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IRON MAIDEN Artist Hopes To Honor DEREK RIGGS With New Album Cover
- July 11, 2006
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Acclaimed artist Timothy Bradstreet, who was responsible for the artwork for the new IRON MAIDEN album, "A Matter of Life and Death", has posted the following message on his official blog: "If you'd have told me back in 1985 that I'd one day be doing an album cover for IRON MAIDEN, I'd have told you to 'Get the **** out of my face.' You see, not only am I one of the MAIDEN faithful from WAY back, I'm a card-carrying member of Ed Hunter F'n fanclub. "A few months back I recieved one of those emails I had to read two or three times. IRON MAIDEN came calling to see if I wanted to take a crack at their forthcoming album cover. Are you kidding? I spent the better part of my four high school years drawing Eddie in every available corner of my school notebooks to the everlasting chagrin of my instructors. It's like music to my ears to recollect the words of my teachers at the time. I think it went something like this: 'Do you honestly think these silly drawings will ever get you a job in the real world? Why don't you just concentrate on your schoolwork and stop wasting your time?' "Hmmm, well I think most of them realized they could take a big kiss-off some time ago when I made a career of creating those 'silly drawings' on a monthly basis for The Punisher and John Constantine: Hellblazer. Now it really comes full circle as one of my wildest dreams has found itself fully realized. "Coming in early September is MAIDEN's 13th studio album, 'A Matter of Life and Death' with artwork by that silly kid from 10th grade. It's truly a wonderful thing for me to be a part of. I want to send a special shout out to Mr. Derek Riggs whose paintings for MAIDEN inspired legions of fans over the last 26 years. Hard to believe it's been that long. Derek will always be the man. I hope I do him honor with my effort." "A Matter of Life and Death" is scheduled for release in early September via EMI. The album's first single, "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg", will precede the album on August 14. "A Matter of Life and Death" was recorded at Sarm West Studios in London with producer Kevin Shirley, who also worked on the last two MAIDEN albums, 2000's "Brave New World" and 2003's "Dance of Death". The complete track listing for both the single and the album is as follows: Limited-Edition Two-Track CD: 01. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg 02. Hallowed be thy Name (Radio 1 "Legends" Session) Limited-Edition 7" Picture Disc (To Include "Crossed Gun Logo" Sticker): 01. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg 02. Run to the Hills (Radio 1 "Legends" Session) 03. The Trooper (Radio 1 "Legends" Session) "A Matter of Life and Death" track listing: 01. Different Worlds (Smith/Harris) (4:17) 02. These Colours Don't Run (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) (6:52) 03. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) (8:44) 04. The Pilgrim (Gers/Harris) (5:07) 05. The Longest Day (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) (7:48) 06. Out Of the Shadows (Dickinson/Harris) (5:36) 07. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg (Murray/Harris) (7:21) 08. For The Greater Good of God (Harris) (9:24) 09. Lord Of Light (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) (7:23) 10. The Legacy (Gers/Harris) (9:20)
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COMMENT | Sounds like a nice guy.
posted by : NovembersDirge
7/11/2006 2:12:03 PM
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Go him.
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COMMENT | Go back to the basics...
posted by :
7/11/2006 2:20:47 PM
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The Killers cover is a classic.
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COMMENT | WOOHOO!
posted by : \m/...Baron Von Wasteland...\m/
7/11/2006 2:24:39 PM
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FUCKIN' TACO'S!
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COMMENT | i like the cover.
posted by : hatetofeel
7/11/2006 2:28:08 PM
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its way better than that shitty slayer cover.
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COMMENT | Just out of curiousity...
posted by :
7/11/2006 2:33:16 PM
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What's the deal with Derek Riggs? Why did he he bail? The new album cover is definitely a step up from the clusterfuck that was "Dance Of Death", but nonetheless, Derek is sorely missed.
Kull is our misfortune
Mmm... Beer... c(_)
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COMMENT | KILLERS!!
posted by : david10006
7/11/2006 2:37:53 PM
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well..the artwork it pretty fuckin cool but i agree with hairball, steve's songwriting can be too damn cheesy sometimes. too many songs about ancient history,WW2, to much like spinal tap. as much as i love bruce...the band needs to get back that raw punk vibe they had in the paul di'anno days.
