Best Gigs The Rockbrat’s Seen ? Iron Maiden (1992)

Who: Iron Maiden When: Sydney 23 October 1992 This was Maiden’s third visit downunder (1982, 1985) and seven years was WAY too long to wait for another tour. The musical landscape had shifted a great deal since Maiden’s previous tour. Heavy Metal was still pretty much underground in Australia in 1985, though acts like Bon [...]

Rockbrat Wonders: About Metallica and Lou Reed ? Ryan Adams and Iron Maiden ?

Sometimes I see things occurring in the music world in 2011 that leave me scratching my head. Metallica for one thing. I haven’t bought a Metallica album since 1989’s, “And justice For All”, and although I’ve been vaguely aware of the bands musical output since that time, let’s just say that with the exception of [...]

Rockbrat Wonders: About the integrity of Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘30 Years After The Blizzard’ DVD

Let’s start with some context. Around 1984, my three favourite bands were probably Maiden, Motley Crue and Ozzy Osbourne. Whilst Mr. Rockbrat was focusing on ‘Animalize’, ‘Stay Hungry’, ‘Last In Line’, ‘Out Of The Cellar’ and Blackie’s boys in WASP – I was listening intently to Ozzy’s ‘Speak At The Devil’ and ‘Bark At The [...]

Rockbrat Remembers: McEnroe and Cash with the Full Metal Rackets

How did this end up in the Rockbrat collection ? I guess I purchased it out of curiosity more than anything else. If you were a hard rock devotee, and you dug your sports, you would’ve been aware that in the world of tennis, guys like John McEnroe, Pat Cash and deceased Vitas Gerulaitis were [...]

What’s The Rockbrat Listening To Today ? Samson: Thankyou and Goodnight

Man I used to play this album to death back in the mid-80′s. The covert art tells you what you are gonna get – a great live rock record with the mighty Samson firing on all cylinders on a classic live offering. Vocalist Nicky Moore had a great range and filled the big shoes of [...]

Lifting The Lid On The Rockbrat Treasure Chest: Iron Maiden Fan Club Letter (1984)

2010 and Ozzy Osborne and Metallica are household names, and everybody’s a freakin’ Maiden fan. Well let me tell you friends, 25 years ago the landscape looked a little but different to what it does today. Growing up a metal head in Sydney’s early to mid 80′s – metal was underground, which you might find hard to believe, but [...]

Best Gigs The Rockbrat’s Seen ? Iron Maiden – Sendai Japan (2000)

Who: Iron Maiden When: Sendai, Japan - October 19, 2000  This is a gig the Rockbrat will remember forever. Dickinson and Smithy were back in the line-up and I for one could not wait to see them live again. The last time I’d previously seen Maiden was in 1992 at Sydney’s Hordern on the ‘Fear Of The Dark’ [...]