Iron Butterfly or Iron Maiden

[LynneSin]

Who has the most Iron of them all!

[MrScorpio]

1. Inna Gadda dah Vida

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4g-wx2Y_wg

[redqueen]

2. Maiden of course.

Who else went to this tour?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMg2cd5iiKg

:headbang:

[conscious evolution]

11. I did

Also saw them on the Piece of Mind tour in and the 84 Number of the Beast tour with Judas Priest in 83.

[eyepaddle]

12. I did--I caught two shows on that tour!

Once the opener was Twisted Sister (at the height of their popularity--although I was there for Maiden) and the other time it was an open air show with the rest of the bill being Ratt, Accept and Mama's Boys.


Ah yes, high school... :headbang:

[Tobin S.]

3. Well, Iron Maiden made more than one good song

So I gotta go with them.

[Dogtown]

4. Butterfly was "bunker music".

Still good for the occasional flashback.

[rcrush]

5. What?

WTF WHAT?1!!

[rcrush]

6. One of those bands is a shitty One Hit Wonder and the other is Iron FUCKING Maiden.

Shame on you for even trying to compare them.

[qnr]

7. Whatever, some of us think Maiden sucks donkey dicks n/t

[rcrush]

8. NO

NO NO NO NO NO

[qnr]

10. OK, not really that bad :) but they just don't appeal, and I tried a number of times n/t

[Capn Sunshine]

17. Let me Explain Iron Butterfly to you

They started in 1965. They were completely ahead of their time, and toured/played in So Cal relentlessly. Back then, that was how you got an audience. Not from radio airplay.
Here's a 1967 recording of their actual sound. "The Iron Butterfly Theme" Listen to this closely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRDt-xbj8vY
It's the precursor to Heavy Metal. THAT is why the name of the band. Dude. By the time In a Gadda Da Vida came out, the scene was over. We had moved on. A pop shell of what once was. They kicked ass for four years. Iron Maiden owes these guys a debt of gratitude for blazing the trail, so they could skip straight to their sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VADQblLrmyY

[Initech]

9. 666! The number of the beast!

[KamaAina]

13. Iron Butterfly just for the Simpsons reference

in which Bart punks his mom's church by passing their hit off as a hymn by "I. Ron Butterfly". :rofl:

[Quantess]

14. who are these people who are NOT voting for Iron Maiden?

It's no contest!

[edhopper]

16. People who think

Inagaddadavida is one of the greatest rock songs of all time and Iron Maiden is just a loud Sabbath wannabe.







Just kidding, Maiden is cool, just like the Bustterfly more. Can't beat an 8 minute drum solo and a Hammond B3.

[Iggo]

15. More stuff. A lot more stuff. Better stuff. Kickass live show.

Not even close.