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One of the greatest and most popular heavy metal bands to ever take the stage, Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 by bassist
Steve Harris.The band were one of the pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the early 80s,
distinguishing themselves from theirpeers with literary subject matter and considerable musical talent. For these reasons and
others, countless metal acts have cited them as astrong influence.
Maiden's first two albums, Iron Maiden and Killers, featured vocalist Paul Di'Anno, who gave the band's early sound a very raw
edge. Ontheir third and now ...read more
One of the greatest and most popular heavy metal bands to ever take the stage, Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 by bassist
Steve Harris.The band were one of the pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the early 80s,
distinguishing themselves from theirpeers with literary subject matter and considerable musical talent. For these reasons and
others, countless metal acts have cited them as astrong influence.
Maiden's first two albums, Iron Maiden and Killers, featured vocalist Paul Di'Anno, who gave the band's early sound a very raw
edge. Ontheir third and now classic album Number of the Beast, their long-time and current vocalist Bruce Dickinson took up
the microphone,redefining Maiden's sound with his high-register, operatic singing.
A more or less stable line-up emerged with fourth album Piece of Mind, on which drummer Nicko McBrain replaced Clive Burr.
Thiseventually became known as their classic formation, and includes Harris, Dickinson, McBrain, as well as twin lead
guitarists Dave Murrayand Adrian Smith, who had been the lead guitar duo ever since the group's second release Killlers. This
line-up would release a streak ofconsistently excellent albums, following up Piece of Mind with Powerslave, Somewhere in
Time (on which they started to experience withguitar synthesizers) and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
This classic era ended when in 1989, Adrian Smith lost interest in playing and left the band, being replaced by Janick Gers
from Dickinson'ssolo project. The next two Maiden albums, No Prayer for the Dying and Fear of the Dark, were meant to go
back to the band's roots, butreceived much poorer reviews than their previous material, and eventually Bruce himself jumped
ship, being replaced by Blaze Bayley ofWolfsbane. Because of Baylely's far lower voice, many fans did not receive this change
very well. The new singer couldn't perform theclassics Maiden had originally created with Dickinson very well, and the two
albums he appeared on, The X Factor and Virtual XI, weremostly condemned despite having some solid material.
Dickinson returned, however, bringing Adrian Smith back with him - and though Blaze would leave, Gers would not! Now a
sextet, IronMaiden was able to take a distinctly progressive-influenced slant, which grew and evolved over the course of the
next three albums in the2000's: Brave New World, Dance of Death and A Matter of Life and Death.
Iron Maiden have still been actively touring in the past few years, and their live performances are as popular as ever. In
August 2010, thegroup will release their first new studio album in four years, entitled The Final Frontier. Whether this will or
will not be the final Iron Maidenalbum is as of the moment unclear, as Harris had claimed just to see where things will go from
here.
Iron Maiden is.
Bruce Dickinson - VocalsDave Murray - GuitarsJanick Gers - GuitarsAdrian Smith - GuitarsSteve Harris - BassNicko McBrain -
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