I like the mystic ouverture...Doro still has that magic to manipulate with the audience,but Blaze is a disaster:SI miss good old Bruce,he and Doro would burn the house down...
Ich war da, denn ich arbeite in Wacken ..... Ich find nicht, das Doro und Paul Dianno was mit Fear of the Dark zu tun haben. Doro sollt bei Warlock bleiben und Paul sollte Maiden einfach in Ruhe lassen !!
Ich hab die Zeit mit Killers und Co auch gerne gehört, aber vorbei is vorbei !!
War dummerweise letztes WE zum ersten Mal in Wacken. Hätte ich mal schon früher mal mal machen sollen........"All we are" und dies Teil hier gehen höllisch in Seele und Unterleib
@idontwearundies of course not, you moron, that's why this kind of songs are called "cover" and not the real-dumb stuff (not saying that maiden is a dumb stuff, i like em, but your comment was simply stupidity)
Ich find es iwie schade das Blaze Bayley's Mikrofon so leise is im vergleich zu Doro's. Dem Ex-Sänger von Maiden das Mic so leise zu machen is iwie frech...
Unglaublich wie beschissen so ein geiles Lied sein kann. Doro hat einfach NICHTS drauf und muss auch noch Klassiker derart verschandeln. Unglaublich wie schlecht das ist
Hmmm, jetzt muss Du mich mal aufklären... Ist der dicke Mann wirklich einmal Sänger bei Maiden gewesen? Kann mich an den Typen nicht so arg erinnern... Hilf mir bitte mal auf die Sprünge!
ihre stimme find ich noch nichtmal so schlecht, aber wenn ich mir mal das musikalische gesamtwerk angucke, dann würd ich das irgendwo zwischen metal und "Pur" ansiedeln.
die version von fear of the dark ist mal überflüssig wie ein kropf, es fehlt jeglicher druck.
its very hard to sing this song! lol!! l will sing also soon! and l trust my self!she ok! but ..(diafram)! he is ok! but not very strong voice! but pretty cool! 4****
I have never heard ov a Cradle of Filth cover ov "Fear of the Dark". I believe you are mistaking it for the Graveworm cover.
Look into it.
Thanks to things like Limewire people have mislabeled that cover as Cradle of Filth, Children of Bodom, or even Kalmah. I fell into the trap back when I used to use Limewire back in the day.
The track was actually released on Graveworm's 2001 album, "Scourge of Malice".
Sure maiden is incredible live but that sounds a tad harsh it wasnt that bad, i thought it was really good. It's one of the Maiden songs Blaze does really well too.
I just heard Doro for the first time today, and I feel like I've really been missing out. I've honestly been watching different videos of songs by her for the past 4 hours, and haven't found one I didn't like, including the covers of other bands. I usually hate covers. Doro is amazing.
Ээээ.. Собстенно, что это?!!! Iron Maiden или Doro?!!! Я думаю, Доро Пеш не стоит опускаться до банального плагиата( а выглядит именно так), пусть даже это песня великих Iron Maiden...
What the f.... is this... ??? It seemed, that the Muppet Band plays on a garden party in the madhouse down our street... Don´t try this at home... Terrible..
i disagree, i no what ur sayin but when u hear the old maiden its no where near as good as dickinson. the second dikinson came in, i was a revolution, he started so much for that band. and honestly can u see blaze rockin it doday
Blaze kept the band going in the 90's, and even though I'm a big fan of him, I don't think it would lasted so long if Bruce never came back. But the effort he did, he tried his best even though he was young and came in after Dickinson.
Well, maby many of you will not agree with me, but I think this cover is wonderful. Obviously it is not as powerful as the original version, but the orchestration sounds very good.
I would say dont bother to watch this,better take time and listen other original Maiden versions of this songs...crowd is ten times better than this orcestar + groupe... -.-
Did anyone notice that this is performed completely live and played by a whole goddamn orchrestra instead of a pair(trio) of E-guitars?I am not a great fan of Blaze Bayley either...but for hell's sake I was in that Wacken audience on this great night in 2004 and this version of Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark" killed me instantly although I was pissed as hell. The fact that I rememeber each and every second of the gig alone is enough evidence to me that this version is...well...Kicking Ass!
omg...seriously....Warlock - All we are rocks...but this...makes me wanna cry..especially since i was @Sthlm Stadion 2008 and Iron Maiden was GREAT! Please STOP!!! no need to rape the songs of Maiden ffs! Should have quit when she was
i love blaze allright?
salot19 2 months ago
i 'was there!
io ero lì !!!
