The Metal Files

It’s no secret.  My love for this band runs deep and Powerslave is my favorite album of all time.  We just finished this tattoo on the back of my right calf.

tattoo by www.marcohyder.com

UP THE IRONS!

I was never much of a button collector but I bought a few.  Here are 2 of the 3 I know that I had.  The other was a Stryper button from 1985 (my first metal show) that I lost a few years back.

The Yngwie one came from Triumph/Yngwie 1986.  Thomas’ dad took us to the show.  He sat in the rafters while we stayed close to the front.  Triumph was on the Sport of Kings tour and Yngwie was on the Trilogy tour.  Jeff Scott Soto had come back into the band for the tour.  Don’t really know why Boals left but we were all happy to see JSS on stage.  Both bands were great.  I couldn’t afford a shirt so a button was my souvenir.

The other is from Iron Maiden/Anthrax in 1991.  I am pretty sure that I bought a Maiden shirt that likely disintegrated shortly after the show.

Yngwie and Anthrax buttons (click to enlarge)

This was my 2nd Maiden show.  Two pals of mine drove up with me to the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA for this one.   Anthrax was opening on their Persistence of Time Tour.  I remember during Anthrax’s set that many of the folks in the front rows were sitting down and Belladonna had made some comments to the crowd about it.  Security was pretty tight for this show.  We had pretty decent seats up and off to the side.  At the end of Tailgunner (the opening song), they dropped stickers down from the roof and that’s what’s under the ticket in the photo below.

Setlist

1. Tailgunner
2. Public Enema Number One
3. Wrathchild
4. Die With Your Boots On
5.  Hallowed Be Thy Name
6.  22 Acacia Avenue
7.  Holy Smoke
8.  No Prayer for the Dying
9.  The Clairvoyant
10.  2 Minutes to Midnight
11.  The Trooper
12.  Heaven Can Wait
13.  Iron Maiden
14. The Number of the Beast
15.  Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter
16.  Run to the Hills
17.  Sanctuary