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

[General Dryness]

In the Morning is a good tune, however Steve Harris is the reason I picked up the bass. So its Maiden for me.

[Baltar]

 

[Raymond Duck]

The Coral are a gem of a band. Butterfly House is fantastic album, a real Americana vibe, fantastic harmonies and occasionally psychedelic. 

They are a fantastic band with a great back catalogue and well worth an explore. Great live too. 
 

Maiden sound like a tribute act to me, that’s not meant to be a dis although I appreciate sounds like one. Good at what they do, talented musicians but ultimately derivative in my humble opinion. 

[manwiththestick]

1 hour ago, Grinch said:

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

You know what? I really don't mind Sum 41, their recent album Order in Decline was really quite good. 

[cloggypop]

I've never heard Sum 41.

[Grinch]

3 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

I've never heard Sum 41.

Lucky you 

[VladimirIlyich]

5 hours ago, Istvan Kuntstain said:

Used to play footy with James now and then when I lived on the Wirral, so gets my vote... told him once to come play footy and fuck the guitar off

Not a maiden fan at all...

He could have ended up posting on here instead of being draped in head to toe pussy if he'd listened. Silly lad!

[Pidge]

9 hours ago, paddyberger said:

The Coral are a gem of a band. Butterfly House is fantastic album, a real Americana vibe, fantastic harmonies and occasionally psychedelic. 

They are a fantastic band with a great back catalogue and well worth an explore. Great live too. 
 

Maiden sound like a tribute act to me, that’s not meant to be a dis although I appreciate sounds like one. Good at what they do, talented musicians but ultimately derivative in my humble opinion. 

Derivative of what?  Not much of a metal fan, but like Sabbath I've always thought of Maiden as having an iconic sound. I guess Judas Priest maybe?

 

As an aside, Number of the Beast one of the best albums to listen to while working. Getting shit done music.

[SasaS]

1 hour ago, Pidge said:

Derivative of what?  Not much of a metal fan, but like Sabbath I've always thought of Maiden as having an iconic sound. I guess Judas Priest maybe?

 

As an aside, Number of the Beast one of the best albums to listen to while working. Getting shit done music.

Are Judas Priest, Uriah Heep and others in it too?

Speaking of metal and iconic, didn't Napalm Death invent death metal and weren't they the most influential band in that respect since, I don't know, Zeppelin or Sabbath or whoever is now being credited  with creating the beast in the first place. Don't remember seeing them in the list.

[Pidge]

Good point on ND, but like Crass, or even Discharge, being influential isn't going to count for much when most people (even a fair number of those into that genre of music) just are not going to enjoy the music.

 

Which is fair enough really. At best they'd have been first round makeweights.

[Code]

3 hours ago, SasaS said:

Are Judas Priest, Uriah Heep and others in it too?
 

For some unknown reason, no.

[johnsusername]

Would rather have had Gerry and the Pacemakers in over The Coral. First band to have their first three singles go to number one. 

[cloggypop]

4 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Would rather have had Gerry and the Pacemakers in over The Coral. First band to have their first three singles go to number one. 

Frankie Goes To Hollywood were the second. 

[Code]

1 hour ago, cloggypop said:

Frankie Goes To Hollywood were the second. 

They should have been in as well.

[Mudface]

10 minutes ago, Code said:

They should have been in as well.

Nah, a couple of killer singles, but their first album was merely adequate (and padded out to fuck), and the second was dross- Rage Hard and Warriors of the Wasteland, Jesus.

[Tony Moanero]

The best thing about Frankie Goes To Hollywood was the video for Two Tribes.

[Bjornebye]

Relax was number 1 when I was born........ 

[johnsusername]

I really like the first Frankie album. It's certainly got personality. Come on - a debut album with Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love and Welcome to the Pleasuredome? Although to be fair the band barely played on it, famously. 

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

I really like the first Frankie album. It's certainly got personality. Come on - a debut album with Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love and Welcome to the Pleasuredome? Although to be fair the band barely played on it, famously. 

The Power of Love can fuck right off. 

[Mudface]

9 hours ago, johnsusername said:

I really like the first Frankie album. It's certainly got personality. Come on - a debut album with Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love and Welcome to the Pleasuredome? Although to be fair the band barely played on it, famously. 

I remember it being a massive disappointment- me and my mate bought it the day it got released and were thoroughly underwhelmed. 14 minutes of wibble to start it off, yet more remixes of the big singles (which were already feeling tired after being in the charts much of the previous year), a load of dull cover versions and some bang average new stuff. 

[Pete]

9 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

The Power of Love can fuck right off. 

Nowt wrong with Huey Lewis & the News (or Jennifer Rush).