I was at this concert, it was a festival and Rollins Band was playing the same day Iron Maiden was ! This was funny but actually the Rollins Band was well received. I remember them having technical issues with the guitar and played the first song without guitar and then we had to wait while they fixed it !
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!
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
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). 🇬🇧🤘
How great are maiden. They opened for kiss back in the day and the kiss fans wanted more maiden . That's why kiss dislike maiden . Gene Simmons ego took a big hit
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.
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.
Iron Maiden are still my number 1 metal band and I find this absolutely hilarious! Iron Maiden is more than a band, they are performance artists and their concerts are full experiences of the soul!
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
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.
People need to stop taking things so damn seriously... Henry is JOKING. It's what he does. He obviously wouldn't have opened for Iron Maiden if he didn't really like them. Come on, now.
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.
I adore his honesty. We've all been pissed off by people in different circumstances. He and Bruce should do a spoken word show together. 8 mile metal style!
Guys... fucking chill, this is CLEARLY A JOKE. I'm probably one of the biggest Maiden fans you'll ever meet and thought this was fucking hysterical from start to finish.
+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!
This is very true. I saw Iron Maiden at Radio City Music Hall in 1984. There were many people who hated the opening band. No one there knew who they were. I thought they were great. The band was Queensryche.
@@Cathalion 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.
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
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.
He's funny but really iron Maiden did introduce me to a lot of literature and stories I didn't know before so while I enjoy the joke, that band expanded my knowledge.
I walked in before a Maiden show and Alice Cooper was already there opening, it might as well have been a sound check by the roadies for all some people cared. Henry is a funny guy and I think deep down likes Iron Maiden because they just go for it 100% like he does, and they are a fan's band and provide entertainment & connection with the audience. He gets it.
***** 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.
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.
I thought he was pretty funny and accurate! When you open up for Maiden. A vast majority of the fans typically, including me don't give two fucks who the opening act is. We just have to wait agonizingly till.....MAIDEN!
+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
Wahahahahaha this is great! I'm both metal and punk rock fan. I love both Iron Maiden and Black Flag, and you gotta say those were funny, they were delivered perfectly and didn't came out rudely.
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!
100% agree in my first Iron Maiden concert back in 2003 Murder Dolls were opening for them and only few people in the croud supported them. I like Murder Dolls they are fun to listen to and people should learn to give respect to anyone who is on the stage because those guys have gone trough hell to get up there too
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
Maiden is my favorite band, but that was hilarious. Over the years they I have seen really good band open for them like Dio, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, and Anthrax. As enjoyable as those bands were, I admit thinking "all right. Hurry up." Maiden fans are incredibly friendly, but we are a bit snobby because you need a brain to appreciate the songs.
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.
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
This is funny.. I am a huge Rollins fan and a Maiden fan. Some of Maidens lyrics (2 minutes to midnight, Revelations for example) are beautifully poetic. Seriously.
Iron Maiden has been too big for an opening band for many years. It is unfair for the opening band, and for the fans. Maiden needs to play the 3 hour show like Floyd, Yes, Rush and the others that are way too big for an opening band!
He should try to open a metallica show. I know, I was at this festival where ghost opened for metallica and the crowd was a real bitch and ghost nearly finished its concert.
Dude, i just ordered a flag for every album cover to cover the walls... It was a good start. I watched this and as mental as i am... Bruce has a commercial pilot's license... Now i have yo start on aircraft memorabilia for the fleet
“Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Dickinson... I’d like to thank you for joining us, and I’d like to reassure Mr. Rollins in 27F that he has absolutely nothing to worry about.”
One thing I have noticed which is the difference between punk and metal fans is when you get to a punk gig it is pretty much packed out from the start whether the support is Jaya the Cat or Cock Sparrer. I have been to many metal gigs where some fans sit at the bar for half the gig. When I saw Killing Joke support Motley Crue there were only a handful of fans. I disagree with this I believe you should show respect for the support groups but there does appear to be a bigger drinking culture in metal and the byproduct of that is the support bands get little respect. I do not know why as support can go on to be huge and then you can say I saw them first. The last support band I saw was Royal Blood and they were excellent so I say support all the bands. I saw this ska/punk band and their opening act made a point of saying how good it was to receive the respect from the crowd as they do not always feel like this is the case. I have been in a support band so I know what it is like and that is maybe why I notice this more than the average fan would and without doubt it is more prevalent at metal gigs. Despite being more of a punk rock fan I like some metal bands and I have friends that do so I am not being contrary.
