Iron Maiden fans are sweet and cuddly compared to Slayer fans. Now Slayer fans will strike fear in the most hardened person.

The story in this video being inacurate makes it not funny at all now. Now it's just making up a story and bashing Maiden and their fans for no reason, painting them in a bad light for everyone. The flight of icarus had some humor (basically putting Bruce in the role of a dumb surferbro), but it was also just rediculing Bruce

Yes, but consider who it came from. Henry Rollins is a colossal douche bag. He’s the most pretentious ass there is. Always pretending he’s some kind of academic. He should be up there apologizing for that sideshow ( Black Flag ) of a band he had. My god they were fucking awful!

T A punk blows

blah blah you are nothing but jealous and you wish you were as dedicated to anything they way Rollins is. And you do not have any sense of humor, so why don´t you just stick to your childish metal songs and lyrics? ;D

FUCKEN' MAIDEEEN!

Jerry Ward Just like you.

Jerry Ward Edge Loooord. 🤦‍♂️

vacantplanet Long live Maiden! Don't forget guys, the live stream of the new live album is on YT on the 11th. I was in the audience for two of the songs (Download festival, Donington UK last June). 🇬🇧🤘

maiden was good. then they got bruce.

No such thing as " 110 %" - large irony here !

My boyfriend is a huge Iron Maiden fan and he laughed way too hard at this

Paul Stanley is cool with Maiden its just Gene Simmons that's the arse hole.

lol. actually kiss love maiden.

Gene Simmons’ ego is in his own way… He still knows and likes a good band when he hears one.

@Celestial Dragoness gene has a problem with everyone except for gene himself

@Celestial Dragoness it's sad really they are really popular but so many people won't listen to them because of Gane

Fucking hilarious!

UK DK

+Craig Duncan Yes indeed,some people are taking things too seriously!Hi from France :)

+Craig Duncan yeah..i love them..it's just a joke..

I like Iron Maiden and Henry...I agree with you...get a good laugh!!!... oh, and for the masses... Up The Irons!!!!

Same here. (And I love Rime of the Ancient Mariner) This was pretty funny. That Bruce imitation at the end, hahaha

Being a Spinal Tap fan for 37 years… 🍆 This gave me a good chuckle! And Bruce is basically Nigel Tufnell.

Well, he does do the same kind of music as Sid Vicious

***** Yeah, it's called shit.

needles kane you say that as though it's an insult, yet most punk rockers would take it as a compliment, the genre got big by naming itself after an insult and touting itself on it's ability to gain fame and money without a shred of talent.

***** I think 'The Ramones' would have disagreed. They were extremely talented songwriters, yet were still true to punk.

And yet, the Ramones got bricks thrown at them at their first shows. And it's not that there aren't talented punk artists but talent isn't a requirement for making punk music.

I completely agree!

Having just finally seen them, I agree!!

No, he's not. He's trying to be nice. Iron Maiden is shit you know.

@@princeofcupspoc9073 Rollins is a total metal junkie. He's talking from a place of love!

@@princeofcupspoc9073 Anime pfp plus I guarantee you listen to prog or something. How about talking to girls for a change?

@@villian99918 Nah, if they listened to prog they might accidentally come across some Maiden.

@@villian99918ok ik this is a year later but now you have a anime pfp

Not a huge Maiden fan but find it hard to imagine Bruce not giggling to this a bit himself. :)

@@hrhcrab I think Maiden would have a great laugh. Maiden fan myself and I Loled.

That's the other Bruce Dickinson: The mid-level manager at Columbia Records who "reissue-produced" the BOC's greatest hits compilation.

@@Rob_FPGSanctuaryNever question Bruce Dickinson…

I have a sense of humor but this act was kind of annoying, not because it was an attack on Maiden but because I didn't find it particularly clever or well thought out

Russel Keith we do,but Henry is no comedian,and he makes fun of Walmart shoppers, he's arrogant, his not funny,unless you like snark humor, I also like punk rock, he was in blackflag

Snuffy Smith thank you sir

cause he´s expressing his actual opinion on metalheads, if you know henry rollins you knos he really don´t like metal... he´s not like Jim Bauer, he make far better jokes about Metal and Metalheads, but you know he does it for the sake of entertainment

exactly, I have been both a big Black Flag/Rollins fan for years as well as Maiden fan but here, like a lot of his act he just comes off comes across as snarky and full of himself almost at a Gene Simmons level.

Hell yeah \m/

Cathal Cleary fuckin A!!!

