Iron Maiden - Invasion Lyrics

Bands such as Paul Di'Anno's Iron Maiden and Motorhead took rock music in a whole new direction, Punkmetal/Metalpunk, call it what you want, it was (and still is) absolutely epic to listen to. With Iron Maiden you also had the superb Punkmetal artwork on the record sleeves and posters, this early line-up was very special indeed.
If Steve ever announces a reunion gig featuring Paul back again on lead vocals we'd all be fighting 'tooth and nail' to get our hands on a ticket :) .

sounds like some punk influence

Invaders is a re-writed version of this track.

Really?

@Gabriele Domingos Jardim Yes.

The mighty norsemen

It's the same main riff as Invaders from the number of the beast

...because Invaders is a rewrite of this song.

0:49 insane interlude !!!!

1.36-1.52 very similar to sanctuary

They had some great B sides. I've Got The Fire being a classic they used to play live.

Early thrash?

Maiden's Punkier Phase

The landlord's coming. You better get ready to run for your lives.

This song trully INVADED my mind... Great remembrance from my teenage years.

definitely Killers era. best maiden album of all time!

Their best B-side ever

Esta cancion tenia que estar en el primer disco de maiden

Very Punky Steve!

Absolutely punk! Because of this younger fans of Maiden don`t like so much the first 2 albums and prefer the lastest ones.

9 mtfkns dislike these!!!

The earliest and one of the best! Love this stuff!

Bad ass

Iron Lady

Who wrote this?

It's credited to Steve Harris

da hell? why wasnt this on the album

I thought Maiden were fucking excellent with Paul, my first Maiden album was Killers and its still my favourite

That last scream is sick.

Clive Burr is legend!! 😎

ROCK on!

Punkrock!Period!!And that´s not by any means bad!!

Steve Harris hates punk... This is not a punk song

Steve Harris is in denial :) This is a PUNK song and Paul was heavily into Punk.

Skyclaw, It’s definitely not a Punk song but it for sure was influenced by Punk.

guys. it doesn't matter what genre this is. IT'S ALL ROCK AND ROLL

So true!

Red dead Zed 1876 “iTs NoT rOcK aNd RoLl ItS mEtAl”
The worst is that I was part of the people that say that

Yeah¡ the new wave of british punk Hahaha I love this Maiden

Nunca acheie uma versão ao vivo desta música que pena plis ela é uma das melhores na minha opinião, outra música que na minha opinião ´e uma das melhores e parece que nunca foi tocada ao vivo é Invanders do the number of the beast

É verdade nunca vi uma versão ao vivo. Ótima batida. A Banda tinha o melhor Drums e chutou o cara para ficar com o meio boca do Nicko. A banda e nós fãs perdemos muito com isto. Clive Burr éra fodastico. Eles não tocam Invaders porque Nicko é uma lesma.

Jonel Machado Cara, você leu o que escreveu? Nicko uma lesma? Já ouviu Where Eagles Dare ou Powerslave?

Tem uma versão sim ao vivo no demo veja aí são quatro musicas

good song

This goes along well with Invaders and Zeppelin's Immigrant Song.

up the irons! \m /

Vikings coming !\m/

IRON MAIDEN ERA PUNK!

The solo at 1:07 is so killing. It's so brutal and agressive. It almost sounds like a Telecaster, although it's certainly not.

that's dennis stratton on a les paul i think

THIS !! IS REAL!! MAIDEN!!!!ONE LOVE!

Love these old Paul Di'Anno recordings. Great drum intro & sound. I also love the art of these early "yellow" vinyl covers, by Derek Riggs. The 7" single "Running Free", the 7" single & 12" EP "Women In Uniform" and the 7" single & 12" EP "Sanctuary". I so prefer early Iron Maiden! Between 1978 -1981, they were punky, raw, edgy and very much a "diamond in the rough".

The 79-81 vibe of Maiden was totally different, and I love that. Bruce is incredible, but just Di'Anno can bring this early 80s soul to Maiden

So rare and perfect <3

Iron Maiden, un groupe punk ? Vous rigolez ou quoi ! Dès 1982, avec "Hallowed be thy name" et ensuite "to tame a land", "the rime of the ancien mariner" et bien d'autres morceaux de bravoure (je ne parle même pas des derniers albums avec leurs titres à rallonge), Steve "I'm Iron Maiden" Harris va démontrer son amour pour le rock progressif... N'a-t-il pas avouer un jour avoir une admiration sans borne pour "Supper's ready" de Genesis ?
Le seul élément punk d'Iron Maiden s'appelait Paul di'Anno. Il est parti en 1981...

