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Topic: Who's the best Iron Maiden opening act?

Posted By: LoudTrax.com
Subject: Who's the best Iron Maiden opening act?
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 3:56pm

With the upcoming Iron Maiden tour with very special guests, Dream Theater. I started to think about, what opening acts were my favorite to open for the british legends.

Up until now, seeing Anthrax support the "Persistence of Time" album in the opening slot for Maiden on the No Prayer for the Dying tour was my favorite. Metallica and Helloween also get a vote.

However, now that they announced Dream Theater, I think a new number 1 has emerged. It's not that Dream Theater is necessarily better than those other bands, it's the fact that they are at the prime of their career having released one of their best albums to date in Black Clouds & Silver Lining.

What band do you think is the best to open for Iron Maiden?

To help, here is an un-official list of some of the more popular bands that have opened up for Maiden:

Toad the Wet Sprocket
Raven
Fist
Samson
Praying Mantis
Urchin
Accept
Whitesnake
Saxon
Quiet Riot
Vinnie Vincent
Accept
Twisted Sister
Motley Crue
Queensryche
Ratt
Killer Dwarfs
Yngwie Malmsteen
Kiss (yes, that's right....)
WASP
Anthrax
Metallica
Megadeth
Guns n' Roses
David Lee Roth
LA Guns
Helloween
Ace Frehley's Comet
Wolfsbane
Kings X
The Almighty
Skid Row
Slayer
Dream Theater
Testament
Pantera
Warrant
Fear Factory
Entombed
Arch Enemy
Dio
Motorhead
Halford
Bullet for my Valentine
Trivium
In Flames
Mastodon
Avenged Sevenfold
Atreyu
Kamelot
Morbid Angel
Dragonforce
Kreator
Nightwish
Behemoth
Marilyn Manson
Primal Fear
Rob Zombie
Shakra
Funeral for a Friend
Rollins Band
System of a Down
Clutch
Voivod

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Replies:

Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 4:04pm

Motorhead opened for them when Raff and I saw them in 07.

awesome! Rawks

haha

Posted By: LoudTrax.com
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 4:05pm

cool, I saw that show in Montreal! i believe Dio and Motorhead we're opening.

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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 4:15pm

Raff and I saw them in Rome... quite a show that had Motorhead opening for IM.. with Mastodon, Machine Head, and Sadist (an Italian metal band) as supporting acts.

wow... that was a show...

Posted By: Stephen
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2010 at 10:03pm

where in Rome did they play, mick ?
i think Testament could make a good opener too

Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 3:01am

I really thought that Avenged Sevenfold did a great job when I saw Maiden live in Horsens on their Somewhere Back in Time tour.

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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 8:49am

Stephen wrote:

where in Rome did they play, mick ?
i think Testament could make a good opener too

Stadio Olimpico. Great show.. came out of it a fan of Mastodon. Clap

Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 2:48pm

Time Signature wrote:

I really thought that Avenged Sevenfold did a great job when I saw Maiden live in Horsens on their Somewhere Back in Time tour.

I haven�t seen Ax7 live yet but I really like that City of Evil album.

Oh and I voted for Helloween. Kiske-era of course.

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Posted By: Bomb Brigade
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 7:54pm

Fastway was pretty great when they opened for Maiden on the "Piece Of mind" Tour,on the heels of their debut album.

Posted By: 1967/ 1976
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2010 at 10:39am

micky wrote:

Raff and I saw them in Rome... quite a show that had Motorhead opening for IM.. with Mastodon, Machine Head, and Sadist (an Italian metal band) as supporting acts.

wow... that was a show...

Sadist... I remember a CD that I don't have... A difficult listening!!!

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Posted By: DeathOfSeasons
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2010 at 11:07am

micky wrote:

Raff and I saw them in Rome... quite a show that had Motorhead opening for IM.. with Mastodon, Machine Head, and Sadist (an Italian metal band) as supporting acts.

wow... that was a show...

Sadist opened for Iron Maiden!? I am so jealous that I didn't attend that show.

Posted By: martindavey87
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2010 at 3:07am

Dream Theater. Rawks

Posted By: Phonebook Eater
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2010 at 11:52am

don't know....

Posted By: Phonebook Eater
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2010 at 11:53am

i'll go for Mastodon, I guess, but I also like many other bands here