Iron Maiden, deel 4 alweer

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Op vrijdag 8 oktober 2004 14:39 schreef Kipman het volgende:
Ik voorspel: Iron Maiden op Dynamo 2005

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Op vrijdag 8 oktober 2004 14:54 schreef Kipman het volgende:
Dat zou dan een mooie resurectie zijn van het Dynamo festival.

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A Maiden voyage
Iron Maiden's frontman and pilot Bruce Dickinson visits Everett to check out Boeing for a documentary

By Eric Fetters
Herald Writer

EVERETT - While Bruce Dickinson waited for his camera crew to set up inside the Boeing Co.'s Everett plant, two slightly sheepish mechanics asked for an autograph.

It's not every day a heavy-metal music legend comes to visit.

Dickinson's name might not jump out to pop music fans, but the mechanics knew him as the voice of heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

Dickinson, 46, was lead singer on seven consecutive Iron Maiden albums that went platinum or gold during the 1980s and early 1990s.

He's also a commercial airline pilot with an intense interest in aviation, which explains why one of the gods of metal was inside Boeing's cavernous 747 assembly building on Wednesday. Dickinson is the host of a documentary series tentatively titled "Flying Heavy Metal" that's scheduled to air next year on the European version of the Discovery Channel.

"We looked at doing a reality TV show about training airline pilots, and it morphed into this - a five-part series about the development of the airliner since 1945," Dickinson said.

He and a four-person production crew were at the Everett plant Monday through Wednesday as part of 11 days of filming around the United States.

While here, Dickinson interviewed Walt Gillette, a 7E7 program vice president, and Joe Sutter, the lead designer of the 747. The film crew also shot scenes inside Boeing's Renton assembly plant and toured a mock-up of the new 7E7.

Dickinson said he relished the opportunity to see Boeing's commercial jets being put together.

"It's fantastic. I could quite happily spend ages poking around and watching," he said. "As a pilot, we never see these planes stripped down like this."

The native of northern England began flying about 13 years ago and obtained his commercial flying license about three years ago. He flies 757s for Astraeus, a British charter airline that has routes to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Todd Blecher, a spokesman for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said company officials didn't know what to think when Dickinson first approached them about filming inside the plant. After all, this is the lead singer of a band whose mascot was a giant fake corpse named "Eddie" and whose breakthrough album was titled "The Number of the Beast."

"Once we talked to Bruce, that became a nonissue. He's so knowledgeable about aviation, and he flies 757s for a living," Blecher said. "These guys have been first-rate right from the start."

Blecher added that the documentary may help boost Boeing in Europe, where rival Airbus is based.

Dickinson said his crew also has filmed inside an Airbus factory in France, visited with NASA officials and experienced a number of flight simulators.

Dickinson - dubbed "Air Raid Siren" for his singing style - rejoined the band four years ago. Since then, Iron Maiden has released two studio albums and a live album. It plans to tour Europe, where the band's following includes a generation of new fans.

But he's not about to give up flying, he said.

"Neither one is an activity I see a reason to give up until they take my (medical certification) away or I lose my voice," he said.

Roger Salvisberg, of Lake Stevens, was one of the mechanics who got an autograph. He also had his picture taken with the singer.

He said he's been an Iron Maiden fan since the early '80s. "I've always thought he had one of the best voices," he said.

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Op dinsdag 19 oktober 2004 21:29 schreef DaveM het volgende:
Leuk idee om 1 periode er uit te lichten.
Wie weet welke nrs we krijgen die ze anders noooit meer zouden spelen.

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Op donderdag 5 augustus 2004 21:02 schreef Kipman het volgende:
Ze moeten die tv uitzending erop zetten van 1986, waarin ze Wasted Years spelen/playbacken

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Op vrijdag 17 september 2004 20:17 schreef Djaser het volgende:
Die was idd erg netjes. Wel zwaar klote dat er maar zo weinig van de World piece tour opstaat daar was ik toch het meest benieuwd naar.

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Op donderdag 7 oktober 2004 21:00 schreef Djaser het volgende:
Wasted years is misschien wel een leuke toevoeging maar verder mogen ze van mij die plaat overslaan.

Nummers die ik graag nog wel eens zou horen:
Rime of the ancient mariner
to tame a land
aces high
seventh son of a seventh son
children of the damned
prowler
remember tomorrow
sign of the cross
bring your daughter to the slaughter
revelations
Out of the silent planet
Montsegur
ghost of the navigator

En misschien heb ik met een of twee nummers wel geluk.

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Op zaterdag 23 oktober 2004 01:28 schreef Drizzt_DoUrden het volgende:
maar bring your daughter vind ik wel een meebrulnummer

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Op vrijdag 22 oktober 2004 23:29 schreef ElectricEye het volgende:

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Maar wel het stukkie dat Bruce de hersenen van Eddie eruit rukt.
Voor de jongeren onder ons die dat voor het eerst gaan zien: Stel je er geen bloederig iets van voor, het zijn gewoon een soort linten oid. Maar het gaat om het idee. Om daarbij geweest te zijn moet wel übercool geweest zijn.
Eddie was dood na Dortmund. Daarna mummy op PS om uit de dood te herrijzen op LaD. Yeah!

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Op zaterdag 23 oktober 2004 17:15 schreef Djaser het volgende:

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Nou als het goed is was dat tijdens het nummer Iron Maiden en die staat er niet op.