If you had to listen to just one till the end of days... Iron Maiden or Guns N' Roses?

I had tickets for Maiden and GNR on that tour in 88 at the forum in LA...I was soooooo looking forward to it, Appetite for Destruction had just started to take off and I really wanted to see them along with Maiden of course. Turns out GNR's last show was the show right before the Forum gig...they were replaced with LA Guns...which needless to say was a HUGE disappointment. You have to remember back in the day you didn't get that kind of news immediately...so my friends and I didn't know until we actually showed up to the gig and found out GNR had gone out on their own headlining tour. I still haven't seen GNR to this day...but I can't complain, I've seen Maiden over 60 times since the World Slavery Tour!!

Great video ! Firstly, I'm a huge GNR fan and I love Maiden. I think it's ridiculous that fans argue on the internet which band is better, and which one should have played later on the power trip. It's great to see a festival with all these bands together in 2023, besides both bands have already had their peak of success and have nothing to prove, I think they don't care which played first and which was the "headliner"

I was there front row for powertrip. I'm a HUGE G'n'R fan but i was there for AC/DC. AC/DC is my #1. This was my 10th time seeing G'n'R live and my first time seeing Maiden. I have always liked Maiden. I thought Maiden was amazing and it was an honor to see the legends live. You can like another band more while still respecting other bands and other people's opinions. Musically, they are so clean and their performance is so tight. Amazing musicians and they have a very entertaining show. I was disapointed that they didn't play Run For The Hills and Flight Of Icarus but at least we got The Trooper. That's my favorite Maiden song. That is my opinion of Maiden's performance as a more "casual" Maiden fan. I would definitely see them again.

I am huge GnR fan! I was at powertrip and man, what a time to be alive!! all days were nothing but marvelous!! And it wasn’t my first time at a maiden concert either. For me is all about enjoying their music. they both obviously have super different styles and I can appreciate one and still love other. no regrets at all.

I’ve been a huge Iron Maiden fan since I was introduced to them in ‘84 when I was 7 or 8. I watched the world premier of Guns N’ Roses on MTV’s Headbangers Ball. I thought it was weird but it grew on me and I bought the album. I loved that one but couldn’t get into any of their work after that.

This is why I love European Metal scene so much. Bands like Sabaton taking small acts on the road & respecting there peers is what metal is all about 🤘🤘🤘

Axl isn’t the same person anymore as he was back then. He’s been more chill in the last 15 years

Maiden is my all time favorite band. I can listen to almost any of their songs an endless amount of times and they never get old. In fact many of their songs get better the more times I listen, and I’ve listened a lot. I still get that “Fuck yeah!” feeling, even after hearing some of their song hundreds of times. On the other hand every Guns and Roses song I know is played out, imo, and they got played out real fast. I’d be ok if I never heard a GnR song again as long as I lived. But my soul would ache if I never got to listen to Maiden again. Up the Irons!

Absolutely love both bands!, wish I were in the festival!

Honestly, Maiden came on stage to make a statement, and what a statement was made. They were in rare form, clicking on all cylinders, best performance I have ever witnessed from them.

I actually saw both bands in the early 90's. Iron Maiden in Rochester, New York on the Fear of the Dark tour. I saw the Guns and Roses Metallica tour in Buffalo, New York. Good times back then over 30 years ago. Both shows were an incredible experience.

Regardless of people´s feeling towards GnR, we have to admit a lot of the drama in Iron Mainden to other bands (about 99%) is Bruce Dickinson´s ego, something that somehow never comes up, i mean, people know widely about Mustaine, Kerry King and so many others but no on ever mentions Bruce and the fact he never come to terms with other bands becoming bigger than Maiden (selling wise, people, don´t storm my house), another good example of this is Dickinson vs Metallica, every Iron Maiden member and every Metallica member love each other but Bruce, he don´t like´em, as a matter of fact a Met - Maiden tour has never come to be cause Bruce don´t want to go second to Metallica despise Harris dying to do the tour and Metallica offering a co-headline tour where they would take turns to do the last show eQually, nope, for Bruce is Maiden on top of everybody despise knowing Metallica outsells them in tickets.

