Iron Maiden
Years active	1975-present
Genre(s)	Heavy metal
Label(s)	Columbia Records
Members	Bruce Dickinson Dave Murray Adrian Smith Janick Gers Steve Harris Nicko McBrain Iron Maiden in 2000. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Heavy metal is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop Nottinghamshire, England) is the lead singer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Dave Murray can refer to: Dave Murray: One of the guitarists for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden Dave Murray: A Canadian alpine skier who was one of the 1970s group of skiers known as the Crazy Canucks Dave Murray: KTVI chief meteorologist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Adrian Smith c. ... Janick Robert Gers (born January 27, 1957 in England) is one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Steve Harris can refer to several people: Steve Harris - founding member of the band Iron Maiden. ... Michael Henry McBrain (born June 5, 1952 in England) is the current drummer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ...

Iron Maiden are a British heavy metal band from east London. Formed in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, previously of Gypsy's Kiss and Smiler, they are one of the most successful and influential bands in the heavy metal genre, selling over 60 million albums worldwide. Iron Maiden have so far released thirteen studio albums, four "best of" compilations, eight live albums and four limited boxed-sets. They won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2000 [1]. Heavy metal is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... East London is the name given to the eastern part of London on the north side of the River Thames. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... Steve Harris Stephen Percy Harris or Arry to the fans (born March 12, 1957 in Leytonstone, London, England) is the bass player and primary songwriter in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, which he founded as a teen in 1975. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are prizes awarded for songwriting and composing. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Iron Maiden's work has inspired other sub-genres of heavy metal, including power metal and speed metal, and is generally thought of as an influence to any "metal" music containing dual-guitar harmonisation. One example of their far reaching influence is that, amongst others, the thrash metal band Slayer list Iron Maiden as one of their major influences, as do the pop-punk band Sum 41, Flamenco-metal band Breed 77, post-hardcore band My Chemical Romance, progressive rock group Coheed and Cambria, and jam band Umphrey's McGee. Power metal is a style of heavy metal music. ... Speed metal is a genre of heavy metal music that is similar to thrash metal, but tends to be more melodic and show less influence of punk music. ... Image:Guitar. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal group, founded in Huntington Park (not Huntington Beach as has often been reported), California in 1982 by Tom Araya (bass guitar, vocals), Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman (guitars) and Dave Lombardo (drums). ... Sum 41, early 2000s Sum 41 in more recent times Sum 41 is a Canadian Punk Rock band, from Ajax, Ontario, formed from members of rival bands 41 days into the summer of 1996. ... The music of the band Breed 77 is a blend of rock, metal and flamenco musical styles. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated MCR) is a punk or emo band whose members (except drummer Bob Bryar (from Chicago, Illinois)) come from Belleville and Kearny, New Jersey. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Coheed and Cambria publicity photograph c. ... Umphreys McGee is a hard-edged jamband from Chicago, Illinois, whose music is often referred to as progressive improvisation. ...

Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie, is a perennial fixture in the band's horror-influenced album cover art, as well as in live shows. Eddie was originally drawn by Derek Riggs but has had various incarnations by Melvyn Grant. Eddie also featured in a first-person shooter video game, Ed Hunter. Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, FL. A mascot is something, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common identity, such as a school, professional sports team, or corporation. ... Eddie Eddie, whose full name is Eddie the Head or Edward the Head (see below), is the British heavy metal band Iron Maidens mascot. ... An album cover is a printed cardboard cover that was typically used to package 12 gramophone records from the 1960s through to the 1980s when the 12 record was the major format for distribution of popular music. ... Derek Riggs is a designer best known for creating the heavy metal band Iron Maidens mascot, Eddie. ... Melvyn Grant is an English digital graphic artist and illustrator. ... Doom, one of the games that defined the first-person shooter genre. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Ed Hunter, a first-person shooter video game, was released in 1999 with the album Ed Hunter. ...

Lyrically, the band have written many songs based on folklore, movies and books, such as The Wicker Man, The Prisoner, Where Eagles Dare and Rime of the Ancient Mariner – in which words from the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem are sung. The Wicker Man is a cult 1973 British film containing thriller and musical elements, directed by Robin Hardy, written by Anthony Shaffer and starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Britt Ekland. ... The Prisoner was a controversial 1967 UK television series, starring Patrick McGoohan, created by McGoohan and George Markstein. ... Where Eagles Dare is a 1967 movie directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure. ... Illustration by Gustav Dore. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and as one of the Lake Poets. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

The band have headlined several major events in 2005, notably Ozzfest alongside Black Sabbath, and also the Reading and Leeds Festivals [2]. 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal groups. ... This article is about the British heavy metal band. ... The Reading and Leeds Festivals, officially called the Carling Weekend, are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ...