FOOKIN MAIDEN

Scream for me Long Beach Arena!!!

Up the Irons

Nah, i think most slayer fans treat the other bands quite well. Saw them 4 times now, i think we just like booze a little too much haha

Slayer fans are that x 100

West coast Slayer fans are the most obnoxious mofos I've ever met. East coast Slayer fans, are usually drinking in the parking lot and leaving you alone to enjoy the other bands.

Yeah he knows Maiden fan have a sense of humor, he’d been sacrificed by now if he told truth that it was Slayer.

I'm a slayer fan and I respect other bands

Yeah, it's because slayer fans are tone deaf.

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Theres only one tone, E minor

And two songs, War or The Big Bad Devil.

Megadeth and Metallica fans are the worst

You mean it didn't hurt your feelings, nor were you offended?

@@kylemc8851 Not even a little bit.

@@6li8storm40 amazing, must not be a millennial.

@@kylemc8851 😂 My oldest son is a Millennial, and a Maiden fan. He’d have laughed, too.

Same here.

haha. That bit made me laugh too :)

haha yeah it most be horrible being on stage knowing that most people at the gig are just waiting for you to shut up lol

+Sofia don'tlikemangoes What does it feel like to experience that in a comment section? :p

well that's so rude

It was a joke

Michael Alguire surprised to hear that, I thought Queensryche were very popular.

@@Cathal1992edition They were popular however no one knew who they were at the concert. I don't think many people knew who they were in 1984. There were many people who didn't like them however I thought they were great. The sound at Radio City Music Hall was amazing.

Ironic because I feel Operation Mindcrime was them trying to sound more like Maiden

+MrShadowofthewind "You're" FFS!

Autistic ?

Not true at all.....this is the same at about every other show I go to. Saw Sabbath this winter...the opening band came on...Rival Sons....who are fantastic....all the shitheads around me were screaming for Sabbath and booing...again, as if Rival Sons were keeping Sabbath off the stage. Granted, Maiden fans are pretty fanatical, lol

AOWGroundBeef I geus we went to another black sabbath then ......

How do you mean? THat everyone was receptive of Rival Sons at your show, or that RIval Sons sucked? I saw the second night at Madison Square garden this winter....in my area, about half the crowd was crowing for Sabbath as soon as the Sons started. Personally, I haven't seen the same at any Maiden show I've ever been to.....they have all had pretty solid opening acts that people anticipated greatly.

Not Quantas, or even Qantas......

Re: Bruce. Not Qantas. Never Qantas. He's flown for Astraeus and Cardiff Aviation. You might have him confused with John Travolta, who was trained by them and owns several ex-Qantas aircraft, but again, has never flown for them. He is their international goodwill ambassador though.

Well he is always thinking

the one for Qantas is john travolta, and bruce never made saturday night fever 😁

Bruce was in a band with an Italian drummer...

+Scott Baldwin i agree, im a die hard Maiden fan and i know Henry is only joking, its a parody of how great Maiden are, this dude has done a lot for metal over the years ,last thing on his mind is disrespect for Maiden, Rollins is cool in my book and as a maiden fan this was funny!

+Scott Baldwin same!

+Scott Baldwin Agreed, most of the true Maiden fans probably get a kick out this.

exactly!

Not to mention that you're probably drinking since before the gig and the caveman in you kicks in well into the first act lol.

+Michael Stephen Bruce wasn't in the band then genius.

22 Acacia Avenue isn't much better, is it? Anyway, it's Steve who writes most of the best lyrics, so it doesn't matter who's singing.

+Michael Stephen Dave Murray wrote Charlotte the Harlot. It's the only song he's solely credited with as far as I know :)

Actually he made the deja vu song on somewhere in time too

Lynch Smith steve Harris is credited for that song as well though. Charlotte the Harlot is the only one that Dave is solely credited for.

+AnemocracyTheBand I'm happy to see that someone else than myself heard Nigel Tufnel in this skit!

+Pierre Marchand Yes, but these go to 11. LOL

+AnemocracyTheBand Yeah, that's how I feel too

And then you've got this tiny li'l bread, and the meat's like twice the size of it innit?

I wish I could have seen the full Jazz Odyssey Song by Derek Smalls at that gig.... I would have cheered.....

+DaveyMurray1 Absolutely agree with you dude, its just a testament to peoples love for Maiden that opening for them let alone following them is an almost impossible task for most bands and I say this after seeing them live a 100+ times

DaveyMurray1 unless it’s Airbourne

ChristianIce GUAI A TE CRISTIANAIRTE, CRISTIANAIRTE GUAI A TE

We don't see Maiden for shits an' giggles mate. We are there for our music.