I was at the Iron Maiden show with G 'n' R as the opening act in Montréal in May 1988. I remember the comment Axl made regarding the French language that he made & I also remember Axl trying to get the crowd to sing, knocking on heavens door ( this was way back when this song was merely a cover song in their setlist) I remember tbe crowd not getting into it and Axle said Fuck it we're not going to beg. Maiden, as per usual, we're awesome that night. I was also at the G 'n' R / Metallica show at the Montréal Olympic Stadium on August 8th, 1992, James Hetfield got burned, standing too close to a Flashpoint that accidentally went off during Fade to Black & they had to stop the show & James went to the hospital, G'nR waited about 2hrs to come on stage they performed 9 songs Axl was complaining about having a sore throat & towards end of Civil War he walked off stage and cause a riot which caused around $250 Million in damages to the stadium. Flash forward to 2023 I saw Maiden here in Vancouver last week it was awesome & I will be seeing Guns n Rose's with Alice in Chains at Vancouvers BC Place Stadium this coming Monday October 16th, Their tour has been getting good reviews I looking forward to the show & I am still patiently waiting for Metallica to announce a Vancouver Stadium show or two in 2024 fingers crossed.

I was introduced to Both Iron Maiden and GnR at the same time. My brother is 10 years older than me and had both Appetite and Seventh Son on Vinyl. I was 10 in '88. Two subjective opinions and one bonus one after. 1. Iron Maiden is my favorite Metal Band of all time. They are the Echelon of Musicianship and Theatrics. They are the whole package. Geniuses, every member. They are the High IQ Ultimate Metal band. Dont know another way to put it. 2. Appetite for Destruction is Hands Down the best Hard Rock album ever recorded Period. For me, I can't think of one better. Just pure 100% "Im going to punch you in the face, and you are going to thank me after" F-You and your Mother Rock and Roll. 3. In '88 my Favorite Metal Album of all time came out. ... And Justice for All. Metallica was my favorite Metal band for a while until they changed direction then Maiden took the top spot and I've never looked back. I guess my long winded message means that each band has a place in everyones music history. The order of how everyone ranks them is perfectly fine if different from everyone elses. Its their right to have an opinion and life experiences really dictate how music is heard. Especially through memories of the past.

Iron Maiden is the Best band of all times!!! But I do love Guns n' Roses as well! It is undeniable that they are also great!

I was at the Powertrip and as much as I love GNR, Iron Maiden blew them (and most other bands that weekend) out of the water with their amazing performance and energy, especially considering their age. The festival couldn't have had a better opener than Maiden. They and AC/DC showed everyone how it's done. What a great weekend!

There is a photo of Slash with Nicko McBrain

Stay strong my brother, stay strong!!! And UP THE IRONS!!!

I love both Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses... I just saw Guns a few weeks ago and they were great btw. They're both the absolute best of the particular styles they do. When I think British Heavy Metal, I think Iron Maiden. When I think of Raw, Dangerous American Rock and Roll, I think of Guns N Roses. Much Like when I think Australian Rock and Roll, I think AC/DC or When I think Classic British Rock, I think of the Beatles.

Maiden is my favorite band ever, I love GNR not nearly as much but am still a big fan and really wish I could have gone to Power Trip.

For me it has to be Maiden. I grew up with both whilst I was discovering metal, but I think it's because I'm British, I kinda 'got' Iron Maiden more. In the UK throughout the 80's and 90's, Maiden were a taboo, a band that when I was a kid, you would hear about them doing photoshoots in the London Dungeon or having devils on the sleeves of their records, that kinda thing. They broke the mould and were scary in a way that really struck a chord with me, it was exciting! This, together with the depth of their songs, they were on another level, whereas GnR were great and they had some great songs to mosh too, but it kinda felt a bit superficial to me. It was Iron Maiden that inspired me to pick up a guitar and play, but I have to say that Slash is also a big influence of mine too. It's great to see both bands playing still in 2023, it just goes to show, good music never dies! Great video as always man, Up the Irons and of course and from the bottom of my heart, Slava Ukraini! Robin

08:40 just a clarification: this is not to diss on anyone, but to point out how similar the two bands actually speak ;) Cheers all

Surprised you didn't bring up the Maiden Ozzfest egging

Iron Maiden will have outplayed and outperformed GnR on every level.

I heard people left en masse after Iron Maiden. Great video. Please take care.

