Beats

There are these days in your life that you would treasure and remember for all eternity, days that will seem timeless, days that you will never cease to remember. For me one such day was when my favorite band Iron Maiden was set to perform in Bangalore. As expected the show made national front page news. This was the biggest rock show in India with a massive audience of 30,000 people at the venue and thousands more outside listening.
The band started out by playing timeless hits like "Wasted Years" ,"Run To The Hills" and "Fear Of The Dark" . It looked like everyone in the crowd had one common aim, to sing louder than Bruce Dickinson . The concert was a blast, and every Maiden fan in the crowd had the time of his life. But all good things come to an end, so after an hour on stage they signed off by playing "Hallowed Be Thy Name”. I had lived a dream.
My first Iron Maiden copy was a gift from my cousin. It was the "Number Of The Beast" album. Since then I have collected every Maiden album. To me their music is beyond compare, a legend of sorts.
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in East London, formed in 1975. The band are directed by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris. Taking its name from the medieval torture device, Iron Maiden . It was a part of England's late-Seventies crop of heavy-metal bands that boasted simple guitar riffs, bone-crunching chords and shrieking vocals.
Since their inception, the group has released thirty-five albums: fourteen studio albums, nine live albums, four EPs and eight compilations. Iron Maiden achieved success during the early 1980s and after several lineup changes, went on to release a series of platinum and gold albums. Iron Maiden have sold more than 70 million records worldwide, without significant mainstream or radio support, an achievement that is beyond rare in music these days.
The band won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002, and were also inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk during their tour in the US in 2005.In 2009, after playing to over 2 million fans around the world in 91 concerts and unprecedented ticket sales, Metal Hammer magazine proclaimed Iron Maiden to be greatest metal band on the planet.
Also to their credit is the recently released movie Flight 666,a documentary that follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour of 2008.Flight 666 brings to the screen all the drama, excitement and hysteria that followed the band around the world every time 'Ed Force One' (the band's private plane) touched down in a new country.
“Awesome” is all I said when I first heard their music, and it’s mandatory if your into rock. Members Bruce Dickinson (Vocals)Janick Gers (Guitar)Steve Harris (Bass)Nicko McBrian (Drums)Dave Murray (Guitar)Adrain Smith (Guitar)

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Debangan Basu