Standout songs from their setlist include “Wasted Years,” “2 Minutes to Midnight,” and “Number of the Beast.” During “Number of the Beast,” someone from the band’s crew came onstage wearing a devil costume. They were all clearly having fun doing what they love. She was always talking and laughing with her bandmates while beating the drums like a busted printer. Drummer Linda McDonald seemed like the happiest person on earth. She demonstrated an enviable mastery of her instrument and had an amazing stage presence.īassist Wanda Ortiz handled her task perfectly. Her guitar tone roared through the venue and gave more power to the riffs she was playing. The second guitarist, Nikki Stringfield, was just as good.
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Her pinch harmonics were full and loud, and her solos would have made Iron Maiden’s guitarist, Adrian Smith, proud. She made frequent eye contact with people in the crowd and made goofy faces while her fingers were busy setting her fretboard on fire. Guitarist Courtney Cox blazed through the songs effortlessly. When she asked for some singing, the crowd sang. When she asked for a scream, the crowd screamed. The vocalist, who goes by the stage name Bruce Chickinson - a play on the name of Iron Maiden’s vocalist, Bruce Dickinson - was pumped up during the whole show. They opened with “The Wicker Man” - a song featuring some great melodic riffs and sing-along moments. Some 15 minutes later, Iron Maidens finally hit the stage. This allowed the stern-faced folks to grab some new bottles of beer, and caused some reshuffling of the crowd. Once Daylight Black was done, there was some downtime so the sound and amps could set up. Overall, however, they were a lot of fun to watch. This makes it easier to play, but it’s also blasphemous, at least to me. Instead alternate-picked - using both downstrokes and upstrokes - the whole thing. My other complaint - and this is mostly because I’m a Metallica nerd - is that their guitarists did not downpick on “Master of Puppets.” This song is the holy grail of the downpicking technique, where the guitarist only uses downstrokes to pluck the string. If I’m being honest, this did not mesh well with those songs. The vocalist’s singing style eschewed the gruff assertiveness required for thrash metal songs, and instead employed more high notes and belting reminiscent of Bruce Dickinson, singer of Iron Maiden. They played their hearts out, and tried their best to connect with the crowd and initiate some moshing. They performed some Metallica songs, like “Fade to Black” and “Master of Puppets,” and Slayer’s “Seasons in the Abyss.” The band Daylight Black was billed to open for The Iron Maidens, and they took the stage at around 9. A few long-haired men were practicing their headbanging while waiting for the show to begin. My estimates say its capacity was no more than 200 people.
I was shivering from the 23-degree weather, and the fleeting yet frequent breeze that carried the stench of alcohol and tobacco only exacerbated my plight.Īfter waiting for about 15 minutes, we were allowed to enter. The line was mostly heavily-built, angry-looking, tattooed, middle-aged men with slicked-back hair in black leather jackets. I was there to see The Iron Maidens - an all-woman Iron Maiden tribute band. I was standing in line waiting for the doors to open.
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