History

Eddie, the iconic mascot of the band, has been featured on the artwork of almost every album and single

The long and twisting road from formation to the current day started in 1975, when bassist Steve Harris and guitarist Dave Murray met up. Thirty years later, the two remain at the helm of Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden - Killers album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover 223x221 RedWolf 04:52, Jun 12, 2004 (UTC) This is an album cover. ... Iron Maiden - Killers album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover 223x221 RedWolf 04:52, Jun 12, 2004 (UTC) This is an album cover. ... Eddie Eddie, whose full name is Eddie the Head or Edward the Head (see below), is the British heavy metal band Iron Maidens mascot. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... David Michael Murray (born December 23, 1956 in England) is currently one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ...

Beginning

Iron Maiden had twelve different line-ups in the 1970s, paying their dues on the mostly punk club circuit in London's rough East End. Although Iron Maiden were a metal band influenced by Deep Purple, Yes, Wishbone Ash, and Black Sabbath, the earlier music had undoubted punk overtones. Original singer Paul Day was replaced by the outlandish Dennis Wilcock, a huge KISS fan who used fire, make-up, and fake blood on stage. Neither vocalist possessed both the stage presence and vocal ability to take the band to the next level. This changed in 1978, with the addition of Paul Di'Anno at the helm, and Doug Sampson on drums. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ... Deep Purple is the name of a British rock group, and is also the name of a song composed by Peter De Rose, from which the band may have borrowed its name. ... Yes in concert in Indianapolis in 1977 (left to right, Steve Howe, Alan White, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman) Yes is a progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. ... Wishbone Ash are a British classic rock band, formed in Devon, 1969, forming out of the ashes of the groups as The Empty Vessels, then Tanglewood. ... This article is about the British heavy metal band. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Paul Mario Day was the original lead singer of Iron Maiden from 1975-1976. ... Dennis Wilcock was an early singer for the band Iron Maiden. ... The original line-up of KISS; from left to right, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, and Paul Stanley. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Paul Andrews (born May 17, 1958) was the third vocalist in the now legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1977 to 1981. ... Doug Sampson was an early drummer for Iron Maiden. ...

Iron Maiden were a sensation on the English rock circuit by 1978. The band had been playing for three years and gained a tremendously loyal following, but had never recorded any of their music. On New Year's Eve 1978, the band recorded one of the most famous demos in rock history, the Soundhouse Tapes. Featuring only four songs, the band sold all five thousand copies within weeks, with originals later fetching thousands of dollars (until a re-release in 1996). Two of the tracks on the demo, Prowler and Iron Maiden, went straight to number one on the English metal charts. Their first appearance on an album was on the compilation Metal for Muthas (released on 15 February 1980) with two early recordings of Sanctuary and Wrathchild. 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 New Years Eve is a celebration held the day before New Years Day, on December 31, the final day of the year. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Soundhouse Tapes is an EP by Iron Maiden. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In several of the early Iron Maiden line-ups, Dave Murray was joined by another guitarist, but for most of 1977 and all of 1978, Murray was the sole six-stringer in the band. This changed with the arrival of Tony Parsons in 1979. Drummer Doug Sampson was also replaced by the dynamic Clive Burr, and in November 1979, the band landed a major record deal by signing to EMI, a partnership that would last for nearly 15 years. Shortly before going into the studio, Parsons was replaced by guitarist Dennis Stratton. Initially, the band wanted to hire Dave Murray's childhood friend Adrian Smith, but Smith was busy singing and playing guitar for his own band, Urchin. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Tony Parsons is the name of two noted journalists. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Doug Sampson was an early drummer for Iron Maiden. ... Clive Burr (2nd from left) as a member of Iron Maiden, c. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ... Dennis Stratton (b. ... Adrian Smith c. ... Urchin is the old English term for hedgehog. ...

On 13 October 1979, guitarist Dave Murray hit upon so many girls after a gig at Manchester's UMIST that he created a storm of protests from disgruntled males. The next week, Sounds magazine printed a notice : October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... UMIST Main Bulding on Whitworth Street The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England. ...

"I would just like to warn Dave Murray the lead guitarist of Iron Maiden that if he steps foot inside Manchester again I will personally pummel his brains in, cos he's ruined what I thought was an ace relationship with my girlfriend. And may I point out that no matter how much she rubs his name in my face I still think Deb Brown of Wythenshawe is the best yet.

