1 00:01:05,815 --> 00:01:07,609 Maiden! Maiden! 2 00:01:07,692 --> 00:01:09,986 Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 3 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:11,529 It doesn't matter 4 00:01:11,696 --> 00:01:14,449 whether you're male, female, 5 00:01:14,532 --> 00:01:18,286 Muslim, Christian, Catholic, Jewish. It doesn't matter. 6 00:01:18,495 --> 00:01:20,830 If you're a Maiden fan, you're an Iron Maiden fan. 7 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,332 You're part of one fucking world 8 00:01:22,540 --> 00:01:23,958 and one family, my friends. 9 00:01:47,315 --> 00:01:50,026 ♪ You'll take my life but I'll take yours too 10 00:01:50,151 --> 00:01:52,403 ♪ You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through 11 00:01:52,529 --> 00:01:55,156 ♪ So when you're waiting for the next attack 12 00:01:55,323 --> 00:01:57,784 ♪ You'd better stand there's no turning back 13 00:01:57,992 --> 00:02:00,620 ♪ The bugle sounds the charge begins 14 00:02:00,829 --> 00:02:03,456 ♪ But on this battlefield no one wins 15 00:02:03,581 --> 00:02:06,417 ♪ The smell of acrid smoke and horse's breath 16 00:02:06,501 --> 00:02:08,795 ♪ As I plunge on into certain death 17 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:12,173 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh 18 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:14,134 Hey, come on! 19 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:17,303 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh 20 00:02:52,213 --> 00:02:53,214 Yeah! 21 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:05,643 It was always about the fans. 22 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,229 Always. 23 00:03:08,313 --> 00:03:09,522 Thank you. Good night. 24 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:13,151 When you play in a country for the first time 25 00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:15,445 or a city for the first time, 26 00:03:15,486 --> 00:03:18,323 you're going in there not really knowing what to expect. 27 00:03:19,908 --> 00:03:23,328 But the intensity of the reaction is amazing. 28 00:03:31,836 --> 00:03:33,880 Thank you! 29 00:03:44,807 --> 00:03:46,559 Er, thank you. 30 00:03:46,768 --> 00:03:48,394 The whole thing was just like a dream. 31 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:54,234 It was like slow motion. 32 00:03:58,071 --> 00:04:00,365 Surrounded by hundreds of fans... 33 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:02,408 twenty-four seven. 34 00:04:14,170 --> 00:04:15,255 Any long careers, 35 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:16,172 you're gonna have ups and downs. 36 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:17,715 There's no two ways about that. 37 00:04:17,799 --> 00:04:19,425 And you just kind of ride with it. 38 00:04:20,885 --> 00:04:22,470 But the hardcore fans 39 00:04:22,595 --> 00:04:24,430 were just with you through thick and thin. 40 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:29,394 You know, it's quite amazing to live and go through that. 41 00:04:33,064 --> 00:04:34,983 At the end of the day, 42 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:37,068 I'd rather spend time with the fans than anything else. 43 00:04:38,152 --> 00:04:40,363 Maiden! Maiden! 44 00:04:40,571 --> 00:04:42,448 Maiden! Maiden! 45 00:04:45,576 --> 00:04:47,203 It's about a sense of belonging, 46 00:04:47,328 --> 00:04:49,580 belonging to the Iron Maiden family. 47 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:53,543 In that sort of community, that bond, 48 00:04:53,626 --> 00:04:56,129 where we've connected on a shared love 49 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:59,215 of the same music, the same melodies, 50 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:02,385 they touch us in the same way with different backgrounds. 51 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:03,720 I do accounting work. 52 00:05:03,886 --> 00:05:04,971 I'm a psychiatrist. 53 00:05:06,264 --> 00:05:08,308 In the army. I work in the bomb squad. 54 00:05:08,391 --> 00:05:09,684 I'm a musician. 55 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:12,228 A lecturer in war studies at King's College, London. 56 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:13,980 Play in a heavy metal band. 57 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:17,775 I'm a partner of the largest Latin-American investment bank. 58 00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:19,986 I'm the CEO of Metal Blade Records. 59 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:22,113 I'm a retired New York City police sergeant. 60 00:05:22,238 --> 00:05:23,489 And I'm a music journalist. 61 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:27,410 It feels like you're part of 62 00:05:27,577 --> 00:05:28,745 a exclusive club, 63 00:05:28,953 --> 00:05:31,039 but the only price of admission is loving the band. 64 00:05:31,205 --> 00:05:33,499 Like, whenever I see a Maiden shirt out in the wild, 65 00:05:33,541 --> 00:05:34,834 you can kind of give 'em like a bro nod 66 00:05:34,917 --> 00:05:36,878 and go like, "Right on," like, throw you the horns. 67 00:05:40,381 --> 00:05:42,008 Through all the years, I've been going 68 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:44,761 to hundreds and hundreds of concerts. 69 00:05:44,886 --> 00:05:46,721 And I've been on the pit. I've been on the first line. 70 00:05:46,804 --> 00:05:48,973 I've been there giving it all. 71 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:50,641 Now I'm older, I'm in the back. 72 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:53,311 But still, I jump and I scream. 73 00:05:53,394 --> 00:05:55,396 You could feel this was legit. 74 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,232 Like, this was music being made by people that loved this music 75 00:05:58,441 --> 00:06:01,444 and cared about this music just as much as we did, 76 00:06:01,652 --> 00:06:03,529 even in those early days. 77 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,918 There's no way I'd go on stage 78 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:19,629 and play what I didn't wanna play. You know? 79 00:06:19,796 --> 00:06:22,382 Even other... some... you know, some other forms of rock music. 80 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:24,759 I wouldn't... wouldn't do it. 81 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:28,054 You know... I would rather sweep the streets. 82 00:06:28,262 --> 00:06:30,598 And I did in fact for a while. 83 00:06:30,807 --> 00:06:34,060 I'm not interested in doing sessions just for money. 84 00:06:34,143 --> 00:06:37,438 It's no secret that Steve Harris is the one sort of 85 00:06:37,563 --> 00:06:41,109 steering the uncompromising nature of Iron Maiden. 86 00:06:41,943 --> 00:06:44,195 When you say Steve Harris, we just say The Boss. 87 00:06:44,362 --> 00:06:46,072 Because he is the mastermind. 88 00:06:46,948 --> 00:06:49,242 He was an East Ender, just like us. 89 00:06:50,701 --> 00:06:53,329 He was a road sweeper. 90 00:06:53,496 --> 00:06:57,291 But he looked the coolest road sweeper in all the world. 91 00:06:57,417 --> 00:07:00,253 He had the hair. He had the bags coming out of his belt. 92 00:07:00,378 --> 00:07:03,673 I just knew that he was gonna make it 93 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:07,260 because he had that way about him, that determination. 94 00:07:09,178 --> 00:07:10,263 The Iron Maiden 95 00:07:10,304 --> 00:07:11,597 and the new wave of British heavy metal 96 00:07:11,722 --> 00:07:13,724 really was an answer 97 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:15,852 to everything that was happening 98 00:07:15,977 --> 00:07:17,520 at that time in England. 99 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:18,729 Are we going to have 100 00:07:18,896 --> 00:07:20,189 another winter of discontent 101 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:22,066 as some politicians have claimed? 