OnePixelMotion 4 months ago
faut vraiment dire à Blaize que le chant (et la musique) c pas pr lui !!!) . ... catastrophe avec et sans maiden .... UN SIGNE QUI FAIT DES SINGERIES
kevinica421 6 months ago
Blaze sings better than he was with Irons:)
karolkolobrzeg 10 months ago 7
Lulz, disaster...
sinbysin666 10 months ago
This was a fun version of a song that I've gotten sick of seeing live. However, it really would have kicked all forms of ass if it had been Bruce.
Fixxer315 11 months ago
I like the mystic ouverture...Doro still has that magic to manipulate with the audience,but Blaze is a disaster:SI miss good old Bruce,he and Doro would burn the house down...
MegaFireAndWater 1 year ago
please whats the name of the song starting in the end of this clip?
astalavista152 1 year ago
@astalavista152 I Rule the Ruins
bigbadgsy 11 months ago
@bigbadgsy thank you... its a epic song too :)
astalavista152 10 months ago
@astalavista152 the song starting at the end is "I Rule the Ruins"
hriedmar 11 months ago
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IROM MAIDEN SIEMpre!!
DORO: mas emocion bajo el tema le falta prooo le falta ............. hasta el MAS INFINITO
blade888blade 1 year ago
IROM MAIDEN SIEMpre!!
DORO: mas emocion bajo el tema le falta prooo le falta ............. hasta el MAS INFINITO
blade888blade 1 year ago
EL
blade888blade 1 year ago
que voz de borracho tiene blaze
rapcoremanx 1 year ago
Sie ist echt einzigartiges Maiden :)
MrRobnick666 1 year ago
hammer........
sidwil70 1 year ago
Only Bruce.
soulgorden 1 year ago
1:22 fängt die Maiden version an
Wishtree1982 1 year ago
God I love Doro!!!
dynothane300 1 year ago
Grande Blaze un capo..... y doro la reina del metal
MrChilenoscio 1 year ago
el chabon canta para el ojete, pero DORO (L)
maruyo94 1 year ago
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This is crap!
erikstangelandolsen 1 year ago
ich find doro voll geil xd
hardcore66669 1 year ago
holy *__*
KillerQueenofMusic 1 year ago
This is crap!
Mylosh35 1 year ago
Blaze and Doro thats a nice duet
lavweber 1 year ago
whos the dude??
TheRockero17 1 year ago
@TheRockero17 blaze bayley
CharlieNine 1 year ago
@TheRockero17 Blaze Bayley...
Mylosh35 1 year ago
This would make an awesome movie score with a better mix of heavy guitars with the orchestra and of course no vocals!!!!
Zorro3740 1 year ago
this is fantastic!
donnapanda 1 year ago
This needs moar circle pit!
isamarine 1 year ago
che, eso no es en wacken... eso es en Dusselhoff ,,,
xSicariax 1 year ago
Ich war da, denn ich arbeite in Wacken ..... Ich find nicht, das Doro und Paul Dianno was mit Fear of the Dark zu tun haben. Doro sollt bei Warlock bleiben und Paul sollte Maiden einfach in Ruhe lassen !!
Ich hab die Zeit mit Killers und Co auch gerne gehört, aber vorbei is vorbei !!
riskful666 1 year ago
War dummerweise letztes WE zum ersten Mal in Wacken. Hätte ich mal schon früher mal mal machen sollen........"All we are" und dies Teil hier gehen höllisch in Seele und Unterleib
Hugs and Kisses to Doro and Iron Maiden
birdyki64 1 year ago
@birdyki64 ich auch XD zum ersten mal in wacken und langsam werde ich immer mehr zur metalbraut ;-)
Majokko91 1 year ago
@Majokko91 ....geht mir genauso - obwohl ich eigentlich rein alterstechnisch mehr zur Metaloma tendiere*g*. Egal...keep on rockin' LG
birdyki64 1 year ago
Blaze is Fucking great!!!!!