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COMMENT | where!?!?
posted by :
7/11/2006 2:39:12 PM
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COMMENT | FUCK IT ALL
posted by : METAL-FOR-BREAKFAST
7/11/2006 2:09:49 PM
IT'S TACO TUESDAY !!
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COMMENT | VERY GOOD COVER!
posted by :
7/11/2006 2:56:18 PM
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GO,GO MAIDEN!
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COMMENT | boo yah
posted by : mr. moof
7/11/2006 2:58:23 PM
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Bradstreet's one of the best cover artists in comics. Glad someone in the Maiden camp had the brains to seek out somebody good after that retarded Dance of Death cover.
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COMMENT |
posted by : AnselmoTrendkiller
7/11/2006 3:04:01 PM
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What a useless bunch of fucktwats.
Faggoetos
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COMMENT | The cover could be worse
posted by :
7/11/2006 3:16:06 PM
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and yeah, muchhhhh better than the Dance of Death artwork.
But WHERE is ol' Riggs and WHY has Maiden not used him?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/11/2006 3:28:44 PM
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That dead dude on the bottom right looks like Michael Myers. Up the Irons.
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COMMENT | well done
posted by :
7/11/2006 3:40:32 PM
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awesome cover!
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COMMENT | Thought I was the only one...
posted by : Monkey Man
7/11/2006 4:19:11 PM
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that noticed the magazines on the M-16's are in the wrong place. Some_Person beat me to it. It's odd to have M-16's on a WWII themed cover. The Tommy gun is nice though.
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COMMENT | DITTO: hatetofeel
posted by : L.A. Woman
7/11/2006 4:34:53 PM
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IRON MAIDEN KICKS ASS! :)
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COMMENT | Just Be Happy Poeple
posted by : Mysteria
7/11/2006 5:17:42 PM
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Why fix what's not broken! Can't we all just appreciate the fact that Iron Maiden are still here and still making quality music. In fact, better music than many many other artists are creating today. Who really cares about a fkin' CD cover. Of course, Iron Maiden CD covers have been incredible but to those who complain just get over it. I don't give a rats ass if Eddie's wearing lipstick, a dress, and 6 inch heels on the cover! I just want great Maiden music. I tell you what...when Iron Maiden release a CD that sounds like The Backstreet Boys...then start to complain, until then get over it!
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COMMENT | Cool.
posted by : mansnam
7/11/2006 5:18:44 PM
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Well Mr. Bradstreet, congrats on this opportunity, you fuckin deserve it.
I have to give him credit for the artwork, for he truly did justice to it. It's alot better than that piece of shit of an artwort for Dance of Death
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COMMENT | Oh and...
posted by : mansnam
7/11/2006 5:21:16 PM
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... lets hope the album is as good.
Peace.
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COMMENT | this is not their 13th studio album!!!!
posted by :
7/11/2006 5:29:21 PM
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1-s/t, 2-killers, 3-beast, 4-piece of mind, 5-powerslave,
6-somewhere in time, 7-seventh son, 8 - no prayer, 9 - fear of the dark, 10 - x factor (awful), 11-virtual 11 (worse), 12 - brave new world, 13 - dance of death. and i didn't need to look this up (been listening to maiden for 2 decades). i'm sure this dude IS a huge maiden fan, but still kinda funny that he got that info wrong on the album he drew the cover for.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/11/2006 5:41:01 PM
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Songs are way too long for Maiden, but there are so many Smith/Harris/Dickinson on the credits it has to be a worth buying album.
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COMMENT | As usual the cover will be better than the material.
posted by : ThrashMaster
7/11/2006 6:15:12 PM
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Why must these guys insist on the overwrought 7 minute song? What's wrong with a few heavy hitters that get right to the point like Invaders or Running Free? They seem to want to bore you to death.
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COMMENT | complain complain
posted by :
7/11/2006 7:05:31 PM
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I like the cover and cant wait for the cd...good job on the cover fuck the whine bags
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COMMENT | love the band but
posted by :
7/11/2006 7:20:44 PM
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I love the band but can't they come up with someting else for the b-sides? how many versions of the same songs do we realy need? run to hills?the trooper? either come up with unreleased songs or stop putting out singles.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Grimorkh
7/11/2006 7:37:29 PM
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Nice words... Eddie rules!