Jealous Dave."

Initial success

Iron Maiden was released in 1980 to critical and commercial success, and the group become one of the leading components of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). The band went on to open for KISS on their 1980 Unmasked tour, as well as opening select dates for the legendary Judas Priest. After the Kiss tour, Dennis Stratton was fired from the band as a result of creative and personal differences. Finally, the timing was right for the arrival of Adrian Smith. Iron Maiden, released on April 14, 1980, was the first full-length album by Iron Maiden, reaching position 4 in the UK album charts. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) emerged in the late 1970s, in part a reaction to the decline (or over-popularity, and therefore untouchable status) of traditional heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. ... The original line-up of KISS; from left to right, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, and Paul Stanley. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... KISS released Unmasked in 1980. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Dennis Stratton (b. ... Adrian Smith c. ...

Smith brought a sharp, staccato sound to Iron Maiden. His tight, experimental style was the complete opposite of Murray's smooth, rapid take on blues. One of Iron Maiden's trademarks is the double "twin lead" harmonising guitar stylings of Murray and Smith, a style pioneered by Wishbone Ash and Thin Lizzy, and developed further by Iron Maiden. Wishbone Ash are a British classic rock band, formed in Devon, 1969, forming out of the ashes of the groups as The Empty Vessels, then Tanglewood. ... Thin Lizzy in 1975 Thin Lizzy was a hard rock/proto-heavy metal band, formed in Dublin by bassist and singer Phil Lynott in the late sixties. ...

In 1981, Maiden released their second album, titled Killers. This new album contained many tracks that had been penned prior to the release of the debut album, but were considered surplus. Only two new tracks were written for the album; the title track, and the energetic Murders in the Rue Morgue. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Killers, released in 1981, was the second album by Iron Maiden. ...

The next level

As a group, Maiden never really partied and drank hard, and vocalist Paul Di'Anno partied harder than the others, which inevitably took its toll. Just as the band were beginning to achieve large-scale success in America, Di'Anno exhibited increasingly destructive behaviour, and his performances began to suffer. At the end of 1981 the band replaced Di'Anno with former Samson vocalist Bruce Dickinson. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Samson were one of the bands Bruce Dickinson sang for before he joined Iron Maiden. ... Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop Nottinghamshire, England) is the lead singer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ...

Dickinson vowed from the start that he was his own man – in his own words, he "wasn't going to wear frilly collars and cut his hair". Legendary DJ, Tommy Vance had told Dickinson not to join the band – advice which was ignored. Dickinson's debut with Iron Maiden was 1982's album The Number of the Beast, which is recognised as a classic of the heavy metal genre. This album was a world-wide success providing definitive songs such as "The Number of the Beast", "Run to the Hills" and "Hallowed Be Thy Name". For the first time the band went on a world tour, visiting the United States, Japan and Australia. The tour was marred (or perhaps promoted) by controversy coming from religious groups that claimed Iron Maiden was a Satanic group because of their dark lyrics, which supposedly spoke of Satan. The allegations centered around one song, "The Number of the Beast", a song ostensibly about a bad dream. The members of Iron Maiden tried to deflect this criticism by insisting that the lyrics were based on a dream of Steve Harris's, but the accusations persisted. A group of Christian activists destroyed the band's records (along with those of Ozzy Osbourne) by burning them in a large fire. Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (July 11, 1941 – March 6, 2005) was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Number of the Beast is a heavy metal album released in 1982 (see 1982 in music) by Iron Maiden, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential albums in the genre. ... Heavy metal is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... Fishers of men; Oil on panel by Adriaen van de Venne (1614) Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions and rituals associated with such belief. ... Satanism is a religious or philosophical movement centered around Satan or another entity identified with Satan, or centered around the forces of nature, particularly human nature, represented by Satan as an archetype. ... Gustave Dores depiction of Satan from John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan (שָׂטָן Standard Hebrew Satan, Latin Sátanas, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שִׂטְנָא Åšiá¹­nâ: both words mean Adversary; accuser) is an angel, demon, or minor god in many religions. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Ozzy Osbourne John Michael Osbourne (born December 3, 1948, in Aston, West Midlands, United Kingdom), better known as Ozzy Osbourne, was the lead singer of the rock band Black Sabbath and later a popular solo artist and reality television star. ...

On the same tour, producer Martin Birch was involved in a car accident with a group of church-goers. Ironically the bill for the repair came to £666, a figure which Birch refused to pay, instead opting for a higher amount. Martin Birch is a British music producer, who has produced albums for bands such as Deep Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Whitesnake and Blue Öyster Cult. ... A car accident in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ... The pound sterling, which strictly speaking refers to basic currency unit of sterling, now the pound, is the currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ...

