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Department Of Peace Jeans
(1975-1980)
The Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 in Leyton, a suburb located east of London, the work of bassist Steve Harris, who had previously played in bands such as Gypsy's Kiss and Smiler.
The first training group was composed of Harris on bass, Dave Sullivan and Terry Rance on guitars, Paul Day on vocals and Ron "Rebel" Matthews on drums. Their first concert was held in 1975 to Cart and Horses, a pub in Stratford, on that occasion was played live for the first time the song Iron Maiden. Towards the end of the year Sullivan was replaced by Dave Murray from the Evil Ways, a group of school in Hackney where he also played Adrian Smith (Murray and the founder of the band will be the only permanent members of the group throughout the course of his career) .
While presenting a musical style that is inspired, in part, to punk, Iron Maiden is proposed from the outset as an alternative to groups like the Sex Pistols and Clash, who then dominated the music charts. In the musical climate of the time, dominated by British punk, initially had many difficulties to find space, and their big chance came to be known by the Ruskin Arms, one of the few places in London that brought live music to hard rock and heavy metal. Besides music, the band also takes great care of their sets, since their performances are often accompanied by a pyrotechnic effect (usually produced by the same group members). During this period, he made one of the first extras "Edward the Head", a monstrous creature which looked like, later known as "Eddie", who would become their official mascot.
After numerous lineup changes, the group found some stability with the arrival of singer Paul Di'Anno and Doug Sampson on drums in December 1978 (the latter had already played with Harris in the Smiler). This training gave birth to the first demo of Iron Maiden, called The Soundhouse Tapes. The first print run of 5,000 copies of the product is sold by mail order and is selling like hotcakes in a short time and was introduced to Neal Kay, dj famous British heavy metal. Kay, initially, seemed to snub the work of the band without even hearing it, but finally decided to take their audio cassette at home. Listening, Kay was amazed by the potential of the young band, and so he decided to send the demo in his radio. The Prowler
song appeared in the paper chart Sounds, from whose pages the journalist Geoff Barton coined one of the first, the term New Wave of British Heavy Metal. In July 1979 one of these copies end up in the hands of the manager Rod Smallwood (famous talent scout of Judas Priest) who, impressed, he's playing Iron Maiden Motörhead's first as a shoulder on September 3 and then as headliners at the Marquee Club in London on October 19. At this concert is also Brian Shepard, the director of EMI.
Soon, the group hires a second guitarist Tony Parsons, and recorded two new tracks, Sanctuary and Wrathchild for the compilation Metal for Muthas, published February 15, 1980 Sanctuary Records label. After this publication, Sampson left the band for health reasons and was promptly replaced by Gary Edwards (who appears only in the song Burning Ambition, Running Free b-side). Then Harris also recruited as second guitarist Dennis Stratton after refusal of Adrian Smith (as his band, Urchin, at that time being a hit) and Stratton brings new drummer Clive Burr. On February 8, leaves the single Running Free, which reached the 34th place in the UK charts and the band to play at the Top of the Pops broadcast of the BBC. 
The Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 in Leyton, a suburb located east of London, the work of bassist Steve Harris, who had previously played in bands such as Gypsy's Kiss and Smiler. The first training group was composed of Harris on bass, Dave Sullivan and Terry Rance on guitars, Paul Day on vocals and Ron "Rebel" Matthews on drums. Their first concert was held in 1975 to Cart and Horses, a pub in Stratford, on that occasion was played live for the first time the song Iron Maiden. Towards the end of the year Sullivan was replaced by Dave Murray from the Evil Ways, a group of school in Hackney where he also played Adrian Smith (Murray and the founder of the band will be the only permanent members of the group throughout the course of his career) .
While presenting a musical style that is inspired, in part, to punk, Iron Maiden is proposed from the outset as an alternative to groups like the Sex Pistols and Clash, who then dominated the music charts. In the musical climate of the time, dominated by British punk, initially had many difficulties to find space, and their big chance came to be known by the Ruskin Arms, one of the few places in London that brought live music to hard rock and heavy metal. Besides music, the band also takes great care of their sets, since their performances are often accompanied by a pyrotechnic effect (usually produced by the same group members). During this period, he made one of the first extras "Edward the Head", a monstrous creature which looked like, later known as "Eddie", who would become their official mascot.
After numerous lineup changes, the group found some stability with the arrival of singer Paul Di'Anno and Doug Sampson on drums in December 1978 (the latter had already played with Harris in the Smiler). This training gave birth to the first demo of Iron Maiden, called The Soundhouse Tapes. The first print run of 5,000 copies of the product is sold by mail order and is selling like hotcakes in a short time and was introduced to Neal Kay, dj famous British heavy metal. Kay, initially, seemed to snub the work of the band without even hearing it, but finally decided to take their audio cassette at home. Listening, Kay was amazed by the potential of the young band, and so he decided to send the demo in his radio. The Prowler
song appeared in the paper chart Sounds, from whose pages the journalist Geoff Barton coined one of the first, the term New Wave of British Heavy Metal. In July 1979 one of these copies end up in the hands of the manager Rod Smallwood (famous talent scout of Judas Priest) who, impressed, he's playing Iron Maiden Motörhead's first as a shoulder on September 3 and then as headliners at the Marquee Club in London on October 19. At this concert is also Brian Shepard, the director of EMI.
Soon, the group hires a second guitarist Tony Parsons, and recorded two new tracks, Sanctuary and Wrathchild for the compilation Metal for Muthas, published February 15, 1980 Sanctuary Records label. After this publication, Sampson left the band for health reasons and was promptly replaced by Gary Edwards (who appears only in the song Burning Ambition, Running Free b-side). Then Harris also recruited as second guitarist Dennis Stratton after refusal of Adrian Smith (as his band, Urchin, at that time being a hit) and Stratton brings new drummer Clive Burr. On February 8, leaves the single Running Free, which reached the 34th place in the UK charts and the band to play at the Top of the Pops broadcast of the BBC.
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