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french interview about Iron Maiden touring in Quebec :

http://www.journaldequebec.com/2015/09/02/iron-maiden-renouera-avec-le-quebec-selon-bruce-dickinson

La fois o? il a voulu frapper Axl

Interrog? sur ses souvenirs de ses passages au Qu?bec, Bruce Dickinson a racont? avec humour qu?il a un jour
eu envie de frapper Axl Rose au Colis?e de Qu?bec. Guns N?Roses jouait alors en premi?re partie d?Iron Maiden
et, selon Dickinson, Axl Rose s?en serait pris ? des spectateurs parce qu?ils lui parlaient en fran?ais.

?J?aurais d? monter sur sc?ne et lui donner un coup de poing. Comment pouvait-il oser parler ? mon public de
la sorte? J?ai toujours regrett? de ne pas l?avoir fait.?

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asked about his memories of his visits to Quebec, Bruce Dickinson told with humor that he once
wanted to hit Axl Rose in Quebec Coliseum. Guns N 'Roses played while opening for Iron Maiden
and, according to Dickinson, Axl Rose would be taken to the spectators because they spoke to him in French.

"I should have come on stage and punch him. How could he dares talking to my audience that way? I always
regretted not having done so. "


and yeah I used google

Axl would have beat the shit out of him... : ok:

GNR tried to get kicked off that tour-

It Tastes Good, Don't It? was written by the band during a tour with Iron Maiden. On a bootlegged version of the song, Axl Rose states that they wrote it in an attempt to be kicked off the tour. During the band's early days, they would perform the song live, however, during the Use Your Illusion Tour, Rose would sometimes sing the first verse in the middle of the song Rocket Queen. This can be heard on the second half of the band's Live In Tokyo video.

My French is pretty bad, and I'm afraid I can't figure out what's going on with the translation.  What's the story?  That Axl objected to Francophone fans speaking French or something?

Axl on Iron Maiden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az0vh4wm1ZA


I actually napped at an Iron Maiden show. Never got into them.

for those who don't read french (what?!) :

http://www.alternativenation.net/iron-maiden-regrets-not-punching-axl-rose/


and yeah, two different bands, but I like both. I remember Axl said he liked their first LP somewhere, with their first singer.

these guys hate each others apparently

GNR

 :hihi: :rofl: :hihi:

Honestly not a maiden fan, I don't relate to their music at all, makes me want to run to the hills.  :hihi:

I'd be shocked if you didn't at least like this killer tune ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjQqKCLkis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjQqKCLkis)

With all due respect to both bands as I love both GNR comes first and iron maiden is right up there, I know when they were on tour back in the late 80s it was obviously not a good mix between the two bands with that said both have amazing lead singers and both have made incredibly good music. I'm sure a lot of people would like to punch axl in the face though lol but that's probably why we as GNR fans love him is that he does his thing his way and sticks to what he believes in whether we like it or not.

Sorry, honestly not a fan, don't like them -never did. Most of their subject matter and lyrics don't relate to my mindset.
I Was a big Aerosmith and Stones fan in the 80's.

I wonder what Axl actually said to the audience, someone's probably got the bootleg of it.

and why did they try do get kicked out?

why openeing in the first place? makes them look like Faith No More who opened for GunsNRoses but didnt respect them as a band.

I still remember Faith No More being booed off the stage at Giants Stadium  during that tour. I never really got into Iron Maiden. My former manager and I used to debate as to which band was better. He's really into Iron Maiden.  Run to the Hills is probably their best song.

I don't see writing an offensive song to try getting kicked off as anywhere comparable to the stunts Mike Patton pulled, at the shows I attended Faith No More was not popular with the audience. GNR opening for maiden were very popular with the audience.

Which stunts?
Don't think popularity makes any difference or what do you mean by that?

Some of the stunts FNM was pulling when opening for GNR-Metallica tour.

GNR was a rapidly rising and popular band when opening for IM, FNM was really overshadowed by Their headliners, so you really can't compare, like you tried to do. I attended some of those shows, people wanted to see GNR and Metallica, many weren't into FNM.

Decades later, this becomes news....

What a non-story.




/jarmo

I don't know the whole story. which stunts did they actually pull off?
I still don't get the popularity thing. if someone punches me in the face it doesn't make much of a difference if it's some hobo or Mr stupid Donald Trump.

A non-story of what "might have happened", but it is getting FAR more press than the tour or book, which is why these little quotes are strategically placed into interviews.....in my mind anyways.

You are missing the point, you compared GNR opening for IM to FNM opening for GNR and Metallica- wasn't really the same situation at all.

I won't elaborate on the supposed stunts, but here's a quote regarding FNM-

Faith No More wanted off the tour for a while, and vocalist Mike Patton reportedly had planned to defecate on Rose?s video monitor, but before he got the chance Guns booted the band on Sept. 21 due to undisclosed disagreements. They recruited Ice-T?s thrash metal band Body Count to open all remaining dates but the Sept. 27 concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The mighty Mot?rhead opened for the last three nights, including the Los Angeles performance.

Read More: 23 Years Ago: Guns N' Roses + Metallica Launch Ill-Fated Tour | http://loudwire.com/guns-n-roses-metallica-tour-anniversary/?trackback=tsmclip

I really like both Maiden and Guns (probably prefer Maiden), I wonder what a show with the two bands would be like now. 

Hm, perhaps you're missing the point. I don't know what you mean? Two bands opened for another band. Both openeing bands didn't behave too grateful. If GNR had a problem with Iron Maiden, why open for them? same applies to Faith No More.

Not exactly similar situations.

GN'R was largely unknown at this point and whoever booked that opening slot for GN'R probably assumed it was a good idea to get GN'R out there playing to bigger audiences.
Faith No More had already had taste of some success when they were asked to open for GN'R. Remember that video for the song Epic?




/jarmo

Exactly  : ok:

yeah, I know. but I'm getting quite confused because Emily somehow states the opposite.

"at the shows I attended Faith No More was not popular with the audience. GNR opening for maiden were very popular with the audience."

To be honest, I can't imagine that GNR (meaning everyone from Axl to Steven) didn't know anything about the management's choice. perhaps Faith No More didn't know either but had to do the tour (just as GNR) because management thought it was a good idea (playing to bigger audiences and enhancing the listernership) and the contracts where already signed.

I wasn't stating known and unknown, I was merely noting that GNR was a largely unknown act, but proved popular as an opener- FNM was certainly better known going in as an opener for GNR and Metallica, but frequently got boo'd at the shows I attended.

Hope this clears your confusion up-

Good Times

 :smoking:

my fault, I mixed up 'popular' and 'famous'. english is obviously not my mother tongue. but my last paragraph still stands.

Fair enough, sorry for any confusion.

I'm sure the reality of the situation sank in for both on tour, prompting the various reactions, but apart from that I fail to see the similarities for a comparison.

Apprantly he plotted to kill Nikki Sixx over some girldrama.

Pd.

New Disc Of IRON MAIDEN Is Very Good

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