160: IRON MAIDEN - PIECE OF MIND - Album Dive

Metal Nerdery Podcast

Depending on which side of the pond you’re on, PIECE OF MIND, the fourth offering from NWOBHM legends IRON MAIDEN, was released on May 16 and/or May 28, 1983, and irregardless of which side of the pond you’re on, the worldwide multitudes of metal fans rejoiced with gladness.

As an homage to Nicko McBrain’s “maiden voyage” as the “drum-shaman” for this, his first album behind the kit with the mighty Maiden, we generated and recorded a vast assortment of quality on-mic burps with embedded, backwards messages encouraging you to belch your way into a state of blissful absurdity which, when played backwards, actually sounds WAY eviler than when played forwards (which should give everyone “pizza mind”).

It’s high time to get literary, historical, and downright Biblical. Get ready to bear witness to our newly updated “Black Album Reference” (which is directly due to “the most amazing idea” we’ve ever had) before you answer the call of “The Ball Master” and ask, “What Ho said the t’ing?” (if you know what “Amin”) and for God’s sake, take some precautionary measures to ensure you “don’t let the hog slip out” when you “steal some maneurysms” and JOIN US to celebrate the progressive metal, NWOBHM genius of IRON MAIDEN’s PIECE OF MIND.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): #theredbutton #markthetime #oral #rightinthefront #notbragging #manneurysms and #crickets / #decisiontime #cleaningoutthecloset #orangepanilla / “Not only is #FoodPorn my #favoriteporn” #oralfixation and #fooderoticism / #firstworldproblems (and a re-review of our initial #restaurantreview) / #motivationalfoodporn #embracefoodtechnology ***WARNING!!! #listenerdiscretionadvised ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST WITH ABSOLUTELY SO MUCH ANESTHESIA!!!*** #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #captainmorgan #vanillaandorangetwist #upcomingepisodealert #themostamazingidea #ablaughterworkout #metalbeatbox / “This is beginning to be like #TheBlackAlbumReference” / #bolth #fansandfriends and #thepowerofsuggestion / #onmicburpASMR ***IF YOU’D LIKE TO LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US ONE AT 980-666-8182 OR EMAIL US AT [e-mail] and check us out on the socials, #instagram and #facebook at #metalnerderypodcast / WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHIT-TAH! #ooh

(11:41): “Confession time…”(Insert #momentoftwanglification here) / #IronMaiden #albumcovers and #mindblowingness #recordscratch / #dontturnitover #waitwhat #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #overlytwanglified #dontturnitover #itsopen #rerun #BrewDogBrewery #IronMaidensHellcatIPA #sixpointzeropercentABV / “And we’re back…” / #TheDocket Iron Maiden’s PIECE OF MIND / “Shaved heads used to be a serious issue…” / ***Go check out ALL of our #tangentional Iron Maiden episodes and #albumdives !!!*** #inaugurallivedive / “I love all versions of #NoQuarter” and also go check out our #LedZeppelin #InsideTheMetal episode / #alittletoofar / Released on 05/16/1983 ***How many people remember hearing Iron Maiden on #WKLS96Rock in #Atlanta back in the day!?*** / How cool would it be to record an album in Nassau, Bahamas #shortshorts #markthetime #thehogmightslipout / ***Go check out our #JustTalkinShittah series!!!*** “A renaissance of metal…” / “The first track you ever heard in your life from Piece of Mind…” / Comparing “Number of the Beast” to “Piece of Mind” / #pizzamind / “What was the big selling point for the album?” #itsnotthateasy ***Our #Killers episode will be forthcoming, probably after our #hairmetalspectacular ***

(24:40): The new #nationalanthem for #theworld #worldanthem WHERE EAGLES DARE #killeropener #waitforit (Kind of a segue to Aces High…) / #maidenbone / “Piece of Mind” relative to many other #1983 releases (which we may or may not have already discussed, and if we have, you should go check those episodes out at metalnerdery.com/podcast) / REVELATIONS (***Is it equally impossible for everyone else to NOT hear the #LiveAfterDeath version of this whenever you hear ANY version of this?***) #heavy #barneymillerbass and #killerharmonies / #scripturereference and Revelations 21:4 #remixedition / First album with Nicko McBrain the #drumshaman who followed Clive Burr / #dontdenythepowerof #LiveAfterDeath #motherfuckerASMR

(33:00): FLIGHT OF ICARUS and a #longdistancededication to the kid with #waxwings / “In the name of God my Father, I’ll fly!” / “If you’re gonna die…” / Also found on the album/cassette version of “Live After Death” that did not make the CD release… / DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON “No point asking…” / “Evolving beyond the ‘sides’ of #cassettes and #albums and moving straight to #compactdiscs (All WAY before #streaming)

(38:38): Side 2 #killeropener THE TROOPER (And YES, they DID play this on the radio #backinthedaylightoftheday !!!) #killerharmonies #justatouch / Hellbeast intrusion and #theladiesareback (and so are we) / #backmasking and #devilworshippingnonsense “What Nicko ACTUALLY said…” / #ListenWithNickoTracks #TheFirstTenYears and #cynicalbritishness and a call from #theballmaster / STILL LIFE #backmasking and #regularmasking #nickointro and #oceanmetal (“Did y’all switch it to #DefLeppard ???”) / “There’s definitely some 80’s in that metal…” / “What’s the freakiest #nightmare you’ve ever had?” / “All my wife’s favorite words” and #marriagelingo / The #deepcuts on this album relative to other Maiden releases

(51:20): The differences between “Piece of Mind” and “Powerslave” and the great #IronMaidenBinge of 1995 / QUEST FOR FIRE and #dinosaurs #earlypowermetal / Definitely NOT an #andjusticeforallbassmix #ThankYou to #MartinBirch for #makingeverythinglouder #MotorheadingTheMix / SUN AND STEEL #earlythrash / #killercloser #theoriginal #whisperthonASMR / TO TAME A LAND (and some related #DreamTheater #tangentionalality) aka #Dune / #Phatoor / #RussellsReflections and some classic #horrorcinema #markthetime #dotheneedful #shovein / “Any tracklisting changes and/or side switching?” / THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!! ***You can BUY OUR SHIT at metalnerdery.com/merch *** #untilthenext #thelastword #gotouchyourself #gopurchsomemerch #outrosection #blooperreel #longlivemetalnerdery #hehahuh #bonusbrain