On a more positive note, actor Patrick McGoohan was very accommodating when a request was made to allow the band to use a spoken intro from the cult TV series, The Prisoner, in which McGoohan was the lead actor. McGoohan was a big name in 1982, and Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood was nervous about making the request. The conversation between McGoohan and Smallwood allegedly went: Patrick McGoohan (born 19 March 1928) is an American-born Irish actor who starred in the 1960s television series Danger Man (renamed Secret Agent when exported to the US) and cult classic The Prisoner. ... The Prisoner was a controversial 1967 UK television series, starring Patrick McGoohan, created by McGoohan and George Markstein. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

McGoohan: "What did you say the name of the band was again?"

Smallwood: "Iron Maiden"

McGoohan: "A rock band, you say... do it!"

Box cover from Powerslave album

Before heading back into the studio in 1983, they replaced drummer Clive Burr with Nicko McBrain and went on to release four albums which went multi-platinum world-wide: Piece of Mind (1983), Powerslave (1984), Live After Death (1985) and Somewhere in Time (1986). The band gathered huge audiences worldwide, especially in South America, Asia, Australia, and the United States. Support in these areas remains to this day, with the possible exception of the United States. Box cover from maybe the most successful Iron Maiden album in golden years era. ... Box cover from maybe the most successful Iron Maiden album in golden years era. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Henry McBrain (born June 5, 1952 in England) is the current drummer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Piece of Mind is a studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Powerslave is a studio album by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1984. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Live After Death is the second live album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on October 14, 1985. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Somewhere in Time is a studio album by Iron Maiden, released in 1986. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia. ...

Satanic accusations persisted - there was a lot of controversy about occult messages in many bands' music at the time, normally discovered by playing the offending track backwards. On the Piece Of Mind album, from 1983, a backward message was placed at the start of the track "Still Life" as a kind of internal joke. Reverse this track, and you will hear drummer McBrain clearly saying "Hmm, Hmmm, what ho sed de t'ing wid de t'ree bonce. Don't meddle wid t'ings you don't understand", followed by a belch. McBrain later admitted this to be his "famous" impression of Idi Amin Dada. It translates to the following: "What ho said the monster with the three heads, don't meddle with things you don't understand." The word occult comes from Latin occultus (hidden), referring to the knowledge of the secret or knowledge of the hidden and often meaning knowledge of the supernatural, as opposed to knowledge of the visible or knowledge of the measurable, usually referred to as science. ... A backward message (also known as backmasking) is a supposed message hidden in an audio recording that is only fully apparent when played backwards. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Idi Amin Dada General Idi Amin Dada Oumee (May 17, 1928? - August 16, 2003) was the military dictator of Uganda from January 25, 1971, to April 13, 1979. ...

Also on the Piece of Mind album, renowned author Frank Herbert came into conflict with the band when they wanted to record a song named after the book Dune. Not only did Herbert refuse to allow the song to be called "Dune", he also refused to allow a spoken quotation from the book to appear as the track's intro. Bass player Steve Harris' polite request was met with a stern reply from the agent: "No. Because Frank Herbert doesn't like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially rock bands like Iron Maiden". This statement was backed up with a legal threat, and eventually the song was renamed To Tame A Land and released in 1983. Frank Herbert Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965 . ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Experimentation

In 1988, the band tried a different approach for their seventh studio album, titled Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. This was a concept album featuring a story about a mythical child who possessed clairvoyant powers based on the book Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, commonly abbreviated SSOASS, is a heavy metal album by Iron Maiden. ... Sgt. ... Clairvoyance is defined as a form of extra-sensory perception that it is claimed allows a person to perceive distant objects, persons, or events, including seeing through opaque objects and the detection of types of energy not normally perceptible to humans (i. ... The first book in Orson Scott Cards series The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son is about Alvin Miller, his fathers seventh son. ... Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is a prolific and best-selling author of numerous genres. ...

For the first time the band used keyboards on a recording (as opposed to guitar synths on the previous release). In the opinion of some critics, this produced a more accessible release. The band also headlined the annual Monsters of Rock festival for the first time this year. The 1990 edition of the Guinness Book of Records contains the following entry: This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World Brampton. ...