102 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:23,401 For many areas of Britain, 103 00:07:23,484 --> 00:07:25,319 chronic inflation and unemployment 104 00:07:25,403 --> 00:07:26,612 was taking its toll. 105 00:07:27,822 --> 00:07:28,739 I mean, we didn't have a lot. 106 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:31,784 But then, no one did. 107 00:07:31,909 --> 00:07:33,786 You know, we didn't think, "Oh, we ain't got anything." 108 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:35,746 It was just the same for everyone. 109 00:07:35,872 --> 00:07:37,457 So it was just pretty normal. 110 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:40,501 At the time, all you've worried about 111 00:07:40,668 --> 00:07:42,920 is getting a new amp that sounds all right 112 00:07:43,004 --> 00:07:44,505 and some speakers that ain't blown 113 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:46,257 and you wanna just get out and do some gigs. 114 00:07:49,051 --> 00:07:50,845 Steve said to me, "We've got some gigs. 115 00:07:51,012 --> 00:07:52,680 "Would you like to do a bit of roadie-ing?" 116 00:07:52,763 --> 00:07:53,848 And I said, "Yeah, of course." 117 00:07:54,015 --> 00:07:57,185 I said, "Oh, I'll make you some lightboxes up." 118 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:59,812 Back then, we used to break into old warehouses 119 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:03,357 and we'd get a big pram and we'd load it all up, 120 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:04,901 anything I could get my hands on 121 00:08:05,026 --> 00:08:07,987 and turn into lighting of some description. 122 00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:10,656 And it just progressed from there. 123 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:12,492 Even like the first few gigs we did, 124 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:14,035 we were picking up fans straight away, 125 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,244 and the reason being was 126 00:08:15,369 --> 00:08:16,913 'cause we were playing our own material. 127 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:21,792 I mean, we were already playing locally 128 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,002 around the East End of London. 129 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:27,590 But it started to really snowball for us. 130 00:08:31,093 --> 00:08:33,846 Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 131 00:08:35,389 --> 00:08:38,351 Maiden! Maiden! 132 00:08:42,605 --> 00:08:43,856 Friday night at The Marquee, 133 00:08:44,023 --> 00:08:45,608 and East End rock band Iron Maiden 134 00:08:45,775 --> 00:08:47,860 are playing the second of three nights at the club. 135 00:08:47,902 --> 00:08:49,612 These gigs, at the end of a gruelling 136 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:51,864 concert hall tour covering forty venues, 137 00:08:51,906 --> 00:08:55,535 are by way of a thank you to their delirious fans. 138 00:08:55,618 --> 00:08:57,954 I mean, it's... So, like, what is it, ten to eight 139 00:08:58,037 --> 00:08:59,413 and you can't get in The Marquee? 140 00:08:59,455 --> 00:09:01,290 If I had a pound for every time I've seen Iron Maiden 141 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:02,583 I'd be a rich man by now. 142 00:09:03,334 --> 00:09:04,377 If the heavy metal boom 143 00:09:04,585 --> 00:09:06,504 is being taken seriously by the fans, 144 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:07,713 it's certainly causing a stir 145 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,633 in the offices of the record companies. 146 00:09:10,841 --> 00:09:14,011 But when Iron Maiden formed, punk was what was selling. 147 00:09:14,136 --> 00:09:16,138 And when the band were first offered a recording deal 148 00:09:16,264 --> 00:09:18,724 they were told punk was what they had to play. 149 00:09:18,766 --> 00:09:20,560 I didn't wanna play punk or new wave. 150 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:23,521 I... I didn't wanna have spiky hair 151 00:09:23,604 --> 00:09:25,648 and dress in, you know, stupid clothes. 152 00:09:25,690 --> 00:09:26,732 You know what I mean? 153 00:09:26,816 --> 00:09:29,318 I wanted to play rock music. 154 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,405 Labels tried to make us more marketable, I suppose, 155 00:09:32,488 --> 00:09:33,698 'cause punk was the thing that was happening, 156 00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:36,158 so they wanted to take us down that road. 157 00:09:36,367 --> 00:09:38,995 Next thing would obviously be for us to get our hair cut. 158 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,039 That would've been, "Fuck off." 159 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:43,624 Luckily enough, Rod come along 160 00:09:43,791 --> 00:09:46,085 at a time when it was just badly needed. 161 00:09:46,168 --> 00:09:48,713 And of course Andy come along a few years later 162 00:09:48,796 --> 00:09:51,007 with all the business side of stuff. 163 00:09:51,882 --> 00:09:53,301 They'd both go and bat away 164 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:55,761 a lot of the issues that we didn't wanna deal with. 165 00:09:55,803 --> 00:09:58,639 But Rod's the bombastic Yorkshireman. 166 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:02,435 He'll just take no prisoners with the way he does things. 167 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:05,354 I put a barbed-wire fence around the band creatively. 168 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:08,274 No one gets within that fence. 169 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:11,319 They do exactly what they wanna do 170 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,739 with whoever they wanna do it with and that's it. 171 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:21,203 ♪ Keep your distance, walk away 172 00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:23,623 ♪ Don't take his bait 173 00:10:23,706 --> 00:10:26,876 ♪ Don't you stray 174 00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:28,753 ♪ Don't fade away 175 00:10:29,378 --> 00:10:30,921 Yeah, come on! 176 00:10:32,590 --> 00:10:35,176 ♪ Watch your step He's out to get you 177 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,136 ♪ Come what may 178 00:10:37,219 --> 00:10:40,222 ♪ Don't you stray 179 00:10:40,264 --> 00:10:42,433 ♪ From the narrow way 180 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:47,229 We didn't get any radio play back in the day. 181 00:10:47,271 --> 00:10:49,482 We didn't get any radio play for many, many years actually. 182 00:10:51,025 --> 00:10:52,777 The industry didn't know what to make of us. 183 00:10:52,860 --> 00:10:54,111 They didn't know what the appeal was. 184 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:56,614 But it's just made everybody, 185 00:10:56,822 --> 00:10:58,991 the fans included, just more tight 186 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:01,619 and, you know, just more standing against it all. 187 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:04,246 So we were a bit of the underdog 188 00:11:04,455 --> 00:11:05,122 in the music scene, 189 00:11:06,123 --> 00:11:07,291 but we were the underdog 190 00:11:07,416 --> 00:11:08,751 at just about everything really. 191 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:19,095 I've never really liked being in front of a camera, 192 00:11:19,261 --> 00:11:20,971 especially these days. 193 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:22,640 So we thought this time round 194 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:24,433 it's much more interesting to be 195 00:11:24,475 --> 00:11:27,144 looking at some other visuals than us while we're talking. 196 00:11:27,269 --> 00:11:29,188 Because we're not as good looking as Eddie. 