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Known for such effective strikes as “Two Moments to Midnight” and “The Trooper,” Iron Maiden are among weighty metal’s most important rings. They’re also among metal’s most long lasting and distinctive functions, because of their melodic guitars, ambitious songwriting, powerhouse vocalist Bruce Dickinson, and iconic mascot Eddie. Among the 1st groups to become categorized as “English metallic,” Iron Maiden helped arranged the rock and roll picture for the ’80s and influenced generations of following rings, including Metallica, Wish Movie theater, Slipknot, In Flames, and Avenged Sevenfold. Despite too little radio airplay or mainstream mass media support, early allegations of Satanism, along with a revolving lineup, they will have remained consistently well-known throughout their profession. Iron Maiden had been produced in 1975 in Leyton, East London by bassist Steve Harris, previously of the music group Smiler. The group’s lineup was volatile during its early years, but ultimately resolved on drummer Doug Sampson, guitarist Dave Murray, and vocalist Paul Di’Anno in 1978. Later that calendar year, this incarnation from the music group documented a four-song demonstration and circulated it to membership owners among others mixed up in London scene, like the group’s soon-to-be supervisor Ron Smallwood. The demo’s reputation led Iron Maiden to self-release it as 1979’s The Soundhouse Tapes EP, which shortly sold-out its 5,000-duplicate run. After credit scoring a cope with EMI, the music group enlisted another guitarist, Dennis Stratton. Later in 1979, Sampson departed because of medical issues and previous Samson drummer Clive Burr had taken his place behind the package. The band’s self-titled debut found its way to 1980; though it had been recorded in a rush, it was non-etheless a U.K. strike because of the one “Running Free of charge.” Its 1981 follow-up, Killers, acquired a harder strategy thanks partly to manufacturer Martin Birch — with whom the group proved helpful until his 1992 pension — and in addition saw the substitute of Stratton with Murray’s youth friend Adrian Smith. Because of substance abuse problems, Di’Anno was dismissed from Iron Maiden following the Killer Globe Tour in 1981. His substitute was Bruce Dickinson, another previous Samson member who became a member of that Sept and produced his documented debut using the music group on 1982’s groundbreaking The amount of the Beast. Boasting tunes like the name monitor and “Hallowed Become Thy Name,” it became referred to as among the all-time great rock and roll albums. Though it had been the band’s 1st chart-topping recording within the U.K. and was a high Ten seller in a number of additional countries, Christian activists and traditional politicians in the us claimed the music group was Satanic (which Iron Maiden refused). Nevertheless, The amount of the Beast’s achievement produced Iron Maiden worldwide superstars, and regardless of the alternative of Burr with previous Trust drummer Nicko McBrain, they transformed very little of the design on 1983’s Little bit of Brain. The music group undertook two main tours before documenting 1984’s Powerslave, which would continue to become another cult strike and presented the 13-minute epic “The Rime from the Old Mariner,” that was influenced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem. The merchandise of Powerslave’s 11-month tour was 1985’s Live After Loss of life, a double-live recording offering their biggest strike singles. Now set up as a robust and unique steel music group, Iron Maiden experimented on the long-awaited 1986 record, Somewhere with time, incorporating synthesized bass and electric guitar and futuristic designs. They continuing to expand their audio and subject material with 1988’s Seventh Kid of the Seventh Kid. Another concept record offering the singles “The Bad That Men Perform” and “The Clairvoyant,” along with the band’s initial usage of keyboards, it had been Maiden’s most critically acclaimed record since The Amount of the Beast. From