nd tour, their 3rd tour... etc, etc, etc.

yeah, which is why I saw 1st tour, their 2nd tour, their 3rd tour... etc, etc, etc.

[Red Day]

I like Maiden and always have but I think they would be out of place at Glasto. AC/DC are probably the only metal (ish) band I think would be popular at the festival to justify a high slot.

[fred quimby]

ha ha that old classic.

For the record, I would like it to be known that I dont want to perform at glastonbury either. That's the only reason I will never play there.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

i saw them at leeds festival a few years back and i laughed so hard cider came out of my nose. the field was pretty empty too.

[jeffie]

1. I'm allowed an opinion, just as you are.

2. I'm allowed an opinion that's different to yours.

3. the closed-minded one is the one that throws his dummy out of the pram because someone has a different opinion to him.

[FloorFiller]

Neil, all of that is true, but you have to remember, and I think you forget sometimes, that you have the high ground in every argument because this is your site. If we don't agree then you have that final say ....

[Martin Ashford]

They are a very traditional head banging metal band.-the sort of band Glastonbury tends to avoid like the plague .they are easily one of the very biggest acts in the world and quite frankly they don't need the exposure. They are already at the top. I like them a lot but don't ever expect to see Maiden at Glastonbury.

[balti-pie]

Hang on: if they're a 'one song' band then which song is that?

[MrZigster]

I do like Iron Maiden.

They possibly have two songs though.

The pop/metal one and the (too long to be a single) prog/metal one.

Both have a (admittedly technically proficient) widdly-wiiddly guitar solo or two.

And, Up The 'ammers.

[Andy0808 v3.0]

I can only name 'Run for the hills' and 'The number of the beast'..

..Probably more to do with them being before my time (21), and that i've never felt the need to listen to them. Having said that, just by the association I make (and therefore everyone else should make..) I don't think they'd go down very well at Glastonbury (or at Reading or Leeds anymore).

[eFestivals]

Neil, all of that is true, but you have to remember, and I think you forget sometimes, that you have the high ground in every argument because this is your site. If we don't agree then you have that final say ....

it's backchat like that that'll get you banned!

and the fact that jeffie is still here posting gets to show that what he thinks has no relationship with what actually happens around here.

[maninkilt]

Im not a metal fan at all but like many my age I had "Number of the beast" and loved it, very popular with all sorts. I think that they would get a crowd but not big enough, I would suspect that the interest would not be enough to justify a pyramid headline and would they accept anything else?

I would turn up to see if that is any concolation to them.

[stardustjunkie]

The crowd wouldn't be big enough. They are a band that you really need to like to go along and see. It's not the kind of music you can just get in to (at least, that's my opinion) and enjoy for one evening.

I do find the metal lovers hilarious with their determination to defend metal at Glasto though. Like there's not already festivals dedicated to that genre.. That isn't good enough. GLASTO MUST HAVE METAL.

No, it really doesn't need it.