A highly sarcastic discussion centering on Iron Maiden occupied the early portion of the evening.

 

This coincided, of course, with the official release of Maiden England on DVD. Pretty sure this is the first time this concert video has been available on DVD in the states, and as such, the package is pretty damned solid. You not only get the original concert, but there are bonus performances from the same show that didn't make it to the original VHS release.

 

On top of that there's also a second disc which features The History Of Iron Maiden, Part 3 (1986-1988), not to mention 12 Wasted Years (a 2012 remaster of the late 80's documentary, also on DVD for the first time), as well as a number of remastered promo videos from that time period.

 

And that's not all! There's also a live CD version of the show available!

 

And, seemingly, this is part of the problem. Over-saturation of Iron Maiden in the metal market! 

 

Now, as Maiden fans, Josh and I are perfectly cool with this. I'm actually chomping at the bit to get my hands on it. Joe, on the other hand, has pretty much had enough. That, however, didn't stop the rest of us from teasing him on the air about how much he LOVES Iron Maiden. As a matter of fact, he likes the new live CD so much, he played "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" within the first hour of the Onslaught! I mean, that's the LONGEST track on the setlist, so he must really, REALLY dig that tune!

 

Further discussion of my supposed upcoming expression of Bronie-ism on No Pants Day was held, and I actually did confess to researching this bizarre phenomenon, just a little bit.

 

Personally, I just don't get it...

 

I mean, I don't have an issue when it comes to adults liking cartoons. Personally, I still love most of the old classics, Loony Toons in particular. Some of that stuff just never gets old. Flintstones, Scooby Doo, Underdog, Josie And The Pussycats, Tom And Jerry...all good, still love them, no problem.

 

Bronie's are an odd bunch, though. I mean, if you like the cartoons, fine, but holy shit, the money people are willing to drop so they can have a Rainbow Dash wig? Or socks? Or lunch boxes? Or a fucking $65.00 zipper hoodie? Really? Adult males are into this crap? 

 

Seriously, you have my assurance that No Pants Day is going to be 100% Bronie-free...

 

The only other major item of note that I can remember is hearing ABBA playing during most of the talk breaks. I mean, I KNEW I was hearing ABBA, but the rest of the guys kept saying I was crazy, and that there was no ABBA playing at all.

 

It all must have been too much to bear, though, as Rick finally lost it, claiming that he had heard enough, and yelling about how Abba sucked. He then came out and beat the snot out of me, throwing me around the studio like a rag doll, bludgeoning my knees with large metal pipes, and basically leaving me a bruised mess on the floor.

 

Now, considering who was running the sound board, I'm pretty sure it was Joe who should have received that beating. Not that I'd normally wish harm upon the guy, but I'm just saying that it certainly wasn't ME who was trying to be all deceptive and shit. As for the rest of the guys, well Hell, they were in on the joke as well, so I don't think they've got a lot of room to bitch!

 

Yep, definitely should have been somebody else on the other end of that beatdown...Where's Jeffie when you need him?

 

Lord - Digital Lies 

Kaledon - Between The Hammer And The Anvil 

 

Mortillery - Evil Invaders 

Howl - Attrition 

Wolfchant - Clan Of Cross 

The New Black - Sharkpool 

Dream Master - Leather Army 

 

Mothership - Cosmic Rain 

Rotting Christ - Iwa Voodoo 

Stryper - Bleeding From The Inside Out 

 

Gemini Syndrome - Left Of Me 

Within The Ruins - Feeding Frenzy 

Off With Their Heads - Shirts 

Stigma - Days Of Old 

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell 

 

Kyuss - The Green Machine 

Destruction - Cyanide 

Hatchet - Welcome To The Plague 

Orange Goblin - Round Up The Horses 

Krokus - Hardrocking Man 

 

Voivod - Warchaic 

Trouble - Pray For The Dead 

Hazy Hamlet - Field Of Crosses 

Maelstrom - Arise 

Mortillery - Angel Witch 

 

Domination - Backstabber 

Hateform - All Becomes Nothing 

Lordi - Happy New Fear 

Optical Faze - Ghost Planet 

 

Pig Destroyer - Volume 

Wormed - Techkinox Wormhole 

In The Flood - Sufferer 

Avenger Of Blood - Centuries Of Hell 

Inter Arma - 'sblood 

 

Soilwork - Realm Of The Wasted 

Toranaga - Hammer To The Skull 

Suffocation - Eminent Wrath 

Devourment - March To Megiddo 

Devourment - Today We Die, Tomorrow We Kill 

 

Six Feet Under - Fragment 

Lowkey - Seems Like Problems 

Raped Ape - Return To Nothing 

Mortillery - Madhouse 

Darkthrone - Dead Early 

Cancer Bats - War Pigs 

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