Greendew. If you think the airplay in the States is bad you should have a listened to the radio here in the UK the last 30 years Metal was totally ignored !!! During the 80s we had the Friday rock show for 2 hours between 10 & midnight 2 hours a week Nationally! and that came to an end years back. There may be odd local stations with a late night "rock" show which play at best progressive rock. If you're lucky you might get, run to the hills or wheels of steel or maybe AC~DC & thin lizzy if they're feeling like going wild. There's Planet Rock now, which just plays a hell of a lot of progressive stuff like Pink Flloyd , Yes, Foreigner , Boston Bonjovi, Breakfast in America by Supertramp is always on and so it goes on. If you get anything decent , they seem to play the same songs by each band over and over !!
Compared to this When, i was over in the States a few years ago it was a novelty to be able to tune into different radio stations during the day time while driving through and actually hear heavy rock played, to the extent I remember my daughter saying when we first got there "Dad they are actually playing Dio on the radio here"! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by greendew from Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:04:41 PM)
greendew wrote:
I constantly find these bizarre "vs" all over the web, Saxxon vs Maiden?? 2 totaly differnt bands imo if you compare there whole body of works, they both have had there fair share of stinkers. I live in the states where sadly bands like Saxxon just have never been that big : \ Just look at our lame Rock and Roll hall of fame to see the kind of taste America has......Dont misunderstand me I love this country but, there taste in music is lacking sadly in the hard rock/metal department. we are foce fed on the radios what coperations think we like o.0
[J.D. DIAMOND] Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:36:05 AM
(lol) Yeah right "fishing for votes" huh? lmfao! Neah its not a vote for either. Face it,your 100% totally fucking "BUTT-HURT" that you created this thread expecting Maiden to wipe the floor up with Saxon but it didn't happen and i think its funnier than shit! lol! And to greendew.........there is one "X" in Saxon not 2(Saxxon).
The way he fishes for votes Diamond will probably take this as a vote for Saxon ...lol
greendew wrote:
I constantly find these bizarre "vs" all over the web, Saxxon vs Maiden?? 2 totaly differnt bands imo if you compare there whole body of works, they both have had there fair share of stinkers. I live in the states where sadly bands like Saxxon just have never been that big : \ Just look at our lame Rock and Roll hall of fame to see the kind of taste America has......Dont misunderstand me I love this country but, there taste in music is lacking sadly in the hard rock/metal department. we are foce fed on the radios what coperations think we like o.0
Edited at: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:36:53 AM
[Brian_Evans] Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:54:55 PM
The way he fishes for votes Diamond will probably take this as a vote for Saxon ...lol [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by greendew from Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:04:41 PM)
greendew wrote:
I constantly find these bizarre "vs" all over the web, Saxxon vs Maiden?? 2 totaly differnt bands imo if you compare there whole body of works, they both have had there fair share of stinkers. I live in the states where sadly bands like Saxxon just have never been that big : \ Just look at our lame Rock and Roll hall of fame to see the kind of taste America has......Dont misunderstand me I love this country but, there taste in music is lacking sadly in the hard rock/metal department. we are foce fed on the radios what coperations think we like o.0
[greendew] Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:04:41 PM
I constantly find these bizarre "vs" all over the web, Saxxon vs Maiden?? 2 totaly differnt bands imo if you compare there whole body of works, they both have had there fair share of stinkers. I live in the states where sadly bands like Saxxon just have never been that big : \ Just look at our lame Rock and Roll hall of fame to see the kind of taste America has......Dont misunderstand me I love this country but, there taste in music is lacking sadly in the hard rock/metal department. we are foce fed on the radios what coperations think we like o.0
[J.D. DIAMOND] Monday, April 25, 2011 4:31:35 PM
Yeah The Final Frontier is 100% "crap". Saxon totally crushes Iron Maiden these last 16 years man.
Thanx man,yeah Saxon can kick Maiden anytime of the day. Maiden last album should have been called 'The Last Crap Album' well ever make,lol.
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Ha! Kirby your post puts Saxon up over Maiden 18-5 !!!! LOL! Yes Maiden SUCKS nowadays and has been inconsistant for the last 25 years. Saxon up 18 to 5 over Maiden lol!
