Iron Maiden: discography and brief biography of the legendary group

Modern rock lovers know such an English group as Iron Maiden, discography Which is popular, despite its prescription. This collective, whose name is translated from English as "iron maiden", is considered one of the founders of heavy rock for more than 30 years. Many modern musicians, when composing their compositions, take an example from their works.

Creating a group

Iron Maiden was created in 1975 by guitarist Steve Harris, who after his graduation, playing in many bands, came up with his own individual project. The name he chose, being impressed by watching the movie "The Man in the Iron Mask". Most of all, the guy was amazed at the mockery of the prisoner. The style of performance of the compositions was chosen in the genre of heavy metal.

Iron Maiden, whose members were gradually gaining popularity, remained a still not very generously paid team. Their music attracted its listeners due to the fact that it represented heavy aggressive works, accompanied by visual effects created by special machines.

The coming of glory

Popular band Iron Maiden, discography Which currently has more than 10 albums, the first professional recording in the studio could afford only in 1978, three years after the official registration. The musicians recorded 4 works on the eve of the New Year, spending almost all their savings. Since the young people could not immediately pay for the records, they were offered to come after them in a week.

Thanks to his numerous acquaintances, the group leader found a manager who has been working with performers for more than a decade. After that, their career improved significantly. New songs have a large number of fans, and the divergence of records has become thousands of copies. Iron Maiden attracted the attention of the press, this led to the fact that in December 1979 the band signed a contract with the famous recording company. In six months, in the beginning of 1980, the band released their first full-length album with the same name Iron Maiden.

International recognition and discography

Frequent change of performers of Iron Maiden, discography Which, by 1981, already had 3 albums, all rushed to raise the rating of musicians. At this time, the musical team began to gain popularity not only in their country, but also far beyond its borders.

The music became more melodic and calm, which attracted even more fans. The fans noticed how the style of the works changes, and they began to observe more closely the events in the beloved collective. The band gained special popularity after performing at the rock festival in 1989, which was dedicated to the memory of the victims of the earthquake.

The discography of the band consists of 15 studio albums:

• Iron Maiden.
• Killers.
• The Number of the Beast.
• Piece of Mind.
• Powerslave.
• SoMewher in Time.
• Soventh Son of a Soventh Son.
• No Player for the Ding.
• Fear of the Dark.
• X Factor.
• Virtual XL.
• Brave New World.
• Dance of the Dead.
• A Matter of Life in the Dead.
• Final Fronter.

New meeting

In January 1999, a meeting was held of all the performers who were ever part of Iron Maiden, albums Which is popular today. Many participants were invited to return to the main team, but at that time each of them already had reasons not to do so. At the end of the meeting, the old band made a new album, it happened in a year, in 2000. With a new concert program, they made an international tour, which ended with a concert in Rio de Janeiro. For the whole history of its existence, which numbered a quarter of a century, the composition changed several times, but you can name a few musicians whose names are always associated with Iron Maiden:

• Steve Harris.
• Blaise Bailey.
• Bruce Dickinson.
• Adrian Smith.
• Yanik Gers.
• Clive Barr.
• Nico McBreon.
• Di Anno.
• Doug Sampson.
• Tony Moore.
• Terry Ueprem.
• Ron Matthews.

Iron Maiden Group, discography Which at the moment consists of studio and concert albums, as well as various collections and video clips, recently turned 25 years old. Despite this music, which musicians perform, to this day has not lost its popularity among many million fans.