Run for the hills

Back when I was a school-going teen, Iron Maiden was all the rage with my peers. I was more of a Beatles fan, but I did absorb a lot of it secondhand (along with Judas Priest and Black Sabbath) and I was keen to see the legendary metallurgists live. The band put on a first-rate show, though as someone seeing them for the first time I did find find myself wishing they'd played more of their classic stuff.



Here comes Bruce!



Guitar action with Janick Gers!



More guitar action with Dave Murray!



Bass action with band founder Steve Harris!



Janick stretches!



More guitar action with Adrian Smith!



Hair-raising action!



About the only way I could get a shot of Nicko McBrain was on the big screen.



They're just checking to see if he's actually back there (I kid).



More guitar!



And so on!



"Scream for me Ottawa!"



Bruce takes it up a level.



More Eddie!



More Adrian!



Monitor standing action!



Little Bruce, big Ed.



Even more guitar!



Even more, more guitar!



The whole lot!



Then I zipped off to see the rest of the Kelp revue.

• Show reminder: Choice Grade, Monday I Retire and Alamode play Club SAW. The Big Chill is at The Rainbow; the Elmdale House Tavern hosts The Jeers and Rustbuckit. Alanna Gurr plays an early set at the Avant Garde Bar.