The Holy Smokers (Iron Maiden secret gig TV special)

[ThePrestigeStudios]

Awesome performance, though It could be better with the song Mother Russia

[klausmax2010]

IS SECRET ?

[blitzgrieger]

I think Maiden has been a kind of a "for shits and giggles" band .really love em ....

[beatlesrule33]

Milton's My Name

[luizraposo74]

Public Enema Number One = One o the best from NPFTD.

They should include this song on their set list again!!!!

[KillerKojak]

"For a better sound watch on KillerKojak channel....(same video but witn great HIFI sound !!!) !!!"

[Fett316]

Anyone ever notice how Bruce and Steve fight for the center stage? You can see what lead up to them fighting and Bruce leading... thought it was interesting

[PEDROCLASSIC]

AAAYYYEEENNN MEEYDIIIN !!!

[PEDROCLASSIC]

UP THE IRONS FROM THE PHILIPPINES!! fan since the seventh son era 1987

[GuIronMaiden94]

Good Times 

[GOFFYTIME]

Nicko's glasses FTW.

[freddyagc6]

its amazing the energy Iron Maiden puts into every gig and its cool that they havent forgotten how to have fun its what makes them unique.

UP THE IRONS!

[SenyorJMEZ]

Fuck you MTV, Holy Smoke was one of the best film clips ever. 'Not Rock and Roll enough' Stuff that, At least Maiden aren't some stuck up posers who try to make themselves look hardcore, they just wanna have a laugh and make good music. And they do that perfectly! Up the Irons!!

[benametalmaiden]

just up the irons

the beast always moving !!!

[vomit49894]

Great video!!

[zangazoo2007]

Only band to never to change for anyone.  Never compromised! UP THE IRONS!!! \m/

[iuricastro22]

Fucking greatest band of all times!

UP THE IRONS!

[ricardoleony]

i ve got the bootleg of this gig, superb gig, very energic as usual

[jmiller09brophy]

@ricardoleony and where might one find this bootleg?

[ricardoleony]

@jmiller09brophy There´s a forum over the net called Metal Bootlegs Iron Maiden there you can find any bootleg available from iron maiden.

[romeosensacion]

thiz iz wrathdhild

[shastamcnasta666]

I know his name is Janick, but I liked it pronounced with a "J" sound rather than a "Y" sound :P is he part spanish or something?

[GarytheIrishDrummer]

he is danish

[nediamnori]

@GarytheIrishDrummer he is half Polish

[mpchatary]

its a european and danish name. thats why its Y, not J.

[nikimaiedn93]

7:20

ooooooHHHHHH!!!

XOXO~~~~~~~~~~

/,,/

[jimmywires500]

bruce is the coolest motherfucker ever to grace our planet

[TheProgRock]

sorry it meant to be a thumb up...i hit down by accident

[metalguyoscar]

@jimmywires500 dont ferget bout Ronnie James DIo

[ironmaidenismusic]

i love young maiden! .P lol anyway i love the new albums and the olds, all albums of maiden are great except the Blaze era bbut anyway the rest are great!!!

nice vid! thx for uplouding!!!

UP THE IRONSSS!!!!!!!!!!

[SHIFTYgeorge]

blaze era was pretty damn good...

[carzz185]

blaze era was good (the albums i mean)...

maiden live with blaze... well... see for yourself haha

[MetalThrasher90]

Janick's t-shirt is so cool Up the Holy smokeeers!!!

[SlaveToThePowerOfIM]

GOD why was i born in 93

UP THE HOLY SMOKERS

[bonice2512]

no entendi

[progressivelectro]

Bruce´s test, in 1981. Amazing!

look:

/watch?v=9wQQL-1OYuM

[adolfo21]

Maiden is for the masses, but not for the mass media, UP THE IRONS!!

[djspazzyjeff]

Wow - I went to this gig (at the Pitz in Milton Keynes) but had no idea there was any footage of it. Still got a Holy Smokers t-shirt they did for the gig.

