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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.Theband 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. On
theirthird and now classic ...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.Theband 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. On
theirthird and now classic album Number of the Beast, their longtime and current vocalist Bruce Dickinson took up the microphone,
redefiningMaiden's sound with his high-register, operatic singing.
A more or less stable lineup emerged with fourth album Piece of Mind, on which drummer Nicko McBrain replaced Clive Burr.This
eventuallybecame known as their classic formation, and includes Harris, Dickinson, McBrain, as well as twin leadguitarists Dave Murray
andAdrianSmith, 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
withguitarsynthesizers) 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 Bayley'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, were
mostlycondemned 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 released their first new studio album in four years, entitled The Final Frontier. Whether this is or is not the final Iron Maiden album
isas of the moment unclear, as Harris has claimed just to see where things will go from here.
Iron Maiden is:
Bruce Dickinson - Vocals Dave Murray - Guitars Janick Gers - Guitars Adrian Smith - Guitars Steve Harris - Bass Nicko McBrain -
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