Iron Maiden Concert
The first live concert I ever attended, happened to be that of a heavy-metal band whose songs I considered to be too much noise and too little matter.
Iron Maiden came, conquered me and left. Fear of the Dark was the only song of theirs I'd liked before, now I could add another 3 more songs to the list. The Number of the Beast, Aces High and The Trooper were simply superb and the first job I did on coming back home was to search the net and download these songs.
For a person who usually preferred Soft-rock and only sometimes Hard-Rock, Heavy Metal was a nice surprise. I would never have contemplated going to a Rock Concert had it not been for my friend from Kolkata who asked me to get the tickets from Planet M. I told him I was busy and may not come but he was even ready to go to the concert alone. Then a person here and a person there, couple of them all the way from Mumbai, and we ended up as a group of seven. A stop over at Styx for a Tequila-shot and a pitcher of KF Premium, some Lunch and we were off to Palace Grounds.
Smuggling in the Digital Camera and the Cigarettes was an adventure in itself. I really enjoyed booing FTN, a mediocre band who started the evening's programme. Parikrama, whom I heard for the first time were impressive but Lauren Harris (daughter of Iron Maiden guitarist, Steve Harris) failed to impress me.
The smell of Marijuana was in the air and people all around were rolling out their stuff & making "Joints". The mood was perfect to welcome Iron Maiden. The crowd were chanting, "Maiden, maiden".
Iron Maiden came, conquered me and left. Fear of the Dark was the only song of theirs I'd liked before, now I could add another 3 more songs to the list. The Number of the Beast, Aces High and The Trooper were simply superb and the first job I did on coming back home was to search the net and download these songs.
For a person who usually preferred Soft-rock and only sometimes Hard-Rock, Heavy Metal was a nice surprise. I would never have contemplated going to a Rock Concert had it not been for my friend from Kolkata who asked me to get the tickets from Planet M. I told him I was busy and may not come but he was even ready to go to the concert alone. Then a person here and a person there, couple of them all the way from Mumbai, and we ended up as a group of seven. A stop over at Styx for a Tequila-shot and a pitcher of KF Premium, some Lunch and we were off to Palace Grounds.
Smuggling in the Digital Camera and the Cigarettes was an adventure in itself. I really enjoyed booing FTN, a mediocre band who started the evening's programme. Parikrama, whom I heard for the first time were impressive but Lauren Harris (daughter of Iron Maiden guitarist, Steve Harris) failed to impress me.
The smell of Marijuana was in the air and people all around were rolling out their stuff & making "Joints". The mood was perfect to welcome Iron Maiden. The crowd were chanting, "Maiden, maiden".
Maiden were awesome. Bruce's energy was contagious. He was running all around the stage. The special affects, including Edd's pictures, the lighting and the Military Tank , were superb. They played for less than an hour but it was one of the best hours the crowd'll have in their lives. Once in a while, when Bruce said, "Scream for me, Bangalore", we would till our lungs almost burst out. Four songs from their new album, "A Matter Of Life And Death" and about half-a-dozen of their old classics, got the crowd real wild. And then the show was over, inspite of the crowd begging for more.
At the end of the day, I was more tired of Standing in Palace Grounds since afternoon than of the Head banging. I bet the organisers never expected a crowd of 30,000. That would explain the lack of proper facilities of drinking water, crowd management etc.
At the end of the day, I was more tired of Standing in Palace Grounds since afternoon than of the Head banging. I bet the organisers never expected a crowd of 30,000. That would explain the lack of proper facilities of drinking water, crowd management etc.