Mihaius1 1 year ago
Thanks god we have Bruce ..
Bru878 1 year ago
Doro is scheisse und is ne Beleidigung dass die son super Song von Iron Maiden verunstaltet....
GothXam 1 year ago
How cool is that??? Never heard about this cover version from doro/warlock/classical... Going to see the original this year in wacken!!!
mangonian 1 year ago
@mangonian
Me too! :D
debiion 1 year ago
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@mangonian
Me too! :D
debiion 1 year ago
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@mangonian
Me too! :D
debiion 1 year ago
@mangonian
Me too! :D
debiion 1 year ago
Up the Irons...going to see them tonight in Albuquerque!
sanjtst 1 year ago
It's cool, but Children of the Beast is much better.
rafabapjf 1 year ago
doro is a goddess ... absolutely
HammerHellButcher 1 year ago
whats that,..crap
GuitarmanIIII 1 year ago
Ok c est beau mais ca aurait ete mieux avec Bruce !!!
bonescol 1 year ago
Doro is more capable singing Fear of The dark than Blaze. Doro is queen
tustao 1 year ago
genial sag ich nur, Doro und Iron Maiden, ich liebe dieses Video.
MrTammoscheumer 1 year ago
she's hot. the song's not.
bs1174 1 year ago
...anyway SHE has more rights to sing FOD than Blaze. Wanna see this with Bruce and with normal insruments
platibeladon 1 year ago
this cover would have been decent if they would have had metal instruments and metal sound, but now its just lame. sorry doro
tocko92 1 year ago
This is Bruce Dickinson song!
This is lame... and since it's not the whole band playing (MAIDEN), Dickinson should be there, not the hacker rocker wanna be
s4T 1 year ago
el inche blaze apenas y deja cantar a la diosa que es Doro
MetalWarrior95 1 year ago
Que manera de destrozar un clasico.... no lo digo por doro, si no por el otro que ''canta''
blackdogfree 1 year ago
el imbecil de blaze...jajajaja
pues ya ves
el cover hubiera sido PERFECTO si en ves del blaze hubiera estado BRUCE si que si...
\m/
MetalWarrior95 1 year ago 2
jejeje masuno.
No había caido que era blaze el que cantaba. Menos mal que bruce volvio a los maiden que si no... a saber donde estarían tocando. jeje
blackdogfree 1 year ago
@MetalWarrior95 eso es cierto pero mas q bruce hubiera estado bueno con paul di anno en vez d bruce o blaze
rapcoremanx 1 year ago
@rapcoremanx naaa hermano, esta rola es de Bruce y de nadie más xD
MetalWarrior95 1 year ago
GÄNSEHAUT!
Konto199 1 year ago
se eu fosse o Blaze teria vergonha de cantar esse classico do BRUCE.
AFABIANO1 1 year ago
doro looks great
arthurschl 2 years ago
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ich war dabei ...
einmal wacken immer wacken xD
hab ich glatt ne gänsehaut xD
JezzMorpork 2 years ago
Well, hardrock without distorted guitars and bass guitar doesn't feel right to me. On the other side a good show.
rufftone 2 years ago
sooo schade wacken 04 da wär ich gern dabei gewesen heuuul...
trollie1006 2 years ago
No 1!
Respect!
MaZzzZGR 2 years ago
this isnt iron maiden!
idontwearundies 2 years ago 3
undies , its NOT maiden, respect Doro
she is one of the FEW metal GODDESSES we have left .
jaganar1 2 years ago 6
well they dont have dave murray or steve harris
idontwearundies 1 year ago
what u rather they have that SCARY AS FUC* replacement for nightwish "annette " play with Maiden ?
*shrug* or avril lavign ?
jaganar1 1 year ago
@idontwearundies LOOOL, your right but read the first name of this video then you see its from doro....
atron888 1 year ago
@idontwearundies of course not, you moron, that's why this kind of songs are called "cover" and not the real-dumb stuff (not saying that maiden is a dumb stuff, i like em, but your comment was simply stupidity)
gomongio 1 year ago
@idontwearundies have you watched the video throughly?_? no, right?
the beginning is the introduction of the DVD -_- ignorant
think before speaking!
