Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson vs The Joint in Edmonton

[YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

Bruce didn't regularly do weed with Samson. He tried it once and it made him sick, he even said it "made him sound the night with his head in the toilet". He since hasnt done by weed. I believe Dave used to do LSD at one point, H smokes and I believe Dave still does (I've seen recent photos of both of them with cigs, though that could be just a celebratory thing). Steve apparently hasn't touched them, and I believe him. Also I believe Nicko did cocaine at one point for a short period (I've hear

[Hughesy16LFC]

Whats with all these pussies complaining about weed. Its a fucking heavy metal show what do you expect? Without pot smokers, we wouldnt have a lot of the amazing rock and metal music we have today. If you dont want to smell ganja, dont go to a show. Some of us like to toke up as it enhances the music and allows us to connect to it more spiritually. Alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, prescription pills- there all drugs. Weed is the safest of the lot. Grow some balls and learn the truth.

[MikeyGee001]

@Hughesy16LFC

I'm with ya dude ... 500% ....

Folks need to educate themselves on the topic rather than just repeating all the BULLSHIT (and yes, it is indeed BULLSHIT) and fear propaganda that was shoved down our throats as kids.

If your boarded .. watch (or google) "THE UNION. The business behind getting high"

or "GRASS"

Both are GREAT Documentaries

[DragonChaserKev]

Maiden make more money with merchandise than music I would think.

[YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

Ah, I was at this show and I remember it like yesterday. When this moment came, I yelled GO BRUCE!!!! TELL IT LIKE IT IS!!!!. Such an awesome moment and I'll admit I'm 19 and I do not smoke and/or do drugs, I will admit Bruce has inspired that choice a bit. I mean just look at him, he's in his 50s and in terms of energy and charisma he rivals several people even younger than him. Hell at the show in 2010 it amazed me he was 51 and was still running around and keeping the energy up! UP THE IRONS!

[averagenikki]

ahem you don't need weed to escape your crappy lives. especially at a concert. but whatever.

a new respect for bruce. XD and FYI, he was only on drugs during his samson career because he thought it was the only way he could communicate with the band and dropped them as soon as he joined maiden, so don't bring up holy smoke. the song's not even about that?

RIME!

[fireemblem555]

Good music and album sales rarely go together, and sometimes are opposite. If album sales meant being great, then in the early 90s Garth Brooks would have been the best musicians to ever sell CDs in the United States, His music is shit, so that proves my point. UP THE IRONS!

[Metalgamer1234]

Are you trying to say that maiden can't sell cd's?Aren't they up to about 75 million copies sold?

[fireemblem555]

They can't sell CDs as well as many really lame bands can, for example Garth Brooks has sold the second most albums of anyone in the whole United States. Don't get me wrong I think that Maiden deserves way more sales then they get, I fucking love them, in fact I was at this show.

[Metalgamer1234]

I see what your saying.The thing is that now a lot of people just download music.I still buy all my music, I support these bands and to me iron maiden is the best band of all time.I still need to buy the albums with blaze and no prayer for the dying then ill have them all.

[doomsdayXXXcult]

its a joint!

[lilalulasch]

Wasn't Nicko fucked by the police many years ago because they found some Pot in his bass drum? I'm not sure 'bout that, but I heard it once...

[saul522]

I never heard about that but I do know of several incidents of Nicko road rage XD

[DenzelLockheart]

Yeah, like when he ran the guy over in the parking lot of the arena in Dallas back in 2003... that was the funniest story

[SetAbominae88]

success doesn't always translate to record sales dick weed. metal bands as a whole aren't accepted by the mass media and so will never have huge album sales with exception of a few who cross over to mainstream and in regard KISS they're an example of what NOT to do as a band they're the biggest sellout band ever

[mykolassss]

that was lame. I lost a lot of respect for Dickinson right now.

[volcano60]

me too actually

[CherokeeMusic]

Like I really needed another reason to respect Bruce Dickinson. Fuck marijuana.

[Corpseviolation666]

Have you ever smoked it?

[fullstack2]

ok i just realized something...... Bruce is a pilot and i bet he is probaly drug tested often. Its probably bad for him to come with in feet of that stuff..... just another thought in addition to my first comment.

[fullstack2]

I love ya Bruce, but cmon that was lame. You are the front man of one of the best metal bands in history and you are bothered by some weed?! I don't smoke weed but every fucking concert from Maiden to Celion Dion (my wife made me go with her i fucking swear it!) I saw people smoking pot, thats right i saw a couple smoking pot at a Celion Dion concert.

But after all it is Bruce's show if we want to hear wale, i assume its his rules.... : /

[paunocu]

weed being good or bad for your health apart, hes a dick,for many reasons,but watch the video response in here! Someone like him,who while young even made a song called holy smoke(if the video for that isnt on weed,i dont know what is!)after getting old expects young people going through the same process of evolution to skip steps and get to the point he is now.I say its necessary to have the smoking period to get to a possibly even better no smoking period,but that wont happen if you skip steps

[llehmorfzzaj]

:)))

[Corpseviolation666]

Holy smoke is about televangelists, "holy" men who blow smoke up your ass for money, hence the title, dumbass.

[pilatesdog147]

how ironic is that, ne's freaking out over a joint while doing a song that was inspired by the writings of an opium addict!!!!