+misfit i allways had the exactly opposite feeling, the punk concerts i was visting where much more alkoholic then the metal ones. BUT they (the typical punkrock audience) do trink inside the pogo mob. i you are not full of beer and bruices after a concert is wasn´t a good one.
+Mathias Stuhl maybe it depends where your concerts are but I occasionally hang out with the metal crowd as I have friends who enjoy metal and metal fans, on average, are beer drinkers and just any beer but something called real ale. I am not saying everyone is but as an average. I am a light weight so mineral water for me. I have lived in different parts of my country so I am not even limited to one town. At university there was a social club which took in a rock club and those chaps could drink too. The opposite side of that is I have never met a punk who wishes to discuss the campaign for real ale.
+Mathias Stuhl A few bruises is fine and I received more than a few jumping across tables at Bad Religion until one collapsed but definitely no beer. In fact one of the punk clubs I go to sells a couple of different types of bottled lager at all but no beer as I remember going to see Bad Shepherds with some fans of rock music and they asked for beer and he said they do not serve it. In fact one of group left and went into town for some ale. I remember as one of the other chaps was staying at his house.
+misfit motley crew isnt really metal..i grew up in the 80s,,,the bands people call metal,i will never understand,, .i dont think you would see a morbid angel or slayer fan sitting at the bar when there on stage...
Hes not wrong. When I saw Maiden like 12 years ago Coheed and Cambria opened for them and everyone hated their guts lol. We were like MAIDEN MAIDEN but then they played a Black Sabbath song and we warmed up to them but still we wanted them to fuck off so Maiden could come out and play
Henry Rollins is a goof. I've seen Maiden three times now and every opening act was cheered because they were actually pretty good. The ones I remember were Coheed & Cambria, Dream Theater and I forget the name but Steve Harris' hot daughter was the lead singer and was pretty good. I don't know maybe it was the location of the concert he was at but anyways, gonna see Maiden a fourth time in April 2016 for the book of souls tour! Can't fucking wait!
He popped out on a USO (are they still called USO) tour when i was in Qatar many years back... nice bloke. I also love his storytelling here. Thumbs up once more for Mr Rollins.
I was at this concert, it was a festival and Rollins Band was playing the same day Iron Maiden was ! This was funny but actually the Rollins Band was well received. I remember them having technical issues with the guitar and played the first song without guitar and then we had to wait while they fixed it !
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
What the fuck is this
We want IRON MAIDEN
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.
As an Iron Maiden fan who has seen Maiden live in concert multiple times, I can say this story has 110% accuracy.
No such thing as " 110 %" - large irony here !
My boyfriend is a huge Iron Maiden fan and he laughed way too hard at this
Been a Maiden fan for 30 some years. This gave me a good chuckle. Rollins is cool. Just chill, all!
+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.
How great are maiden. They opened for kiss back in the day and the kiss fans wanted more maiden . That's why kiss dislike maiden . Gene Simmons ego took a big hit
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
"Rumored ball of fire called the sun"
Yeah, pretty much the UK
Fucking hilarious!
UK DK
I love Maiden, but goddamn that was funny as fuck. People need to lighten the fuck up and take a joke.
His Bruce Dickinson impression sounds like Sid Vicious talking about Iron Maiden.
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.
Iron Maiden are still my number 1 metal band and I find this absolutely hilarious! Iron Maiden is more than a band, they are performance artists and their concerts are full experiences of the soul!
I completely agree!
Having just finally seen them, I agree!!
You can tell he's talking about Maiden from a perspective of pure love and that Piece if Mind is his favourite album of all time.
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?
@@villiannewyork Nah, if they listened to prog they might accidentally come across some Maiden.
@@villiannewyorkok ik this is a year later but now you have a anime pfp
The way he repeats "it's a fable" really sounds like bruce talking lmao
I feel bad reading the comments section. Why do my fellow metalheads not have a sense of humor.