197 00:11:32,149 --> 00:11:35,695 We weren't very familiar with who these band members were. 198 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:37,321 We didn't know any of their names 199 00:11:37,488 --> 00:11:39,365 because you had the album cover 200 00:11:39,448 --> 00:11:40,825 and there's Eddie. 201 00:11:42,076 --> 00:11:43,202 He's face of the band. 202 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:46,414 He's on every album cover. 203 00:11:47,289 --> 00:11:48,791 It's just one of those things that draws you in, 204 00:11:48,999 --> 00:11:50,459 even without knowing the music. 205 00:12:08,811 --> 00:12:10,980 I remember seeing Eddie when I was a kid 206 00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:12,398 and just being like, "What is that?" 207 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,694 It kinda scared the shit out of you. 208 00:12:16,777 --> 00:12:20,448 The origins of Eddie really came from the fact that 209 00:12:20,614 --> 00:12:24,535 the guys in the band were actually quite shy. 210 00:12:24,660 --> 00:12:28,038 And I just dug the idea of having a character 211 00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:31,167 to put across the vibe of the band. 212 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:34,003 So I was with EMI having a meeting 213 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:37,047 and I noticed some artwork on the wall by Derek Riggs. 214 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:42,344 I had Derek come round with samples of his artwork. 215 00:12:42,553 --> 00:12:44,764 In the middle of all that was the first album sleeve. 216 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:48,601 And we knew that we'd found our guy. 217 00:12:48,684 --> 00:12:50,394 Well, Eddie can be whatever you want him to be, 218 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:52,229 that's the good thing about it and that's one of the reasons 219 00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:53,814 why we've always had him on the covers. 220 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:55,775 It means we ain't gotta be on there for a start. 221 00:12:55,941 --> 00:12:58,360 Eddie is so cute. 222 00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:00,821 I love him. 223 00:13:00,946 --> 00:13:04,742 You know, he's the mascot but he also is like the diva. 224 00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:07,119 You know, Eddie's the star. 225 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:08,370 He's a creature that 226 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:10,998 has been disguised so many times 227 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,752 in so many forms and shapes through all the years 228 00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:17,421 that you feel that he's immortal. 229 00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:21,717 He's had so many experiences in so many civilisations 230 00:13:21,759 --> 00:13:24,595 that you see him as a wise figure, 231 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,555 as a wise figure of metal. 232 00:13:26,597 --> 00:13:28,974 He was a Mayan mummy 233 00:13:29,016 --> 00:13:31,018 He was a monster coming out of a grave. 234 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:33,270 Eddie can be anything. 235 00:13:35,397 --> 00:13:37,983 Eddie is like a really great example 236 00:13:38,108 --> 00:13:40,861 that you can be ugly and angry and it doesn't really matter 237 00:13:40,986 --> 00:13:42,905 and you can express yourself and be authentic. 238 00:13:56,293 --> 00:14:00,756 ♪ Oh, yeah! Yeah! 239 00:14:03,926 --> 00:14:07,096 ♪ Oh, yeah! 240 00:14:10,057 --> 00:14:13,143 ♪ Ooh, look out! 241 00:14:17,314 --> 00:14:20,192 ♪ Scream for mercy 242 00:14:20,234 --> 00:14:22,444 ♪ He laughs as he's watching you bleed 243 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,030 ♪ Killer behind you 244 00:14:25,072 --> 00:14:27,908 ♪ My blood lust defies all my needs 245 00:14:29,076 --> 00:14:32,454 ♪ Ooh, look out I'm coming for you 246 00:14:32,580 --> 00:14:34,999 ♪ Aha, ha, ha, ha! 247 00:14:38,627 --> 00:14:40,421 ♪ Oh! Oh! 248 00:14:40,588 --> 00:14:43,382 But Eddie to me is 249 00:14:43,465 --> 00:14:46,218 the greatest marketing tool in heavy metal history. 250 00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:50,681 This group created its own universe. 251 00:14:50,806 --> 00:14:53,392 You didn't necessarily have to hear the record. 252 00:14:53,517 --> 00:14:56,729 Their artwork captured me before I even heard a sound. 253 00:14:56,854 --> 00:14:58,856 'Cause it's not just a sonic thing. 254 00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:01,901 It's sight, sound, story and style. 255 00:15:02,026 --> 00:15:03,819 I was 16 at the time. 256 00:15:03,861 --> 00:15:04,904 I saw the album cover. 257 00:15:04,987 --> 00:15:07,239 I saw Eddie staring at me. 258 00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:10,075 I bought the record. We went back to my house, 259 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,952 literally putting the needle on the record 260 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:15,039 and the intro, the first guitar chords of Prowler... 261 00:15:16,332 --> 00:15:17,499 I was like, 262 00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:20,002 "This is the greatest heavy metal record ever made." 263 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:22,671 ♪ Walking through the city 264 00:15:22,796 --> 00:15:24,840 ♪ Looking oh so pretty 265 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:28,052 ♪ I've just got to find my way 266 00:15:29,511 --> 00:15:31,722 ♪ See the ladies flashing 267 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:33,849 ♪ All their legs and lashes 268 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:38,479 ♪ I've just got to find my way 269 00:15:38,687 --> 00:15:41,649 ♪ Well, you see me crawling through the bushes 270 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,693 ♪ With it open wide 271 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:46,236 ♪ What you seeing, girl? 272 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,447 Paul Di'Anno was the first singer of the band. 273 00:15:49,156 --> 00:15:51,075 And Paul was a singer who could wail. 274 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:53,911 ♪ Can't you believe your eyes? 275 00:15:54,078 --> 00:15:55,579 ♪ It's the real thing, girl 276 00:15:56,956 --> 00:16:02,127 ♪ Got me feeling myself And reelin' around 277 00:16:02,252 --> 00:16:03,504 He really brought, you know, 278 00:16:03,587 --> 00:16:05,422 the passion and the energy, 279 00:16:05,547 --> 00:16:08,092 this sort of slight air of menace, 280 00:16:08,217 --> 00:16:10,552 you know, all of these things that came across. 281 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:11,804 You know, he was a badass. 282 00:16:13,555 --> 00:16:15,808 I really felt we'd achieved something 283 00:16:15,891 --> 00:16:17,434 because, you know, we'd paid our dues and that, 284 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:20,437 going around all the clubs and sweaty places. 285 00:16:20,562 --> 00:16:21,772 And when that first album came out, 286 00:16:21,855 --> 00:16:23,107 I was really proud of it, you know? 287 00:16:24,566 --> 00:16:27,236 Yeah, with the first album, it really went well for us. 288 00:16:27,403 --> 00:16:29,321 You know, it went straight into the charts at number four 289 00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:30,572 and done really well 290 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,157 and we haven't really looked back since then. 291 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:38,706 We literally made history, 'cause no one sounded like us. 292 00:16:38,747 --> 00:16:41,208 The fans and that every night, it was completely packed out, 293 00:16:41,291 --> 00:16:42,751 it was absolutely fantastic 294 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,837 'cause it was going absolutely berserk. 