History YMMV / IronMaiden

* MisattributedSong: No, they didn't do covers of "[[Music/JudasPriest The Ripper]]", "[[Music/ScorpionsBand The Zoo]]" nor they have a song called "Silver Wings"! And "[[Music/BlackSabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath]]" is sung by Bruce Dickinson but it's NOT a song of the band. Neither are every song which Bruce did outside of Maiden. (Read: His solo career.)

** In ''The Early Days, Part 2'', Bruce is talking with a fan in a concert of the World Slavery Tour, the marathonic presentation tour in support of ''Powerslave''. The fan said that he would like to play Heavy Metal with synthesizers, to which Bruce replied that "Heavy Metal cannot be played with synthesizers". The two following albums, ''Somewhere In Time'' and ''Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'' make heavy use of synthesizers.

* MisattributedSong: No, they didn't do covers of "[[Music/JudasPriest The Ripper]]", "[[Music/{{Scorpions|Band}} The Zoo]]" nor they have a song called "Silver Wings"! And "[[Music/BlackSabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath]]" is sung by Bruce Dickinson but it's NOT a song of the band. Neither are every song which Bruce did outside of Maiden. (Read: His solo career.)

** Although every fan and critic in 1992 thought ''Fear of the Dark'' was a [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel million times better]] than ''No Prayer for the Dying'' in both production and song-writing, many fans still thought it was a pretty mediocre Maiden album with too much [[AlbumFiller filler]] and Bruce Dickinson still singing like he is auditioning for a ThrashMetal band. However, it is not uncommon for fans today to think of the album as a good album in its own right, mainly due to the album containing many fan favourites, such as "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" and of course, the {{title track}}.

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: They have so many knockoffs and have been copied so many times that it can be hard for younger, newer listeners to get what is so special about them.

See also:

* [[Funny/IronMaiden Funny Moments]]
* [[AwesomeMusic/IronMaiden Awesome Music]]
* [[YMMV/TheNumberOfTheBeast The Number of the Beast (YMMV)]]

--> ''Mother Russia''
--> ''Dance of the Tsars''
--> ''Hold up your heads''
--> ''Remember who you are''
--> ''Can you release''
--> ''The anger the grief?''
--> ''Can you be happy''
--> ''Now your people are free.''

* SoBadItsGood: The intentionally cheesy video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPV4jlOlWjA "Holy Smoke"]].

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: They have so many knockoffs and have been copied so many times that it can be hard for younger, newer listeners to get what is so special about them.

** Song-wise, aside of the acronyms, "11:58" or "23:58" for "2 Minutes To Midnight" and "666" for "The Number of the Beast". And also "Paschendale" is known by some as "Paschen-[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]-dale"

* MisBlamed: Blaze Bayley is often pinpointed as the scapegoat for the dip in quality that ''The X Factor'' and ''Virtual XI'' represent, even though a) the beginning of said dip can be traced as far as ''No Prayer for the Dying'', with Bruce still in the band, b) Blaze was chosen as the band's singer by the rest of the band, LeadBassist Steve Harris at the forefront, and c) he had minimal input, contributing on just 5 tracks to the 11-track ''TFX'' and 3 to the 8-track effort ''VXI'', with Harris having input on almost every song of these albums. This status was further cemented by his highly-consistent solo career, where, while still not reaching the legendary status of the then-reunited Maiden, he still put up albums that were way better received than his Maiden-era efforts.

* CryForTheDevil: "Lord of Light", literally. [[TearJerker and you ''will]]'' cry.

* CryForTheDevil: "Lord of Light", literally. [[TearJerker and you]] ''[[TearJerker will]]'' [[TearJerker cry]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Or better said, Chileans ADORE Iron Maiden. This may or may not come from how [[BannedInChina they were banned]] from performing in Chile in the early '90s... [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint for supposedly being "satanic"]]. They retributed recording ''En Vivo!''

* FaceOfTheBand: Either [[{{Mascot}} Eddie]], Music/BruceDickinson or [[LeadBassist Steve Harris]].

** Once, Adrian said that he expected Iron Maiden to do 15 albums before quitting. The title of Maiden's 15th album is ''The Final Frontier''.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Aside from the new singer, the biggest complaint about ''The X Factor'' is how relentlessly dark and slow in tempo it gets from "Fortunes Of War" onwards. Most tracks in follow-up ''Virtual XI'' also count. ''A Matter Of Life And Death'', being aside from the opening track [[EpicRocking long dirges]] on the horrors of war, sometimes gets this assessment too (with some of the older fans noting that it is quite similar to ''The X Factor'', but reception was more positive because it was Bruce singing... and maybe because it fits TrueArtIsAngsty).

* SweetDreamsFuel: Yep, even they have some. "Strange World" is a serene, slow paced ballad with whimsical lyrics sung gently by Paul. It surprisingly makes a good lullaby for children.

** "Bring Your Daughter... To the Slaughter" was originally a solo Bruce Dickinson song for the soundtrack of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild''. The original version won a UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for "worst original song" and is mostly forgotten, the Iron Maiden version became their only UK number-one single.

** Also "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" has many false endings.

** Paul Di'Anno left. Then Bruce Dickinson came. Nowadays, he's almost universally regarded as even better than Di'Anno. Even Di'Anno himself considers Bruce a better singer than him, especially as the material the band was writing at that point was more suited to someone with Bruce's range.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTt1vk9nM9c?t=153 "Be Quick Or Be Dead"]] has a very bad CG of an anvil falling on a surface and morphing into a bank check addressed to Eddie; a few seconds later the CG is used again, in reverse.

* LowerClassLout: Paul Di'Anno certainly fits the stereotype. He was known for engaging in violence and thievery (and in later years, tax evasion), had substance issues, and by his own admission came from one of the poorest areas of East London. However, a number of people who have worked with him say he's actually a very nice guy provided he's sober.