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.
I'am huge maiden fan and i must say that imitation of Bruce was absolutely on point, i laughed so hard :D
Hard core Maiden fan here and I LOL'd
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.
As a Scottish metal drummer I can confirm that so many English guys talk about writing metal music like this 😂
People need to stop taking things so damn seriously... Henry is JOKING. It's what he does. He obviously wouldn't have opened for Iron Maiden if he didn't really like them. Come on, now.
Slayer fans are much worse
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
I want some Maiden now.
Hell yeah \m/
Cathal Cleary fuckin A!!!
FOOKIN MAIDEN
Scream for me Long Beach Arena!!!
Up the Irons
All I know is Bruce Dickinson wants more cowbell and it is up to us to give it to him!
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…
He is infact the biggest Maiden fan to ever walked the earth.
I think he actualy means Slayer fans.
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
I adore his honesty. We've all been pissed off by people in different circumstances. He and Bruce should do a spoken word show together. 8 mile metal style!
Guys... fucking chill, this is CLEARLY A JOKE. I'm probably one of the biggest Maiden fans you'll ever meet and thought this was fucking hysterical from start to finish.
+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.
This is very true. I saw Iron Maiden at Radio City Music Hall in 1984. There were many people who hated the opening band. No one there knew who they were. I thought they were great. The band was Queensryche.
Michael Alguire surprised to hear that, I thought Queensryche were very popular.
@@Cathalion 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
@@CathalionQueensryche popular in 84?
@@micha4431 Yeah, I didn’t know they weren’t well known in 84. I’m not a fan of them personally and I didn’t exist in 84.
Maiden’s been my favourite band since ‘83, and this was hilarious.
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.
To all Maiden fans complaining, your proving the joke to be fact !
+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.
"And he goes up to this rumored ball of fire called 'the Sun' that hides obscured by the clouds over the UK, right? " 😂😂😂😂
"de-de-de-du-dedede we're not iron maiden HEY!" brb dying
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
I’m a hardcore Maiden fan, but this is hilarious! 🤣
Same here.
He's funny but really iron Maiden did introduce me to a lot of literature and stories I didn't know before so while I enjoy the joke, that band expanded my knowledge.
I saw anthrax and also queensryche open for Maiden. Crowd loved them.
I walked in before a Maiden show and Alice Cooper was already there opening, it might as well have been a sound check by the roadies for all some people cared.
Henry is a funny guy and I think deep down likes Iron Maiden because they just go for it 100% like he does, and they are a fan's band and provide entertainment & connection with the audience. He gets it.
Rollins as a comedian. Funnier than I would have thought.
He's absolutely correct!..I'm a lifelong Metalhead,and Maiden is my favorite band ever!!! Up your Irons!!
Did somebody say "Maiden?"
Funny but Henry probably has a bigger ego than Bruce.
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 ...
I personally love the intellectual content of Charlotte the Harlot.
+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.
I'm a Maiden, Dickinson and Henry fan and this is funny!!!!
Incidentally, Dickinson is highly intelligent. Genius level and he's a pilot for Quantas.
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...
Dude, his impressions on Bruce Dickinson had me crying of laughter
I saw Anthrax open up for Maiden decades ago and everyone seemed to welcome Anthrax and enjoyed their show
I thought he was pretty funny and accurate! When you open up for Maiden. A vast majority of the fans typically, including me don't give two fucks who the opening act is. We just have to wait agonizingly till.....MAIDEN!
+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
"'ello I fink I'm gon' fly about" - dunno why that wrecked me but it did.
Wahahahahaha this is great! I'm both metal and punk rock fan. I love both Iron Maiden and Black Flag, and you gotta say those were funny, they were delivered perfectly and didn't came out rudely.
Henry, point to on the doll where Iron Maiden hurt you.
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.
I love Iron Maiden and this was really funny.
Funny because its true.
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!
Seen Maiden 7 times and have always liked Henry Rollins and would have loved to see him open for them.
4:30 "...and so I know I'm gonna die". Well, Henry, you got to watch them - be quick or be dead.
Portugal 🇵🇹 iron maiden fan here 🤘
2023 and still laughing likes crazy with this speech, HR the best ever!!