295 00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:47,423 It seems that they'll do anything, you know? 296 00:16:47,631 --> 00:16:48,590 And because they do that, 297 00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:51,218 then we'll go and do anything for them. 298 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:53,262 I'm a bit taken aback. You know, I'm still sort of 299 00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:54,972 trying to take it all in at the moment. 300 00:16:56,265 --> 00:16:58,308 ♪ ...round, yeah! 301 00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:02,855 But Paul was having, you know, 302 00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:05,107 a little bit too much fun on the road. 303 00:17:05,232 --> 00:17:07,067 It's well documented that he used to piss it up 304 00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:09,361 quite a lot and was a bit of a naughty boy. 305 00:17:09,570 --> 00:17:11,113 He was not somebody who was known 306 00:17:11,238 --> 00:17:13,032 for leading a choirboy's lifestyle. 307 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,825 Getting off his head most nights, 308 00:17:14,950 --> 00:17:16,827 coming on stage hungover. 309 00:17:16,952 --> 00:17:17,995 And I guess that they had 310 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:19,747 had to cancel a few shows 311 00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:21,040 and that was definitely not 312 00:17:21,165 --> 00:17:22,875 something that any band wants to do, 313 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,084 let alone a band like Iron Maiden, 314 00:17:24,126 --> 00:17:25,627 who was starting to really make an impact. 315 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,465 Steve had this vision 316 00:17:29,631 --> 00:17:31,300 of what they were 317 00:17:31,383 --> 00:17:33,218 and you didn't interfere with that vision. 318 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:35,137 If you interfered with that vision 319 00:17:35,262 --> 00:17:37,181 you were not gonna stay with this band. 320 00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:43,312 I've been called Sergeant Major, 321 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:45,439 Ayatollah, Headmaster. 322 00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:47,524 I've been called most things. 323 00:17:47,608 --> 00:17:49,318 But the problem with Paul was that 324 00:17:49,443 --> 00:17:52,488 he wasn't really looking after himself health-wise. 325 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:54,490 It was real tough work with him. 326 00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:58,619 So we sort of thought, "Well, we can't let him pull us down." 327 00:17:58,702 --> 00:18:01,997 The voice is such a, you know, massive part of the sound, 328 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:04,249 and I was very worried 329 00:18:04,291 --> 00:18:06,210 that it might be the end of our career. 330 00:18:07,377 --> 00:18:09,296 He liked his drink. 331 00:18:09,379 --> 00:18:11,590 He liked his substances. 332 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:15,552 And then we toured basically four, five shows a week, 333 00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:18,514 and I don't think that helped his voice at all either. 334 00:18:18,639 --> 00:18:20,724 I think it was the pressure that was getting to me. 335 00:18:20,891 --> 00:18:22,267 You find other distractions 336 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:23,894 like cocaine and shit like that, 337 00:18:24,061 --> 00:18:26,146 and, yeah, I had a problem. 338 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:27,898 I... I must admit, I did have a problem. 339 00:18:29,691 --> 00:18:31,777 We missed gigs. 340 00:18:31,860 --> 00:18:33,570 And then we had to cancel the whole German tour. 341 00:18:34,863 --> 00:18:36,907 I mean, he just had to go. 342 00:18:38,575 --> 00:18:40,410 It was a no-brainer in the end. 343 00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:42,204 We thought, "We... We're just gonna have to change." 344 00:18:43,539 --> 00:18:46,250 And as sad as it was, that's Paul, you know? 345 00:18:47,751 --> 00:18:49,211 He's a lovable rogue. 346 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:52,840 I wouldn't have been able to give 100% 347 00:18:52,881 --> 00:18:55,259 or 1,000% to Iron Maiden. And that's not fair. 348 00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:56,718 You let the band down, you let yourself down, 349 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:57,928 you let the fans down. 350 00:18:58,095 --> 00:18:59,263 And so I thought, "Best to go." 351 00:19:11,942 --> 00:19:13,694 I was very depressed about it. 352 00:19:13,902 --> 00:19:16,280 It was a bummer. You know, the singer's leaving. 353 00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:19,658 When I heard that Paul was out of the band 354 00:19:19,867 --> 00:19:21,994 I thought, "Oh, no, my band is dead." 355 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:26,456 I was in a band called Samson 356 00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:29,793 and we were on the bill at Reading Festival. 357 00:19:29,918 --> 00:19:32,921 Steve and Rod were in the audience, checking me out. 358 00:19:33,046 --> 00:19:36,550 Now, Rod was absolutely dead against having me in the band. 359 00:19:36,592 --> 00:19:37,718 Steve was like, 360 00:19:37,885 --> 00:19:39,052 "Just go and have a look at him as a singer." 361 00:19:39,219 --> 00:19:43,056 So they did, obviously, saw my performance, 362 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:46,351 and then Rod decided that he would have a chat with me. 363 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:59,740 Hello there. That's right, it's Bruce. 364 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:01,408 He said, Are you interested in the job? 365 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:02,910 I went, "Of course I'm interested in the job. 366 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,036 "Don't be daft!" 367 00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:11,168 So he, er, chopped out a big line of coke 368 00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:12,294 and said, "Do you want some?" 369 00:20:12,419 --> 00:20:14,588 I went, "No, I don't do that stuff." 370 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:17,758 He went, "Oh. You don't mind if I do then?" 371 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:21,220 So, erm, I'm sitting there and he said, er, right, 372 00:20:21,261 --> 00:20:23,597 he goes, "I'm offering you the chance 373 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:25,432 "to audition for Iron Maiden." 374 00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:27,517 And I said, "Look, Rod, 375 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:30,604 "let's just put cards on the table here. 376 00:20:30,687 --> 00:20:32,606 "You know I'll get the job. 377 00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:33,732 "But the question is not 378 00:20:33,857 --> 00:20:35,984 "whether or not I'll get the job. 379 00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:37,402 "The question for me is, 380 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:39,863 "Do you want the pain in the arse 381 00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:42,491 "that's going to appear in your life? 382 00:20:42,616 --> 00:20:44,993 "'Cause I'm not gonna be like your existing singer." 383 00:20:45,994 --> 00:20:47,663 Steve totally found somebody 384 00:20:47,704 --> 00:20:50,791 who was as ambitious as him in Bruce. 385 00:20:50,874 --> 00:20:55,128 Bruce is totally professional, totally, er, into fitness, 386 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:58,131 looks after his voice, looks after himself, 387 00:20:58,173 --> 00:21:01,301 wants to go out there and be the best and, erm, 388 00:21:01,343 --> 00:21:03,512 that's all you can ask from any frontman really. 