My first show ever was in November 1987 when GnR opened for Motley Crue. They were amazing. No massive egos yet. Just 5 dudes destroying it, fighting and clawing through their set and blew the Crue away. But, my love for GnR only lies with appetite for destruction. Nothing they did after even came close. Iron Maiden is one of my all time favorite bands and I saw them on the Seventh Son tour for the first time. I’m STILL blown away with that show. I still love Iron Maiden, but the first 7 studio albums were all masterpieces and everything following in my opinion is hit or miss. 2 completely different bands and Axl’s attitude towards every other band and even their own fans is a big let down. Not to mention that for many, GnR had 1 masterpiece and the rest is all pretty forgettable.

I was there and didn’t know they had stuff between them. Nevertheless, both bands were incredible.

I went to the Shoreline show in Mountain View and GNR did not finish their set. Axel was so high/wasted he couldn't perform. Maiden killed it as always.

I was at the Montreal Iron Maiden show in 1988 and I remember Axl Rose being upset that the Montreal fans were singing asking to Knocking on Heaven’s Door. There was a lot of hash and marijuana being smoked in the audience and it didn’t seem like anyone was interested in GnR. I’ve got the ticket stub somewhere. We didn’t have social media back then and there were rumors all over high school that Slash was dead. We were glad to see Slash alive.

I was at the Monsters of Rock concert in 1988 in Donnington, we didn't know about the people dying until we heard on the radio on the bus home. The line-up was crazy looking back on it. I also remember throwing a pork pie at Jonathon King.

From what I heard GnR’s performance was what could best be called lackluster. It could be characterized as a last broth of a dying band. Tomorrow night 10/11 they will be performing in Phoenix Az. The show originally set at the local baseball stadium had to be relocated to another venue. A venue where tickets would not match up. So with less then a weeks notice they had to refund all ticket sales and place a new set of tickets on sale. This would not be a thing if ticket sales where going well but they were not. So now with one day to go more seats are available for a smaller venue. All they would of had to of done was reschedule for a date towards the end of the tour but instead they don’t want to be on the road for one more date, sounds like the not in this lifetime reunion may have reached its expiration date. Tomorrow night will be the 3rd or 4th time they have come thru town with little to no new materiel only new exciting backdrops. People will only see the same show so many times before they just tune out.

I've seen Iron Maiden over 40 times and Guns N Roses 1 time.

It’s an apples to oranges comparison between the two bands for me - the only thing in common is metal. I’m a huge Iron Maiden fan, have been since Powerslave came out when I was 15. So when Guns ‘N Roses came out with Appetite for Destruction, it was my senior year of high school going into freshman year of college. So when that album landed on the sonic landscape of the day, it was a nuclear assault compared to the hair metal and power ballads that had become entrenched. Remember what was popular at the time: Van Hagar, Bon Jovi, Hysteria-era Def Leppard, Poison, Motley Crue, etc. - and now here’s this nasty, thrashy, sleazy, explosive sound with the guitar chops to go with it, Guns ‘N Roses. Yes, I liked the album quite a lot, by 1988 it was all over rock radio, they had quite literally taken over radio and MTV at the time. Maiden was playing on another level with a concept album in Seventh Son, and I prefer Maiden personally, but GNR was absolutely massive at that time. They made fans of a lot of the kids who listened to hair metal, maybe because they were more “rebellious” than the other hair bands. I remember the guitar shop I always went to had signs saying “No Slash licks!” They played a couple of concerts around 1989-90 or 91 at our local performing arts center, and they were near-riots. But GNR was a victim of its own success - burned bright and burned out quickly. I literally haven’t heard anything GNR did after 1992. And Iron Maiden endures, still my favorite band.

I'm really glad I found this video tonight, brings back alot of memories; i was at the Toronto, ON gig in '88. Had no idea who was opening... this was pre-internet so all it said on my ticket was Iron Maiden and guest. When GnR came onstage... they killed it. I mean, yeah.... they were worlds apart from Maiden, and when i look back at it now it's definitely an odd pairing. But that night... all I saw was Exhibition Stadium full of metalheads loving life. I'll never forget Axl announcing that Appetite for Destruction went gold in Canada on that day. I didn't know what that meant... but he seemed happy and then they played Out Ta Get Me. That whole set was awesome... unlike anything that the rock and metal scene had seen in awhile...so good for them. A few months later, Sweet Child of Mine breaks out and then all the preppy kids started jumping on... whatever, is what it is. I was just glad that I saw GnR at that point in their career... Maiden will always be my favorite band... and they just keep getting better... in the studio and live.

