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Iron Maiden
Genre(s)
Heavy Metal/NWOBHM
Lyrical theme(s)
History, Literature, War, Mythology, Violence
Origin	Formed in	Current label	Status
United Kingdom (London, England)	1975	EMI/Sony Music Entertainment	Active
Current line-up
Bruce Dickinson - Vocals (1981-1993, 1999-) (Samson (Gbr), Speed (Gbr), Shots) Steve Harris - Bass/Keyboards (1975-) (Smiler, Gypsy's Kiss) Dave Murray - Guitars (1976-1977, 1977-) (Urchin, Hear 'n Aid, Evil Way (Gbr)) Adrian Smith - Guitars (1980-1990, 1999-) (A.S.A.P., Psycho Motel, Bruce Dickinson, Urchin, Hear 'n Aid) Janick Gers - Guitars (1990-) (Bruce Dickinson, Gogmagog (Gbr), White Spirit, Ian Gillan Band) Michael "Nicko" McBrain - Drums (1983-) (Trust (Fra), Blazer Blazer, Street Walker, Pat Travers)
Former/past member(s)
Vocals: -Paul Mario Day (1975-1976) (More, Wildfire, Sweet, Crimson Lake) -Dennis Wilcock (1976-1978) (Smiler, V1) -Paul Di Anno (1978-1981) (Di' Anno, Air Pavilion, Gogmagog (Gbr), Battlezone, Killers (Gbr), Praying Mantis) -Blaze Bayley (1994-1999) (Wolfsbane, Blaze (Gbr)) Guitars: -Dave Sullivan (1975-1976) -Terry Rance (1975-1976) -Bob "Angelo" Sawyer (1976) (Praying Mantis, Weapon (Gbr)) -Terry Wapram (1977) (V1) -Paul Cairns (1979) -Paul Todd (1979) -Tony Parsons (1979) -Dennis Stratton (1980) (Stratus, Lionheart (Gbr), Praying Mantis) Drums: -Ron "Rebel" Matthews (1975-1977) -Barry "Thunderstick" Purkis Graham (1977) (Samson (Gbr)) -Doug Sampson (1977-1980) (Smiler) -Clive Burr (1980-1982) (Elixir (Gbr), Gogmagog (Gbr), Trust (Fra), Desperado (USA), Samson (Gbr), Stratus, Clive Burr's Escape, Praying Mantis and Alcatrazz) Keyboards: -Tony Moore (1977) (V1)
Additional notes
Iron Maiden was formed on Christmas day, 1975 by Steve Harris, who recruited guitarists Dave Sullivan and Terry Rance, drummer Ron Matthews, and vocalist Paul Day. Day, who lacked stage presence, was quickly replaced by Dennis Wilcock. Rance and Sullivan were dropped when Dave Murray was found, as neither of the former could play lead and the latter clearly could. Bob Angelo came in to complement him, but ended up trying to upstage him continuously, so was fired in late 1976. He joined Praying [...] [read more]
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Discography

