Iron Maiden: 10 Facts You Didn't Know 

Absolutely, it’s one of my favourites to play live.

I have ICARUS on my car & motorcycle plates.

It’s literally my favourite on Piece Of Mind

Best song on the album.

I have ICARUS on my car & motorcycle plates.

I been seeing them since No Prayer and I swear they get better as they get older!!

I should add tho that they're doing a lot less shows per tour; they're not stretching themselves so thin anymore

seen them 19 times and im only 28 first time seeing them i was 4 year old

10 things the general public should know about IRON MAIDEN!

Exactly...knew all 10 lol!

Pretty much mate

It's always like that. 🤔

Ya exactly; the tag lines says that “even if you obsess”, while I don’t obsess, I’d say that I’m a little more than a casual fan, but even I knew 8 out of 10 of these. (Not sure I recall the drum puppet story or the actual name of the 666 quoter) If you’ve just watched any 1 of the 100s of documentaries, it’s pretty common knowledge. It really should be titled, “any real fan”, or maybe even the “general metal fan should know”.

He crashed into a bus of nuns

That was unfortunate. But also great for a pun. I mean 666 dollars. He bargained with the beast.

Universal synchronicity research that! Where the term speak of the devil same from. Something to think about

The quote number was 666, not the repair bill, accident was with a bus that had 6 nuns in it..true story

@@henrydouberly3950 true. They were on an 'outing' they weren't meant to be on! You know this already Mark. You know every damn thing!!!

agree

I knew a guy that had a t-shirt autographed by that lineup but wouldn't sell it to me.... And he wasn't particularly a fan, it was actually signed "to Vicky" his ex girlfriend 😕😕

plus he is the best drummer ever

oh yeah "i know two beats" guy is the best drummer ever

@@maidenmovies You know he was Clive Burr's roadie, right?

@@swn69 Clive was one of the best drummers on the planet… But Nicko put Maiden on the higher level… More dynamic, jazzy, artistic, inspirative… You must be a fan from the old days, am I right?

Ghoul Hellbilly wow!! So now we all know you know NOTHING about drums!!

Very good book!

I loved his book. It was great

Interesting title

Also, the first album cover was titled "Electric Matthew Says Hello" and was painted independently of the album. Derek noted that the band liked the image but asked him to add more hair so it would look less punk, which he did. Riggs' signature at the time, a stylized 'DR' appears on a brick behind the figure and had first appeared only recently on the cover of Budgie's 'Nightflight' album, which features a similar yellow and greenish color scheme. Riggs stopped painting Eddies after No Prayer For The Dying as he said he was just burnt out from it, though the spectral Eddie on the Brave New World album is his. The city below was added after Riggs walked away from the unfinished painting due to a dispute as to how to render the lower half, which was completed by Steve Stone. The cover of "Run For Cover: The Art Of Derek Riggs" by Martin Popoff (the source for my information) was painted by RIggs and has not been used by the band. Derek Riggs continues to work as an illustrator, usually in digital media.

@@catjudo1 Derek Riggs did not stop drawing Eddies because he was burnt out. It's common knowledge he was shafted by Maiden management, all over money etc, as what always happens in life.

@@Al_Bundy_1966 Maybe so. I have the Martin Popoff book but it's been a while since I read it. I remember that he got fed up with drawing Eddies and with Maiden's management, and that he ended up taking time off at some point because the years of working with the paints had basically poisoned him. You're probably right though. Haven't liked any of the Eddies done since he stopped either.

And it came from a joke about a kid who doesnt have any limbs just a head. East end acdent 'ed goes to Eddie. So this guy growned up and on his 10th birthday the doctors can grow him limbs arms legs torso etc. The parents says "Happy birthday" to Eddie the head. "Today we giving you a special present" Eddie replies: "Oh no another goddamn hat..."

ben ingle *eddie the ‘ed

Purrcat Same here 😊

I have that game!

Yeah I was surprised they had Run To The Hills in Carmegeddon!!

Wow I owned the first carmageddon but never got the second, didn't realise it had maiden on it. Learn something new every day. I'd already been listening to maiden for 5 or 6 years before the first one came out.

oh yeah that is the OG release of Carmagedon 2 , it was an all maiden sound track cept in the menus. the steam re-release of carmageddon 2 they seemed to have swapped out the maiden tunes for some generic ass tunes. i was on the reverse side of buying it though , i bought the game because it had maiden on it (IM advertised the game big time on their web page back then)

rojolaf69 it happened at several shows around that time.

Man, Steve wrote Blood Brothers in honor of his dad!!!

@@garynewcomb8649 The writing credits on the album go to Blaze and Steve, so it's technically a Blaze song.

Buce Dickinson puts his pants on like everyone; one leg at a time.... But when he's put his pants on, he makes gold records!

Anything you own in spandex, at least in the 80's.