I also managed to see another Maiden warm up gig, the one they did as Charlotte and The Harlots in 1988 for Donnington at Queen Mary College in London. It was easy enough to get into both gigs in those pre-internet days - you'd spot a small advert in Kerrang in the Maiden typeface and physically turn up at the venue to buy a ticket

[DMEB]

those were the days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ironlord2015]

Brilliant video. Maiden are without doubt the best band on the planet, & deffo my all time fave. I first discovered them in '89 when the awesome "Seventh Son.." album was still fresh in the shops, & I bought it on the strength of the amazing album cover which floored me as soon as I saw it, before that I hadn't heard of 'em, or even a single note of their music, but I knew then it was going to be something VERY special. I bought the 'No Prayer.." album on 12" vinyl when I was 14, Happy memories

[TheWatcherInTheRing]

Brilliant video from an underrated album!

[SpawnPint]

why do they call them self holy smokers`? idont get it

[ippopaidi]

They did a secret gig i think before they started their No Prayer On The Tour To practice a bit on stage with their new then guitarist Janick Gers

[ippopaidi]

and  the name Holysmokers came from their song from No Prayer For The dying album

[tablonXD]

nicko macbrain with glasses?? O.o

lol

[yyeiji]

Thank you for a picture

[noraMaiden]

m.m

[Ibik]

awesome, hey im new to Maiden can some one tell me what is The Holy Smokers ?

[Fada1992]

I think it have something to do to their incredible song "Holy Smoke"

[Ibik]

true, love that song.

[thegateof8]

holy smoke is a song from the album no prayer for the dieing. so im assuming that the holy smokers is a cover band or a small tour they do thats relativly low key

[alexisbutcher]

has relation whit teh song holy smoke from their album no prayer for the dying! cheers

[M8nFan]

I hope they include this on the next series of "The History of Iron Maiden" dvd. This is really cool!

[DenzelLockheart]

UP THE IRONS!!!! DOWN THE MTV!!!!!

[kittykatnip1970]

This was classic! I loved seeing then before they reached their heights of stardom. Very raw and sexy, too!

[zack2703]

this was in 1990 so the bands been around for quite a while when this was filmed. They were famous during this, they just changes the name of the band for this "Secret-gig" so that they wouldent attract alot of attention.

[Laurita77777]

Public Enema Number 1 en vivo......hermosa cancion

[rockpop1]

mtv is shit they put stuff like justin timberlake simple plan and britny fucking speers where are all the metal and rock of the 80s? todays music are just crap

[DenzelLockheart]

I admit I like a couple JT songs but I agree with you though, MTV music sucks ass. Iron Maiden are the best band EVER!!!

[loldude369]

yeah mtv sucks cock now, what happened to MUSIC television not the most retarded shows... WTF?

[OwnedbyMunky0]

dude, MTV sucks dick.

Iron Maiden owns. \m/

[ImEatinSkin]

MTV used to be good, back in the 80's when it was new. Nowadays its all just crap.

[olliegodbold1988]

public enema no 1 is awesome

[luscaslayer]

Why is this in black and white - it was shot in 1990? It doesn't bother me, I'm just curious.

[shellerau]

Up the Irons

[Manshotbyshed]

nah his voice was good back then,but the way he sings now is just as good,it suits the new music they release and the old songs have a new edge to them,so i dont know what your talking about!! UP THE IRONS!!!

[Residentevilrox]

dude i liked Bruce SOOO better b4 the accident... he hit himself so when he sings he sounds kinda... suffocated... i still like him but he was so better back in the day

[diamonddust22]

What accident to Bruce are you refering to, or are you just making up stuff. Tell me what happen to Bruce.

[Residentevilrox]

well... theres a vid here on youtube somewhere.. well anyways on a concert bruce decided to throw pies at one of the band members.. then they had to clean all that shit up and bruce was gonna sing at a platform 2 meters up in the air at a concert.. so 1 of the road crew guys were managing some stuff at the top of the platform and he had stepped in the cream and left a big footprint there and when bruce went up there he slipped and fell on nickos drumset and he hit himself and( next comment)

[diamonddust22]

Oh yes, I remember that, I hardly think it's still bothering him after all these years. I hope it's not a permanant injury. I personally think he's adjusted his singing like Geddy Lee did because of the long tours. Geddy Lee says he sings more, rather then screams more like the early days.

[Residentevilrox]

and when he sings he says when he moves it hurts and when he sings it hurts a little but when he does both it hurts like hell..