The Soundhouse Tapes	Demo, 1979	[3 reviews, average 89%]
Running Free	Single, 1980	[1 review, 85%]
Iron Maiden	Full-length, 1980	[16 reviews, average 87%]
Sanctuary	Single, 1980	[1 review, 72%]
Women In Uniform	Single, 1980	[1 review, 70%]
Live!! + One	EP, 1980	[1 review, 81%]
Killers	Full-length, 1981	[15 reviews, average 89%]
Twilight Zone	Single, 1981	[2 reviews, average 76%]
Live at the Rainbow	Video/VHS, 1981	[1 review, 100%]
Purgatory	Single, 1981	[1 review, 65%]
Wrathchild	Single, 1981
Maiden Japan	EP, 1981	[1 review, 100%]
Run to the Hills	Single, 1982	[1 review, 83%]
The Number of the Beast	Full-length, 1982	[18 reviews, average 83%]
The Number of the Beast	Single, 1982	[1 review, 94%]
Flight of Icarus	Single, 1983	[1 review, 50%]
Piece of Mind	Full-length, 1983	[12 reviews, average 88%]
The Trooper	Single, 1983	[1 review, 82%]
Video Pieces	Video/VHS, 1983
2 Minutes to Midnight	Single, 1984	[1 review, 87%]
Powerslave	Full-length, 1984	[16 reviews, average 93%]
Aces High	Single, 1984	[1 review, 78%]
Behind the Iron Curtain	Video/VHS, 1984
Running Free (live)	Single, 1985
Live After Death	Live album, 1985	[6 reviews, average 84%]
Live After Death	Video/VHS, 1985	[1 review, 95%]
Run to the Hills (live)	Single, 1985	[1 review, 75%]
Wasted Years	Single, 1986	[1 review, 95%]
Somewhere in Time	Full-length, 1986	[10 reviews, average 94%]
Stranger in a Strange Land	Single, 1986	[2 reviews, average 85%]
12 Wasted Years	Video/VHS, 1987
Can I Play With Madness	Single, 1988
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Full-length, 1988	[13 reviews, average 93%]
The Evil That Men Do	Single, 1988	[1 review, 89%]
The Clairvoyant	Single, 1988
Infinite Dreams	Single, 1989
Maiden England	Video/VHS, 1989	[2 reviews, average 93%]
Running Free - Sanctuary	EP, 1990
Women in Uniform - Twilight Zone	EP, 1990	[1 review, 75%]
Purgatory - Maiden Japan	EP, 1990
Run to the Hills - The Number of the Beast	EP, 1990
Flight of Icarus - The Trooper	EP, 1990
2 Minutes to Midnight - Aces High	EP, 1990
Running Free - Run to the Hills	EP, 1990
Wasted Years - Stranger in a Strangeland	EP, 1990
Can I Play With Madness - The Evil That Men Do	EP, 1990
The Clairvoyant - Infinite Dreams	EP, 1990	[1 review, 93%]
Holy Smoke	Single, 1990
No Prayer for the Dying	Full-length, 1990	[11 reviews, average 61%]
The First Ten Years	Video/VHS, 1990
Bring Your Daughter ... To the Slaughter	Single, 1990
Be Quick Or Be Dead	Single, 1992
Fear of the Dark	Full-length, 1992	[11 reviews, average 63%]
From Here to Eternity	Single, 1992
Wasting Love	Single, 1992
From There to Eternity	Video/VHS, 1992
Fear of the Dark (Live)	Single, 1993
A Real Live One	Live album, 1993	[1 review, 82%]
Hallowed Be Thy Name	Single, 1993
A Real Dead One	Live album, 1993	[3 reviews, average 53%]
Live at Donington	Live album, 1993
Donington Live 1992	Video/VHS, 1993
Raising Hell	Video/VHS, 1994	[1 review, 99%]
Maiden England	Live album, 1994	[1 review, 86%]
Man on the Edge	Single, 1995
The X Factor	Full-length, 1995	[14 reviews, average 75%]
The Story So Far Part One	Boxed set, 1995	[1 review, 100%]
The Story So Far Part Two	Boxed set, 1995
Lord of the Flies	Single, 1996	[2 reviews, average 88%]
Virus	Single, 1996	[2 reviews, average 38%]
Best of the Beast	Best of/Compilation, 1996	[2 reviews, average 93%]
The Angel & The Gambler	Single, 1998	[2 reviews, average 50%]
Virtual XI	Full-length, 1998	[10 reviews, average 51%]
Futureal	Single, 1998	[2 reviews, average 79%]
Eddie Head	Boxed set, 1998	[1 review, 100%]
Wrathchild' 99 (promo)	Single, 1999
Ed Hunter	Best of/Compilation, 1999	[1 review, 95%]
The Wicker Man	Single, 2000	[2 reviews, average 93%]
Brave New World	Full-length, 2000	[15 reviews, average 81%]
Out of the Silent Planet	Single, 2000	[1 review, 75%]
Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast	DVD, 2001	[1 review, 80%]
Rock in Rio	Live album, 2002	[4 reviews, average 90%]
17 Numbers by the Beast	Best of/Compilation, 2002
Rock In Rio	DVD, 2002	[3 reviews, average 97%]
Edward the Great	Best of/Compilation, 2002	[2 reviews, average 43%]
Eddie's Archive	Boxed set, 2002	[4 reviews, average 86%]
Visions of the Beast	DVD, 2003	[3 reviews, average 87%]
Wildest Dreams	Single, 2003	[4 reviews, average 55%]
Dance of Death	Full-length, 2003	[14 reviews, average 74%]
Rainmaker	Single, 2003	[1 review, 72%]
No More Lies	EP, 2004	[3 reviews, average 65%]
The Early Days	DVD, 2004	[4 reviews, average 95%]
The Essential Iron Maiden	Best of/Compilation, 2005	[2 reviews, average 66%]
Death on the Road	Live album, 2005	[3 reviews, average 85%]
Death on the Road	DVD, 2006	[5 reviews, average 80%]
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg	Single, 2006	[2 reviews, average 83%]
A Matter of Life and Death	Full-length, 2006	[23 reviews, average 77%]
Different World	Single, 2006	[1 review, 95%]
Live After Death	DVD, 2008	[3 reviews, average 97%]
Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980-1989	Best of/Compilation, 2008	[3 reviews, average 58%]
Flight 666	DVD, 2009	[4 reviews, average 96%]
Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack	Live album, 2009