389 00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:07,349 When it happened, it was about 50-50 390 00:21:07,474 --> 00:21:09,059 between people like, "Oh, no, I liked Paul way better. 391 00:21:09,142 --> 00:21:10,769 "I don't like... I don't like Iron Maiden with Bruce." 392 00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:11,979 50-50. 393 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,605 Bruce had it tough enough as it was 394 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:16,400 because Paul Di'Anno was beloved. 395 00:21:16,483 --> 00:21:19,069 Paul Di'Anno is still beloved by guys like me. 396 00:21:20,070 --> 00:21:21,989 It was a little bit strange, 397 00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:23,699 but this is me, 398 00:21:23,865 --> 00:21:25,409 this is what I do 399 00:21:25,492 --> 00:21:28,704 and you're either gonna get used to it or not. 400 00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:30,247 And some people absolutely hated it. 401 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:32,457 Somebody said, "This is horrible. 402 00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:35,544 "It was like listening to my favourite songs 403 00:21:35,669 --> 00:21:40,007 "being sung in a cement mixer by an air-raid siren." 404 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,842 To which Rod immediately went, 405 00:21:41,883 --> 00:21:45,262 "Bloody great. A human air-raid siren. I love it!" 406 00:21:45,345 --> 00:21:47,472 They wanted somebody who was gonna be 407 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:50,183 capable of leading from the front 408 00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:51,727 as they took over the world, 409 00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:54,479 and obviously they found that guy. 410 00:21:54,563 --> 00:21:56,940 Never has anybody been better equipped 411 00:21:57,065 --> 00:21:58,775 for, er, world domination 412 00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:00,777 than Bruce Dickinson in his mid-twenties. 413 00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:02,863 You know, like, it's just absurd. 414 00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:08,618 ♪ I remember it as plain as day 415 00:22:08,744 --> 00:22:11,538 ♪ Although it happened in the dark of night 416 00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:13,457 ♪ I was strolling through the streets of Paris 417 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:15,876 ♪ It was cold It was starting to rain 418 00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:17,878 ♪ And then I heard an ear-piercing scream 419 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,714 ♪ And I rushed to the scene of the crime 420 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,341 ♪ But all I found was the butchered remains 421 00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:24,509 ♪ Of two girls who lay side by side 422 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:26,261 ♪ Yeah, murders in the Rue Morgue 423 00:22:27,304 --> 00:22:29,222 ♪ Never gonna find me 424 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:31,516 ♪ Murders in the Rue Morgue 425 00:22:31,683 --> 00:22:33,977 ♪ Running from the arms of the law 426 00:22:37,773 --> 00:22:40,650 Bruce took them to a new level with his range, 427 00:22:40,817 --> 00:22:43,278 with his presentation on stage. 428 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:46,531 It's not just his vocal prowess, 429 00:22:46,698 --> 00:22:49,076 it's like you're watching Broadway. 430 00:22:49,284 --> 00:22:52,162 He has this intense stamina 431 00:22:52,245 --> 00:22:54,956 and it's infectious, and when he, you know, 432 00:22:55,082 --> 00:22:57,417 gets the crowd going. 433 00:22:57,459 --> 00:22:59,586 Bruce, you only joined a few months ago, didn't you? 434 00:22:59,711 --> 00:23:01,963 Yeah, just after, er... after August last year. 435 00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:03,423 no, September last year. 436 00:23:03,465 --> 00:23:05,050 I know Iron Maiden have had a few line-up changes 437 00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:07,094 but there had been sort of fairly settled with the line-up. 438 00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:09,262 Was it quite difficult for you, er, 439 00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:11,431 going in and joining an established band line-up? 440 00:23:11,556 --> 00:23:13,892 Not... Not really 'cause we've sort of known each other 441 00:23:14,017 --> 00:23:15,227 for quite a long while 442 00:23:15,352 --> 00:23:16,812 through my sort of... from my last band I was in. 443 00:23:17,020 --> 00:23:18,271 So, I mean, it, er... 444 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:19,398 it all fitted in really well, really. 445 00:23:19,564 --> 00:23:21,608 I mean, we like the same sort of music 446 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:22,734 - so it's no real problem. - Yeah, yeah. 447 00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:25,195 ♪ Murders in the Rue Morgue 448 00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:28,198 ♪ Never gonna find me 449 00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:29,449 ♪ Murders in the Rue Morgue 450 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:32,369 When we first started touring together, 451 00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:35,414 when I'm singing the lead vocals 452 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:37,916 I stand in the middle of the stage. 453 00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:40,293 And suddenly I've got, like, you know, 454 00:23:40,377 --> 00:23:41,711 Steve's bass in my ear. 455 00:23:41,837 --> 00:23:43,380 You know, grrr, and he's like... 456 00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:45,424 and he's like shoving me. 457 00:23:45,507 --> 00:23:47,634 There he was in my face and was cursing and swearing 458 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:49,261 and you know, stuff like that, 459 00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:51,721 and this got quite heated after a while. 460 00:23:51,805 --> 00:23:55,308 And it came to a head, Newcastle City Hall. 461 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,269 Steve was hopping mad. He was saying that 462 00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:58,687 I was getting in the way and everything. 463 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:00,814 I was like, "Well, when I'm singing, mate, 464 00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:02,482 "I stand in the f... in the middle of the stage. 465 00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:04,276 "Not you, me." 466 00:24:04,317 --> 00:24:06,528 I said, "Then when I'm done singing, 467 00:24:06,570 --> 00:24:08,822 "you can stand in the middle of the stage whenever you want." 468 00:24:08,947 --> 00:24:11,158 And we... we were... we were gonna go outside and... 469 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,243 and, you know, have a... have a fistfight. 470 00:24:13,368 --> 00:24:15,579 And Rod came in. He was like, 471 00:24:15,662 --> 00:24:17,622 "Break it up! Break it up, you two! Stop it!" 472 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:19,249 And, er, Steve... Steve was like, 473 00:24:19,374 --> 00:24:21,084 "He's gotta go! He's gotta go! He's gotta go!" 474 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:22,794 And Rod's said, "He's not going!" 475 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:29,092 And I think that was the beginning of us 476 00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:31,678 starting to understand each other... 477 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:33,597 ...a bit better in a weird way. 478 00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:36,349 ♪ It took so long and... 479 00:24:36,391 --> 00:24:38,852 They were a better band when Bruce joined. 