Ryan Adams: "Wasted Years" (Iron Maiden cover)

Here's a recent Ryan Adams cover of the eloquent Iron Maiden folk song (huh???) "Wasted Years", recorded live for BBC2 on August 30, 2011.  Chew your food, bitches!

Adams has a new record, Ashes & Fire, coming out October 11th, but this will not be on there, yet another in a long line of intentionally bootleg-ready material.

Throwback 1988 || Iron Maiden: "Can I Play With Madness"

While it may be axiomatic that Iron Maiden are the shit today, back in 1988 they were primarily a cult band in the US: not even all US metal fans were on board.  Even at the time, though, they were a smash hit in the UK, where "Can I Play With Madness" went to #3 on the British charts.  Basically, the respect Maiden - and old school metal as a whole - have been getting Stateside over the past decade has been the birthright of groups like Maiden, Priest and Sabbath from time immemorial back in the UK.  Maybe we're not as progressive as we like think.