新聞綜整_24.09.09

因為鐵媽媽進入閉關期，所以有陣子沒鐵媽媽的消息了。不過圍繞鐵媽媽的相關消息總是不會少的，因為他們是當今武林最重要的重金屬樂團啊！

【Eddie's Bar歇業】
由鐵媽媽團長Steve Harris投資，早期團員加上巡迴的工作人員一同在葡萄牙Santa Barbara自從1989年開始營業的重金屬酒吧Eddie's Bar在日前宣布歇業，但並未交代其原因。1989年開始都由前巡迴工作人員Manu Da Silva負責酒吧日常經營，在2005年Manu辭世，酒吧關門。不過在2006年七月鐵媽媽第一任的吉他手Dave Sullivan與Terry Rance接手負責經營重新開張。約三年後的前些日子，宣布關閉。

Eddie's Bar當然免不了在店裡陳設鐵媽媽的相關紀念品，並在營業時間播放重金屬音樂影帶。可惜他們沒在英國開設分店，不然我也想去逛逛，呼呼~

【Trivium與Ozzfest嗆聲】
美國新浪潮重金屬樂團Trivium貝斯手在接受專訪被問到他們是否被要求向Ozzfest的主辦單位道歉，因為他們在演出的時候穿著鐵媽媽的團T，並在他們的amp掛上鐵媽媽的旗幟。講到激動處還罵了髒話，並表示他們以後再也不會去那個狗屎音樂祭了。

Everybody knows about the IRON MAIDEN thing [in 2005 when Sharon Osbourne and other people threw eggs at the band], the eggs and all that shit. We were really young when we did that tour. Of course, we were smartasses and we put IRON MAIDEN shirts on and IRON MAIDEN flags on our amps. They didn't like that. We didn't give a shit, we still don't give a shit.

Maybe [Ozzfest will] come back next year, but I don't know how it's going to compete with [Mayhem] festival. I think this festival is going to kill it.

"We had to formally apologize or something, it's like fuck you! How about this, how about I formally say fuck you to Ozzfest. Formal! We don't want to play your shitty festival!

【Flight 666製作團隊接受專訪】
隨著DVD熱銷，加上之前Headbanger's Journey, Global Metal廣受好評，加拿大導演Scot McFadyen 與Sam Dunn兩人儼然成為重金屬紀錄片的大師級人物，所以專訪邀約不斷。最近，他們接受QTV專訪，當然再度談到了鐵媽媽成功的原因在於他們工作的紀律以及謙卑的態度，即使在沒有暢銷金曲加持下，他們依舊能在現在開動輒四五萬人的演唱會，同時也談到鐵媽媽團員也驚訝於他們自己本身歲數漸長，到場的樂迷卻依舊如二十年前一樣年輕。這都證明了，他們的演出並不僅僅是一種懷舊情懷所驅動，而是他們音樂在現在數位(海賊)時代能經得起時間的考驗，並呼應了樂迷對於高品質演唱會體驗的需求。

此外，也談到在Flight666裡面不同國家、各色人種文化各異的樂迷卻展現相同的特徵。某些文化背景的樂迷是期待一種掙脫日常接觸的文化所致(台灣的樂迷應該大多都是這樣的心態吧？)，而鐵媽媽除了紮實的音樂實力外，也提供了這樣特殊的異文化體驗。有興趣的，請看完整專訪：



扯個題外話，Dunn與McFadyen獲得加拿大前衛金屬國寶Rush的首肯，準備拍攝Rush的紀錄片，呼呼，又是一張值得期待的重金屬紀錄片。(什麼時候會輪到Dream Theater?)

Bruce Dickinson談Flight 666

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Iron Maiden’s “Flight 666 ” : Bruce Dickinson on Airborne Adventure
6/25/09, 3:56 pm EST

When Iron Maiden hit the road early last year they wanted to hit the four corners of the earth within a few weeks of each other. “The bean counters said it’s just not worth going to places like India and Costa Rica,” says Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson. “Being an aviation bloke, I thought to myself, ‘If you just chucked everything into one airplane you could do an almost European-type itinerary, but an on inter-continental basis.’ ” That’s precisely what they did, with accomplished pilot Dickinson personally flying the specially modified 757. “When we finally got approval I thought to myself, ‘Oh my God, what have I done now?’ ” says Dickinson. “This is all going to be my fault if it all goes terribly wrong.”

The tour — which featured a set composed almost entirely of their 1980s classics — was a stunning success. The whole crazy trip was filmed for the new documentary Flight 666, which was released on DVD earlier this month. “Two-thirds of the film is not about us,” says Dickinson. “It’s about the fans and the crew — which is the way it should be. The first time I saw it was I just blown away.” Fellow metal icons Ronnie James Dio and Lars Ulrich have cameos in the film.

What’s next for Maiden? “At the moment we’re in daydreaming mode,” says Dickinson. “We’re trying to get ideas and things, but towards the end of the year we’re going to get together to plan our new record. We haven’t made any tour plans for next tour. That’s at least a year and a bit away.” The group will probably have a more balanced set list on the next tour. “My gut feeling is that we’ll play selected songs from the new album and a mixture of stuff from several albums we haven’t picked from yet — like Brave New World and some of the other more recent albums.”

In the meantime, Dickinson is spending much of his time in the air as a pilot for Astraeus ailines in the U.K. “The legal maximum for a pilot is about 900 hours in the air,” he says. “I do between six and seven hundred. I’ve flown the English football team, members of the royal family, soldiers, British Airway passengers.” Do the passengers freak out if they learn their plane is being flown by heavy metal royalty? “Not really,” he says. “Most people aren’t interested anyway.” Could he have pulled a Captain Sully and landed that plan in the Hudson after complete engine failure? “I think every pilot would like to think so,” he says. “He did an extraordinary job. He had a bit of luck on his side since there was very little wind and the water surface was smooth, but he still did an amazing job.”