25/03/02

IRON MAIDEN / ROCK IN RIO

It was 20 years ago when Bruce first joined Maiden and to celebrate the triumphant return to the band they release this 2 CD set recorded live in front of a quarter of a million fans, can you imagine that, well you don’t have to.

The 3 guitar line up of Murry, Smith and Gers gives the Maiden live sound that extra power and versatility that could not be achieved before live without extra musicians or backing tapes and they ROCK like never before, forget Live After Death, Rock In Rio is better and what’s more you get live versions of the new stuff as well as beefed up classic oldies. Mixing both old and new in a healthy proportion just look at the titles, "The Wicker Man", "Brave New World", "Wrathchild", "The Mercenary", "2 Minutes To Midnight" and all the other classics as well as Bruce’s version of "The Clansman" that was written with the Blaze line up. This is a really good live album and I am not usually over enamoured with live albums but this one is a must for all old Maiden fans as well as the new ones.

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = Disc 1 - 56 mins - 11 Tracks / Disc 2 - 59 mins + 10 Tracks PLUS CD ROM