: Steve Pilkington
: Iron Maiden Every Album, Every Song
: Sonicbond Publishing
: 9781789524772
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Mention the words' heavy metal' and chances are one of the first names you'll get back is Iron Maiden. From their early days as front-runners of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal in 1980, through to their epic and progressive works of more recent times, the band have been all things to all men in the metal world. Such is their profile that even the non-metal fan would probably cite them as a key example of the genre. This book lifts the lid on every single track recorded by the band, album by album, from the punk-ish debut with original vocalist Paul DiAnno, via the glory years fronted by Bruce Dickinson, through to the band's most recent albums Book Of Souls and Senjutsu.
By way of facts, anecdotes, analysis and a dollop of opinion, Steve Pilkington provides both an informative companion for the die-hard fan and a perfect road-map for the more casual listener to follow. From 'Prowler' to 'Hell On Earth', through each and every line-up change, this is every Number recorded by The Beast - the ultimate recording history of Iron Maiden.


Steve Pilkington is a music journalist, editor and broadcaster. He was Editor in Chief for the Classic Rock Society Magazine Rock Society and is now co-administrator of the rock website Velvet Thunder as well as presenting a weekly internet radio show called A Saucerful Of Prog. Before taking on this work full-time, he spent years writing for fanzines and an Internet music review site on a part-time basis. He has recently published Deep Purple and Rainbow On Track, The Rolling Stones On Track and Supertramp - Crime Of The Century, all for Sonicbond, and has also written the official biography of legendary guitarist Gordon Giltrap. He lives in Wigan, Lancashire, UK.
Chapter2

Killers


Personnel:

Paul Di’Anno: vocals

Dave Murray: guitars

Adrian Smith: guitars

Steve Harris: bass guitar

Clive Burr: drums

Record label: EMI (UK), Harvest/Capitol (US)

Recorded between November 1980 and January 1981

Produced by Martin Birch

UK release date: 2 Feb 1981

US release date: 6 June 1981

Highest chart places: UK: 12, US: 78

Running time: 38:18

Following the release of the debut album, a rift had begun to grow between Dennis Stratton and the rest of the band, particularly Harris, who commented on the fact that he seemed more keen on the lighter, more introspective material, such as ‘Strange World’ and ‘Remember Tomorrow’. In fact, during the recording of the album, Stratton was discovered putting multi-layered guitars and Queen-esque backing vocals onto ‘Phantom Of The Opera’, which were immediately removed. With his similar assistance in the tweaking of the ‘Women In Uniform’ recording, it was clear that things were not going to work, and he was dismissed following the tour in support of the album in October 1980. Meanwhile, Adrian Smith, who had turned the band down out of loyalty to his own band Urchin, was regretting that decision after Urchin themselves split up early in 1980. After a chance meeting with Harris and Murray, he was asked to reconsider and, after a successful audition, joined the band in November 1980, just a month after Stratton’s departure.

One thing the band were adamant about was that, after the Malone debacle, the production had to improve for this next effort. This was all but assured when the services of Martin Birch were secured. Birch, who had cut his engineering and production teeth with Deep Purple during a long association, went on to enjoy a similar lengthy relationship with Maiden, lasting until his retirement in 1992. Most of the songs that ended up onKillers had already been written before the debut, with only ‘Murders In The Rue Morgue’ and ‘Prodigal Son’ composed specially for the album. None of the tracks had previously been recorded, however, with the sole exception of ‘Wrathchild’, which featured in demo form onMetal For Muthas. The album was recorded at Battery Studios, London, between November 1980 and January 1981.

Album Cover

Another Derek Riggs cover, of course, this time featuring Eddie, dripping axe in hand, pictured seemingly in mid-attack in front of some urban buildings, which appear to be flats. Eddie looks far more like the finished article this time out, compared to the lobotomised scarecrow which he resembled on the first album: Riggs had his hand in with the character now! The back cover of the album depicts a dramatic photo of the band onstage, all lights and pyrotechnics, with band photos and credits beneath. Interestingly, there is also a p