480 00:24:38,935 --> 00:24:40,187 They were more powerful. 481 00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:41,438 They had more charisma. 482 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,025 They had more visible sort of intensity. 483 00:24:45,817 --> 00:24:48,361 But Bruce was just a piece of the puzzle. 484 00:24:48,445 --> 00:24:50,155 ♪ I'm never going home! 485 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:51,531 The most fundamental thing really 486 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,909 was the strength of the material they made, 487 00:24:54,075 --> 00:24:55,744 were badass musicians. 488 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:11,968 Undeniably, the sound of Maiden for us 489 00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:14,387 was always about the guitars. 490 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:15,764 That's the first thing that comes to your mind, 491 00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:18,475 those twin harmonic guitars going on, 492 00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:21,645 and the push, the power behind it. 493 00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:28,735 No guitar partnership has ever had 494 00:25:28,902 --> 00:25:31,988 quite the same chemistry as Adrian and Dave. 495 00:25:32,072 --> 00:25:35,325 Two lead guitarists which make men of a certain age 496 00:25:35,450 --> 00:25:37,244 and... and ladies too I'm sure, 497 00:25:37,327 --> 00:25:38,828 erm, go a bit weak at the knees. 498 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,332 Dave and I have always gotten on. 499 00:25:42,415 --> 00:25:44,501 We've been mates since we were kids, you know? 500 00:25:44,626 --> 00:25:46,795 So on a personal level, there was no problem. 501 00:25:46,878 --> 00:25:48,838 And that translated into work. 502 00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:51,716 We grew up in East London 503 00:25:51,841 --> 00:25:54,928 and we lived a couple of streets away from each other. 504 00:25:55,011 --> 00:25:57,138 I think 'cause we're good friends and we have a laugh, 505 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:59,558 we can play the subtle harmonies, 506 00:25:59,766 --> 00:26:03,562 subtle nuances, things that have to be correct. 507 00:26:15,448 --> 00:26:16,533 Yeah! 508 00:26:18,618 --> 00:26:20,996 Every element of it was perfect. 509 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:23,665 Playing with this astonishing bass player, 510 00:26:23,790 --> 00:26:26,251 the things Steve can do on a bass still blows my mind. 511 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:29,754 The galloping bass was front and centre 512 00:26:29,879 --> 00:26:32,007 and his particular style of playing the bass 513 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:34,134 differentiated Maiden from all other metal. 514 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:37,053 Steve uses a lot of chords. 515 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:38,930 You know, he'd be doing the galloping thing 516 00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:40,974 and then he'll suddenly put in a chord. 517 00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:45,228 And you think, that sonically adds so much to it. 518 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:49,024 Clive Burr, the drummer with Maiden 519 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,276 for the first three records... 520 00:26:52,235 --> 00:26:56,573 He was a fabulous drummer. I really admired his drumming. 521 00:26:56,698 --> 00:26:58,950 ♪ Sanctuary from the law 522 00:26:59,075 --> 00:27:02,245 Clive was great and, erm, we got on really well. 523 00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:03,496 ♪ Sanctuary from the law 524 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,999 ♪ You love me tonight Tonight! 525 00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:08,376 You had an astonishing drummer in Clive Burr, 526 00:27:08,543 --> 00:27:09,461 God rest his soul. 527 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:13,590 But when he left, they got Nicko. 528 00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:17,594 And just everyone's like, "What the fuck is this bloke? 529 00:27:17,719 --> 00:27:18,762 "Where the fuck did he come from?" 530 00:27:28,855 --> 00:27:30,523 - Nicko? - Matthew? 531 00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:33,068 How would you like us lot to be your backing group? 532 00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:34,986 I thought you'd never ask. 533 00:27:39,783 --> 00:27:41,951 He's a funny bloke and he's a big ray of sunshine, Nicko. 534 00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:45,246 I just spat on your lens. 535 00:27:45,372 --> 00:27:47,457 Every... 536 00:27:47,582 --> 00:27:49,084 The way he plays drums, 537 00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:52,462 you can tell, it's something that is beyond his control. 538 00:27:52,587 --> 00:27:57,384 It's a gift from the Gods of metal, 539 00:27:57,509 --> 00:28:00,970 that was given to him and he's just the tool. 540 00:28:07,143 --> 00:28:11,314 The entity of Maiden was strong with Clive and Paul Di'Anno. 541 00:28:11,398 --> 00:28:13,316 There was a magic that was set there 542 00:28:13,441 --> 00:28:14,818 way back in the early days. 543 00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:19,322 But when I came in, it seemed to be natural. 544 00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:23,910 Although I did, like, four or five songs rattled off, 545 00:28:23,993 --> 00:28:24,994 that was my audition. 546 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:28,998 But, you know, we bonded. 547 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,834 There was an unwritten bond, if you like. 548 00:28:31,668 --> 00:28:33,670 Yeah, it was pretty instant. 549 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:45,014 The '80s were incredible. 550 00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:49,144 Every album kept getting bigger and bigger. 551 00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:50,687 And we knew we were on the verge 552 00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:53,231 of something really special. 553 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:57,026 Woe to you, O earth and sea, 554 00:28:58,403 --> 00:28:59,487 For the Devil... 555 00:28:59,612 --> 00:29:01,865 ...sends the beast with wrath, 556 00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:06,286 because he knows that time is short 557 00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:10,165 Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast 558 00:29:10,290 --> 00:29:12,751 for it is a human number. 559 00:29:12,959 --> 00:29:16,421 Its number is six hundred and sixty-six. 560 00:29:16,546 --> 00:29:17,714 CHEERING 561 00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:22,719 ♪ I left alone 562 00:29:24,304 --> 00:29:25,722 ♪ My mind was blank 563 00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:29,934 ♪ I needed time to think 564 00:29:30,059 --> 00:29:32,687 ♪ To get the memories from my mind 565 00:29:33,855 --> 00:29:35,607 ♪ What did I see? 566 00:29:36,983 --> 00:29:39,444 ♪ Can I believe? 567 00:29:40,361 --> 00:29:46,034 ♪ That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy? 568 00:29:46,075 --> 00:29:47,911 ♪ 'Cause in my dreams 569 00:29:49,162 --> 00:29:51,039 ♪ It's always there 570 00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:55,877 ♪ The evil face that twists my mind 571 00:29:55,919 --> 00:29:57,921 ♪ Brings me to despair 572 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,771 ♪ Night was black was no use holding back 573 00:30:14,854 --> 00:30:20,151 ♪ 'Cause I just had to see was someone watching me? 574 00:30:20,276 --> 00:30:21,361 Sing it! 575 00:30:21,402 --> 00:30:23,446 - ♪ Six... - ♪ six, six 576 00:30:23,571 --> 00:30:25,281 ♪ The number of the beast 577 00:30:26,282 --> 00:30:30,328 ♪ Sacrifice is going on tonight 578 00:30:35,291 --> 00:30:37,961 You could tell this band are gonna be massive. 