100% agree in my first Iron Maiden concert back in 2003 Murder Dolls were opening for them and only few people in the croud supported them. I like Murder Dolls they are fun to listen to and people should learn to give respect to anyone who is on the stage because those guys have gone trough hell to get up there too
+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
Sounds like Henry met Bruce and lost the battle of the egos.
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.
Maiden is my favorite band, but that was hilarious. Over the years they I have seen really good band open for them like Dio, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, and Anthrax. As enjoyable as those bands were, I admit thinking "all right. Hurry up." Maiden fans are incredibly friendly, but we are a bit snobby because you need a brain to appreciate the songs.
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.
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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...!
Seen iron maiden three times in Houston TX. Seen powerslave and 7th son and no prayer. Love them. This is funny as hell. 🤘🔥🔥
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
Dude. Bruce has an education...
What he's saying sounds like Nigel Tufnel not Bruce Dickinson. LOL
+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.....
This was quite funny lol but still
UP THE IRONS!
This is funny.. I am a huge Rollins fan and a Maiden fan. Some of Maidens lyrics (2 minutes to midnight, Revelations for example) are beautifully poetic. Seriously.
Headbangers can take themselves too seriously. I’m glad Rollins can have fun with it unlike other people.
Black Flag played in Portland recently, the next day Iron Maiden was in town hahaha
"Ello, i think i'm gunna fly bout" LMAO
I’m not offended as a Maiden fan. I’m offended as a comedy writer.
Iron Maiden has been too big for an opening band for many years. It is unfair for the opening band, and for the fans. Maiden needs to play the 3 hour show like Floyd, Yes, Rush and the others that are way too big for an opening band!
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
British Accent is 100%. No denying this.
I saw Maiden in 91, the opening band was some group hardly anyone had heard about called Anthrax.
His Bruce Dickinson impression sounds more like Nigel Tufnel.
Nigel Tufnel is an impression of Bruce Dickenson!
bergerQ68 Aw, no way dude! XD Bruce has BRAINS! Nigel's a brainless but lovable schmoe!
Henry's funny. He never mentions Maiden on his radio show -but boy do I ever know about The Ruts thanks to him.
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.
Henry is hilarious. Love that the crowd cheered when he said "Iron Maiden".
Up the Irons!!!
My favorite part is the guy who wrote Nothing Left Inside calling the guy who wrote Friday I'm In Love a downer.
Well Henry Rollins, if you're gonna die, die with your boots on if you're gonna die!
I played this on my phone while we were waiting to get into a Maiden concert in October 2022. Had a crowd around me listening to it
Haha. That’s awesome. I’m seeing Iron Maiden in June.
He should try to open a metallica show. I know, I was at this festival where ghost opened for metallica and the crowd was a real bitch and ghost nearly finished its concert.
this was truly funny...... I bet Henry is a Maiden fan himself, he is just pissin around :D:D
Aged well. We are still like this haha
Dude, i just ordered a flag for every album cover to cover the walls... It was a good start. I watched this and as mental as i am... Bruce has a commercial pilot's license... Now i have yo start on aircraft memorabilia for the fleet
I'm an Iron Maiden fan and I can confirm this. Love Henry though.
This may sound gay , but Henry is damn handsome .
Yeah I said it .....
no regrets .....
i love metal and Iron Maiden's music, and found this hilarious, its just comedy
He doesn't sound anything like Bruce Dickinson and Ozzy.
He is right. When I saw Maiden, Guns And Roses opened for them … and everyone hated GnR and wanted them to get off stage.
There is a fine line between intensity and being a try-hard. Dial it back a notch. You never go full Henry Rollins.
“Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Dickinson... I’d like to thank you for joining us, and I’d like to reassure Mr. Rollins in 27F that he has absolutely nothing to worry about.”