Crodinzo 1 year ago
@idontwearundies what is ?
TheDrunkenHer0 1 year ago
Ich find es iwie schade das Blaze Bayley's Mikrofon so leise is im vergleich zu Doro's. Dem Ex-Sänger von Maiden das Mic so leise zu machen is iwie frech...
Lyering 2 years ago 3
wow, doro's looking beautiful
PuckettJp2 2 years ago 2
Unglaublich wie beschissen so ein geiles Lied sein kann. Doro hat einfach NICHTS drauf und muss auch noch Klassiker derart verschandeln. Unglaublich wie schlecht das ist
Askyndr 2 years ago
Doro rocks and all but Maiden has and creates an energy that these people or anyone for that matter cannot achieve.
Ozzy couldn't even pull this off..... maybe, after all he is OZZZYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! lol
havoctrend 2 years ago
ich finde das lied muss von nem mann gesungen werden
bulletlalalo 2 years ago 2
This is Max Baily!
samulowitz 2 years ago
Interesting version! Way too much synth. Who is the guy? Is that the replacement Maiden singer that filled in while Bruce was gone?
StangQuest94 2 years ago
yep, its Blaze Bayley
XRKENT 2 years ago
Sad it doesn't even come close to giving chills like Iron Maiden does. Worse Fear of the dark cover i've heard.
retrofisk 2 years ago
je déteste les voix des chanteurs mais l'instrumentation est sympa =)
luckybassiste 2 years ago
Doro ist mir unten durch...coverversionen von breaking the law und fear of the dark...ohne worte
Stingale 2 years ago
Und trotzdem bleibt sie die Queen of Rock. Zumindest für viele. So auch für mich ^^ Ich find sie einfach nur geil!
Und außerdem weißt du wie oft Fear of the Dark gecovert wurde xD?
Pyrowolf91 2 years ago 3
die coverversionen, wie du sie nennst, sind allerdings jeweils mit den ursprünglchen bands entsprungen.
falls es dir nicht auffällt, tritt auch der sänger der jeweiligen band (hier der damals aktuelle sänger iron maidens) mit auf.
Bottropasi 2 years ago
Hmmm, jetzt muss Du mich mal aufklären... Ist der dicke Mann wirklich einmal Sänger bei Maiden gewesen? Kann mich an den Typen nicht so arg erinnern... Hilf mir bitte mal auf die Sprünge!
AnalogSurfer 2 years ago
Meines Wissens is t das Blaze Bayley, Sänger von 93-99
Bottropasi 2 years ago
so eine scheiße
sebiwild94 2 years ago
ihre stimme find ich noch nichtmal so schlecht, aber wenn ich mir mal das musikalische gesamtwerk angucke, dann würd ich das irgendwo zwischen metal und "Pur" ansiedeln.
die version von fear of the dark ist mal überflüssig wie ein kropf, es fehlt jeglicher druck.
Thinkle911 2 years ago
I hate her vibrato. Damn!
killyoupl 2 years ago
@killyoupl I didn't know she had a vibrato. LOL
Zorro3740 1 year ago
@Zorro3740 she got vibrator, acknowledge that...
Melekthavs 1 year ago
I wanna hump Doro
TheMoondog69 2 years ago
Sory... Zajebiste
nsdap20 2 years ago
Eine power frau
ferrari7046 2 years ago 2
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nsdap20 2 years ago
thats the best cover from Fear of the dark!
maddinius 2 years ago 3
its very hard to sing this song! lol!! l will sing also soon! and l trust my self!she ok! but ..(diafram)! he is ok! but not very strong voice! but pretty cool! 4****
blixten222 2 years ago
Pretty awsome.
Everyone who is wondering who the guy is, it`s Blaze Bayle who sung in Iron Maiden.
powerpaq59 2 years ago
I wouldn't call what Blaze a singer, he should never been in Maiden, he is a terrible singer!!!!
Zombie215 2 years ago
yeah youre rright hes terrible. But Doro is great :D
moviefreak1495 2 years ago
I Know Right?
Blaze Was Such A Terrible Singer,But When He Sang The Songs "Iron Maiden" And "Phantom Of The Opera" They Were Simply Amazing.
