IRON MAIDENS WASTED YEARS GETS RYAN ADAMS ACOUSTIC TREATMENT
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Ryan Adams is known for whiskey-soaked, alt-country rock, but hes also a closet metal head. He came out of that closet in a 2008 Blender magazine feature, when he listed his 13 all-time favorite metal songs.
1. "Into the Crypts of Rays," Celtic Frost
2. "Behind the Crooked Cross," Slayer
3. "Intervention," Corrosion of Conformity
4. "The Thing That Should Not Be," Metallica
5. "Tribal Convictions," Voivod
6. "Long Way To Love," Britny Fox
7. "Wasted Years," Iron Maiden
8. "Soul on Fire," Danzig
10. "Raging Embers," Saviours
11. "After Forever," Black Sabbath
12. "Over the Mountain," Ozzy Osbourne
13. "The Prison of Mirrors," Xasthur
Hes also known for being insanely prolific songwriter, and when hes not penning his own new music hes often playing other peoples tunes.
Put that together and what do you get? Ryan Adams covering Iron Maidens Wasted Years, of course.
The indie darling (pictured above in a Maiden T-shirt) busted out an unplugged version of the bands chart-topping 1986 Somewhere in Time single (which landed at No. 7 on his Blender list) Tuesday during an appearance on BBC Radio2. Adams manages to transform the scorching metal classic into a gentle acoustic ballad, with Maiden singer Bruce Dickinsons soaring falsetto replaced by plaintive, almost whispered vocals.
Adams was at the BBC to promote his forthcoming 13th album, Ashes & Fire, which drops Oct. 10. He also performed a track from the disc titled Lucky Now.
His extensive catalog of covers includes tunes by the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, the Byrds, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and, of course, Bryan Adams.
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Ryan Adams is known for whiskey-soaked, alt-country rock, but hes also a closet metal head. He came out of that closet in a 2008 Blender magazine feature, when he listed his 13 all-time favorite metal songs.
1. "Into the Crypts of Rays," Celtic Frost
2. "Behind the Crooked Cross," Slayer
3. "Intervention," Corrosion of Conformity
4. "The Thing That Should Not Be," Metallica
5. "Tribal Convictions," Voivod
6. "Long Way To Love," Britny Fox
7. "Wasted Years," Iron Maiden
8. "Soul on Fire," Danzig
10. "Raging Embers," Saviours
11. "After Forever," Black Sabbath
12. "Over the Mountain," Ozzy Osbourne
13. "The Prison of Mirrors," Xasthur
Hes also known for being insanely prolific songwriter, and when hes not penning his own new music hes often playing other peoples tunes.
Put that together and what do you get? Ryan Adams covering Iron Maidens Wasted Years, of course.
The indie darling (pictured above in a Maiden T-shirt) busted out an unplugged version of the bands chart-topping 1986 Somewhere in Time single (which landed at No. 7 on his Blender list) Tuesday during an appearance on BBC Radio2. Adams manages to transform the scorching metal classic into a gentle acoustic ballad, with Maiden singer Bruce Dickinsons soaring falsetto replaced by plaintive, almost whispered vocals.
Adams was at the BBC to promote his forthcoming 13th album, Ashes & Fire, which drops Oct. 10. He also performed a track from the disc titled Lucky Now.
His extensive catalog of covers includes tunes by the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, the Byrds, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and, of course, Bryan Adams.
