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Formed in London, England, in 1976 for Heavy Metal music and Death metal. Iron Maiden was from the start the brainchild of Steve Harris (Born March 12, 1957 in Leytonstone, London, England; bass), formerly a member of pub rockers Smiler. Named after a medieval torture device, the music was suitably heavy and hard on the senses.

There were several line-up changes in the Iron Maiden ranks in the very early days, and come the release of their debut EP, the band featured Harris, Dave Murray (Born December 23, 1955 in London, England; guitar), Paul Di'Anno (Born May 17, 1959 in Chingford, London, England; vocals) and Doug Sampson (drums).

The live show was also scaled down in a return to much smaller venues. No Prayer For The Dying was indeed much more like mid-period Iron Maiden, and was predictably well-received, bringing enormous UK hit singles with "Holy Smoke" and "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter". The latter, previously released in 1989 on the soundtrack to A Nightmare On Elm Street 5, had already been awarded the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Song that year. Nevertheless, it gave Iron Maiden their first ever UK number 1.

Discography

Albums:

• Self-Titled (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)
• Brave New World (2000)

Live:

• Maiden Japan (1981)
• Live After Death (1985)

Videos and DVDs:

• Live After Death (1985)
• 12 Wasted Years (1987)
• Maiden England (1989)
• Raising Hell (1993)