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“I grow the nails on my right hand as long as I can, so I can get that trebly sound”: Steve Harris delivered one of the coolest bass guitar intros in the history of metal on Iron Maiden’s Wrathchild

Every would-be metalhead should learn from the best: Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris

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"Everything up to then had been about climbing the mountain. With Powerslave it felt like we were looking out over the rest of the world": How Iron Maiden grew up

When it came to making the follow-up to 1983’s Piece Of Mind album, Iron Maiden knew they needed to come up with something a bit special. That was Powerslave

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We reviewed every film Iron Maiden have ever written a song about

From Charge Of The Light Brigade to Children Of The Damned, we’ve watched and critiqued every movie The Beast have taken a track from

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The 10 best Blaze Bayley Iron Maiden songs

Showing some love to Iron Maiden’s most under-rated period

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"They’re one of the greatest rock bands in history." Why Lady Gaga loves Iron Maiden (and vice versa)

Lady Gaga and Iron Maiden have a longstanding mutual respect that might surprise some, but we're absolutely here for it

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“My being fired was premature… We’d wrapped pre-production on Killers but I never got the chance to record”: Meet Dennis Stratton, the man who brought harmony guitars to Iron Maiden

Armed with a Les Paul Custom copy and an obscenely heavy old combo amp, Stratton only discovered metal when he joined the future giants – and left them the legacy of harmony guitar attack

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“It was all a bit Jethro Tull-y and witchy-woo”: the iconic Bruce Dickinson solo song that began life as an idea for an ‘acoustic’ Iron Maiden album that was never made

How a rejected Iron Maiden song written in the mid-80s became a Bruce Dickinson classic almost 10 years later

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The 8 songs Iron Maiden have played live the least

If you’ve seen The Beast perform any of these rarities at a show, you’re in a very exclusive club

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“It might be significant that my two favourite pieces of music of all time are Supper’s Ready and Thick As A Brick”: What Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris learned from prog

The guiding light of NWOBHM geeks out on Peter Gabriel leaving Genesis, covering Jethro Tull but not wanting to meet Ian Anderson, the length of ELP solos, his struggle to get into Marillion and more

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Mission From ’Arry: How Iron Maiden turned a sweary argument into the funniest metal “song” ever

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris and drummer Nicko McBrain had a farcical falling out during a 1983 tour. When they found out Bruce Dickinson recorded it, they decided it’d fit perfectly onto 2 Minutes To Midnight’s b-side.

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Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris wants to write an autobiography: “It’s just a question of time.”

Iron Maiden’s bassist and founder would love to write a book – he just needs to sit still for five minutes first

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‘The Bene Gesserit can kill with their voices. That’s what I try to do’: the musicians mining Dune for tunes

Iron Maiden, Fatboy Slim and Grimes have all made music inspired by Frank Herbert’s 1960s sci-fi epic. So what makes ‘Dunecore’ different to other interpretive genres?

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"My business is to create. It’s what I do." How Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson struck out on his own, got weirder than ever and created some of the boldest music of his career, over 50 years in.

Bruce Dickinson has finally dived into the next chapter of his solo career - and it sees him in as creative and determined form as ever

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Demon bikers, resurrections and ritual sex magic: Bruce Dickinson takes us behind the scenes for The Mandrake Project. "We're going full Hammer Horror"

Between Iron Maiden albums, tours, getting his pilot's license and beating throat cancer, it's been a long road for Bruce Dickinson's The Mandrake Project, but it's all proved worth it for one of the most ambitious multi-media releases of 2024

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“It’s amazing that this was recorded!” Listen to the only time Iron Maiden have ever performed 80s classic The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner live

Despite it being a fan favourite on Somewhere In Time, Iron Maiden have only played The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner to one very lucky audience in 1986

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"As long as you can talk, you have a voice": An epic Bruce Dickinson interview

Bruce Dickinson fronts the UK’s most successful heavy metal band, holds a commercial pilot’s licence, releases solo albums, write novels and screenplays, and more. A full life? Not half

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Should you play guitar with a pick or fingers? We weigh up the tone and technique benefits of both approaches

Use what you’re born with, or stick with a pick? We take a close look at the tones and techniques associated with playing guitar and bass with fingers and pick

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My Dying Bride announce new album A Mortal Binding, release first single Thornwyck Hymn

Yorkshire doom legends My Dying Bride will release their first studio album in four years in April – listen to A Mortal Binding’s lead single here

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"It’s not that Maiden albums aren’t fun, but we don’t get to play like children." Bruce Dickinson is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer

The Iron Maiden frontman reveals the secrets of his new solo album and comic series – The Mandrake Project

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"It’s a rare chance to witness history being made, and it is a sight to behold." Steve Harris brings British Lion to London's Cart & Horses, the birthplace of Iron Maiden, for an emotional homecoming show

Steve Harris' British Lion take over the Cart & Horses for a triumphant show in London

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"Someone from the BBC said my outfit revealed ‘too much penis’. I’m not a Ken doll!": Lord Of The Lost reflect on a wild 2023

They played Eurovision, met the king and toured with Iron Maiden - but 2023 was just another wild year for Germany's Lord Of The Lost

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"Steve Harris was very suspicious. He said: Why do you wanna come back?": Bruce Dickinson on rejoining Iron Maiden with a mission to "sweep away the past"

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson recalls exactly what he sought to achieve by rejoining the band in 1999

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Tony Moore played keyboards for Iron Maiden at one show in 1977: Now he's back on the road with Steve Harris

British Lion are currently on tour with support from prog rock one man band Tony Moore: "If Tony could play guitar back then the way he does now he'd probably still be in the band", says Steve Harris

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“The phone rang, it was Steve Harris: ‘Are you interested in joining Maiden?’”: this is what it’s like to audition to replace Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden, by three singers who went for the job

In 1994, Blaze Bayley became Maiden’s new singer – but he wasn’t the only contender for the job

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“Even John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, Sting, and Steve Harris dig this guy”: Cordell Crockett of Ugly Kid Joe reels off 5 albums that shaped his sound

Ugly Kid Joe’s long-term bassist reflects on Sgt. Pepper, and why Michael Anthony had the “hardest gig” supporting Eddie Van Halen

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