RoseLovesAnime2 2 years ago
no mames deja el cover que es bueno.
la calidad del evento es impresionante que puta envidia.
alvaro1540 2 years ago
Really cool concept, with the violins instead of guitar and so on.
Elluen 2 years ago
i believe cradle of filth did the violin bit first but i may be wrong
jimbo2surf 2 years ago
I have never heard ov a Cradle of Filth cover ov "Fear of the Dark". I believe you are mistaking it for the Graveworm cover.
Look into it.
Thanks to things like Limewire people have mislabeled that cover as Cradle of Filth, Children of Bodom, or even Kalmah. I fell into the trap back when I used to use Limewire back in the day.
The track was actually released on Graveworm's 2001 album, "Scourge of Malice".
Great band, support them.
JonSchaffer57 2 years ago
ko derf, look into it i shallth
jimbo2surf 2 years ago
was eine stimmung (;
keinnickistmehrfrei 2 years ago
Dos was douych ja? Ich habe eine groose gefugensvanse und eine kleine Eingelegter.
Elluen 2 years ago
blaze is fucking amazing solo,
like ridiculously good compared to his time in maiden,
i would have called this video blaze rather than doro fear of the dark,
Alot more people know who he is,
mrfenderbenderman 2 years ago 2
gänsehaut pur, einfach nur genial!
jjmoerfelden 2 years ago 2
She looks beautiful in this Vid's and her Voice , i. Love Doro ^^
PhatFaser 2 years ago 5
hail to our metal queen!
tony22990 2 years ago 24
BRUCE FTW!!!!
up the irons q;
jebech11 2 years ago
I don't like that guy in there, makes the song go average..who the hell is he anyways?
lordtyamat 2 years ago
singer for saxon
mightywibble 2 years ago
no man, it isn't. I think that's blaze bailey, former Iron Maiden singer.
Loki335 2 years ago
your right lol...i dunno why i left that comment
mightywibble 2 years ago
It is Blaze... who was way worse before.
Antythese 2 years ago
doro pecsh is the hottest heavy metal babe.
ericou812 2 years ago 4
compared to the perfomance of maiden 2008 in wacken its absolutely fucking poor....
ego87 2 years ago
Sure maiden is incredible live but that sounds a tad harsh it wasnt that bad, i thought it was really good. It's one of the Maiden songs Blaze does really well too.
dwoverdose52 2 years ago 2
you can see Doro at IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 movie at one Maidengig in L.A. backstage..
guhu87 2 years ago
Fantastic performance. Good lake DORO.
1Zielona1 2 years ago
:-O
I'm about to hit myself against a wall.
sanctiacobvs 2 years ago
I just heard Doro for the first time today, and I feel like I've really been missing out. I've honestly been watching different videos of songs by her for the past 4 hours, and haven't found one I didn't like, including the covers of other bands. I usually hate covers. Doro is amazing.
TerraDactyl94 2 years ago
WOW that was awesome. I'm gonna get the chance to see Doro live with Saxon. Gonna have to go to Wacken someday.
dwoverdose52 2 years ago
bieeeen!!!!!! excelente!!!
121324233 2 years ago
I was there!!!!!!!
skalde666 2 years ago
ok...now you did it...now i am jealous^^
Aracnah 2 years ago
Ээээ.. Собстенно, что это?!!! Iron Maiden или Doro?!!! Я думаю, Доро Пеш не стоит опускаться до банального плагиата( а выглядит именно так), пусть даже это песня великих Iron Maiden...
bikfire 2 years ago
Fett Geil!!
samulowitz 2 years ago
she will be at Wacken again this year:)
and me too^^
Aracnah 2 years ago
is the male-singer blaze bayley?
Pidi93 2 years ago
denke schon...ruft se jedenfalls öfters^^
Aracnah 2 years ago
einmal ;D ja ist Blaze :D
Warlock2212 2 years ago
Yes! he is!
guhu87 2 years ago
what song is that intro
Jannufiend 2 years ago
Wow.....Geil!!!!!!!!!!!
Knoeking 2 years ago
What the f.... is this... ??? It seemed, that the Muppet Band plays on a garden party in the madhouse down our street... Don´t try this at home... Terrible..
Sixstringbass66 2 years ago
maidens music goes well with the orchestraion they compose the music good job.But this version is kinda boring sorry lol.
wqert09 2 years ago
Doro Pesch!!!!
