British Band Tournament - Round 1. Iron Maiden vs The Coral

[Sugar Ape]

No interest in Iron Maiden at all. Definitely The Coral for me. 

[TheHowieLama]

5 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

 

 local.

 

[Red_or_Dead]

The Coral?  Fucking hell, they're alright like but in this poll?  Can't stand that cunt Bruce Dickinson so this is an easy one.

 

 

[KMD7]

Saw the Choral once and they bored the tits off me so its a vote for Maiden

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, KMD7 said:

Saw the Choral once and they bored the tits off me so its a vote for Maiden

If I was The Coral I'd feel a bit hard done by being judged on one of their tribute acts...

[KMD7]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

If I was The Coral I'd feel a bit hard done by being judged on one of their tribute acts...

Ha ha fucks sake

[The Golden Eel]

I used to hang around with this guy, around the time the first Coral album came out (about 2000?) and he would ram new indie, generally British, rock bands down your throat. The Coral was one he went on and on about. Heard the first two albums a good few times and they were decent but some of the other stuff he used to go on about was mediocre and it was hard work having to hear about, and get copied CDs of, every new band/album that NME liked. He was a nice bloke though. 

[VladimirIlyich]

The Coral are my type of music. Heavy rock is just not my thing. Iron Maiden have done much more than the Coral but I have no idea what exactly.

[Baltar]

Can't believe this is a close vote! Iron Maiden are one of the greatest bands in history. The Coral just in contemporary terms are merely OK.

[The Golden Eel]

4 minutes ago, Baltar said:

Can't believe this is a close vote! Iron Maiden are one of the greatest bands in history. The Coral just in contemporary terms are merely OK.

It's likely a combination of two things - one is that some people just don't like/get that type of metal and want nothing to do with it and the second is that The Coral are local to many people on here and hence are more well known than, say, an average indie band from somewhere else in England and therefore people are more inclined to say, "Well, the Coral are decent and I don't like Iron Maiden" and vote accordingly. 

[Grinch]

2 minutes ago, The Golden Eel said:

It's likely a combination of two things - one is that some people just don't like/get that type of metal and want nothing to do with it and the second is that The Coral are local to many people on here and hence are more well known than, say, an average indie band from somewhere else in England and therefore people are more inclined to say, "Well, the Coral are decent and I don't like Iron Maiden" and vote accordingly. 

There's also a lot of people who like metal but see iron maiden as the westlife of metal.   A plastic goofy act band. 

 

 

[The Golden Eel]

Just now, Grinch said:

There's also a lot of people who like metal but see iron maiden as the westlife of metal.   A plastic goofy act band. 

 

 

They'd be wrong but, yes, that's basically what I was saying. 

[Code]

Watched Iron Maiden in The Echo Arena in May 2017.

 

I was a bit disappointed they did not play this one, but it will make a mockery of the whole contest if they dont win this.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Code said:

Watched Iron Maiden in The Echo Arena in May 2017.

 

I was a bit disappointed they did not play this one, but it will make a mockery of the whole contest if they dont win this.

 

 

They didn’t play that ???? I’d have asked for my money back 

[Code]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

They didn’t play that ???? I’d have asked for my money back 

Haha I agree.

[The Golden Eel]

 

 

[The Midnight Rambler]

The Coral being made out to be a throwaway pop band here. Easily belong in this list, they can do it all.

 

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

If you don't like loud guitars for the sake of loudness and screaming down a microphone as if was a grizzly bear trying to attack you then heavy metal is simply not your,or my thing. 

[cloggypop]

Just now, VladimirIlyich said:

If you don't like loud guitars for the sake of loudness and screaming down a microphone as if was a grizzly bear trying to attack you then heavy metal is simply not your,or my thing. 

See, I don't mind a bit of that but can't be doing with stupid fantasy lyrics, spandex, shit hair and self indulgent guitar solos. 

[Grinch]

They're about as metal as sum 41 are punk. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, cloggypop said:

See, I don't mind a bit of that but can't be doing with stupid fantasy lyrics, spandex, shit hair and self indulgent guitar solos. 

I didnt ever see Lemmy wearing spandex.

[cloggypop]

3 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I didnt ever see Lemmy wearing spandex.

Lemmy was alright. 

[Tony Moanero]

10 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

See, I don't mind a bit of that but can't be doing with stupid fantasy lyrics, spandex, shit hair and self indulgent guitar solos. 

Define shit hair.

[cloggypop]

2 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Define shit hair.

It involves effort and hair product. Long messy hair is alright. 

[Josef Svejk]

I don't like Iron Maiden. But for fucks sake...