GnR and Maiden are apples and oranges, Maiden being a metal band and Gnr being a bluesy rock outfit. So them being on the same bill seems odd to me. Having said that, it would be a fun time.

Actually they are the two bands that got me into heavy metal and hard rock. And they still are the bands that I cherish the most. But while Iron Maiden and Bruce still sounds pretty much as in the old days, GnR doesn't have the raw edge and attitude that made them exciting anymore. Mostly because of Axl's shot voice. But I guess that we should appreciate that they are still alive and in good health considering their past. 🤘🏻

I love both bands!!!

I’ve never really held Guns and Roses in that high regard personally, I love some songs like The Garden with Alice Cooper and You Could Be Mine and I think Slash and Duff are brilliant musicians but I’ve never really been a GnR fan properly. I thank Axel for filling in for Brian Johnson on the last leg of the AC/DC Rock or Bust tour but his old antics and going up onstage 3 hours late and all of that stuff kinda puts me off plus growing up a metalhead in this day in age, you hear Sweet Child, Jungle and November Rain EVERYWHERE to the point where it gets over played and quite annoying. I’ll always take Maiden over GnR, any day of the week.

thanks for giving more background on this "feud'. I just know Axl dissed Maiden a few times in 88. I still think he probably liked the D'ianno period though since guys of that age group had that preference and how influential it was Edit: I assumed this and was proven right by the video!

Guns N Roses was my #1 in 1987 and is my #1 in 2023. Iron Maiden is in my Top 10 favorite bands so got love for them both.

Great video. 🤘🖤

I really enjoyed this video, i'm a pure Guns 'n Roses fan , and beside i see so many childish fan Boys comments on beneath , i really really appreciate your spoken, you said true and objective without been a fan boy what happened between the two bands, keeping a good honesty and balance

To be honest, I'm a big Iron Maiden fan. But I also love Guns N Roses, not as much as Maiden, but I do. I always didn’t care about these frictions between musicians, and it didn’t bother me to listen to both groups.

I love them both.

I think what Axl was trying to say on that interview, is that Iron Maiden have pro war songs while they are anti war. Civil war was an anti war song.

Wyld Stallions would have been a far better choice to open for Maiden in 88

I was at The Power Trip Festival Last Weekend And It Was Amazing!!🤘👊🤘🔥

Seventh Son has actually become Platinum in US

Canadian here sending love and support to the awesome Ukrainian people! You will prevail!

What happend? Stage set change over. And you need 14 Mins to discribe it? ☝️🙄 No clickbait. Pure fact.

Axl was also hit in the mouth with an object thrown from the crowd at the S.L.C. show on that same tour. If memory serves me correctly it was a lighter that hit him while singing Knockin' on Heaven's Door. He threatened to kick the Dude's ass that tossed the lighter at first, then threatened to leave, but eventually continued the set.

I was in the 3 days of powertrip, sadly the audience weren’t into the future past tour 😢. It was a massive event where were a mix of fans. And for guns a lot start to leave the place. The people were too tyred for a guns concert. It was very disappointed for me. Definitely I have to see Maiden, just in a Maiden concert. With all the fans properly being fans of Maiden. This tour wasn’t for casual maidens fans that just know songs of the number of the Beast album. Night 2 and 3 the tickets were worth it.

Both of these incredible bands are tattooed on my arm.

Great video Pilgrim 🤟 I got into both bands originally when I was a kid at around the same time as each other. I'd definitely also like to see a video about the MOR/Donington '88 tragedy and one about the Metallica/G&R 1992 tour. They both get the thumbs up from me! Thanks again for your videos and stay safe 🤟

appetite has sold over thirty million copies my man.......its been gold for decades!

I love them both for different reasons . However I think Appetite and Lies were the best two albums by GnR . If they could have condensed both Use Your Illusion records into just one with the best tracks off each would have helped . But nothing they ever did again hit the raw sound of Appetite . While Maiden put out a ton of great albums . Some great but some not so great too . Just my opinion . The two bands don't mesh . But as I said earlier , I love them both for what they are .

