Fran's Greatest Five

Powerslave


Ahhhh (enough H?) lists! Everyone loves a list! They are never ending: "The Best Guitarist", "Greatest Frontman" "Hottest Sauces" and my personal fave "Sexiest Female Rockstar" (its the Vixen guitarist and Mia Klose by the way). Lists are fun, they can provoke a lot of thought, make people revaluate previous ideas and cause endless pub debates, even brawls if the ale has flowed freely enough (Mmm, free ale). In short, lists are f**king ACE.
And after LOTS of humming and ahhing, sifting through my huge metal record collection and doing a Pagan wardance waving goose giblets in the air in hope of some Godly inspiration, ive finally (after washing giblet blood off) come to my top five albums of all time. Cool huh?


1. AC/DC ~ Back In Black

2. Guns n' Roses ~ Appetite For Destruction

3. David Bowie ~ Ziggy Stardust

4. Iron Maiden ~ Powerslave

5. Slayer ~ South Of Heaven

Clive Burr Lives On

Drum solo in Reading, 1982

Clive Burr passed away yesterday at the criminally young age of 56. Sleep well Clive, happy knowing you made Iron Maiden that bit extra special. I have been a Maiden fan since the beginning. Their 1980 debut "Iron Maiden" record was one of the first albums I ever owned and the band have been with me since I was 9 years old, making them feel like distant friends who accompanied me to school and who were around when I got my first girlfriend so this news was sadder than most.
Clive was an awesome drummer (check out a solo above) and those first three Maiden albums (Iron Maiden, Killers and The Number of the Beast) were simply stunning pieces of work. There isn't a bad track on any of them. Not one rubbish song, there aren't many bands who can claim that. (In fact besides the mighty Maiden I can't name any.)

Cliff Burton, Ronnie James Dio, Dimebag Darrel; it looks like God just needed a drummer.


Clive Burr 8 March 1957 ~ 12 March 2013

Download Headliners 2013

Yup moshers, Iron Maiden and Rammstein are the two main headliners for Download 2013. Thats Official and if you have any sense, you will be heading over to the festiaval website next friday to order your tickets. Even if you happen to be skint, sell a kidney or something because it will be worth it. These two bands are amazing live and to get the chance to see both at the same festival, well its more than enough to get yer pants/ies moist. Hell even it was Maiden and Rammstein appearing the price of tickets will be worth it.