Nicko McBrain

Janick Gers
Bruce Dickenson

Steve Harris Adrian Smith Dave Murray

BY: STEPHANIE LUIS

MUSIC 1040
 HEAVY METAL

Defined as a type of rock music characterized by

extremes in loudness, pounding beats, and sound
distortion.
Formatted as AOR (album-oriented rock), a type of
popular music in which a hard rock band is
combined with softer or more melodic elements.
Heavy metal or heavy rock, is essentially offshoots of
the heavy-blues inflected style of British groups, such
as:
 BIOGRAPHY
1975 1982

The band formed in Leyton, East Recruited Bruce Dickenson, and

London in 1975, by bassist and produced their hit album, The
primary lyricist Steve Harris Number of the Beast

A difficult time for heavy metal

Seven new studio albums, one live bands, but Iron Maiden managed to
album become more successful with the
Seven World Tours album Fear of the Dark
The creation of their mascot, Eddie Their six man group was formed

1980s 1990s
 Somewhere Back In Time Tour, February
2008
FLIGHT 666 The band traveled 50,000 miles
around the world in 45 days
Ed Force One went from India to
Costa Rica, Australia to Argentina,
Sao Paulo to Tokyo
Piloted by their Vocalist, Bruce
Dickenson on a Boeing 757
Made TV News headlines around the
world
This tour was turned into an award-
winning film and DVD, based on life
on the road and in the air. Flight
666
No.1 in music DVD charts in 25
Countries
British Award for Best British Live Act
 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Over 90 million album sales
Over 2000 live performances in 63 countries
16 studio albums, 12 Live Albums, 4 EPs (Extended Play record), 7
compilations
Awards:
Kerrang Legend Award (2016)
Echo Award for Best International Rock/Alternative Group (2016)
Kerrang! Inspiration Award (2013)
Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance (2010)
Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year (2010 for Flight 666)
Brit Award for British Live Act (2009)
Kerrang! Hall of Fame Award (2005)
Earned their proudly-held status of one of the most influential and revered
bands of all time.
 INFLUENCED/INSPIRED
BANDS

There are quite a few

bands that were
influenced or inspired by
Iron Maiden. Here are just
a few:
Disturbed
Down
Powerwolf
Crossfaith
Creeper
Miss May
 BAND
INFLUENCES

The band was influenced by many

groups, a list of a few are:
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Thin Lizzy
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Motorhead
The Who
 MUSICAL INFLUENCES
Song writers for Iron Maiden often
turn to historic events for inspiration.
These are some of their hit songs
with historic influence:
Alexander the Great
Powerslave
The Trooper
Aces High
Invaders
The Clansman
The Pilgrim
 THE TROOPER
An amazing dynamic riff
Twin guitar solo
Distortion guitar
Vocals energy level on
high
Based on the Crimean War
in 1853-1856, Charge of
the Light Brigade
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=X4bgXH3sJ2Q
 THEIR CURRENT
VIEW

The band is not a Satanist band despite

what one might think with titles such as,
Flight 666 or one of their best albums,
The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden believes in the unity of the
people. Together we will overcome the
hardships in the world.
We must not let our current world leaders
separate us because of small differences.
We all have at least one thing in common,
were Blood Brothers.
 BLOOD
BROTHERS
Ballad
Very strong vocals
Guitar riff
Twin guitar solo
Distortion guitar
Song about life, and life
after death.
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=3Ujb8MFnUBc
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