Raising Hell (video)
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Raising Hell is the name of a video released (1993) by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, filmed on August 28, 1993 at the Pinewood Studios in London, England and broadcast live on pay-per-view television in America. It was later bought by the BBC for broadcast in the UK as an edited version. It is distributed on VHS and DVD by BMG Special Products in the U.S. and EMI in the rest of the world.
The concert was the last to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson (until he returned to the band in 1999). The band played on stage in conjunction with horror magician Simon Drake, who ended up "killing" Bruce in an Iron Maiden torture device, "amputated" Dave Murray's hands on a table saw and "killed" two of the audience members.
[edit] Track listing
- "Be Quick or Be Dead"
- "The Trooper"
- "The Evil That Men Do"
- Drake introduces this song while sitting down and swallowing a large pill. Suddenly, his pants open and two women pop out.
- "The Clairvoyant"
- "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
- Following this performance, Drake stabs his forearm with a long knife. Shortly after pulling the knife out, he simply wipes his forearm clean of any blood and reveals that the knife wound has disappeared. He then pulls out a cigar, but realizes he doesn't have a lighter. A fan in the front row gives him a lighter, but when Drake sees it doesn't work, he has the fan pulled out by his two henchmen and locked in a chest. Drake then "cremates" the fan by setting the inside of the chest on fire using a pair of electrical wires severed from a battery.
- "Wrathchild"
- "Transylvania"
- "From Here to Eternity"
- During this performance, Drake has Murray's hands amputated on two cutting boards to have them play his guitar. Murray returns before the next song.
- "Fear of the Dark"
- Following this number, Drake has a woman named Tracy chained before he rips her heart out from behind. After hammering the heart on a table, he inserts it back into her, bringing her back to life. A fan shouts something derogatory towards Drake, prompting him to have the fan pulled out of the crowd and stuffed into a black speaker box with his head and limbs sticking out. Drake and his female assistant twist the fan's arms, legs and head before he plugs the speaker box to an outlet, electrocuting the fan before the box explodes.
- "The Number of the Beast"
- "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"
- During this performance, Drake slices a woman in two with a circular saw. After the performance, he drills a female assistant's head with an improvised drilling machine. He then decapitates a fan with a saw and plays soccer with the head before disposing it in a garbage can and dropping a grenade on it. Then, with a painted mannequin head and a cloak attached to the body, he brings the fan back to life.
- "2 Minutes to Midnight"
- Drake introduces the song by stabbing a female assistant against the top of a television set. He then rips his shirt to reveal a clock on his chest.
- "Afraid to Shoot Strangers"
- "Heaven Can Wait"
- "Sanctuary"
- "Run to the Hills"
- "Iron Maiden"
- At the end of this performance, Bruce is dragged to another stage by Drake's assistants, where he is locked inside an Iron Maiden torture chamber. The spikes inside the chamber impale and "kill" Bruce within seconds. Suddenly, Eddie appears from behind Drake and lures him back to the main stage, where he is knocked unconscious by his own female assistant. Drake's two assistants and Eddie carry the magician to the tip of a long spike pointing upwards, which impales him in seconds. Eddie then returns to the other stage to decapitate Bruce and skewer the severed head on the tip of the spike.
[edit] Credits
- Bruce Dickinson - vocals
- Dave Murray - guitar
- Janick Gers - guitar
- Steve Harris - bass
- Nicko McBrain - drums
