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Iron Maiden are an English heavy band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band are led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris. Since forming in 1975 they have released fourteen studio albums, nine live albums, four EPs and eight compilations.
As a pioneer of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, Iron Maiden rose to fame in the early 1980s, and after several lineup changes, they went on to release a string of platinum and gold albums. These include the US platinum-selling landmark The Number of the Beast in 1982 and the follow up Piece of Mind in 1983, and Powerslave in 1984. Iron Maiden released their newest studio effort in 2006 entitled A Matter of Life and Death, which peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold in the UK.
As one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, Iron Maiden have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide, without significant mainstream or radio support. The band won the Ivor Novello Awards for international achievement in 2002, and were also inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California during their tour in the United States in 2005. Their influences include: Thin Lizzy, UFO, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash.
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Maiden fucking rocks! One hell of a band
I completely agree.
I find it so hilarious that this band was the target of so many parents groups in the ‘80s for being satanic. They’re a bunch of nerds, people! They write songs based on novels by Frank Herbert and Orson Scott Card!
They rule…
simply the best Band ever put together in the last 30 years period.
MAIDEN IS THE BEST FUCKIN BAND EVER! UP THE IRONS!
just awsome, just so f—-in plain awsomeness!!!!!!!!!!
Iron Maiden is hands down the best band EVER! They fucking rock and everybody knows it, if you don't like them, your just in denial, it's impossible.
Legendary metal band, one of the best there is in metal!
Can't believe people rate Metallica over this! They obviously haven't listened to Maiden enough.. Up the irons mates =)
IM is the best band ever
metal is my genre but i also like my chemical romance
xD, Iron Maiden its just the best, THE BEST OF THE BEST, The Band make heavy metal HEAVY!!!
The best storytellers in metal ever! And simply off the charts live. If you haven't been to one of their shows, what the hell are you doing?? Get yourself there, trust me, they blow you away every single time.
best band ever
My bf iz crazy about them…I`m not, but they`re good...
There'll always be a place in my heart for Iron Maiden. Given...it's a really tiny place reserved for the theatrical heavy metal of my youth...but, It's still there!
Iron Maiden............. Is Best.
Let me know how is better then Iron Maiden?
Iron Maiden sucks
IRON MAIDEN ARE SHIT!!
cause 102 nails kills any black beast of the other side
have u guys seen what the people on the metallica page are writing about maiden there f*ing crazy comparing those guys with iron maiden all fans of metallica’s work after dave got kicked out REPENT!!! and bow down to the true god IRON MAIDEN!!! btw sorry for the shouting
maiden rocks they should be #1 not matalica
Iron Maiden is a band of true musical geniuses. The Adrian Smith/Dave Murray combination cannot be topped by any band as far as guitar. Steve Harris is arguably the greatest bass player of all time. As a guitarist I can appreciate how fuckin sick their music is. No other metal band comes close. Metallica is just a poor imitation of Maiden. You can hear it in their music. Metallica wouldn't exist if it weren't for Maiden. Metallica is just a bunch of shredders and an arrogant drummer who overplays and sounds robotic. They don't have the depth of Maiden or the talent.
hey, powerslave83, go fuck yourself with a rusty corkscrew. Metallica is anything but an imitation of Iron Maiden. The two couldn't be any more differant if they tried. Iron Maiden isn't heavy metal. They're too refined to be called heavy. meanwhile Metallica is bluntly thrash with little variance in most cases and i've yet to find a thrash band that isn't heavy metal. It's an insult to both bands when their fans bicker like this. the members of each band respect each other.
Clever Sleazoid, their older albums are definetly heavy metal though. It's hard to group their newer stuff into more in depth genres but it's generally heavy metal.
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I Love Maiden!!!!