"Largest PA system: On Aug 20th 1988 at the Castle Donington 'Monsters of Rock' Festival a total of 360 Turbosound cabinets offering a potential 523kW of programme power, formed the largest front-of-house PA. The average Sound Pressure Level at the mixing tower was 118dB, peaking at a maximum of 124dB during Iron Maiden's set. It took five days to set up the system." The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... Although it is widely used as a measure of the loudness of sound, the decibel (dB) is more generally a measure of the ratio between two quantities, and can be used to express a wide variety of measurements in acoustics and electronics. ...

Decline

For the first time in seven years, the band suffered a line-up change with the major loss of guitarist/vocalist Adrian Smith. Former Gillan guitarist Janick Gers was chosen to replace Smith, and in 1990 they released the raw sounding album No Prayer for the Dying. This album went back to the heavy style of the band, and whilst commercially successful, was not as well received by most fans. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson also began experimenting with a raspier style of singing that was a marked departure from his trademark operatic style. Nonetheless, the band obtained their first (and only, to date) number one hit single "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter". It was released at the start of January, the slowest time of the year for record sales, and was one of the first records to be released on several different formats with different B-sides, thus encouraging fans to buy several copies. The song was originally penned and recorded by Bruce Dickinson for the soundtrack to the fifth Nightmare on Elm Street movie. The Ian Gillan Band is a side project band of former Deep Purple member Ian Gillan. ... Janick Robert Gers (born January 27, 1957 in England) is one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... A Nightmare On Elm Street (NOES for short) is a series of horror films that were exceptionally popular in the 1980s. ...

Before the release of No Prayer for the Dying, Bruce Dickinson officially launched a solo career alongside Iron Maiden, with Gers as guitarist. Dickinson performed a solo tour in 1991 before returning to the studio with Iron Maiden for the album Fear of the Dark. Released in 1992 it had several songs that were popular amongst fans, such as the title track and Afraid to Shoot Strangers. No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fear of the Dark was the final 1990s album by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden that featured Bruce Dickinson as lead vocalist. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

In 1993, Iron Maiden suffered a huge loss when Bruce Dickinson left the band to further pursue his solo career. However, Bruce agreed to stay with the band for a farewell tour and two live albums (later re-released in one package). The first, A Real Live One, featured songs from 1986 to 1992, and was released in March 1993. The second, A Real Dead One, featured songs from 1980 to 1984, and was released after Bruce had left the band. He played his farewell show with Iron Maiden on August 28, 1993. The show was filmed, broadcasted by the BBC, and released on video under the name Raising Hell. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A Real Live One is a live album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in March 1993. ... A Real Dead One is a live album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, recorded in 1992/93 concerts across Europe, and released on October 25, 1993. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Raising Hell is the name of a video released by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, filmed in England and broadcast on television live. ...

Winds of change

The band auditioned hundreds of vocalists and finally chose young gun Blaze Bayley in 1994, formerly of Wolfsbane. Bayley had an altogether different style to his predecessor, which received a mixed reception amongst fans. After a three year hiatus, Maiden returned in 1995 with the hour-long album The X Factor. The album was generally seen as having dark, brooding songs that seemed more melancholy and introspective than usual. Chief songwriter Steve Harris was going through serious personal problems at the time with the break-up of his marriage and the loss of his father and many feel the album's sound is a reflection of this. The 11-minute epic "Sign of the Cross", opening the album, is perhaps the stand-out track, and even Bayley's detractors tend to recognise it as a classic. Blaze Bayley (born Bayley Cook, May 29, 1963 in Birmingham, England) is the lead singer for the heavy metal band B L A Z E. He is, however, most known for his role as the lead singer of Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Wolfsbane was a rock and roll band formed in Tamworth, England containing singer Blaze Bayley, who went on to join Iron Maiden in the mid-nineties. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The X Factor is a heavy metal album released October 2, 1995 by Iron Maiden. ...

The band spent most of 1996 on the road before returning to the studio for Virtual XI (1998). The album contained few notable tracks, with only The Clansman and Futureal surviving on future tours, and chart positions were observably lower. One of the most criticised tracks was the single The Angel and the Gambler, which was all that many people heard of the album before deciding not to buy it. Virtual XI failed to reach the one million mark in worldwide sales for the first time, and thus sounded Bayley's death knell. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Virtual XI is the British heavy metal band Iron Maidens 11th studio album, released March 23, 1998. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Reunion

Bruce Dickinson left the band in 1993, before returning in 1999

In February 1999, Bayley left the band, apparently by mutual consent. At the same time, the band shocked their fans when they announced that both Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith were rejoining the band, which meant the classic 1980s lineup was back in place - plus Janick Gers, who would remain. Iron Maiden now had three guitarists for the first time. This led to a successful reunion tour. Bruce Dickinson. ... Bruce Dickinson. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

In 2000, a more progressive period began for the band when they released the album Brave New World. The songs were longer and the lyrics spoke about both dark themes and social criticism. The band gained a new fan base when they began exploring the genre of progressive metal, and the world tour that followed ended in January 2001 with a show at the famous Rock in Rio festival. This article is about the year 2000. ... Brave New World is the twelfth studio album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Progressive metal (shortened to prog, or prog metal when differentiating from progressive rock) is a heavy brand of progressive rock which is characterized by the use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate and virtuoso instrumental playing. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Queen at Rock in Rio (1985) Rock in Rio was the biggest rock festival held in Brazil. ...