(Quoting Message by Kirby *curb* from Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:33:43 PM)
Kirby *curb* wrote:
SAXON!!!!!! MAIDEN SUCKS!!!!!
Edited at: Sunday, April 24, 2011 6:09:07 PM
[Kirby *curb*] Monday, April 25, 2011 8:26:01 AM
Thanx man,yeah Saxon can kick Maiden anytime of the day. Maiden last album should have been called 'The Last Crap Album' well ever make,lol. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Sunday, April 24, 2011 6:08:51 PM)
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Ha! Kirby your post puts Saxon up over Maiden 18-5 !!!! LOL! Yes Maiden SUCKS nowadays and has been inconsistant for the last 25 years. Saxon up 18 to 5 over Maiden lol!
(Quoting Message by Kirby *curb* from Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:33:43 PM)
Kirby *curb* wrote:
SAXON!!!!!! MAIDEN SUCKS!!!!!
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[J.D. DIAMOND] Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:59:58 PM
Let Me Feel Your Power - 2007 (The Inner Sanctum album) Fuck yeah!!!
[J.D. DIAMOND] Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:22:44 PM
Yeah icecreamman, Saxon up 19 to 5 and for good reason. They have been kicking Iron Maiden's ass for the last 16 years straight (1995 - 2011) and this thread Brian_Evans created backfired on him,he figured Maiden would get most the votes but he is now realizing that 95% of metal fans like Saxon better than Iron Maiden these last 20 years.
Make it 19 -5 JD! Saxon are better than ever while Maiden have really fizzed out, the Final Frontier was okay, but okay does not cut it. I am still waiting on a Saxon/Judas Priest U.S. Tour!
My vote goes to SAXON (Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:20:34 PM)
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Yep thats the way it was here in the states too Rik. Maiden didn't so much sell out to a wider audience as you know but thier song writting starting from 1990's poor quality album "No Prayer For The Dying" all the way till 2010's poor quality album The Final Frontier has sucked BIG TIME. from 1990 to 2010 they wrote 8 studio albums and only 1 of them are decent"A Matter Of Life And Death". Brave New World only has 4 songs that are worth a shit,the other 6 songs suck balls.
Saxon sold out big time,but had come back full circle and proved themselves to the metal world they are quality british heavy metal and have been for 16 years.
The Maiden fanboy created this thread 5 months ago thinking that everybody would be flocking towards Maiden and posting Maiden over Saxon,but this back fired on his ass big time with Saxon grabbing 17 votes and with Maiden only grabbing 5 votes over 5 months. That shows how lame Iron Maiden really is these last 20 years. Pretty sad when a band has to live off the early 1980's for fan's opinions here in 2011,absolutely "sad".
Hey Maiden fanboy.....17 to 5 Saxon is kicking your lame band's ass these last 16 years and counting HAHA!!! Keep living in the 80's haha!!!
(Quoting Message by Rik_ from Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:56:20 PM)
Rik_ wrote:
During the late 80s & through the 90s, heavy rock / metal generally lost it's street cred, at least it did here in the UK, not just Saxon . The two magazines here which had traditionally flown the flag for metal became full of bands which had no business being in there in my opinion, chilli peppers, Faith no more, grunge bands etc etc', it got virtually no radio air time either, and traditional metal was pushed out & poked fun at or portrayed as old hat. Only bands like Metallica or Guns & roses (another band living off the sale of one album) seemed to be spared the rod. Saxon were often treated with little respect, but they stuck to their guns like Motorhead, Priest and the likes, and they rode out the storm while other bands either fell by the wayside or tried to appeal to a wider audience. Edited at: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:57:58 PM
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[icecreamman] Sunday, April 24, 2011 9:49:20 PM
Make it 19 -5 JD! Saxon are better than ever while Maiden have really fizzed out, the Final Frontier was okay, but okay does not cut it. I am still waiting on a Saxon/Judas Priest U.S. Tour!
Yep thats the way it was here in the states too Rik. Maiden didn't so much sell out to a wider audience as you know but thier song writting starting from 1990's poor quality album "No Prayer For The Dying" all the way till 2010's poor quality album The Final Frontier has sucked BIG TIME. from 1990 to 2010 they wrote 8 studio albums and only 1 of them are decent"A Matter Of Life And Death". Brave New World only has 4 songs that are worth a shit,the other 6 songs suck balls.