My and twin bro had our 19th birthday at Monsters of Rock 88 at donington park. That was one of my favourite gigs ever, helloween, gnr, megadeth, Dave Lee Roth, kiss and maiden 🤘🤘forgot to add, gnr were that big then in the Uk, 2 young lads died in the crushing

Are we going to get a video about the upcoming Australian tour?

GnR have always been notorious for being late or giving an uninspired performance. And Axl in particular for being difficult to work with. But they have also created some great music. Especially Coma is a masterpiece in my opinion.

Maiden and Priest forever still top of their game. GNR releasing 20 year old songs as new stuff and Axl live no so much.

Guns and roses have grown up a lot since back then, my guess is they've done a lot of things they regretted and would rather proceed amicably with others.

GnR had all the components for a supergroup, and Axl blew it. Slash carried the band, Axl's voice was unique but he was too far out of it to sing straight half the time. Musically Maiden and GnR are just completely different, even if superficially the same genre. On the one hand you have a group that is really rooted in the US rock and blues traditions, that makes one riff do the work of ten, which is a feat if you can pull it off, on the other you have a band that puts every note in just the right spot and layers the music like a story book unfolding. I could go see one or the other, but on the same bill? I'd be making a mental switch too great to do. I'd simply not be in the right mindset for one of the two. Maiden makes me sit back and listen, absorbs me into the music. GnR makes me want to go out with friends, have a few beers and tell bad jokes. IT is just a complietely different vibe.

I love GNR and I love Iron Maiden.

Love's them both , love's you , stay safe 🤘

I do like guns and roses but IRON MAIDEN will always be my number one band of all time 🤘👍

I don't think I am able to have a solid opinion on Guns N Roses, I used to love 3 or 4 songs from them, but barely remember all the rest of their discography and it's been a long while since the last time I wanted to listen to them, meanwhile Iron Maiden is still my fav band of all time, alongside with Dream Theater and Edge of Paradise on my top 3

I was at the Halifax show in 1988. It was my first concert. I don't recall Slash wanting to wrestle but I do remember GnR gaining a lot of fans that night. I was there for Iron Maiden and thought they weren't very exciting. I should have seen them during the World Slavery Tour.

Hello, in which part of the video does you talk about IRON MAIDEN & GUNS N' ROSES at Power Trip?!

Loved Maiden at Powertrip. Was never a huge GnR guy and when I heard Axl's voice I went for the campsite. He did not sound good at all.😢

Great, great insight. Im a longtime guns fans and u had strong cool info here, stuff i hadnt heard before. 🎩🌹🤟

I like both equal 2 different vibes when I listen to each one. Iron is more Spiritual feeling GNR is go High Speed mode. Both are my favorites I give 100%

I got tickets for the Maiden/Guns 88 tour, and that was so close to being the first big time Guns N Roses riot and they would not of even been there. The promoters and local radio told no one that Guns had left the tour and when we got there, it was Hurricane opening, there was 1 window and 1 glass door broke out, and some small vandalism but the main police station was just across the street and they shut it down before it got wild. Hurricane paid their dues that night, people were throwing piss bottles, batteries, you name it, and were just as loud as the band, yet they played on and Maiden had a okay night, but half the crowd was gone by the middle of it.

Guns n Roses has become the Slash show. I saw them last month here in Charlotte and left kind of disappointed. For my money, I’ll stick to Slash’s solo band from now on! Iron Maiden is one of the greatest live acts I’ve ever seen! Stay safe bro!

Thanks for sharing.

Bruce also wrote song about Axl called Tattooed Millionaire on his solo album.

As a GN’R fan I appreciate Iron Maiden as a part of hard’n’heavy history, so I am happy that those huge bands played together on one stage. My favourite Maiden’s album is Fear of the dark 🤘 Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

Guns N’ Roses…easy. Though have to say I’ve always been a die hard fan of GNR and Axl’s live performances and was never really into Maiden until this concert (first time I saw them live), and am discovering now Maiden…guess what, I’m loving it, it’s great music and they kick ass! Don’t understand why we really have to pic between the two and why so much animosity when there is clearly space for both. Loved the 2 shows, took me 17h of flights to be there and it was the ultimate rock and music experience of my life! Thanks Maiden, thanks Guns, you made it! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I love Guns N Roses. I like Iron Maiden ,but dont know as much of their music, however, Run to the Hills is one of my favorite songs.