Dickinson is a renaissance man. Untouchable in my books
One thing I have noticed which is the difference between punk and metal fans is when you get to a punk gig it is pretty much packed out from the start whether the support is Jaya the Cat or Cock Sparrer. I have been to many metal gigs where some fans sit at the bar for half the gig. When I saw Killing Joke support Motley Crue there were only a handful of fans. I disagree with this I believe you should show respect for the support groups but there does appear to be a bigger drinking culture in metal and the byproduct of that is the support bands get little respect. I do not know why as support can go on to be huge and then you can say I saw them first. The last support band I saw was Royal Blood and they were excellent so I say support all the bands. I saw this ska/punk band and their opening act made a point of saying how good it was to receive the respect from the crowd as they do not always feel like this is the case. I have been in a support band so I know what it is like and that is maybe why I notice this more than the average fan would and without doubt it is more prevalent at metal gigs. Despite being more of a punk rock fan I like some metal bands and I have friends that do so I am not being contrary.
+misfit That's pretty true man.
+misfit i allways had the exactly opposite feeling, the punk concerts i was visting where much more alkoholic then the metal ones. BUT they (the typical punkrock audience) do trink inside the pogo mob. i you are not full of beer and bruices after a concert is wasn´t a good one.
+Mathias Stuhl maybe it depends where your concerts are but I occasionally hang out with the metal crowd as I have friends who enjoy metal and metal fans, on average, are beer drinkers and just any beer but something called real ale. I am not saying everyone is but as an average. I am a light weight so mineral water for me. I have lived in different parts of my country so I am not even limited to one town. At university there was a social club which took in a rock club and those chaps could drink too. The opposite side of that is I have never met a punk who wishes to discuss the campaign for real ale.
+Mathias Stuhl A few bruises is fine and I received more than a few jumping across tables at Bad Religion until one collapsed but definitely no beer. In fact one of the punk clubs I go to sells a couple of different types of bottled lager at all but no beer as I remember going to see Bad Shepherds with some fans of rock music and they asked for beer and he said they do not serve it. In fact one of group left and went into town for some ale. I remember as one of the other chaps was staying at his house.
+misfit motley crew isnt really metal..i grew up in the 80s,,,the bands people call metal,i will never understand,, .i dont think you would see a morbid angel or slayer fan sitting at the bar when there on stage...
This describes my teenage self to a T! Also my adult self.
Hes not wrong. When I saw Maiden like 12 years ago Coheed and Cambria opened for them and everyone hated their guts lol. We were like MAIDEN MAIDEN but then they played a Black Sabbath song and we warmed up to them but still we wanted them to fuck off so Maiden could come out and play
@@charliegrs Lol. That’s funny. Coheed are actually my second favourite band after Maiden. I would have been delighted.
His impression of a bruce Dickinson interview sounded more like an interview with spinal tap
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
All members of Iron Maiden are very intelligent. And even though I hate stadium concerts. Iron Maiden is a must see live.
Henry Rollins is a goof. I've seen Maiden three times now and every opening act was cheered because they were actually pretty good. The ones I remember were Coheed & Cambria, Dream Theater and I forget the name but Steve Harris' hot daughter was the lead singer and was pretty good. I don't know maybe it was the location of the concert he was at but anyways, gonna see Maiden a fourth time in April 2016 for the book of souls tour! Can't fucking wait!
The english accent :D
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As an Iron Maiden fan, this is fucking hilarious
MAIDEN MAIDEN MAIDEN MAIDEN
I love Maiden far more than Rollins, but this was hilarious, especially the Bruce Dickinson impression.
As a devoted Iron Maiden-fan.... I laughed so hard! And I completely lost it when he did the Bruce impression ;)
***** Well, you cannot take yourself too seriously. Besides, it was a joke, so I wasn't offended. Cheers :)
He popped out on a USO (are they still called USO) tour when i was in Qatar many years back... nice bloke. I also love his storytelling here. Thumbs up once more for Mr Rollins.
His British is great 😃👍🏻
Someday Henry is going to ride on an airplane. Piloted by you know who.
Voldemort?
Cathal Cleary Duce Brickinson
if Rollins' Band had had 1/20 of the musicianship of Iron Maiden, Henry wouldn't have been booed off the stage
If maiden did not think they where good then why di they let them open for them
I'm a Maiden fan , love it ;)
Huge Maiden Fan and I fucking loved this lol Henry Rollins is a fucking legend
That's not how Bruce Dickinson talks, that's how Steve Harris talks. ;-)