all photos by Jeff Sutherland By Steve Newton Your first concert is a big deal--or that's what my nephew Jeff says, anyway. Thirty-five years ago I took him to his very first rock show, at the Pacific Coliseum. It was Iron Maiden on the Powerslave tour. He was 14. It ruled. Last night (Sept. 3) … Continue reading Iron Maiden was the world’s best metal band in Vancouver last night
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Iron Maiden’s metal gets the masses moshing
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 4, 2008 By Steve Newton Last week, I wrote a fun little piece about how the members of Iron Maiden are more on the ball than your average headbangers, but I didn’t realize they were absolute geniuses until I saw that they were selling T-shirts outside the Coliseum last night (June … Continue reading Iron Maiden’s metal gets the masses moshing