MATT DRISCOLL: SO NOT AN IRON MAIDEN TRIBUTE BAND >>>

I owe Taist of Iron an apology, or at the very least some accurate press. You see, a long time ago in a more drunken and/or intoxicated place, I covered a show with Taist of Iron on the bill. Like the idiot I am, all soft and trimmed and unleaded, and not a big fan of metal or dudes with manes, I made the mistake of referring to Taist of Iron as an Iron Maiden tribute band. Let it be known once and for all: TAIST OF IRON IS NOT AN IRON MAIDEN TRIBUTE BAND. They just look like one, and kind of sound like one â€" if Iron Maiden had a bunch of demos from ’83 recorded in Tacoma that got covered in spilled Pabst and forgotten. Or, to put it more succinctly â€" this band is brutal … and so not an Iron Maiden tribute band.

Tonight Taist of Iron will be at the Acme Grub Cage.

[The Acme Grub Cage, Taist of Iron with Girl Trouble, the Plastards, 9 p.m., $5, 1310 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma, 253.272.1892]