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COMMENT | lizard23
posted by :
7/11/2006 7:49:26 PM
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Hahaha, nicely spotted
And cool artwork, not the greatest Maiden cover, but cool none the less.
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COMMENT | dance of death???????????????
posted by :
7/11/2006 8:35:31 PM
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WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHIT ???? growing up with the art of riggs , i used to draw his stuff all the time, but man, that dance of death, you guys are right, that is complete fuckin shit, who the fuck thought up that crap /GARBAGE.., obviously not RIGGS - the 'MAN' he was a fantastic artist and should COME BACK
METAL'S BACK - WITH A VENGEANCE ! ! ! !
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COMMENT | " Artwork ? "
posted by : wango tango
7/11/2006 8:43:12 PM
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I have never understood this eddie thing. Artwork ? Certainly nothing to do with any kind of art. Comic books are not art, yet the cover pictures of many comics are much better than the album covers of Iron Maiden. It' s the silliest possible idea to put the same children cartoon monster on every album cover. Iron Maiden was aimed to the teenage audience but their album covers always made it look like the records would have been fairy tales for the children. Eddie has always reminded me of a liitle plastic monster you could find inside a cereal package, put there that the children would ask their mothers to buy those certain cereals. I just don' t understand it. Originally, the heavy metal music was not intended to be childish, but certainly eddie is something that appeals only to the children. The latest Iron Maiden album cover looks again like a cover of a comic book. Is that a good thing ? If Iron Maiden' s album covers are art, then every drawing in every comic book must be art too. Art ? That' s just laughable. Fuck off already with your little green monsters and other toys. Grow up for fuck' s sake. This is unbelievable.
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COMMENT | artwork
posted by :
7/11/2006 8:45:57 PM
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Right on Timothy!! Great shit....is there perhaps a computer game coming up? Sort of Ed Hunter meets Band of Brothers??
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COMMENT | MAIDEN RULES
posted by : RiotAct666
7/11/2006 9:58:10 PM
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Awesome cover can't wait for the new album 1st day buyer!
UP THE IRONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | wango tango
posted by : Some_Person
7/11/2006 10:06:12 PM
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Oh, please. Sure comic books are art. What is art, then to you?
The stuff hanging in the Louvre? That wierd sculpture outside the government building? Dead rabbits wearing makeup hanging off a clothesline?
Have you no idea of the spirit of metal, or in Iron Maiden's work, music or cover wise? Sounds like you have no business being on this site. We all "get" Iron Maiden and the Eddie thing. We all "get" metal. You do not. So kindly fuck off and haunt some Top 40 thread.
"Art is a manifestation of the mind"
- Jim Unger
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COMMENT | Some person
posted by : wango tango
7/11/2006 10:46:57 PM
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I certainly know what heavy metal music is supposed to be. It' s not for children, like Iron Maiden is. To call Iron Maiden' s album covers art is a joke. 100 pictures of a grinning green goblin are not art, they' re a cartoon series.
However, there IS actual heavy metal art. For example, Motörhead' s logo, the original version of it, is good enough to be art. That picture would be interesting even without the Motörhead connection.
And one more thing : Don' t ever say " we " when you mean " I. " You can say what you think but you can' t say what all the other people think.
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COMMENT | I agree with...
posted by :
7/11/2006 11:16:41 PM
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... some person. I believe that some one has to be an artist to produce images that we see on albumn covers. I guess wango tango doesn't think that musicians are artists either, just people who can put sounds together. So, for wango here is the definition of art. art1 >noun 1 the expression of creative skill through a visual medium such as painting or sculpture. 2 the product of such a process; paintings, drawings, and sculpture collectively. 3 (the arts) the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, and drama. 4 (arts) subjects of study primarily concerned with human culture (as contrasted with scientific or technical subjects). 5 a skill: the art of conversation.
-ORIGIN Latin ars.
Oh and nice of wango to name himself after the song of a pediphile.