The band continued with their progressive trend in the album Dance of Death released in 2003. The album went platinum in several countries and left no doubts that the band was still a force to be reckoned with. These new songs were described as "harmonizing and original". Dance Of Death is Iron Maidens thirteenth studio album, released September 8th, 2003. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005, Iron Maiden announced a tour to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of their first album and the 30th anniversary of their formation. The band re-released the Number of the Beast single, which went straight to number three in the UK charts. The band hit the road to support the 2004 DVD entitled The Early Days, in which the band celebrates the music mainly from its 1980-1983 period.[3] 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1; The Early Days is a double DVD set from the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released by EMI on November 8, 2004, almost exactly 25 years to the day since the band first signed to the British label. ...

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10. Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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At Iron Maiden's last Ozzfest performance, the band had their sound turned off several times, eggs were thrown towards the stage, and chants of "Ozzy" were shouted through the PA system. This was the work of Sharon Osbourne, who took to the stage and called Bruce Dickinson "a prick" after they performed their encore, followed by a large portion of the crowd booing her off the stage. [5] She officially admitted this in a scathing letter, accusing Bruce of heckling her husband, which she signed "The Real Iron Maiden". Look up Egg on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Freerange eggs in straw nest Egg has multiple meanings: The term is used synonymously with ovum, the female sex cell in animals and plants. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sharon Osbourne Sharon Osbourne (b. ...

The band headlined the Reading and Leeds weekend festivals on the 26th and 28th August 2005, playing classics from the first four studio albums to a combined audience of approximately 120,000. The Reading and Leeds Festivals, officially called the Carling Weekend, are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ...

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No new album is expected before Autumn 2006 as, according to the official website, the band will only enter the studio in January 2006. Dickinson announced at the Reading festival that the band would be touring again before Christmas 2006. McBrain also said that the new album will be a concept album, the first one since Seventh Son of a Seventh Son [6]. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sgt. ... Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, commonly abbreviated SSOASS, is a heavy metal album by Iron Maiden. ...

Iron Maiden in popular culture

• Bruce Dickinson and Eddie did a public service announcement for British television with "The Seat Belt Dummies" in 1991. The seat belt dummies were in the audience playing air guitar and Eddie is shown. The dummies remark that, "if you don't wear your seatbelt, you may end up looking like this (points to Eddie)". At the end, Bruce says "Don't forget, buckle your safety belt, mate".

• Iron Maiden is referenced prominently in the lyrics to the 2000 hit "Teenage Dirtbag" by American punk-pop group Wheatus. The song tells of a lonely, nerdy teenage boy who secretly yearns for a pretty female classmate, Noelle, while listening to Iron Maiden. Noelle later surprises him by declaring herself to be a "teenage dirtbag" too, and inviting him to join her at an Iron Maiden concert. Bruce Dickinson returned the favour by playing guitar on Wheatus' third single "Wannabe Gangstar".

• The band is mentioned several times in episodes of Beavis and Butt-head. Songs featured include "The Prisoner" and "From Here To Eternity".

• In the movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted travel back in time to medieval England, and are caught talking with the King's daughters. The King decides to "put them in the Iron Maiden" at which point Bill and Ted look at each other and say, "Iron Maiden?! EXCELLENT!".

• In the computer game GTA: Vice City Two Minutes To Midnight, a song by Iron Maiden is played by V-Rock radio station. Player can also see a parody of Eddy on posters on concert hall in downtown area of Vice City.

• Several computer viruses contain references to the band, such as the "Seventh Son", "Evil Men" and "V800" infections.

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Audio

• Phantom of the Opera   Listen[?] – From the debut album, featuring Paul Di'anno on vocals.
• Run To The Hills   Listen[?] – A top ten hit in the UK, and vocalist Bruce Dickinson's debut.
• Caught Somewhere in Time   Listen[?] – This clip showcases the band's trademark twin guitar harmonization/"galloping" bass.
• Sign of the Cross   Listen[?] – The band's third recording vocalist Blaze Bayley, singing on the opening track from the "X Factor" album.
• Brave New World   Listen[?] – Bruce Dickinson returns in 2000 to critical acclaim.