Donc jusque 1981, avec les deux premiers albums, on peut dire que Maiden était influencé par le punk :)

Deux albums que je classe d'ailleurs dans le top 5 de leur carrière ;)

Je trouve, pour ma part, l'influence très discrète... Dans 12 Wasted years, Harris dis lui même que cela ne l'intéressait pas de faire du punk alors qu'entre 76 et 78, leur maison de disque les y encourageait très fortement. D'ailleurs, où trouve t-on un esprit punk sur Iron Maiden et Killers ? Running free ? oui... Wrathchild ? sans doute... mais que dire, alors, de Remember tomorrow, Phantom, Transylvania, Strange World, Prodigal Son ? pas trop Exploited ou Sex Pistol !
Killers est clairement dans mon top 3. Je suis plus réservé sur Iron Maiden (Prowler, running free, transylvania, Charlotte... ne sont jamais passés)

ca seule influence punk qu'on retrouve dans cette chanson est la vitesse

100 percent punk

100%punk

There is no way a punk could play something that technical.

I love punk, but no. That's metal. Get your ears checked.

Also, it wasn't NWOBHP, was it?

Burr live's forever!

Brunett Mosquera no Clive Burr yet, this was Doug Sampson.

@GoodGuyChris0322 this is a studio version with Clive on drums released as a B-side to Woman in Uniform single, you can hear Doug Sampson's version on The Soundhouse Tapes

mindre begavet I know I realised this long before your comment was written.

IM en su comienzo tenia una influencia punk. Hasta tal punto que sus canciones me atrevo decir que es puro punk por lo menos en comparación con otros de su tiempo

Ahhhh old Dianno is the greatest and with his iron maiden singing

I completely forgot about this one. Boy does this bring back memories

Everyone trying to deny that Iron Maiden was heavily influenced by punk should listen to this song.

@Não Te Interessa or even "were"

@ProJirard the Finishist No, Steve Harris says they wanted to have absolutely zero punk influence. But it is true that Di'Anno brought something of a punk sensibility.

Not. This is Thin Lizzy Influences. Iron Maiden 1977-1982 are a lot ot Thin Lizzy, Ufo, or even Purple.

Problem is, music is so light on the borders. Metal, punk, and hard rock are all so similar in very subtle ways, and sometimes you end up with these genre wars where everyone argues about what genre they fit in as a band. I can definitely hear punk influence here as well as some hard rock influence too. Either way, it doesn't really matter too much.

@hellsunicorn Shredding isn't really a punk virtue, but Olga is a great guitarist. The solo in this is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPux_hzSg_E


Then you've got stuff like The Decline by NOFX which is masterful songwriting.

Should have been on the debut album

Killers

Amen to that... both this and sanctuary

@Serg 2099 Yep, on Killers.

This is one of the earliest Maiden songs. Appeared in live version on "The Soundhouse Tapes" (1979), and in the studio version as the B-side on "Women in Uniform" single (1980).

They were saving it for the number of the beast and modded it for Bruce.

The best single Maiden never released as an A-side. My brother didn't like this, thinking it sounded too much like The Sex Pistols.

a bit to fast for that

Deke DaSilva Burning ambition is a better song...

As someone who likes punk and metal, I always found the Sex Pistols to be garbage.

@Phil Collins Hill Sex Pistols is only good punk rock band in history. All other "punk" bands are pure crap without creativity and inspiration.

@97pogrebnik
The Sex Pistols are the best free-form jazz band I've ever heard

Havent heard this for fukin´ lifetimes, had the single when i was a kid.

punky maiden
the real maiden
not the heavy metal bullshit

SatanicBeerDrinker999 https://youtu.be/q8zdORt1joU

Take note and learn , you pathetic wikipedia metalhead hipster satanic retarded

Juanito Loyola Right... punk bands were known for writing 10 minute songs about The Phantom of the Opera, metal instrumentals about Genghis Khan and Julius Caesar, blistering metal songs about insane killers, ghosts, and being on the run from the law for suspected murder. Okay, so not the Pistols.... name ONE PUNK BAND like early Maiden. Same lyrical themes and musical ambition, not just DiAnno's hairstyle. I'll be waiting...

Oh and bonus points if they have extended lengthy harmony leads straight out of Judas Priest or Deep Purple. I'll be waiting... lol

Still waiting, Loyola. Shouldn't be hard to name one single band, since you're so sure you are right... 🙄

Than fuck off, dickhead. Maiden is about metal, not punk, boy.

Invasion - Iron Maiden (1981)
From B-Side Of Killers

this is a lot faster than the soundhouse tapes version. both are awesome

Damn! How the fuck wasn't this on their self titled!,it's better than Charlotte the Harlot!

Didn't Martin Birch producted the "Women In Uniform" singel? The production sonds way better than the "Iron Maiden" album!

Torkil Skorgen no! birch came in on killers to no prayer for the dying!

Torkil Skorgen: Harris is on record that he hated the production on the Iron Maiden debut album and at some point I think he'll remix and re-produce it. Personally, I love the rawness and roughness of it but it was my era of NWBHM when I was a hairy young lad.

Tony Platt

Pre invaders

Should have been released as a single instead of WIU which would have been a great B-side.