Saxon sold out big time,but had come back full circle and proved themselves to the metal world they are quality british heavy metal and have been for 16 years.
The Maiden fanboy created this thread 5 months ago thinking that everybody would be flocking towards Maiden and posting Maiden over Saxon,but this back fired on his ass big time with Saxon grabbing 17 votes and with Maiden only grabbing 5 votes over 5 months. That shows how lame Iron Maiden really is these last 20 years. Pretty sad when a band has to live off the early 1980's for fan's opinions here in 2011,absolutely "sad".
Hey Maiden fanboy.....17 to 5 Saxon is kicking your lame band's ass these last 16 years and counting HAHA!!! Keep living in the 80's haha!!!
(Quoting Message by Rik_ from Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:56:20 PM)
Rik_ wrote:
During the late 80s & through the 90s, heavy rock / metal generally lost it's street cred, at least it did here in the UK, not just Saxon . The two magazines here which had traditionally flown the flag for metal became full of bands which had no business being in there in my opinion, chilli peppers, Faith no more, grunge bands etc etc', it got virtually no radio air time either, and traditional metal was pushed out & poked fun at or portrayed as old hat. Only bands like Metallica or Guns & roses (another band living off the sale of one album) seemed to be spared the rod. Saxon were often treated with little respect, but they stuck to their guns like Motorhead, Priest and the likes, and they rode out the storm while other bands either fell by the wayside or tried to appeal to a wider audience. Edited at: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:57:58 PM
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[J.D. DIAMOND] Sunday, April 24, 2011 6:08:51 PM
Ha! Kirby your post puts Saxon up over Maiden 18-5 !!!! LOL! Yes Maiden SUCKS nowadays and has been inconsistant for the last 25 years. Saxon up 18 to 5 over Maiden lol!
Yep thats the way it was here in the states too Rik. Maiden didn't so much sell out to a wider audience as you know but thier song writting starting from 1990's poor quality album "No Prayer For The Dying" all the way till 2010's poor quality album The Final Frontier has sucked BIG TIME. from 1990 to 2010 they wrote 8 studio albums and only 1 of them are decent"A Matter Of Life And Death". Brave New World only has 4 songs that are worth a shit,the other 6 songs suck balls.
Saxon sold out big time,but had come back full circle and proved themselves to the metal world they are quality british heavy metal and have been for 16 years.
The Maiden fanboy created this thread 5 months ago thinking that everybody would be flocking towards Maiden and posting Maiden over Saxon,but this back fired on his ass big time with Saxon grabbing 17 votes and with Maiden only grabbing 5 votes over 5 months. That shows how lame Iron Maiden really is these last 20 years. Pretty sad when a band has to live off the early 1980's for fan's opinions here in 2011,absolutely "sad".
Hey Maiden fanboy.....17 to 5 Saxon is kicking your lame band's ass these last 16 years and counting HAHA!!! Keep living in the 80's haha!!!
During the late 80s & through the 90s, heavy rock / metal generally lost it's street cred, at least it did here in the UK, not just Saxon . The two magazines here which had traditionally flown the flag for metal became full of bands which had no business being in there in my opinion, chilli peppers, Faith no more, grunge bands etc etc', it got virtually no radio air time either, and traditional metal was pushed out & poked fun at or portrayed as old hat. Only bands like Metallica or Guns & roses (another band living off the sale of one album) seemed to be spared the rod. Saxon were often treated with little respect, but they stuck to their guns like Motorhead, Priest and the likes, and they rode out the storm while other bands either fell by the wayside or tried to appeal to a wider audience. Edited at: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:57:58 PM
Edited at: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:22:53 PM
[J.D. DIAMOND] Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:04:25 PM
Well as you said Saxon from 1995 and onwards writes BETTER metal songs as 17 of us agree with only 5 that disagree. With that being said its easy for me to come up with 12 Saxon tracks,I could pick 12 tracks spread throughout 8 studio albums but for Maiden,its limited.
I hate the whole album of The X Factor,I hate the entire album of Virtual Eleven,hate the entire album of Dance Of Death and hate the entire album of The final Frontier.