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COMMENT | when i was in grade school
posted by :
7/12/2006 12:25:45 AM
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we had an art project to complete . u draw different colors in crayon then paint black over the top then etch out a drawing . i did the album cover for piece of mind eddie in shackles i believe . anyway the kids were shocked along with the teacher cause u know they didnt know who maiden was and it wasnt titled . anyway i got an A . itwas perfect . i think it was the year the yanks played the dodgers world series . anyway im out i just dated myself lol they guy sayin he drew maiden in high school reminded me i did that longgggg time ago its been metal since i can crawl motherfuckers !!!!!!!!!!
thnx 4 listning lol
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/12/2006 12:46:10 AM
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lame cover, no central focus, eddie's role is WAY to small... it's good for a comic book, but for a CD cover -- No, just NO.
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COMMENT |
posted by : wango tango
7/12/2006 1:36:34 AM
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It' s a comic book cover, plain and simple. No better, no worse than an average comic book cover.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
7/12/2006 1:53:23 AM
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COMMENT |
posted by : saxon6666
7/11/2006 3:28:44 PM
That dead dude on the bottom right looks like Michael Myers. Up the Irons.
HAHA, OH MY GOD HE DOES LOOK LIKE MICHAEL MYERS
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COMMENT | D'oh!
posted by : Some_Person
7/12/2006 2:16:27 AM
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Ha ha ha
Michael Myers!!!!!!
wango tango: what about Norman Rockwell? Is it art or simply illustrations?
Please tell US (not just me)
where's maidenquebec? Comment dit on "Up the Irons" en francais? "Sur le fers"?
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COMMENT |
posted by : AnselmoTrendkiller
7/12/2006 2:21:12 AM
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Who cares about what kind of tank this is, or what this geezer fucks will record anyway?
Gay band, gay cover.
Hail Down, and BLS too.
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COMMENT | AnselmoTrendkiller
posted by : Some_Person
7/12/2006 2:30:48 AM
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doesn't seem to know much about metal, music, or anything in particular. He does however profess to know a great deal about homosexual listening preferences and homoerotic art.
Wonder why that is, hmm?
Iron Maiden owns your sissy bitch ass.
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COMMENT |
posted by : wango tango
7/12/2006 3:12:31 AM
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Norman Rockwell ? Yes, sure I can tell you and all your heavy metal friends what I think about him. Personally I don' t like his style, actually I could say I dislike it quite intensely. However, I can see that it takes SOME talent to do what he has done. That' s why I could call his work art. You see, anyone can draw an eddie, you certainly don' t have to be talented in any way to do that. Art means personal vision, unique way to do something. Art can' t be copied. Comic books can be well illustrated which means the guys drawing them are skilled but that doesn' t make comic books art. If you say Iron Maiden album covers are art, then you' re saying ANYTHING can be art. And that of course only means that art doesn' t actually mean anything to you.
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COMMENT | Some_Person
posted by :
7/12/2006 4:53:19 AM
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ha ha well said. AnselmoTrendkiller if you were that much into pantera you would know they are maiden fans and have even covered a maiden song live. number of the beast if im not mistaken. no maiden no pantera. FACT. I THINK THE ARTWORK IS GREAT ON THIS ONE
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COMMENT | No ...
posted by : wango tango
7/12/2006 5:04:31 AM
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It can' t be artwork. It' s not art. It' s just a picture and not even a good one.
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COMMENT | BRADSTREET ROCKS
posted by :
7/12/2006 6:00:19 AM
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FUCK YEAH. TIM BRADSTREET IS A FUCKING FAANTASTIC ARTIST... He did all those Punisher Posters for the garthe ennis Punisher.. they're fucking cinematic ..
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COMMENT | Great artwork
posted by :
7/12/2006 6:10:35 AM
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And I can't wait to hear the new Maiden masterpiece.
R.I.P SYD BARRETT, A GENIUS, A REBEL.
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COMMENT |
posted by : JadedShock
7/12/2006 4:13:47 PM
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Yeah wtf happened to Derek Riggs?
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COMMENT | Wango
posted by :
7/12/2006 9:37:33 PM
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You're a Nudge fan and I suppose where you come from it is ok to have sex with someone young. No wonder Courtney Love is messed up. As for an earlier comment that about Maiden's artwork being fairy tale pictures for children. I never thought as Maiden or anyone elses' album covers as having anything to do with fairy tales. And I listened to it growing up in the eighties. Get back to the listening to you wuss music with your safe, mature albumn covers that have pics on them taken by photographers who obviously according to you have no artistic skill.
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