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The 11 Best Iron Maiden Songs of the 80s

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This weekend I saw Blue Oyster Cult put on a free show at the mall.   Yes, at the mall.  (watch the clip!) Granted it was half-park/half-outdoor mall.  But still…should a band that wrote one of the greatest rock songs of all time (Don’t Fear The Reaper) be giving free shows at a shopping complex near the kids’ play area?  Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated it.  Took my daughters, who actually really enjoyed it despite the lack of talking backpacks and dancing monkeys.  But is this how bad the music industry is?  Real bands…real rock n roll bands….real rock n roll bands who actually know how to play their instruments are reduced to giving free concerts because they’ve chose to forgo autotune and lip syncing?
 
BOC has been putting out music for 40 years.  And they still were able to gather a crowd of close to 8,000 people.  That says something to the quality of a band.  It also says something to type of music.  People just love rock n roll.  And no…it will never die.
 
Pop is plastic.  Rock is metal.  One guess which will outlast the other.
BTW…before you say anything…Iron Maiden doesn’t make bad music.  All the songs kick ass.  Especially the 80s stuff…
 
Here are the 11 Best Iron Maiden Songs of the 80s:
1.  Can I Play With Madness (Seventh Son of A Seventh Son)
2.  The Prisoner (Number of the Beast)
3.  Prowler (Iron Maiden)
4.  Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Powerslave)
5.  22 Acacia Avenue (Number of the Beast)
6.  The Clairvoyant (Seventh Son of A Seventh Son)
7.  Run To The Hills (Number of the Beast)
8.  Killers (Killers)
9.  Seventh Son on a Seventh Son (Seventh Son of A Seventh Son)
10.  The Evil That Men Do (Seventh Son of A Seventh Son)
11.  Remember Tomorrow (Iron Maiden)
 
Buy Iron Maiden’s new album, The Final Frontier.

The 11 Best Bands Who Replaced Their Singer

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It’s tough to accept a new Alice in Chains album is in stores.  And it’s not really because it’s hard to accept that Layne has been replaced…what is hardest to accept is that it’s finally official that he’s really gone.  He will be missed…but that’s no reason for the band not to go on.  Jerry Cantrell wrote most of the music…and sang on a lot of the songs…so there’s not a very radical departure from their earlier material.  The new singer does a decent job…and the album is overall very respectable to the Layne AIC legacy.

AIC isn’t the first to continue on after replacing their lead singer…here are some of the best…

The 11 Best Bands Who Replaced Their Singer:

1. AC/DC (Bon Scott replaced by Brian Johnson)
2. Van Halen (David Lee Roth replaced by Sammy Hagar)
3. Genesis (Peter Gabriel replaced by Phil collins)
4. Iron Maiden (Dianno replaced by Bruce Dickinson)
5. Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green replaced “eventually” by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks)
6. Deep Purple (Ian Gilliam replaced by David Coverdale)
7. Faith No More (Chuck Mosley replaced by Mike Patton)
8. Judas Priest (Rob Halford replaced by Ripper Ownes)
9. Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne replaced by Ronnie James Dio)
10. lush (Emma Anderson replaced by Miki Berenyi)
11. Killswitch Engage (Jesse Leach replaced by Howard Jones)

Buy the new Alice in Chains now.  Black Gives Way To Blue.