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Lineup

Founding member, Steve Harris

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Current lineup

• Bruce Dickinson – vocals (1981-1993, 1999-present)
• Dave Murray – guitar (1976-present, replaced Dave Sullivan after only a few months)
• Adrian Smith – guitar (1980-1990, 1999-present)
• Janick Gers – guitar (1990-present)
• Steve Harris – bass (1975-present)
• Nicko McBrain – drums (1983-present)

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Original lineup

• Paul Day – vocals (1975 - 1976)
• Dave Murray – guitar (1976-present, replaced Dave Sullivan after only a few months)
• Terry Rance – guitar (1975 - 1976)
• Steve Harris – bass (1975-present)
• Ron Matthews – drums (1975 - 1977)

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Former members

• Blaze Bayley – vocals (1994-1999)
• Paul Di'Anno – vocals (1978-1981)
• Dennis Wilcock – vocals (1976 - 1977)
• Paul Day – vocals (1975 - 1976)
• Dennis Stratton – guitar (1980)
• Clive Burr – drums (1979-1982)
• Doug Sampson – drums (1977 - 1979)
• Thunderstick – drums (1977)
• Ron Matthews – drums (1975 - 1977)
• Dave Sullivan – guitar (1975 - 1976)
• Terry Rance – guitar (1975 - 1976)
• Bob Sawyer – guitar (1976)
• Terry Wapram – guitar (1977)
• Paul Todd – guitar (1979)
• Paul Cairns – guitar (1979)
• Dave Mac – guitar (1979)
• Tony Parsons – guitar (1979)
• Tony Moore – keyboards (1977)

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Discography

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Studio albums

• Iron Maiden (1980) (Harris/Murray/Di'Anno/Burr/Stratton) chart position 4 (UK), unreleased in US
• Killers (1981) (Harris/Murray/Di'Anno/Burr/Smith) chart position 12 (UK), 78 (US)
• The Number of the Beast (1982) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/Burr/Smith) chart position 1 (UK), 33 (US)
• Piece of Mind (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith) (1983) chart position 3 (UK), 14 (US)
• Powerslave (1984) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith) chart position 2 (UK), 21 (US)
• Somewhere in Time (1986) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith) chart position 3 (UK), 11 (US)
• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith) chart position 1 (UK), 12 (US)
• No Prayer for the Dying (1990) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Gers) chart position 2 (UK), 17 (US)
• Fear of the Dark (1992) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Gers) chart position 1 (UK), 12 (US)
• The X Factor (1995) (Harris/Murray/Bayley/McBrain/Gers) chart position 8 (UK), 147 (US)
• Virtual XI (1998) (Harris/Murray/Bayley/McBrain/Gers) chart position 16 (UK), 124 (US)
• Brave New World (2000) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith/Gers) chart position 7 (UK), 39 (US)
• Dance of Death (2003) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith/Gers) chart position 2 (UK), 18 (US)

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Live albums

• Live After Death (1985) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith) chart position 2 (UK), 19 (US)
• A Real Live One (1993) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Gers)chart position 3 (UK), 106 (US)
• A Real Dead One (1993) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Gers)chart position 12 (UK), 140 (US)
• Live at Donington (1993) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Gers) chart position 23 (UK)
• Rock In Rio (2002) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith/Gers) chart position 15 (UK), 186 (US)
• Death on the Road (2005) (Harris/Murray/Dickinson/McBrain/Smith/Gers) chart position 22 (UK)

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Compilation albums

• Best of the Beast (1996) chart position 16 (UK)
• Ed Hunter (1999) (CD/PC Game Double-Pack)
• Edward the Great (2002)
• As part of the Eddie's Archives box-set;
  • Best of the B-Sides (2002)
  • BBC Archives (2002)
• The Essential Iron Maiden (2005)

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EPs

• Running Free/Sanctuary (1990) chart position 10 (UK)
• Women In Uniform/Twilight Zone (1990) chart position 10 (UK)
• Purgatory/Maiden Japan (1990) chart position 5 (UK)
• Run To The Hills/The Number Of The Beast (1990) chart position 3 (UK)
• Flight Of Icarus/The Trooper (1990) chart position 7 (UK)
• 2 Minutes To Midnight/Aces High (1990) chart position 11 (UK)
• Running Free (Live)/Run To The Hills (Live) (1990) chart position 9 (UK)
• Wasted Years/Stranger In A Strange Land (1990) chart position 9 (UK)
• Can I Play With Madness/The Evil That Men Do (1990) chart position 10 (UK)
• The Clairvoyant/Infinite Dreams (Live) (1990) chart position 11 (UK)

