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LOUDTRAX 
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 20:47 |
Who's the best Iron Maiden opening act?
With the announcement of the upcoming Iron Maiden tour with very special guests, Dream Theater. I started to think about, what opening acts were my favorite to open for the british legends.
Up until now, seeing Anthrax support the "Persistence of Time" album in the opening slot for Maiden on the No Prayer for the Dying tour was my favorite. Metallica and Helloween also get a vote.
However, now that they announced Dream Theater, I think a new number 1 has emerged. It's not that Dream Theater is necessarily better than those other bands, it's the fact that they are at the prime of their career having released one of their best albums to date in Black Clouds & Silver Lining.
What band do you think is the best to open for Iron Maiden? To help, here is an un-official list of some of the more popular bands that have opened up for Maiden:
Toad the Wet Sprocket Raven Fist Samson Praying Mantis Urchin Accept Whitesnake Saxon Quiet Riot Vinnie Vincent Accept Twisted Sister Motley Crue Queensryche Ratt Killer Dwarfs Yngwie Malmsteen Kiss (yes, that's right....) WASP Anthrax Metallica Megadeth Guns n' Roses David Lee Roth LA Guns Helloween Ace Frehley's Comet Wolfsbane Kings X The Almighty Skid Row Slayer Dream Theater Testament Pantera Warrant Fear Factory Entombed Arch Enemy Dio Motorhead Halford Bullet for my Valentine Trivium In Flames Mastodon Avenged Sevenfold Atreyu Kamelot Morbid Angel Dragonforce Kreator Nightwish Behemoth Marilyn Manson Primal Fear Rob Zombie Shakra Funeral for a Friend Rollins Band System of a Down Clutch Voivod
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Kashmir75
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 20:50 |
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Wow. That's some big names that have toured with Maiden. i'm very impressed with the list. I'm going to say DT.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 20:53 |
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Alright, this is just scary. I've got iTunes playing randomly and I clicked on this thread, and two seconds later the next song was Flight of Icarus. doo doo doo doo.
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 20:54 |
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Oh and to answer the question I would say Dio first, then King's X, then Queensryche, then Dream Theater.
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 21:00 |
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And the next track was from Fates Warning, who would also be an awesome opening act for Iron Maiden.
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 21:02 |
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Also, Loudtrax, I thought Maiden opened for KISS, not the other way round? Or did they play with KISS again sometime after the 1980 Europe tour?
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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LOUDTRAX
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 21:12 |
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Kiss opened for Maiden on the Monsters of Rock. It was on the Seventh Son tour, the bill also included Megadeth and David Lee Roth. Remember, Kiss was not at a high point at that time, and Maiden was huge.
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 22:52 |
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Does anyone happen to know what year/tour did Metallica open for Iron Maiden? Or was it just a single show they opened?
BTW: When I saw Maiden, Dio and Motorhead were the opening bands. It was the Give Me Ed Till I'm Dead (or something similar to that name) tour in 2003.
Edited by Stooge - March 04 2010 at 22:54
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Posted: March 04 2010 at 22:59 |
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Spinal Tap.. no better yet; The Folksmen
from your list I'd say Voivod easy
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Posted: March 05 2010 at 02:55 |
When I look at that list of bands, I immediately think Mastodon. But I actually saw them opening for Maiden in 2005 after Leviathan came out, and I didn't enjoy it at all. They had absolutely horrendous sound, and as I didn't know their songs beforehand, it was all just a big mess.
But yes, even if they didn't impress me back then, now they're my favourite from that bunch so I voted for them.
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Posted: March 05 2010 at 05:32 |
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I don't care much for any of them (or Iron Maiden, for that matter) but I voted for Slayer.
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Posted: March 05 2010 at 09:14 |
Don't need to say it right...??? 
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Posted: March 05 2010 at 10:01 |
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Megadeth! Kiss! Anthrax! Guns 'n Roses!
Pretty much any classic hard rock act as opposed to dorks like avenged sevenfold (eddie, are you kidding?!?)
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Posted: March 05 2010 at 10:19 |
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I saw Maiden in 1981, the support band was Trust. They were great!
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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Posted: March 05 2010 at 13:21 |
 A B Negative wrote:
I saw Maiden in 1981, the support band was Trust. They were great! |
Was Nicko playing for Trust at the time?
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Posted: March 05 2010 at 18:36 |
WOOOOOOOO DREAM THEATER You prog people are so predictable  In Flames for me.
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Posted: March 06 2010 at 11:03 |
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Posted: March 06 2010 at 11:19 |
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Not on the list - Motorhead. We saw them play before Maiden in Rome in July 2007, though I would not call them an 'opening act', since it was a mini-festival with six bands involved. Machine Head, who played before Lemmy's crew, were largely unimpressive (as were Trivium when I saw them open for IM in 2006), but Mastodon smoked.
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A B Negative
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Posted: March 07 2010 at 05:51 |
Pekka wrote:
A B Negative wrote:
I saw Maiden in 1981, the support band was Trust. They were great! |
Was Nicko playing for Trust at the time? |
I'm not 100% sure but I think it's likely.
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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Posted: March 07 2010 at 06:13 |
A B Negative wrote:
Pekka wrote:
A B Negative wrote:
I saw Maiden in 1981, the support band was Trust. They were great! |
Was Nicko playing for Trust at the time? |
I'm not 100% sure but I think it's likely. |
Yes, he did from 1980 to 1981/82. He joined them around the spring of 1980 (May - June?), before being replaced by Kevin Morris, this one being replaced after the Repression tour by... Nicko. He toured with them in january 1981 in UK and stayed until the end of 1981 or early 1982, if I'm not wrong. Funnily, he was replaced by... Clive Burr who played on Trust's fourth LP (1983).
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