Iron Maiden: Live After Death

This is video shot during Iron Maidens' 1984-85 "World Slavery" Tour. The video was shot at the Long Beach Arena during 4 nights they played there. It differs slighty from the CD of the same name, but basically the same set. This tour is considered to be Maiden at their peak. At the time, this was the worlds longest concert tour on record, it ran for approx. 11 months!

This is a must see/have DVD for the true Iron Maiden fan. If you missed them on this tour, this DVD will more than make up for the missed opportunity. I have watched this video over and over again and am amazed and delighted to watch the lads perform one of the most memorable concerts in rock history.

Usually the band puts on amazing high energy shows. Dickinson can be an amazing front man with a legendary voice.

But for some reason they put out this album and DVD where he had an off night. He misses cues, sounds ragged, hesitant, confused, and tired.

I was disappointed with the album when it came out in 85. This DVD has some great visuals, but the singing no only isn't up to their recorded albums. It's not nearly as good virtually anything of theirs posted on Youtube, and not nearly as good as Flight 666.

A must concert film for all metal fans. Simple. Maiden may or may not be your cup of tea but this really was a legendary tour and era for the NWOBHM titans. A monster year long tour playing 4 or 5 gigs per week... a massive stage set, impressive set list and a killer live sound - reproduced brilliantly for the release. To be honest, there's not one duff track. All songs are from the first album, Number Of The Beast, Piece Of Mind & Powerslave. The Smith/Murray twin guitar attack looks and sounds awesome along side Steve, Bruce & Nicko's performance. From minute one the (now infamous) Churhill Speech intro tape takes us into Aces High, 2 Minutes To Midnight, The Trooper... Other high lights include The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Powerslave, Iron Maiden (check out the huge Eddie!) & Running Free. This film really should get the re-mastering treatment and released as DVD at some point. This concert MUST be in your collection.

I remember back in the day when I discovered Iron Maiden and my dad played me this album in the car on a long road back home. It was great, I have listened to it so many times when I was a child, great memories!

I first saw this concert in 1987, fresh out of the box, in a friend's house who was/is a die-hard-core I'm fan. I WAS HOOKED.

I have had the opportunity to watch live shows on arenas, theaters, stadiums, videos and bars; and the emotion, the vive, and the adrenaline that I remember from watching this video concert again and again -until I gave it back to my friend, has only been surpassed by one arena concert I have attended.

I've watched other Maiden concert videos (Live in Japan, Maiden England, Rock in Rio) and in those the songs were too fast, too slow, too "play-it-couse-we-know-how-to"... in Live After Death, the minute you understand that only such Churchill speech is the perfect oppener for a British band that gets an adrenaline rush by looking at their flag, you know you're in for a bang. A such bang you get from the first chord blasting out of what appears to be one of the loudest concerts ever heard in the Long Beach Arena.

Oh man... the way Dickinson plays the crowd... yes..! Plays the crowd! As if the 52k+ attendees were his musical instrument! Watching this, listening the way the crowd helped Maiden's charismatic front man tell his doctor in England "Doctor, Los Angeles... destroyed... my hearing!!" is reminiscent of Freddie Mercury's heyday singing "Now I'm Here" in front of a packed stadium, but on steroids!

The songs are played at the only-way-they-should-be-played speed, enough to make your head bang with force but not so as the singer crept through the lyrics to keep up; something that happens a couple of times on the other Maiden video concerts.

Murray's & Smith's playing is clean-flawless (eat your heart out rock guitar player-wannabes!). McBrian's drumming is relentless, and every time he turns to the camera looks at it as of asking "Is this all you've got Los Angeles?" And of course, Dickinson, that guy never got old did he? If you think that he is intense on stage... you're right! That man has not slowed his pace in the 20 years since then!

The image quality is great for a VHS, and the sound it top of the line for its day. It is only too bad that if you want to see it, you'll need to find it under a box full of stuff in your oldest uncle's attic or pay 60+ bucks for it at a collector's trade show, in godd condition enough for you to enjoy it a couple if times, if you're lucky.

I would pay the 60+.

I know no Maiden fan who is not hard-core. Maiden has that, all its fans are hard-core followers. If you're not in the Maiden Army, it's because you have not seen this video... too bad.

Like withfullforce666 said, "This film really should get the re-mastering treatment and released as DVD at some point".

If you're a rock fan, having this concert in your video collection is a must, because it teaches everyone the true meaning of the title:

L I V E . R O C K . C O N C E R T.