Links

Official
Iron Maiden Official Homepage
Iron Maiden Official Youtube Channel
Iron Maiden Official MySpace
Iron Maiden Official FanClub
Flight 666 Movie @ YouTube

Labels
Iron Maiden @ Columbia Records

Official merchandise
Eddie's Megastore - Official Iron Maiden Store
Retrofacts.net - Iron Maiden merchandise
Iron Maiden Official Merch
Mobile Store
Iron Maiden Swag
ROCKWORLDEAST - Iron Maiden Merchandise
80Stees
megastore maiden
Iron Maiden @ illrockmerch.com
Iron Maiden @ CorpseClothing
Iron Maiden @ Vans

Fan site
Fear of the Web
Maiden Serbia
Iron Maiden Planet (German Fan site)
Maiden Denmark
Iron Maiden suisse romand
Sanktuarium - Polish Fan Club
Australian Fan Site
Maiden World
Polish Fan Site
Kheldan's Iron Maiden Pit
Fan Club Italia
Iron Maiden Marseille
Unas
Irons CZ
Iron Maiden Chile
Finnish fansite
Maiden Fans.com
Web Iron Maiden Spanish
Belgian Iron Maiden Fanclub
Iron Maiden Austria
Iron Maiden Colombia
Iron Maiden Peru
Maiden Serbia
Maiden Fans United
Maidenfans
Turkish Fan Site
Iron Maiden Bolivia
Interview with Steve Harris and dave Murray
Iron Maiden fan page Lithuania
Iron Maiden Colombia
Iron Maiden Slovensko
Iron Maiden Scandinavia
eddie gallery
Iron Maiden France
Iron Maiden@Uruguay
Fan site Croatia
Czech fanclub
Twilight Dusk Fansite
Iron Maiden Argentinian Fan Club Forum
Iron maiden - paraguay
ironmaidenheaven.com
MaidenMIDI
ironmaiden.webvis.net/
Iron Maiden Wallpapers
Iron Maiden Tribute @ Sanctuary
Iron Maiden @ FAQ.COM
Tribute
Chilean Troopers
Paul Mario Day Official Website
Iron Maiden at giljotina.lt
www.ironmaiden.cl
Maiden Bulgaria
Rautaneito
Iron Maiden @ Last.FM

Tablatures
All Maiden Drum/Bass/Guitar Tabs
Iron Maiden Tabs @ rockmagic.net
Iron Maiden Tabs @ fretplay.com
Iron Maiden Tabs @ all-good-tabs.com
Guitar Pro Tabs @ MySongBook.com
TabIt Tabs @ TabIt.net
Iron Maiden Bass Tabs @ Bassmasta
Iron Maiden tabs @ XGuitar.com
Iron Maiden Tabs @ 911tabs.com
Iron Maiden @ AZ Chords
Iron Maiden @ Guitabs.net
Tabs (guitar-pro, .txt) @ ZoneMetal.com
Iron Maiden @ GuitarETab.com
Iron Maiden Tabs @ GTabs.org
Iron Maiden@guitartabs.cc
iron maiden@ultimate-guitar

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