So that only leaves me Brave New World where I only like 4 songs and A Matter Of life And Death where I like 8 songs with 2 that suck.
But there are many combinations of 12 tracks I could give as examples of Saxon that would totally blow away these 12 tracks between Brave New World and AMOLAD.
So ....NO COMPARISON,Saxon wins every time with material from 1995 to 2011 over Maiden. Maiden is better in the 1980's and thats where they are going to stay with the MAJORITY of our opinions in this thread,and many many people outside this thread also agree with our opinions that Saxon from 95' till today are so much better than Maiden from 1990 to 2011.
Its sad a band such as Iron Maiden is locked into the 1980's when asked about "quality material",as 90% of fans say thier last 20 years suck balls. When asked about Saxon,they all rave about how good they are these last 16 years,its amazing. Maiden is like Metallica,they are locked into the 1980's when asked about "quality song writting" and quality albums.
How about doing a top 12 saxon and a top 12 Maiden 'best of ' from 1995 onwards ?
would be interesting..hmmmmmm let me think...
[Rik_] Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:56:20 PM
During the late 80s & through the 90s, heavy rock / metal generally lost it's street cred, at least it did here in the UK, not just Saxon . The two magazines here which had traditionally flown the flag for metal became full of bands which had no business being in there in my opinion, chilli peppers, Faith no more, grunge bands etc etc', it got virtually no radio air time either, and traditional metal was pushed out & poked fun at or portrayed as old hat. Only bands like Metallica or Guns & roses (another band living off the sale of one album) seemed to be spared the rod. Saxon were often treated with little respect, but they stuck to their guns like Motorhead, Priest and the likes, and they rode out the storm while other bands either fell by the wayside or tried to appeal to a wider audience. Edited at: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:57:58 PM
[Brian_Evans] Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:22:58 PM
Yeah I agree, overall Maiden are way better than Saxon. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by soccer star from Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:24:16 AM)
soccer star wrote:
For me.. overall.. Maiden are better than Saxon but of the later years i think Saxon write better real Metal songs.
In the 80s Maiden were kings but from the mid 90s onwards Saxon have released some strong albums and i think people tend to over look em.
It seems to me that Saxon lost some street cred around the mid to late 80s but did manage to turn it around from 'Dogs Of War' (1995) onwards.
In the early 80s Saxon and Maiden were pretty much neck n kneck but Maiden remained consistant where as Saxon didn't..
This is my view anyway.
[soccer star] Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:20:51 AM
How about doing a top 12 saxon and a top 12 Maiden 'best of ' from 1995 onwards ?
would be interesting..hmmmmmm let me think...
[J.D. DIAMOND] Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:50:42 AM
I absolutely agree Soccer Star,Maiden were much bettter in the 80's but from 1995 to 2011 Saxon are better and with 17 people saying so and only 5 people said Maiden are better nowadays. 17 to 5 shows Saxon are much better song writters than Iron Maiden these last 16 years and counting.
For me.. overall.. Maiden are better than Saxon but of the later years i think Saxon write better real Metal songs.
In the 80s Maiden were kings but from the mid 90s onwards Saxon have released some strong albums and i think people tend to over look em.
It seems to me that Saxon lost some street cred around the mid to late 80s but did manage to turn it around from 'Dogs Of War' (1995) onwards.
In the early 80s Saxon and Maiden were pretty much neck n kneck but Maiden remained consistant where as Saxon didn't..
This is my view anyway.
Edited at: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:56:43 AM
[soccer star] Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:24:16 AM
For me.. overall.. Maiden are better than Saxon but of the later years i think Saxon write better real Metal songs.
In the 80s Maiden were kings but from the mid 90s onwards Saxon have released some strong albums and i think people tend to over look em.
It seems to me that Saxon lost some street cred around the mid to late 80s but did manage to turn it around from 'Dogs Of War' (1995) onwards.
In the early 80s Saxon and Maiden were pretty much neck n kneck but Maiden remained consistant where as Saxon didn't..
This is my view anyway.
[J.D. DIAMOND] Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:41:57 PM
They are sad because you can't understand that Saxon is up 16 to 5 ha!
Saxon is kicking your lame band's ass these last 16 years and counting HAHA!!! Keep living in the 80's haha!!!