Slash and Duff have said they respect Maiden in the past

Maiden on my favourite metal band,but in the videos I've heard Axl has referred to the differences and his lack of connection with maidens content, maybe not without some critique, but not outright abuse and is effectively saying that GNRs content is about real-life and a Time Capsule piece, which appetite definitely was. He' fleshed that out here also, by referring to priests and maidens early stuff, which was also more about real-life, before they started their fantastical themes. like both, and I think maidens theatrical and fantastical stuff is their best, but everyone has to be sensible and realise that the critique that it's not "real" is true, it's escapism and not everyone values that I was blown away by appetite for destruction and even though I think somewhere in time is the greatest ever album in rock, I would put "appetite" alongside it and that's because they are completelly different genres, but the musicianship and Poetry are incredible

Nice video... I am Fan of the two bands... room for all in music.

Are you going to do a video on Metallica and GNR tour 1992?

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son only sold 500k albums? I can't believe it. Great album!

GnR were undoubtedly a great band in their prime. But Axl is now just a shadow of his former self and sounds like Herbert the pervert. I recently saw a live video from a concert and I really thought it was fake. I couldn't believe that Axl actually sounds so bad today and still sings.

Having now seen both, they sit right up top with AC/DC.

I had my ticket for G'n'R + Maiden at Allentown, Pa in 1988... but the show got cancelled for lack of ticket sales :(

I like them both for different reasons. Different styles to start. Both Pioneers. Funny how everything is a fight when your young, then when you grow up and you owe no one anything and you have turned the page, things were never really a fight to start with. 51 now. Seen this, in every band I've ever known. Keeps the fans entertained. Thanks for sharing. Hope all is well for you in Ukraine, and now the middle east again. Make love, not war and when you hear the music Lord let it play - Thanks Poison. Like your channel. :) Was sort of like the Big 4, getting together, with Sebastian Bach, also mashing with them. I hope common sense and not stupidity prevails for all the peoples involved in these silly wars. Kia-Kaha. :) Just like we see on the stage, in the end. :)

As and old world old school Thrasher, I enjoy the Gunners.... of course, Iron Maiden, was the first band I got into in 1982 at the age of 6. My love for Maiden is undying and unwavering, but I enjoy Guns n' Roses too!!!

Love both bands… but Maiden has always been a slick and professional operation behind the scenes and GnR never has. Has Axl ever gone on stage at the right time? All the times I’ve seen them the gigs started late and ended up with shorter setlists as a result. Always Axl with some problem or other. Maiden never mess their fans around.

Love them both!

I dunno about sales for that tour elsewhere, but in Montreal it was sold out. And the crowd booed GNR off the stage eventually.

I started to listen to real music around 1988 and it was mainly Iron Maiden and Motorhead, UK and US punk and hard core bands, then moved more towards the thrash stage with Metallica, Slayer, Kreator, Sepultura and others. However, all the time I did have a lot of affection for GnR. I think they were the most important band on the world stage in the beginning of the 90's.

I had no idea Rod turned them down back in the day, that's awesome!

So glad rhe1988 Iron Maiden concert i went to didn’t have gunsn’ poser but had opened with Ozzy

Wow I live in Montreal, Canada and I was at that show in May 1988. At that time I had never heard of guns n roses yet. The only thing I remember Axl saying to the crowd was " you guys sound like a small new york club!!!!!!!!I Ps I was also at the Montreal show on August 8 1992 with gnr and metallica where gnr started a riot!!!!

AXL Rose is such a princess !!! And really never like their music I would NEVER waste my money on seeing them just so the little baby Axl throw his mic down and quit!!! Iron Maiden is awesome great music

I don‘t understand the question?! Up the Irons! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

How would I be supposed to listen to a just only one good ´89 album of G´N´R till the end of my days? Up the Irons !!

The ``big`` strory in this tour ( still today Bruce talk about that some time...) , it`s appened in Quebec City ... NOT Montreal . I was there at that show and Bruce treatened to beat Axl Rose ass in front of crowd...