579 00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:50,223 Zero to heroes, you know, like, in no time. 580 00:30:58,565 --> 00:31:02,318 I'd never left the UK before. It was just exciting, you know? 581 00:31:03,069 --> 00:31:05,446 There was all these, er, new experience 582 00:31:05,488 --> 00:31:07,532 that just kept evolving. 583 00:31:07,657 --> 00:31:10,034 And you didn't really have time to think about much of it, 584 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:11,953 you just... you just rolled with it. 585 00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:15,206 ♪ ...towards the chanting hordes 586 00:31:15,331 --> 00:31:17,333 Iron Maiden are one of the leading exponents 587 00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:19,252 of the UK heavy metal scene. 588 00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:21,045 Fans here for their concert at the music hall, 589 00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:23,047 their debut concert here in Canada, 590 00:31:23,089 --> 00:31:24,924 have been lined up for a couple of hours. 591 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:27,927 And fans is part of what makes Iron Maiden work. 592 00:31:28,136 --> 00:31:32,640 Getting to where they were without major radio play 593 00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:34,809 was a big deal back then. 594 00:31:34,934 --> 00:31:38,313 The band had so much respect among heavy metal fans. 595 00:31:38,396 --> 00:31:39,689 What is it, do you think makes them 596 00:31:39,856 --> 00:31:40,857 more special than anybody else? 597 00:31:40,982 --> 00:31:42,400 They're different, you know? 598 00:31:42,525 --> 00:31:44,444 They come out of England so they're different. They love it. 599 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,738 Well, I think that it's the best music that I can hear. 600 00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:47,739 - Yeah? - Yeah, 601 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:49,365 'cause I love heavy metal and I love 602 00:31:49,532 --> 00:31:50,742 your kind of music very much. 603 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:06,925 It was the beginning of what I described as 604 00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:08,927 a non-stop roller coaster 605 00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:10,887 that never ever got to the bottom. 606 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:12,764 It just carried on accelerating. 607 00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:17,101 We just achieved terminal velocity 608 00:32:17,226 --> 00:32:19,896 and stayed there for five fucking years. 609 00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:27,570 In that period, the Iron Maiden logo, 610 00:32:27,695 --> 00:32:31,574 Eddie stood out way beyond 611 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:33,076 any other band that was out there. 612 00:32:33,159 --> 00:32:36,579 I mean, it was r... this really dynamic logo. 613 00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:38,706 It's hard for me 614 00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:42,335 to think of a more recognisable mascot 615 00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:45,755 or imagery associated with a hard rock band 616 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,590 than Eddie and Iron Maiden. 617 00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:51,928 You know, it was just such an incredible creation. 618 00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:53,930 Eddie had a huge thing to do 619 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:55,974 with the success of Iron Maiden. 620 00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:59,394 because here is an image of this character or creature, 621 00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:03,356 whatever it is, that people could somehow kinda relate to. 622 00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:06,734 The thing about Eddie is he transcends generations. 623 00:33:06,859 --> 00:33:11,572 'Cause you always can lure a young head in with a character. 624 00:33:11,698 --> 00:33:13,157 Eddie is a monument. 625 00:33:13,282 --> 00:33:14,492 I give credit to Maiden. 626 00:33:14,617 --> 00:33:17,537 They understood the flag-bearing thing. 627 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:21,541 It connects with the fans, the nationhood of it. 628 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:24,168 Eddie just progressed every year. 629 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:26,087 Came up with the ground-support system, 630 00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:28,047 the moving rig that no one else had. 631 00:33:28,214 --> 00:33:29,674 So every year I... 632 00:33:29,757 --> 00:33:33,344 I actually bettered what I'd done the year before. 633 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:37,140 We created a monster, basically. 634 00:33:38,558 --> 00:33:40,268 A Scarborough family court heard today 635 00:33:40,393 --> 00:33:42,020 that a young offender who gunned down 636 00:33:42,103 --> 00:33:43,688 a wealthy East End gambler, 637 00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:46,024 his wife and young daughter last April, 638 00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:47,734 was heavily influenced 639 00:33:47,775 --> 00:33:50,820 by the skeletal mascot of a heavy metal rock group 640 00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:52,572 and by literature on Satan. 641 00:33:52,780 --> 00:33:55,116 There are numerous reports of Satanic activities 642 00:33:55,158 --> 00:33:56,325 throughout central Texas. 643 00:33:56,409 --> 00:33:59,120 This music is nothing more than songs of Satan. 644 00:33:59,162 --> 00:34:00,163 - Satanism. - Satan. 645 00:34:02,623 --> 00:34:03,750 That is what ten thousand dollars' worth 646 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,334 of burning records looks like. 647 00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:09,255 Well, we feel that many of the songs are, er, 648 00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:10,506 of the occult nature. 649 00:34:10,631 --> 00:34:11,799 They sing about witchy women, 650 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:13,801 the daughter of the devil, sleeping in her bed. 651 00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:17,472 We think it's definitely having an influence on young people 652 00:34:17,513 --> 00:34:20,349 to go the opposite direction of what the Bible would teach. 653 00:34:21,809 --> 00:34:23,478 New York's John Cardinal O'Connor 654 00:34:23,644 --> 00:34:25,104 claimed this type of music 655 00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:28,024 was guilty of leading listeners to Satan's camp. 656 00:34:28,232 --> 00:34:29,317 Groups like Iron Maiden 657 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:30,443 feature death's-heads, 658 00:34:30,526 --> 00:34:33,071 monsters and Satanic pentagrams. 659 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:34,989 The PMRC wants ratings 660 00:34:35,114 --> 00:34:37,158 on all records with explicit lyrics. 661 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:39,243 It strikes me as being a little bit of religious mania. 662 00:34:39,410 --> 00:34:41,079 You know, there's all kinds of ways 663 00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:43,706 that people can use their... Their talents and energies 664 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:45,958 to better people's lot in the world 665 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,377 besides spending their time having law suits. 