Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden is an English heavy metal band. It was started by Steve Harris in 1975. Its first music album was Iron Maiden, which was released in 1980. The singer Paul Di'Anno was replaced by Bruce Dickinson in 1981. Bruce Dickinson left in 1993 and was replaced by Blaze Bayley, but in 1999 Bruce returned in the band.
The mascot of the band is Eddie, a monster, who is present in the concerts and also appears on the album covers. Eddie is most often shown as a dead body that has come back to life and looks very evil. The band's music shows often have a statue of Eddie that is very large and much taller than the band.
Iron Maiden has given the world many albums. Some of these albums are Killers, The Number of the Beast and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. The band's most new album, A Matter of Life and Death, was released in the year 2006.
[change] Members
- Bruce Dickinson - vocals
- Janick Gers - guitar
- Steve Harris - bass guitar
- Nicko McBrain - percussion
- Dave Murray - guitar
- Adrian Smith - guitar
Iron maiden started off in bars but started to get pretty famous around 1978.
[change] Albums
- Iron Maiden (1980)
- Killers (1981)
- The Number of the Beast (1982)
- Piece of Mind (1983)
- Powerslave (1984)
- Somewhere in Time (1986)
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
- No Prayer for the Dying (1990)
- Fear of the Dark (1992)
- The X Factor (1995)
- Virtual XI (1998)
- Brave New World (2000)
- Dance of Death (2003)
- A Matter of Life and Death (2006)
