2023-11-10 23:49:00
English group (1969-1976)
Having the privilege of seniority does not guarantee success. As evidenced by this respectable British blues-rock trio in the tradition of Cream or Free, which launched in Bolton, near Manchester. A group led by a formidable guitarist Ian Boulton Smith whose death in 1976 marked the end of the group. Irony: in 2006, Paul O’Neill, the drummer-singer, had to ask the manager of heavy metallers Iron Maiden for permission to use the same name to release a compilation. Good prince, he accepts on the condition that they change their surname to The Bolton Iron Maiden to avoid any confusion. Nice.
English group (1975 to present)
Inseparable from its mascot, the undead Eddie who can be found on almost all the covers, the “iron virgin” (name taken from an ancient instrument of torture) is the tutelary figure of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal . Still active (the last album Senjutsu dates from 2021), the British, led by singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris and guitarist Dave Murray, often wrongly accused of Satanism, have slipped with age towards heavy metal leaning towards progressive rock. Rather than recent records, it’s better to stick to the 80’s Killers / The Numbers of the Beast / Piece of Mind trilogy.
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