[kj] (OT) Iron Maiden Tonight in LA

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HANX !!




On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:26 AM, 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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> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of T.B.

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> 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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