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Iron Maiden Presentation: Bang your head! Iron Maiden, the heavy-metal legend, is back and more brutal than ever. Their raw lyrics, astonishing performances, and intense music have attracted a zealous fan-base that spans the generations. Now, these legends of rock are back on tour to celebrate the release of their DVD, which revived the passions of their Latin American fans. Now they’ve come to Eurochannel to show us all just what heavy metal is all about. Iron Maiden shocked the London music scene in the 1980s. Their hard, melodic riffs came as a great surprise, especially considering the band’s origin as a bunch of kids from the West Ham suburb in northern London. They went from playing tiny pubs in the UK to touring the world’s concert halls, bringing their intense lyrics, ferocious sounds, and their grisly mascot “Eddie” to venues large and small. Despite their success, their first worldwide tour was bizarre, even by heavy metal standards, as they were forced to play for a wedding in Poland, a drunken pack of lorry drivers in Australia, and other strange venues. Now, 35 years later, Iron Maiden has become the personification of heavy metal to fans all over the world. Led by their ferocious bass player Steve Harris, they have toured just about everywhere, documenting their exploits in films like Flight 666. Don’t be afraid. Witness the power of these rock gods for yourself. Biography: Iron Maiden is a heavy metal band from east London. Formed in 1975 by bassist and lead songwriter Steve Harris, guitarists Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, Dave Murray, drummer Nicko McBrian and singer Bruce Dickinson, they have produced a total of thirty-eight albums: fifteen studio albums; ten live albums; four EPs; and seven compilations. Pioneering the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved success during the early 1980s.Then, after several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of U.S. and UK platinum and gold albums, including The Number of the Beast (1982), Piece of Mind (1983), Powerslave (1984), live release Live After Death (1985), Somewhere in Time (1986) and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988). Since the return of lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith in 1999, the band has toured in countries they had never seen before, such as Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, and India. In March 2012 Iron Maiden released their latest live DVD: En Vivo, a concert recorded in Santiago de Chile. Trivia: • Singer Bruce Dickinson recorded Queen’s song Bohemian Rhapsody alongside the Spanish soprano Monserrat Caballé, who years before recorded an album with Freddie Mercury. |
