How to Love Iron Maiden

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Learn about them Look at Wikipedia and/or their official website http://www.ironmaiden.com.

   This can be your light bedtime reading.
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   Step 2: Get into their songs.

   Recommendations for a beginner: "I've Got the Fire"
   
   "Run to the Hills"
   
   "Reach Out"
   
   "Hallowed Be thy Name"
   
   "Aces High"
   
   "Run to the Hills"
   
   "The Trooper"
   
   "Flight of Icarus"
   
   "No More Lies"
   
   and other greats such as "Wickerman"
   
   and their older hits like "Phantom of the Opera"
   
   which is a legend and will appeal to you immediately!!! Also check out "Iron Maiden" off the self titled album (their first album).
   
   This song is amazing and is a staple at Iron Maiden's shows! , Once you've established a liking for them (and this won't take long!) check out their longer songs like "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
   
   "Alexander the Great" and "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son". , These are essential. , Although these bands are great in their own right, Iron Maiden has been a definite and encompassing influence in the field of rock and metal.
   
   Learn, also that Steve Harris is legendary, as he is a great bassist and writes their great songs, and Bruce Dickinson is a brilliant vocalist. ,! , Yes, formed in 1975 but still going strong in 2010! Its packed with greats e.g.
   
   Talisman, Alchemist, When the Wild Wind Blow, Starblind, and so on.
   
   I could list all the songs on the album, as they're all great, but that's not being particularly specific, now, is it? , Piece of Mind, Number of The Beast, Brave New World and Powerslave are great starters! , By listening to this band, you are sampling a great musical achievement in rock and metal, along with the likes of Judas Priest and Black Sabbath.
   
   UP THE IRONS!!!!
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   Step 3: Get into their more epic songs.

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   Step 4: Be familiar with the jargon and phrases associated with the band eg: Eddie

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   Step 5: their mascot

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   Step 6: Bruce the "air raid siren" and "Up the Irons!!!"

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   Step 7: Realize that if not for Iron Maiden

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   Step 8: several other great bands would not exist such as Guns N Roses

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   Step 9: Metallica

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    Step 10: Iced Earth

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    Step 11: Dream Theater

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    Step 12: Slayer

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    Step 13: Go to a concert of theirs if possible; they are simply AWESOME live!

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    Step 14: Listen to (and then buy) their latest album

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    Step 15: The Final Frontier.

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    Step 16: Check out all their albums!

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    Step 17: Love them

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    Step 18: no matter what your idiotic Fall Out Boy friends say.

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