418, what?

hes not funny. cringy

Don’t you talk about Iron Maiden like that. Don’t.

Oh Henry is telling good stories, i Love them, MAIDEN, MAIDEN ...I start to struggle who i like more: Bruce Dickinson or Henry Rollins...Maybe they are @ the same level...(sorry Henry, but U R no PILOT ) Thank U Exitvim for uploading this video

Bruce doesn't even have a big ego (nor do any of them really).

Deli Cheese To be a frontman or an icon you've gotta have a big ego. They do. It's okay.

***** I don't think Dio had a big ego, nor did Dead (he kind of killed himself). I get what you're trying to say but I don't think frontman and ego always go together.

Deli Cheese I see what you're saying. But just from what the interviews I've seen of a good amount of bands it's usually true. Dio was a sweet man and Dead was well, dead and probably too into his image or something.

***** He wasn't being serious. He was joking ...

Nigel Tufnel is an impression of Bruce Dickenson!

bergerQ68 Aw, no way dude! XD Bruce has BRAINS! Nigel's a brainless but lovable schmoe!

YeH, Henry Rollins has always been an ass, and his music has always sucked. Funny how he thinks he should draw fans as well as Iron Maiden.

UP THE IRONS \m/

Henry is a nice guy but a terrible musician. Iron Maiden, they do not disappoint in concert.

I dunno man, I think slip it in is the best song of the 20th century...

listen to a song that,s called Liar,also live it stands up.

Now you're just mixing up Henry's bands. Black Flag: DRINKING & DRIVING, Slip it in, Annihilate This Week, Rollins Band: DISCONNECT, Liar, Hero Time And then there's Eddie & the Boyz! IRON MAIDEN ----85% of the catalogue is great live or recorded, the other 15% I haven't heard yet!

+wakesake yeah i was on that tour too..i saw thwm with murderdolls in Croatia..people loved murderdolls!!!

Božidar Kukavica zdravo druze jas sum od Makedonija, kako ide

hahahah znao sam da si tu naš..evo dobro druže! uživam u glazbi i gledan henry rollinsov govor na wacken open airu..2013..genijlan je..sve je rekao..pogledaj to obavezno!..btw nama su svima murderdollsi bili genijalni, čak smo cd-e pokupobvali..ljudi su se umorili na njihovom konceru..nisu imali snage za maiden ahahha

He doesn't sound anything like Bruce Dickinson and Ozzy.

But I'm sure he won the height and good haircut contests... I love Maiden and Rollins. Believe me, Henry rips on himself just as much as others.

haha...I was JUSTlistening to his show, Ruts played and I laughed to myself thinking about how you felt about them.

I've gathered they hail from the early 80s DC punk scene. Makes sense when you know thats the scene Henry was a part of in his youth.

He likes to play the lesser known, we should already know all about Maiden.

Ha! The Ruts.

Haha. That’s awesome. I’m seeing Iron Maiden in June.

Believe me, it was even worse when bands opened up for their idols: Jethro Tull...

Amen to all that man

I've been into Maiden since 1982 and no you don't need a brain. There hasn't been a good album since SSOASS anyway.

fuknwastd To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Iron Maiden. The historical content is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of history most of the songs will go over a typical listener's head. There's also Bruce's powerful vocals, which are deftly woven into the band's compositions - his personal singing style draws heavily from neoclassical operatics, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realize that they're not just catchy- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Iron Maiden truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the power in Maiden's historical catchphrase "Up the Irons!," which itself is a cryptic reference to the medieval torture device the band takes its namesake from I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Bruce Dickinson's genius unfolds itself in their stereos. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have an Iron Maiden tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

I love my Maiden, but nobody tells Alice Cooper to hurry up...!

sounds like every septic trying to do a uk accent, they all think we sound like fucking dick van dyke lol

@@stevebarker1302 I more mean what hes saying rather than the accent

This is a fact.

Yes

Nobody forced them to have an opening band, so you can either listen to it or having *silence* until 22.00 when they'll show up.

Maiden say they love their fans, but won't do the long gigs.

When Maiden played here, the opening band was Anthrax. I do believe some people came for the opsning band haha

Voldemort?

Cathal Cleary Duce Brickinson

***** Well, you cannot take yourself too seriously. Besides, it was a joke, so I wasn't offended. Cheers :)