Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: 2012, Australia, Blaze Bayley, Concert, Gig, Heavy Metal, Hifi Bar, Iron Maiden, Melbourne, Metal, Nothing Sacred, November, Paul Di'anno, Performance, Up The Irons, Victoria, Visceral Industry, visceralindustry.comNovember 23, 2012
Up The Irons!
Back in my musical formative years, Iron Maiden (along with Judas Priest & Black Sabbath) were one of the first Metal acts I truly got into. And I’m talking 1980/81 here when Paul Di’Anno was at the helm and Maiden delivered a couple of their finest moments – the debut album and the classic ‘Killers’ a year later. Albums which to this day, get plenty of rotation and are probably, along with ‘Number of the Beast’, Iron Maiden’s definitive work.
So it was a little on the surreal side getting to see the frontman of those two albums, Paul Di’Anno, live for the very first time – even if he had been on these shores several times before.
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Written by JRPosted in Gigs,PhotographyTags: Australia, Desecrator, Heavy, Heavy Magazine, Hobb's Angel Of Death, Kiss Or Kill, Melbourne, Metal For Melbourne, Nothing Sacred, Thrash, Thrash Metal, VictoriaApril 7, 2012
Deathwish!
I grew up in the era where Melbourne had a diverse, vibrant and thriving local Metal scene. Heck, I was part of it. If I wasn’t writing articles for Melbourne Uni’s ‘Heavy Duty’ magazine, I was part of my own band that I drummed for and regularly gigged with each week. The mecca for all things Metal was the ‘Metal For Melbourne’ record store which humbly began in a tiny little shop pretty much where Federation Square stands now.
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