I barely survived...
Jul. 16th, 2010 01:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
throbadelicBut I had a good time the best I could, right hip notwithstanding.
Reason: Iron Maiden concert at Blossom Music Center last night. Two of my brothers and I went there at about 6pm well in time before opening act Dream Theater came on stage. The temperature was about in th 90's for a good portion of the day, so sweating one's brains out was normal. DT was fine, even though I had not listened to any prior works they have done. Really liked the stands the keyboardist used during their set: one can be spun around while the other was on a pivoting arm to both swing and spin in place so the musician doesn't have to just stand there.
Maiden themselves had a fine stage show with the set looking like something out of the second "Alien" movie: the exterior of an abandoned base on some far away planet. They ran through some of their good old stuff* while playing some off their soon to be released "The Final Frontier" CD. Maiden has a third guitarist now by the name of Janick Gers, who gigged with Ian Gillan as well as Bruce Dickinson's solo spell. They even dedicated a song, "Blood Brother" to the sadly late Ronnie James Dio, which the audience really dug.
Eddie looks more like the mascot of Motorhead now, with huge fangs and green skin. That and being 12' tall. During his walk-on, Eddie managed to grab I believe Adrian Smith's guitar and tried to play a riff or two.
*Missing from the set: Aces High and Trooper
Reason: Iron Maiden concert at Blossom Music Center last night. Two of my brothers and I went there at about 6pm well in time before opening act Dream Theater came on stage. The temperature was about in th 90's for a good portion of the day, so sweating one's brains out was normal. DT was fine, even though I had not listened to any prior works they have done. Really liked the stands the keyboardist used during their set: one can be spun around while the other was on a pivoting arm to both swing and spin in place so the musician doesn't have to just stand there.
Maiden themselves had a fine stage show with the set looking like something out of the second "Alien" movie: the exterior of an abandoned base on some far away planet. They ran through some of their good old stuff* while playing some off their soon to be released "The Final Frontier" CD. Maiden has a third guitarist now by the name of Janick Gers, who gigged with Ian Gillan as well as Bruce Dickinson's solo spell. They even dedicated a song, "Blood Brother" to the sadly late Ronnie James Dio, which the audience really dug.
Eddie looks more like the mascot of Motorhead now, with huge fangs and green skin. That and being 12' tall. During his walk-on, Eddie managed to grab I believe Adrian Smith's guitar and tried to play a riff or two.
*Missing from the set: Aces High and Trooper