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Top ten singles

• "Run To The Hills" (1982) chart position 7 (UK)
• "Can I Play With Madness" (1988) chart position 3 (UK)
• "The Evil That Men Do" (1988) chart position 5 (UK)
• "The Clairvoyant" (1988) chart position 6 (UK)
• "Infinite Dreams" (1989) chart position 6 (UK)
• "Holy Smoke" (1990) chart position 3 (UK)
• "Bring Your Daugther... To The Slaughter" (1990) chart position 1 (UK)
• "Be Quick Or Be Dead" (1992) chart position 2 (UK)
• "Fear Of The Dark" (live) (1993) chart position 8 (UK)
• "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (live) (1993) chart position 9 (UK)
• "Man On The Edge" (1995) chart position 10 (UK)
• "The Wicker Man" (2000) chart position 9 (UK)
• "Run To The Hills" (2002) chart position 9 (UK)
• "Wildest Dreams" (2003) chart position 6 (UK)
• "Number Of The Beast" (2004) chart position 3 (UK)
• "The Trooper" (2005) chart position 5 (UK)

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Box sets

• The First Ten Years (1990) (Containing 10 Records/CDs of their first 20 Singles, each one including B-sides and a special 'Listen with Nicko'
• Man on the Edge (1995) (Containing The X-Factor album, plus the singles "Man on the Edge" parts 1 & 2, "Lord of the Flies", and "Virus" parts 1 & 2)
• Eddie's Head (1998) (A large box in the shape of Eddie's head. Containing the first 12 Iron Maiden albums, from "Iron Maiden" to "Live at Donington", plus a limited "In Profile" CD)
• Eddie's Archive (2002) (Containing 3 double-albums; "Best of the B-Sides", "BBC Archives" and "Beast Over Hammersmith", plus a numbered scroll of the Iron Maiden timeline, and an Eddie crystal shot glass)

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Bibliography

• Running Free: The Official Story of Iron Maiden; Bushell, Gary and Halfin, Ross (1985) ISBN 0-946391-50-5
• What Are We Doing This For?: A Photographic History; Halfin, Ross (1988) ISBN 0-946391-65-3
• Run to the Hills: Iron Maiden, the Authorized Biography; Wall, Mick and Ingham, Chris (1998) ISBN 1-86074-666-7

References

• Iron Maiden (past and present band and management). (2004). "Iron Maiden - The Early Years [DVD]." UK:Sanctuary Group. ASIN B0006B29Z2
• Wall, Mick; Ingham, Chris (2004) Iron Maiden, the Authorized Biography (3rd ed.), Sanctuary Publishing. ISBN 1-86074-666-7
• "Official Homepage". Official Homepage. URL accessed on July 31, 2005.
• Iron Maiden (past and present band and management). (1996). "Twelve Wasted Years [VHS]." UK:Sanctuary Group. ASIN 6301092643

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See also

• Anton Maiden
• Iron Maiden - an unrelated band from the 1970's.
• Best selling music artists

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External links

• Official Homepage
• Official Message Board
• Maidenfans
• SydLexia.com Album Review: The Number Of The Beast
• List of Iron Maiden-related websites

Top view VHS cassette with US Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, first released in 1976, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some of its... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Live At The Rainbow, is a live video recorded by Iron Maiden on December 21, 1980 and released in 1981, this was Iron Maidens second live recording, the legendary Soundhouse Tapes being the first. ... Behind the Iron Curtain is a discontinued VHS video by the English metal band Iron Maiden. ... Maiden England is a music album by the band Iron Maiden during their Seventh Son of a Seventh Son world tour. ... Raising Hell is the name of a video released by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, filmed in England and broadcast on television live. ... Rock in Rio Rock in Rio is a double DVD set (also available on VHS) of heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. ... Visions of the Beast was released by Iron Maiden on June 2, 2003 and contains every video the band has ever made - 31 in total - and also includes never-before-seen Camp Chaos animated versions of six classic tracks, interactive menus and discographies, and some special hidden extras. ... The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1; The Early Days is a double DVD set from the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released by EMI on November 8, 2004, almost exactly 25 years to the day since the band first signed to the British label. ... Death on the Road is a live CD and DVD released by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden on August 30th, 2005. ...