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10-03-2010, 01:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan, USA | | | Ever play in an Iron Maiden tribute/cover band?
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Iron Maiden has always been a special band for me. I am only 26, but I remember first hearing them when I was 8-9 years old thinking they were the coolest thing. I dig a variety of music but have a special place for hard rock and metal, especially the classics.
Whenever I am having a bad day, I just throw on some Maiden and my issues go away. I always get the idea of how cool it would be to play some Maiden tunes but I realize that after playing along with 2-3, those triplets toast my right hand while playing finger style. Makes me give even bigger props to Mr. Harris!
For the most part I have always been in original bands with an occasional cover band here and there, but I think I would enjoy an Iron Maiden band.
What have you guys done?
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10-03-2010, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Florida | | | Whenever we do the trooper, people come out of the woodworks to rock out with us!
And please don't tell me you do the bass parts with a pick! That's an unforgivable sin!!
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10-03-2010, 08:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Warren, MI | | | There's actually a Maiden tribute band called Seventh Son thats playing at the Ritz in Warren, MI on the 29th... I REALLY wanna go but its my singers wedding... hah... |
10-03-2010, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by hyp.spec  There's actually a Maiden tribute band called Seventh Son thats playing at the Ritz in Warren, MI on the 29th... I REALLY wanna go but its my singers wedding... hah... | Go to the show. This may be your only chance to see them, and there will be plenty of chances to see your singer get married 
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10-03-2010, 08:06 PM
| | | | I was in a Maiden cover band for about a month. I represented Dave. The other guitarist and I meticulously learned the leads, but the drummer couldn't even be bothered to listen to the songs. That didn't work out.
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10-03-2010, 09:46 PM
| | | | I'm playing a show this Saturday in an Iron Maiden cover band in conjunction with a Zombie Walk. Here's our set.
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
The Wicker Man
22 Acacia Ave.
Powerslave
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
It's a lot of fun, but physically demanding. Every guy in that band is a badass. |
10-03-2010, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by pharmakon And please don't tell me you do the bass parts with a pick! That's an unforgivable sin!! | Pick just doesn't get you the right sound. Nothing like triplets with your fingers! My endurance for it sucks and my respect for Mr. Harris increases. Quote:
Originally Posted by hyp.spec There's actually a Maiden tribute band called Seventh Son thats playing at the Ritz in Warren, MI on the 29th... I REALLY wanna go but its my singers wedding... hah... | Man, if I wasn't here near Chicago I would make the journey across to state to see that! Quote:
Originally Posted by bassplayertom77 I'm playing a show this Saturday in an Iron Maiden cover band in conjunction with a Zombie Walk. Here's our set.
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
The Wicker Man
22 Acacia Ave.
Powerslave
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
It's a lot of fun, but physically demanding. Every guy in that band is a badass. | Sweet set list. I would love to find a group of committed badasses to do something that cool!
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10-04-2010, 03:24 AM
|  | Making short stories long since 1977©. | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Loxahatchee, Fl | | | My drummer and lead guitarist or in a Maiden tribute here in Florida. It is cleverly named .... Made In Iron.
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10-04-2010, 03:35 AM
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10-04-2010, 03:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia | | I'm a big Maiden fan. Shirts, tattoos, seen them multiple times... etc.
However I dont think I would enjoy a cover band. I actually need more variety.
We do do a few songs though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LElGAw9oAJw (Number Of The Beast(Fill in singer)) |
10-04-2010, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Zürich | | | I am an über fan. I mean über. I may only be 17, but I know it all from RttH/FotD to The Aftermath/Drifter/Still Life/Another Life.
What do you guys think of the new album? I'd place it up there with SiT as the second best they've done (after Powerslave).
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10-04-2010, 03:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Austin TX | | | I got to see the Iron Maidens recently and they were a blast. I have no trouble with tribute bands as long as they are good. There's a local Beatle's tribute band called The Eggmen who are quite good as well. I think they're local, they sure play around here a lot.
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10-05-2010, 11:51 AM
| | | | The cover band I'm in Played the Trooper when we had 2 gp's. It was a blast to play! |
10-05-2010, 12:13 PM
|  | Eat at Joe's | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: J-Actionville, NC | | | I have done thrash metal covers of maiden tunes, and let me tell you, doing the trooper at half again faster tempo is enough to convince me that there is no way I could play a large set list of maiden tunes, let alone be in a tribute band. My forearms were burning and I wasn't even playing all the triplets in the bridge (it was so fast no one would have noticed.) Not only that, playing maiden stuff I have noticed is a lot like many things in life. Doing it is easyish, but doing it well, consitantly and accurately is extremely difficult. Lots of fun though!
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10-05-2010, 12:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | Oh man, that would be a nightmare to play in a Maiden tribute. All respect to Mr. Harris, cause 2 hours of triplets would be crippling for me. I doubt I could do it, even with massive wood-shedding.
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10-05-2010, 12:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mid-Atlantic USA. | | | Anyone try this stuff on a fretless?
Just curious as to how well it worked if you did. |
10-05-2010, 01:06 PM
| | Eat at Joe's | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: J-Actionville, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by AltGrendel Anyone try this stuff on a fretless?
Just curious as to how well it worked if you did. | On a 7 string fretless, no less! The really tight string spacing helped, and it had a thick epoxy fingerboard with really low action so it was nice and clanky. However, it sounded nothing like a P bass no matter what I did. Kind of cool I guess, but I'd stick to the fretted 4s for this work.
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10-05-2010, 01:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany | | | last band I joined, was almost entirely because they did two Maiden songs (Trooper and Run to the Hills). Bought my current fave bass with just those songs in mind. Love love love playing 'em, any and every time. |
10-05-2010, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by pharmakon Whenever we do the trooper, people come out of the woodworks to rock out with us!
And please don't tell me you do the bass parts with a pick! That's an unforgivable sin!! | I play with a pick and I find your statement silly and slightly offensive. 
I've played a lot of Maiden songs and, with you, people come from out of nowhere. Where the heck are they during the originals? LOL |
10-05-2010, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by lousybassplayer I have done thrash metal covers of maiden tunes, and let me tell you, doing the trooper at half again faster tempo is enough to convince me that there is no way I could play a large set list of maiden tunes, let alone be in a tribute band. My forearms were burning and I wasn't even playing all the triplets in the bridge (it was so fast no one would have noticed.) Not only that, playing maiden stuff I have noticed is a lot like many things in life. Doing it is easyish, but doing it well, consitantly and accurately is extremely difficult. Lots of fun though! | Oh yeah, it was a set closer because I was spent afterward! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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