Iron Maiden

Flight 666: The Film (UMe)

Travelogue by the writer/director team that aced 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey rides 757 jet Ed Force One above four continents piloted by singer Bruce Dickinson and complete with band, a 70-man road crew, and 12 tons of equipment – a music tour first. Horns thrown by backwater metal neglects become international routine begging for more of Steve Harris sound-checking “Wrathchild” in Mumbai, India, and a second DVD of red-hot complete performances mimics 1980s MTV live metal vids strung together less in concert than the sold-separately CDs. High altitude and base repression stain “Run to the Hills” in Colombia.

This article appears in June 19 • 2009.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.