Here is a great blog post about the birth of metal and the 40th anniversary of the first Black Sabbath album ….
http://google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FbccTXh
When I was a kid I was a huge Iron Maiden fan. Looking back I’m not sure what it was that drew me to them. I guess it was that the music was fast, I thought Steve Harris, the bass player was the coolest guy on the face of the earth. I was learning to play bass as a teen, and I always would listen to his bass parts and try to learn them ….
The thing about maiden was that they were passionate about the music. You could tell that it was the most important thing to them …and it still is. I just watched a few weeks ago ‘Flight 666’ a documentary of Iron Maiden and them traveling literally around the world with their own equipment, playing football and soccer stadiums. Even after so many years, you could tell they were still passionate about playing and giving the best performance possible. And the fans in all of those countries were just as passionate seeing them and being part of the experience ….
Anyway…..salute to Metal!!