PokerPekka 2 years ago 3
++ Excellent ++
POILAUPATTE00 3 years ago 3
Look Doro singing BREAKING THE LAW, BY JUDAS PRIEST, and Doro and Saxon playing YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING BY JUDAS PRIEST too. it's awesome!
!
veditass 3 years ago
UP THE IRONS!!!
rama6maiden 3 years ago 13
Doro is Awsome, the song is awsome, but this version is really to soft to rock.
arschgorilla 3 years ago
these people should ask themselves why they arent at a real metal concert.
p.s. blaze owns doro
mistrmann 3 years ago
well it says live wacken that is the epitamy of a real metal concert.
doobs102 3 years ago
UMA BOSTA!!!!! HORRIVEL,a pior versão de Fear Of the Dark que eu já ouvi!!!!!!!
Trooperbattleship 3 years ago
God I hate Blaze...and so does the crowd. "Man on the Edge" and "Lord of the Flies" are the only ones that I can really applaud his vocals in.
TheDude6666 3 years ago
Dickinson is better but i don`t think that blaze is bad singer.
AatuRemunen 3 years ago 6
this song is from iron maiden
Hardrock1911 3 years ago 2
Awful.
LP82 3 years ago
Too much for me..
Long live Dickinson!
steffkh 3 years ago 4
steffkh, you are SO damn right... being the same size like Bruce doesn't mean his voice is alike!
ElaAusDemTal 3 years ago
banda calipso?
matheusms06 3 years ago
Blaze is awesome! Without him, there would be no Iron Maiden today!
manoweird 3 years ago
i disagree, i no what ur sayin but when u hear the old maiden its no where near as good as dickinson. the second dikinson came in, i was a revolution, he started so much for that band. and honestly can u see blaze rockin it doday
oshawaguitarkid 3 years ago
Blaze kept the band going in the 90's, and even though I'm a big fan of him, I don't think it would lasted so long if Bruce never came back. But the effort he did, he tried his best even though he was young and came in after Dickinson.
manoweird 3 years ago 4
i agree
Inmate999 3 years ago
Awesome?? At what?? Sure wasn't hollering in maiden thats fo' shiz ma niz
iamreallyhuge 3 years ago
Well, maby many of you will not agree with me, but I think this cover is wonderful. Obviously it is not as powerful as the original version, but the orchestration sounds very good.
Usernameavailable412 3 years ago
god bless germany
ROGELIOTD75 3 years ago
They make it sound like a happy song :(
tiskevin 3 years ago 3
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Fuck You!!
ghostryder0079 3 years ago
*_____________* Niiiice
SuzyHekamiah 3 years ago
I would say dont bother to watch this,better take time and listen other original Maiden versions of this songs...crowd is ten times better than this orcestar + groupe... -.-
ceHson 3 years ago
The eternally gorgeous Doro Pesch, WHAT a woman!
slavemale2 3 years ago
fuck this verision. Iron maiden is much better..
This is just fucking Homo..
Omgimacow 3 years ago
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Yea and fuck blaze bailey
badfish5695 3 years ago
God Bless Doro and the awesome German People...Fur immer!!! From New York...
NJHockeyGoon 3 years ago 3
this IRON MAIDENS SONG AND THEY WROTE IT FIRST THE END
kaierlend 3 years ago
Did anyone notice that this is performed completely live and played by a whole goddamn orchrestra instead of a pair(trio) of E-guitars?I am not a great fan of Blaze Bayley either...but for hell's sake I was in that Wacken audience on this great night in 2004 and this version of Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark" killed me instantly although I was pissed as hell. The fact that I rememeber each and every second of the gig alone is enough evidence to me that this version is...well...Kicking Ass!
mistmoongriffin 3 years ago 3
Yeah, and you don't think everyone knows that?
RitchieBrinckmore 3 years ago
forgot to say...this cover is the mother of all CRAP!
Trocka16 3 years ago
omg...seriously....Warlock - All we are rocks...but this...makes me wanna cry..especially since i was @Sthlm Stadion 2008 and Iron Maiden was GREAT! Please STOP!!! no need to rape the songs of Maiden ffs! Should have quit when she was