The History of Iron Maiden

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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the history of Iron
Maiden
it’s number is 666 heavy metal band Iron
Maiden was formed in late in London
England in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris
the band’s first incarnation made its
live debut in 1976 though the early
years were plagued by lineup changes and
false starts guitarist dave murray
joined soon after and was the only
member other than harris to appear on
all Iron Maiden releases after their
demo began creating buzz in and around
London the band acquired manager rod
Smallwood and landed a contract with EMI
iron maiden self-titled debut dropped in
1980 with the recently hired Paul
Di’Anno on vocals
the effort reached the top five of the
UK albums chart and paved the way for a
headlining tour of the UK
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before the release of their second album
Adrian Smith joined the band as a
guitarist in 1980 his first record with
Iron Maiden was the next year’s killers
which began the band’s 11 year stint
with producer Martin birch
the subsequent World Tour set the stage
for Iron Maiden’s monstrous rise in the
ensuing years shortly thereafter the
band also parted ways with piano due to
a substance abuse problems and replaced
him with Bruce Dickinson Dickinson’s
first studio appearance with Iron Maiden
was 1982 the number of the beast
the album topped the UK charts and sold
over 10 million copies worldwide during
the following tour Christian groups
began accusing Navy of promoting satanic
messages in their albums but the band
welcomed this controversy as free
publicity
by year’s end drummer Clive Burr was
replaced by Nicko McBrain the band then
released the top five UK album peace of
mind
in 1983 he’ll take my life but I’ll take
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which included standout tracks like the
trooper and flight of Icarus
the lengthy powerslave dropped the next
year and was another UK success
it contained two top 20 singles as well
as their longest song to date the 13
minute epic run
they supported that record with a tour
that took them to over 25 countries with
over 3.5 million attendees and was
captured for a 1985 live albums
the group re-emerged the 1986 after a
six-month break with somewhere in time
on this album fans were introduced to
the addition of synthesized bass and
guitars two maidens already iconic sound
as none of Dickinson’s songs appeared on
the record he began to pursue solo work
during this time Next Iron Maiden added
keyboards to their heavy metal sound on
the 1988 concept album seventh son of a
seventh son
this time Dickinson’s writing capacities
were back in full force on the number
one UK record however the next few years
saw several members work on outside
projects which eventually led to the
departure of Smith and his replacement
with Jana cares
the band’s next album was 1990s no
prayer for the dying which spawned their
only UK number one single to that point
two years later the title track to 1992
fear of the dark became one Iron
Maiden’s greatest hits and a live staple
after a farewell tour Dickenson left the
band in 1993 his replacement blaze
bayley was met with inconsistent fan
reaction as such 1995 the x-factor and
1998 virtual 11 sold and charted much
lower than previous efforts
but by 1999 Dickinson and Smith return
allowing maiden to embark on the Ed
hunter tour where the three guitars line
up that same year
with group continued releasing albums in
the new millennium 2000s brave new world
2003’s dance of death and 2006 ‘as a
matter of life and death
in 2010 they had their highest-charting
record on the American charts when the
final frontier hit the Billboard 200
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as their successful tours and numerous
accolades demonstrate Iron Maiden
remains as popular as ever
along with Def Leppard the band is
credited with spearheading the new wave
of British metal and his influence
countless artists around the globe
thanks to their iconic guitars and heavy
metal attitude
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