[diamonddust22]

Bruce's voice is fine now, he sings more then ever, and he paces his voice for an entire tour and not just one show. If you blow your voice in 3 shows, you can't sing and you'll lose days on your tour. does that sound smart to you? Bruce knows about singing, you don't

[RayMCiii]

that was awhile ago dude. He's fine now

[Residentevilrox]

ok.. still he does sound kinda suffocated when he sings.. personally right now i think that they both rock only that now he has a different(not worse) voice.. UP THE FUCKING IRONS!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[alaneddie12]

sem palavras ,a melhor banda do mundo

[DMEB]

ha ha pork chop!!

[Specofwarrior]

I'm Related to steve harris ^^ He is my mum's Cousin xD

[Tirdfish]

Why has Bruce got a cockney accent, he's a public schoolboy from Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Classic singer though!

[stickyriver87]

jan and dave were so cute... and nicko's glasses, lol

[linotele]

que chevere :D

[xXxGiu619xXx]

Iron Maiden The best group ever!!!

[rickybrant]

good one graeme!

[pitdoggie]

Awesome vid... thank's mate

[rafilo007]

you can see the difference in the 1980 show when they where kind of shy and this one where nothing has changed, except that they are already famous, and for that, brave.

[xPesKa]

bruce is really shy, huh?

lol

[jms980]

are those ladies glasses?

[kunutc]

Bruce is "Rockin the Bangs" again, i can't wait to see them again. Caught 7th, "Somewhere" and Powerslave all in Omaha. Steve talked to my brother and me for almost an hour after Powerslave set. Knowing we are Native Anerican he had a lot of questions and even got us water to stick around to talk about tribal war, "Honor and Irons" all around that night.

[BlitzkriegBopp]

Holy crap :O I bet your life is complete now! :D

[BlitzkriegBopp]

Holy crap :O I bet your life is complete now! :D

[UPTHE1RON5]

lol nicko looks funny in those glasses

[tomanol8]

wow!i have never heard the second song.

thanx for the video.

[Symphon]

the second song was "public enema number one"

off no prayer for the dying

[UPTHE1RON5]

a forgotten gem btw

[noyearold]

They've got a few of those by now.

[peregrine75]

One of the better songs off that record, I think. I agree with Bruce that there were a lot of good songs on that record, but he wasn't happy with the final mix.

[deadkennedy22]

thats the pitz in MK wherwe i live, i go there pretty regularly.

it was pretty surreal to find out maiden played there the year before i was born!

[VictimofAtkins]

thanks very much for this gem

[luew2002]

the non smokers!

[Goddafodda]

Thanks for sharing :)

[tehslayadude]

Does anyone think Metallica sounds better now than they ever did in the past?

[VictimofAtkins]

no! metallica sound wank these days, as a live band they sounded best from around 1988-1992.

[seventhskate]

maiden on the other hand....

[VictimofAtkins]

sounds better than ever as a live band, yes?

[dred000]

Metallica doesn't sound at all now. Maiden is the greatest live band on earth.

[PyramidHeadX]

Amen man, long live Maiden!

[pilotoatomico]

maiden is the fucking best band ever

[UPTHE1RON5]

whats that gotta do with maiden?

[MightyGarogh]

Someone was talking about live metal performances...

[VH5150MetallicaFan]

@dred000 Both great bands but for me, Metallica wins

[pilotoatomico]

@VH5150MetallicaFan u are a homosexual

[VH5150MetallicaFan]

@pilotoatomico your fucked up dude, read my fucking comment

[RonMaiden90]

great vid!

[jackolepcheur]

awesome, love the second song.

[WelshPhantom]

Thanks for this, really enjoyed it!

Cheers mate.

[bladez666uk]

Cool to see this. I met Steve after this show - what a dude!

[luew2002]

this is AMAZINg. thank you.

[Gurther]

Thanks for this gem :D

[urizen123]

Absolutely bloody marvelous. A rare gem from a criminally under-documented era of the band.

[theprophecy666]

Another rare maiden video. thanks man and daves playing a jackson, thought i'd never see the day.

[graemecrackers]

he played a Jackson for all of the '90s...

[ChillenMcGrillen]

Nice dude!

[HeavyMetall]

5/5 for the vid and for you too!!!

thnks sooo much!

[Hohlmackenreiter]

All hail graemecrackers!

Thanks for uploading that rare stuff.

UP THE HAMMERS!