then on album’s discharge, Smith and Dickinson done their own tasks: Smith’s record with his music group ASAP found its way to 1989, while Dickinson’s single record, Tattooed Millionaire, made an appearance the following calendar year. When Iron Maiden reconvened to focus on a new record, Smith left creative distinctions; ex-Gillan guitarist Janick Gers, who performed on Tattooed Millionaire, became a member of the collapse for 1990’s No Prayer for the Dying. A go back to the band’s stripped-down audio of the first ’80s, it offered Iron Maiden their 1st number 1 U.K. solitary with “Bring Your Child…Towards the Slaughter.” By the end from the band’s 1991 tour, Dickinson indicated his wish to keep and focus on his very own music. Nevertheless, he documented another record, 1992’s Concern with the Dark, and toured using the music group, ultimately departing in 1993. That calendar year, two live albums had been released: A GENUINE Live One, which centered on their contemporaneous strike singles, and A GENUINE Deceased One, which highlighted Maiden’s classic music. Iron Maiden had taken time off after Dickinson’s departure, coming back with 1995’s The X Aspect, which featured brand-new vocalist and ex-Wolfsbane member Blaze Bayley. As the record didn’t perform aswell commercially as a few of its predecessors, it had been still successful in Britain. Its follow-up, 1998’s Virtual XI, was among the band’s lowest-selling albums; furthermore, Bayley was having problems with his tone of voice, and he remaining Iron Maiden early in 1999. Immediately after, Dickinson and Smith came back towards the group, who released the ambitious, Kevin Shirley-produced Daring New World the next yr. Iron Maiden continued to be reinvigorated through the entire 2000s, touring and documenting almost as regularly as they do within the ’80s. They reunited with Shirley for 2003’s critically acclaimed Dance of Loss of life, which was influenced by battles which range from the conquering of the 13th hundred years Cathar stronghold (“Montségur”) to some notable Globe War I marketing campaign (“Paschendale”). The Rainmaker EP, along with the live Dvd disks Background of Iron Maiden, Pt. 1: THE FIRST Days and Bringing up Hell, implemented in 2004. Sanctuary released the two-disc THE FUNDAMENTAL Iron Maiden in 2005 to coincide making use of their gig co-headlining an Ozzfest tour with Dark Sabbath, that your music group left because of some confrontations with Ozzy’s wife/supervisor, Sharon. Another live established, Loss of life on the highway, appeared in Sept of 2005, quickly before Iron Maiden came back towards the studio room to focus on their 14th record. The results had been 2006’s A Matter of Lifestyle and Loss of life, the band’s initial record to enter the very best Ten from the Billboard 200. 3 years later on, Iron Maiden released the soundtrack for the film Trip 666, a documentary/concert film documented in 16 different towns during Maiden’s first calf of the 2008 Somewhere Back in its history Globe Tour, which noticed the music group traveling inside a personalized Boeing 747 (known as Ed Push One) flown by Dickinson, who’s also an authorized pilot. Iron Maiden caused Shirley once more on 2010’s THE ULTIMATE Frontier, which reached the very best of the graphs in 28 countries and gained the music group a Grammy Honor for Greatest Hard Rock and roll/Metal Efficiency for the solitary “Un Dorado.” It had been implemented in 2012 by En Vivo!, a live video/record filmed at Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile in Apr 2011. In 2013, the music group began focus on its 16th studio room record, with plans release a it in 2015. Although record was finished, the breakthrough of cancerous tumors on Dickinson’s tongue and throat in past due 2014 slowed stuff down. He underwent strenuous chemotherapy. He was announced cancer free in-may of 2015. Iron Maiden place the completing touches for the recording and released the video pre-release solitary “Acceleration of Light” in August. The 92-minute, double-length recording Publication of Souls adopted in September.