I haven't gotten a hold of bruce's yet , but i did read Paul Di'anno's autobiography. it was pretty damn interesting

True. He's good singer. He sing songs, Bruce takes you to a journey.

Have loved Blaze for a long time. His vocal is great. His wolfsbane work is really good and his solo stuff recently has been epic.

X Factor is a top 5 Maiden album for me, up there with Powerslave and Seventh Son.

@@chaosapiant it’s a misunderstood masterpiece

I lived Blaze. That was rocky time for Maidenfor a lot of reasons. IMO, the dip had more to do with changes in pop culture around rock and metal. They had to fix their footing on the new ground. X-Factor is fantastic, and I like Virtual IX well enough.

Franky Boo Arthurs they influenced metallica so yeah

True AND Iron Maiden transmorphed into a bunch of Happy Hippie Hopping Bunnies WATCH THEM LIVE NOWADAYS and You'll know just what I mean !

@@attilaevil Yeah, they have fun on stage and put on a fantastic show 4 decades into their careers.

Absolutely true. Maiden gives a shit about the fans and us fans give a shit about them. That's why they don't need to appeal to mainstream audience, because as long as there's air in my lungs I will support this band, and I think I speak for every fan.

Absolutely Metallica Sucks compared to Maiden Forever

Point of Entry exists. that’s enough of a little known fact to the general public

Stephen Docherty still more manlier than you

Stephen Docherty hahhahahahahahhh

You have to fire shots you know, for the peoples reaction.

such a boring and unoriginal band… who cares about them?…

@SciFyerGaming Yes, ever since "...And Justice for All". Derivative, overcooked music.

No disrespect for Nicko who is a great drummer but the late Clive Burr suited the band more. This is only my personal opinion of course. He was one drummer who is often overlooked when they talk about all time great drummers. RIP Clive.

I second that emotion.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT ! You go Paul Amarante ! There are lots of Maiden fans just like You ! Up the irons !

If that was the best lineup, then why did they not work thing through to keep Paul? Steve knew they needed a change & so did Paul!! I also remember seeing Paul do an interview in the 80’s where he knew Bruce WAS the best singer for Maiden!!!

We meant on artwork. Should've specified!

Holy shit yes

Do you mean Randy Rhoads of Ozzy Osbourne?

Yeah just like him...except not really at all. 😂

No it doesn’t

No it was Michael Kenney.

Had he broke his brow bone not his nose

If I’m not mistaken, he was the devil on Beast On The Road!

It's still an inspiration

when you were human?

Thunderstick also did a stint behind the mask too, as did Nicko before he was taken on to replace Clive.

@@leonbateman1529 I am assuming you mean Nicko did his stint filling in for Clive during the Number of the Beast tour??

@@vbassone no, I mean Nicko was actually the walk on Eddie at a few shows where Nicko's band was on the same bill as Maiden. Nicko had been in contact with maiden for a while and actually played with them to fill in for a sick Clive Burr. I've included the link lower down. Nicko played on the same bill as Maiden a few times before he actually joined maiden. He played on the same bill as Maiden and Nazareth in a band called Mckitty. That's where Steve first saw him, so nicko did a few walk ons as Eddie because he was friendly with the band already. Here's the link: rockandrollgarage.com/back-time-nicko-mcbrain-debuts-disguised-eddie-iron-maiden/

@@leonbateman1529 He was also in a band called TRUST that toured with Maiden on the NOTB tour.

@@leonbateman1529 yes but nicko also had to wear the mask while drumming the various times he filled in for clive.

Long live the irons brotha!!!!!

They have never been able to get it to sound right live; they tried it on both Somewhere on Tour and Somewhere Back in Time and it never made it past rehearsals on both occasions. It must be one of those songs that just can't be recreated outside of the studio (although The Iron Maidens play it live sometimes, got to see it last year and it was amazing!).

My friend and i where chatting today about this song he loves it and i hate the crap

Some folks said they never played INVADERS ,live, the first and perhaps best BEAST song on THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST ! Also, they are rumored to have never played PRODIGAL SON live. I would love to have someone come forward with a live recording(bootleg) or soundboard and prove everyone wrong ! Oh well,.....

becuz adrian can never remember the solo so i've heard

@@lylesommers1249 that sounds like a stretch, adrian can play everything

That's not what Derek Riggs says in the 12 Wasted Years video, he said it was Vietnamese

No way!

Now I'm trying to recall why I thought that was Vincent Price. Didn't it say so on the album cover?

I know right?? I found out only 2 years ago that it wasn't Vincent Price! The past 37 years have been a lie.

@@rockzilla5150 No, it wasn't. Vincent Price was wanting too much. They got someone named Barry Clayton

@@rockzilla5150 Did you not watch this video?

Frankie Teardrop but all you had to do was read the liner notes. Says it right there. On the album itself.

I love that song

got to watch the wording there, he hated it's tempo, it's not the same as hating the song necessarily.

Me too. I don't game.

I loved that game.. and i played as Eddie.. ;)