When I was 12 I saw these guys playing (through a window, standing on milk crates) at a suburban town hall in Sydney. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it...
Much as I like Maiden I didn't care for the first two with Paul Di'Anno. Musically yes, vocally no. Bruce made Maiden what they were as much as the rest of the band IMO.
Ahh memories...I had a purple ford station wagon when I was a lot younger, with a Deep Purple mixed tape stuck in the player. It only stopped when the tape finally broke...that was a sad day, sold it not long after