Iron Maiden

Biography

IRON MAIDEN - a name each music fan knows. They the British did and are today in as good as each somewhat harder CD cabinet represented much for the entire Heavy Metal movement. Each Coverband plays songs of them, many volume has their musical influences, roots and ideas in IRON MAIDEN. Behind that volume with the kultigen Maskottchen Eddi that since the first Coverartwork of constant companions of the Combo is, looks on a long and moved history back... Far in the time back - in the year 1971 - the 15-jaehrige Steve Harris takes its first bass, which it bought for 40 Pound, into the hand and plucks lively the strings. After it played with some volume, it created 1975 its own volume and baptized it IRON MAIDEN. It had the name from an old film ("The one in The Iron MASK"), there was the Iron Maiden a metallic coffin with nails on the inside, with which the victims were tortured to death. The first LINE UP educated beside Steve Dave Murray (guitarist), to Bob D'Angelo (guitarist), Dennis Wilcock (singer) and Ron Rebel (Drums). The appearance possibilities are however unfortunately quite limited, since straight just at this time Punk and new Wave are announced. Later then with Paul Di'Anno at the micro the first demo Tape one noted (toward at the end of of 1978). The photographs cost 200 Pound, and the volume could not finally pay the Mastertape - in such a way one was home sent with the ungemixten original photographs. In the summer ' EMI took the iron virgins under its wings, which discovers the volume in the Londoner Marquee club. The 6000 copies demos were fast sell off, and only on Gigs and by Mailorder were sold. As the first official action for EMI the two Songs "Sanctuary" and "Wrathchild" were taken up for the "Metal For Muthas" Sampler. After Clive Burr (D) and Dennis Stratton completed (g) the again times changed LINE UP, the called debut album (1980) was taken up, and hit after an appearance with Top OF The Pops on BBC at place 4 the Charts. After a European route with Kiss Stratton was already again fired, and gotten Adrian Smith on board. The Zweitling "killer" (1981, place 12 in UK) pulls the first world tour tight for Maiden, where to Japan equal a EP is taken up. After the route the days of singer Paul Di'Anno are counted, after he destroyed his voice with excessive Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle. Its successor should become Bruce Dickinson, by that the volume around some better and fast by volume and fan was taken up. 1982 became still many more successful and marked the absolute break-through: The single "run ton of The Hills" stormed at place 7 the UK Charts, and the album "The NUMBER OF The Beast" cracked place 1 and further Top10-Positionen in the remainder of Europe in the homeland. A mad world tour with 180 Gigs in only 8 months was durchgezockt, among other things for the first time in Australia and New Zealand, in addition an appearance on the Reading Festival before good 35,000 spectators. After the moerderischen series at Gigs Clive Burr stepped out evenly therefore and private problems, its place at the drums occupied from now on Nicko McBrain. But Maiden float further on the wave of success: The 8ér "Piece OF Mind" enterte the Charts and entered on 3. As conclusion of the Dortmunder Gigs, which was along-cut by the TV, those fought to volume with a ueberdimensinalen doll of the Maskottchens Eddi. The "Iron Maiden Behind The Iron Curtain" route was along-cut and celebrated by the world press (also with it a Gig" fans inspired skirt in Rio "before 200.000). Afterwards the fifth Longplayer came on the market and entered at place 2 the English Charts with "Powerslave"! 1985 came with "Life after Death" a double Live LP and a video that it set likewise new yardsticks and the Charts reached place 2. Already 1986 acknowledges Maiden with "Somewhere in time", with place 3 in the UK Charts. The use of Synthesizern as Background everything else as enthusiastically was taken up, but the typical May the style was not made broken thereby. After with the preceding routes Eddi on the stage was always thereby (among other things 20 foot largely), became it on the 8-monatigen "Somewhere on route" as Cyborg represented. 1987 came one with "Twelve Wasted Years" affectionately called documentation with interviews and old things from archives, which the career/development of Maiden shows. 1988 came with "Seventh Son OF A Seventh Son" the first and only concept album, and on the associated route one achieved a new record on "monster the OF Rock" Festival with 102.000 spectators. For the first time in volume history one made one year break, with the Bruce and Adrian of solo projects durchzogen.So came only for 1990 with "NO Prayer For The Dying" the next Studioalbum raus, before was however after 7 years times again a LINE UP change at the row: Adrian decided to maintain to it, its "Adrian Smith and Project" and to Iron Maiden not return, leads it came January-nods Gers as a guitarist, who was already with Dickinson's solo project thereby. The album entered again on the 2 the Charts, however by many fans well was accepted, the following route was not this time only with very simple sets. Momentarily the Iron May the shares does not stand however particularly well: The 9èr album "Fear OF The Dark" becomes the third number 1-Platzierung in England, but Bruce Dickinson left, as one noticed on the route, the desire at Iron Maiden, and he stepped out of that volume. The Live albums of 1993 - "A material Live One" and "A material DEAD One" were not pieces of cream: Steve Harris together-cut the individual Songs from different Gigs. Also the 9êr release "Live RK Donington ' 92" did not have to be necessarily. After long and intensive search Blaze Bayley became. First time since the debut will with the new album "The X Factor" not Martin break the producer to be, it withdrew completely from its job. After the Bestof plate "Best OF The Beast" to the 20-year old anniversary (1996) could not fill out Blaze with "Virtual XI" the gap, which left Bruce Dickinson, be correct-moderately by any means. 2000 came then for all fans an easement: Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith came back home. Blaze was fired, and January-nods as a third guitarist kept. The Reunion disk "good new World" is the result that with a guitarist hardly differently would less probably have sounded. 2001 appeared to after Death with "skirt in Rio" the second correct Live CD after "Life. RIR was likewise published as DVD. 2003 were finally published "Dance OF Death", which was very mixed taken up. A regarded it new World "good as step in the correct direction opposite the", the others regard it only than solid Maiden album. It was criticized among other things that the musical possibilities with 3 guitars are not used. The 2. Live DVD was finally brought out briefly after the appropriate CD under the name "Death on the Road" in the autumn 2005, which can hand not the water to the upper hammer "skirt in Rio", in punkto play joy stays and also due to short the publication distance works unnecessarily.