I used to like maiden but I think Mr DICKheadson should get of his high horse and realize that we're not all rich rock stars and some of us like a little bit of weed to escape our shit lives!!!!

[Corpseviolation666]

Not only that but on Live After Death before they played Rime he was talking about how that song was written while high on weed. How's THAT for irony?

[CherokeeMusic]

He didn't se HE was high, he said that Samuel Taylor Coleridge was "unfortunately" under the influence of drugs when he wrote the poem... i.e. marijuana. And no, I have not smoked, nor will I.

[Corpseviolation666]

Well, not that I'm encouraging that you do, but don't knock it if you haven't. It's safer than cigarettes and Bruce needs to stop being such a girl about it.

[volcano60]

yes cigarettes are much worse

[canadianskickass]

It may very well be safer than cigarettes, but its still considered a controlled substance. So in Bruce's case, if he ever gets caught with so much as a trace he could lose his pilots licence for ever. He just doesnt fly for the band, he flies for a British company on his down time away from the band if Im not mistaken. FAA and NTSB doesnt take too kindly to that sorta thing.

[Corpseviolation666]

Good point.

[internalpeaceseeker]

@canadianskickass bruce is cleaaaaaaan

[pilatesdog147]

S T Coleridge was an Opium addict, not a pot smoker!!!

[CherokeeMusic]

You're right.

[volcano60]

fucking right pilatesdog147!

[itslegit]

Ya disappointing bruce,

Its a sign, your a grumpy old FART.

A little bit of pot NEVER HURT ANYONE.

Disappointing Bruce.

[chagaming]

haha what the hell pot is great helll.... im high right now as i type this... and i run long distance in traCK

[TheWhisperEagle]

>_>

It actually is worse then tobacco for your lungs.

When you're a singer, your lungs generally should work. XD

[C6co66]

not really

[llehmorfzzaj]

i heard bruce in 98 on his chemical wedding tour, where he aggressively commanded the audiance not to smoke at all. several times he raised his fist when he saw somebody wanting to light a cigarette. then he poured a pot full of water over the head of a guy in the first row who didnt care and still smoked a (tabacco-)cigarette. it was winter btw, snow outside. at least he did some GREAT new music back then.

[YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

@llehmorfzzaj Ha ha ha that is just too epic!!!! If only he did that to the wanker who threw the joint here. That would have been a crowning moment of epic win. I can't stand the smell of smoke so if I saw somebody doing that I'd have done the same thing.

[llehmorfzzaj]

this sucks. bruce should better record some good music than trying to behave like a ridiculous rockstar-psycho. the new maiden-stuff is crap, chemical wedding was his last great work.

[xcetia37]

i've lost my respect 4 that bruce, legalize it!

[DenzelLockheart]

I've GAINED my respect for Bruce, that pot shit will kill you!

[xcetia37]

Denzel, no offense, but your an idiot. Cannabis has never killed one human being ever in the 5,000 years it has co-existed and been symbiotic with humanity. In fact, it's one of the safest therapeutical substances known to man. Your a little misguided buddy, you need to check your facts...

[DenzelLockheart]

OK, either you're a complete idiot or just stupid. That stuff can fuck up your system, and it IS deadly. In fact, it's worse than smoking 4 unfiltered cigarettes at once. Smoking IN GENERAL is lethal.

[xcetia37]

ok tha idea that smoking in general is lethal is an ignorant misconception. Cannabis smoke travels through the large peripheral airway of the lungs and not the small peripheral airway affected by tobacco smoke, and since it is the small airway inflamation that causes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, marijuana smokers have never developed lung cancer or related diseases. In fact, cannabis has been proven to be a lung cleaner, and bronchial dilator aiding and sometimes curing asthma

[Dysmaal]

preach, bruh. Toke up forever

[TacheForibster]

i have asthma and i am also alergic to cats.. well last night i went to my friends house and i was already a little bit sick.. i think im getting a cold. anyway i went in to his house and an hour later i feel even sicker... my nose is running and its hard for me to breath.. then i find out theres a cat.. well wtf.. so i step outside with my friends and smoke a J.. after about 10 mins my snot nose is all dried up and the resticted feeling of not being able to breath properly was gone.. true story

[majnjord]

lol that was the most stupid thing I've read on youtube except for all the nazi shit. What the hell is your your story's point? Joint beats allergy pills (heard of those?)?

[SomewhereInTime226]

Whilst as proven totally fucking up your mental health.

[DenzelLockheart]

Best concert I've ever been to... I was in sec 219 Row 32... Killer seats and I could see EVERYONE... even Bruce running backstage and stuff. Really awesome show!!!

[paintballer5655]

small word ehh?

[HelloHalo117]

I was at the very front, to the right.

[paintballer5655]

haha i was in row 26 seat 13

[paintballer5655]

ya i was there to, section 209 awsome show

[TrevorTWS]

haha holy shit, I was in section 209, row 34 seat 2.

[TrevorTWS]

The gift of imagination, it just comes freely without the use of drugs. Great show, I was in the nose bleeds...but still best show I've ever been to.

[paintballer5655]

wat is he saying?

[fireemblem555]

thats a joint, unfortunately, I don't smoke that shit so there you go, its the gift of imagination, words come freely without the use of drugs

[belialonmyback]

Wonder if anyone caught him on film falling over...