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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)
  • Soundhouse Tapes, 1979 EP
  • Sanctuary, 1980 Single

• Killers (1981)

• The Number Of The Beast (1982)

• Piece Of Mind (1983)
  • The Trooper, 1983 Single
  • Flight Of Icarus, 1983 Single
  • Where Eagles Dare, 1983 Single

• Powerslave (1984)
  • Aces High, 1984 Single
  • Powerslave, 1984 Single
  • Losfer Worlds (Big 'Orra), 1984 Single
  • 2 Minutes To Midnight, 1985 Single
  • Back In The Village, 1985 Single

• Somewhere In Time (1986)
  • Heaven Can't Wait, 1986 Single
  • Wasted Years, 1986 Singles
  • Stranger In A Strange Land, 1987 Single

• Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988)
  • Can I Play With Madness, 1988 Single
  • The Clairvoyant, 1988 Single
  • The Evil Thing That Men Do, 1989 Single

• No Prayer For The Dying (1990)

• Fear Of The Dark (1992)

• The X Factor (1995)

• Virtual XI (1998)

• Brave New World (2000)

Live:

• Maiden Japan (1981)
• Life After Death (1985)
• Rock In Rio (2002)

Videos/DVDs:

• Live In London (1980)
• Video Pieces (1983)
• Behind The Iron Curtain (1984)
• Live After Death (1985)
• 12 Wasted Years (1987)
• Maiden England (1989)
• Up The Irons - The First Ten Years (1990)
• Metal Hammer (1992)
• Raising Hell (1993)
• Rock In Rio (2001)