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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- 1. Iron Maiden
- 2. Killers
- 3. The Number Of The Beast
- 4. Piece Of Mind
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- 5. Powerslave
- 6. Somewhere In Time
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- 7. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- 8. No Prayer For The Dying
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- 9. Fear Of The Dark
- 10. The X Factor
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- 11. Virtual XI
- 12. Brave New World
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- 13. Dance Of Death
- 14. A Matter Of Life And Death
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- 15. The Final Frontier
- 16. The Book Of Souls
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- 17. Senjutsu
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- 18. Live Albums, Videos And Compilations
- Afterword: 30 Numbers Of The Beast – Author’s Maiden Playlist
- Bibliography