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| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Iron Maiden and manager Rod Smallwood announced that they were cutting off their 27 year old ties with Sanctuary Music and have started a new company named Phantom Music Management. [November 2006] |
| 2 | Released their 14th studio album "A Matter of Life And Death". [August 2006] |
| 3 | The band took its name after a medieval torture device, which was a box with sharp spikes attached to the inside, into which the victim was placed and then the door was closed, driving the spikes into the body. |
| 4 | In Metal Edge magazine's 2000 Readers' Choice Awards, their album Brave New World tied with Pantera's Reinventing the Steel for "Album Cover of the Year". That same year, Metal Edge readers also voted them for "Comeback of the Year". |
| 5 | They won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002. |
| 6 | They were ranked fourth on MTV's "Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time". |
| 7 | The upcoming Nintendo Wii video game Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam will have "Different World" as a song on the game's soundtrack. |
| 8 | The Nickelodeon TV series The Fairly OddParents (2001) featured a villain called "the Iron Maiden" that fought briefly against Timmy's favorite super hero, "The Crimson Chin." It was made to look like a giant robotic maid. In order to help viewers understand the reference, the Crimson Chin taunts, "Your days of heavy metal terror are over, Iron Maiden!". |
| 9 | The 1980 release "Iron Maiden" made #4 on the UK charts in its first week of release, and the group became one of the leading proponents of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. |
| 10 | The band is mentioned several times in episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head (1993). Songs featured include "The Prisoner", "From Here to Eternity", and "Running Free". |
| 11 | The band had their first (and to date, only) #1 hit single "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter". It was released on December 24, 1990, 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 single holds the record for being the fastest release straight in to #1 and straight out of the charts again over the following couple of weeks. |
| 12 | On New Year's Eve of 1978, the band recorded one of the most famous demos in hard rock history, "The Soundhouse Tapes". |
| 13 | Kerrang! magazine ranked them as the most important band of the last 25 years. |
| 14 | The band's mascot, Eddie, is a perennial fixture in their horror-influenced album cover art, as well as in live shows and was originally drawn by Derek Riggs. |
| 15 | They were ranked #24 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". |
| 16 | In 2000 the band 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 #3 in the UK charts. |
| 17 | Bassist Steve Harris and guitarist Dave Murray remain the longest surviving members. |
| 18 | After Bruce Dickinson left the band in 1993. they auditioned hundreds of vocalists, both unknown and famous (among them Doogie White of Rainbow), and even offered the position to James LaBrie of Dream Theater, but he declined. They finally chose Blaze Bayley in 1994, formerly of Wolfsbane. |
| 19 | "The Number of the Beast", released in 1982, was the album that claimed the band their first ever UK #1 record and also became a Top Ten hit in many other countries. |
| 20 | Members have included Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain, Janick Gers, Clive Burr, Blaze Bayley. |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugaí Marú II | Short performer: "The Evil That Men Do", "Lord of the Flies", "If Eternity Should Fail", "Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger", "Empire of the Clouds" filming | ||
| Sherlock | 2017 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Drugaí Marú | 2015 | Short performer: "Powerslave" | |
| Ochéntame... otra vez | 2015 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| 14.000.000.000$!!! | 2013 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Mulatschag | 2011-2012 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
| Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie | 2012 | Video performer: "Trooper" | |
| No me la puc treure del cap | 2012 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Metal Evolution | 2011-2012 | TV Series documentary performer - 8 episodes | |
| Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta | 2011 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Run to the Hills" | |
| Todd's Pop Song Reviews | 2010 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| The Legend of Dick and Dom | 2010 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony | 2009 | Video Game performer: "Run to the Hills" | |
| Old Number Seven | 2009 | Short performer: "Face in the sand" | |
| Guitar Hero 5 | 2009 | Video Game performer: "2 Minutes to Midnight" | |
| Madden NFL 2010 | 2009 | Video Game performer: "Aces High" | |
| Torchwood Declassified | 2009 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Iron Maiden: Flight 666 | 2009 | Documentary performer: "Aces High", "Transylvania", "Wrathchild", "Moonchild", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Revelations", "The Trooper", "For the Greater Good of God", "Number of the Beast", "Wasted Years", "Can I Play with Madness", "Powerslave", "Run to the Hills", "Heaven Can Wait", "Fear of the Dark", "Iron Maiden", "Rime of the Ancient Mariener", "Hallowed Be Thy Name" | |
| Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned | 2009 | Video Game performer: "Run to the Hills" | |
| Chemical Wedding | 2008 | performer: "Can I Play With Madness", "Wickerman" | |
| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 2007 | Video Game performer: "Number Of The Beast" | |
| Rock Band | 2007 | Video Game "Run to the Hills" | |
| OpAphid | 2006 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| I Love the 80's 3-D | 2005 | TV Series documentary performer: "Run to the Hills" | |
| SSX on Tour | 2005 | Video Game performer: "Run To The Hills" | |
| Metal: A Headbanger's Journey | 2005 | Documentary performer: "The Number of the Beast", "Run to the Hills" | |
| Super Secret Movie Rules | 2004 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Rage | 2002-2003 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2002 | Video Game performer: "Number of the Beast" | |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 2002 | Video Game performer: "2 Minutes to Midnight" | |
| Murder by Numbers | 2002 | performer: "The Number of the Beast" | |
| Fubar | 2002 | performer: "Run To The Hills" | |
| Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast | 2001 | Video documentary performer: "The Number of the Beast", "Phantom of the Opera", "Phantom of the Opera Live", "The Ides of March Live", "22 Acacia Avenue Live", "22 Acacia Avenue", "The Prisoner", "The Prisoner Live", "Children of the Damned", "Gangland", "Run to the Hills", "Run to the Hills Live", "Children of the Damned Live", "Invaders", "Iron Maiden Live", "Iron Maiden", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", "Hallowed Be Thy Name Live", "Total Eclipse" | |
| Ricky 6 | 2000 | performer: "The Number of the Beast" | |
| Top of the Pops | 1980-2000 | TV Series performer - 7 episodes | |
| Beavis and Butt-Head | 1994 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| First and Last | 1989 | TV Movie performer: "Number of the Beast" - uncredited | |
| Miami Vice | 1988 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Turno di notte | 1987 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Iron Maiden: Behind the Iron Curtain | 1985 | Video documentary performer: "Intro: Churchill's Speech / Aces High Live", "The Trooper Live", "22 Acacia Avenue Live", "The Number Of The Beast Live", "Run To The Hills Live", "Powerslave Live", "Hallowed Be Thy Name Live", "Rime of the Ancient Mariner Live", "Revelations Live", "2 Minutes To Midnight Live" | |
| Phenomena | 1985 | performer: "Flash of the Blade" | |
| Il mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento | 1985 | Documentary performer: "Flash of the Blade" | |
| Bad Boys | 1983 | performer: "Prodigal Son", "Purgatory" | |
| Open All Hours | 1982 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Thanks
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epopeja o bureku | 2005 | Short special thanks |
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock in Rio | 1985-2013 | TV Series | Themselves - Performers / Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: En Vivo! | 2012 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Behind the Beast | 2012 | Documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Flight 666 | 2009 | Documentary | Themselves |
| Global Metal | 2008 | Documentary | Themselves |
| History of Iron Maiden: Part 2 | 2008 | Documentary | Themselves |
| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 2007 | Video Game | Themselves - Musical Guest |
| Krechetalo | 2007 | TV Series | Themselves |
| Live from Abbey Road | 2007 | TV Series | Performer |
| Iron Maiden: Death on the Road | 2006 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Headbangers Ball | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Themselves |
| Sendung ohne Namen | 2003 | TV Series documentary | |
| Iron Maiden: Visions of the Beast | 2003 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio | 2002 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Top of the Pops | 1980-2000 | TV Series | Themselves |
| XLTV | 1998 | TV Series | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Raising Hell | 1993 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Donington Live 1992 | 1993 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Headbangers Ball | 1992 | TV Series | Themselves |
| The First Ten Years: The Videos | 1990 | Video | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Maiden England | 1989 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years | 1987 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Live After Death | 1985 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Behind the Iron Curtain | 1985 | Video documentary | Themselves |
| Iron Maiden: Ello Texas | 1983 | Short | Themselves |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochéntame... otra vez | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Themselves |
| Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Themselves |
| Mulatschag | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Themselves |
| Metal Evolution | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Themselves |
| Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Themselves |
| Heavy Metal Britannia | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Iron Maiden and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal | 2008 | Video documentary | |
| Seven Ages of Rock | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Themselves |
| Arena | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Themselves |
| Top of the Pops | 1982 | TV Series | Themselves |
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