666 00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:50,338 It seems a waste of time and money. 667 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:53,007 The word had gotten out 668 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:54,592 so the Jesus freaks were scared. 669 00:34:54,842 --> 00:34:56,511 It was great. 670 00:34:56,552 --> 00:34:58,971 You're a kid. It's like the coolest thing to be part of. 671 00:34:59,055 --> 00:35:00,473 Like, you love this band 672 00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:02,975 and there's people protesting about this band. 673 00:35:03,017 --> 00:35:07,939 Like, you're only making us love 'em more, dummies. 674 00:35:08,022 --> 00:35:10,525 Can anybody take seriously a man in a red suit 675 00:35:10,691 --> 00:35:14,403 with a long, red, floppy tail and two plastic horns 676 00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:15,738 with a little light bulb that light up 677 00:35:15,863 --> 00:35:17,156 on the end of his trident? 678 00:35:17,281 --> 00:35:18,658 I mean, if that's devil worship, I'm sorry, 679 00:35:18,741 --> 00:35:20,868 I must be in the wrong century. 680 00:35:20,993 --> 00:35:23,663 I was born in a very strong Catholic country, 681 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:25,581 and if you don't follow the rules 682 00:35:25,706 --> 00:35:27,542 you're gonna be burned in Hell. 683 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:30,128 And then all of a sudden here's Eddie 684 00:35:30,253 --> 00:35:31,879 and here is "The Number of the Beast" 685 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:35,716 with the evil in it and Hell is fun. 686 00:35:35,758 --> 00:35:39,470 Hell is not that dangerous. Hell is some place where, fuck, 687 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:43,683 these musicians come back and forth. 688 00:35:43,766 --> 00:35:47,395 And I go, "Maybe there's not such a thing as Hell and Heaven. 689 00:35:47,436 --> 00:35:50,815 "Maybe it's more about us as people 690 00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:55,361 "rather than who's up there telling who's bad and good." 691 00:36:13,588 --> 00:36:17,550 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah 692 00:36:18,050 --> 00:36:25,975 ♪ Hallowed be thy name 693 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:39,530 The panic of Satanism and Iron Maiden proves 694 00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:42,158 that these people don't actually read 695 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:45,119 what these songs are about. 696 00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:46,245 And what they all don't understand 697 00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:47,496 is these are stories. 698 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:50,708 What do you think about 699 00:36:50,791 --> 00:36:52,627 the importance of the text of the songs, the beginning? 700 00:36:52,835 --> 00:36:53,711 Oh, the lyrics. 701 00:36:53,836 --> 00:36:55,171 In the text of the... 702 00:36:55,379 --> 00:36:56,631 - Yeah, in the lyrics. - Yeah. 703 00:36:56,756 --> 00:37:00,426 I think, erm, because a lot of the earlier rock bands 704 00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:04,388 sort of were, well, coming from the blues and stuff, 705 00:37:04,513 --> 00:37:06,891 blues used to sing about being on the road 706 00:37:07,099 --> 00:37:08,893 and, you know, being in love with their woman, 707 00:37:08,976 --> 00:37:11,020 and, er, I think there's a lot more things 708 00:37:11,187 --> 00:37:12,813 you can write about these days. 709 00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:16,567 You don't have to write about my baby doesn't love me any more 710 00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:18,569 and all this sort of rubbish, you know? 711 00:37:18,778 --> 00:37:21,072 It seems crazy to write songs about... 712 00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:23,699 about drinking and... and screwing women 713 00:37:23,783 --> 00:37:28,621 and, erm, smoking, erm, strange substances 714 00:37:28,788 --> 00:37:31,123 and going out and partying and all the rest of it, 715 00:37:31,165 --> 00:37:32,875 when these are all things that are much more fun... 716 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,252 It's much more fun doing it 717 00:37:34,293 --> 00:37:36,420 than it is listening to a song about it. 718 00:37:36,545 --> 00:37:38,089 So, I mean, anybody can go and do it 719 00:37:38,130 --> 00:37:39,966 at the end of the day anyway. 720 00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:43,261 You know? I mean, we prefer to write songs about 721 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:46,222 things that people don't do very often, like death. 722 00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:52,478 As you might know, we've got a new album 723 00:37:52,561 --> 00:37:54,897 wandering around at the moment. 724 00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:57,233 The album is called Powerslave, all right? 725 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,403 We did a song on this album 726 00:38:00,486 --> 00:38:02,446 that's about 13 minutes long, all right? 727 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,199 This little track that we'll do for you. 728 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:10,037 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner! 729 00:38:17,753 --> 00:38:18,629 If you compose 730 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:21,257 very intricate 11, 12 minute songs, 731 00:38:21,382 --> 00:38:23,718 you probably want a powerful, weighty theme 732 00:38:23,801 --> 00:38:25,011 to go with that music. 733 00:38:25,094 --> 00:38:26,679 Why would you compose 12 minutes 734 00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:29,307 and have a song about something very trivial? 735 00:38:29,348 --> 00:38:31,434 ♪ Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner 736 00:38:31,517 --> 00:38:33,352 ♪ See his eye as he stops one of three 737 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:35,062 ♪ Mesmerises one of the wedding guests 738 00:38:35,229 --> 00:38:37,940 ♪ Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea 739 00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:42,987 ♪ And the music plays on back to the North 740 00:38:43,112 --> 00:38:46,449 ♪ Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on 741 00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,243 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah 742 00:38:51,203 --> 00:38:52,538 Thing about Maiden is they have 743 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:55,708 a quite narrative way of storytelling in their music. 744 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:58,210 So you've got these epically long songs, 745 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,504 like "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for example, 746 00:39:00,629 --> 00:39:02,715 where they're telling you a story. 747 00:39:02,798 --> 00:39:06,552 There's all this like literary inspiration, poetic inspiration, 748 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,221 a lot of songs about the historical battles 749 00:39:09,305 --> 00:39:10,473 and Alexander the Great 750 00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:12,141 and people being trapped in ice. 751 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:17,772 ♪ Stranger in a strange land 752 00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:21,484 ♪ Land of ice and snow 753 00:39:22,568 --> 00:39:25,529 ♪ Trapped here in this prison Yeah 754 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:29,784 ♪ Lost and far from home ♪ 755 00:39:33,245 --> 00:39:35,998 I grew up thinking that I was sort of out of place, 756 00:39:36,165 --> 00:39:37,833 a stranger in a strange land. 757 00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:40,211 And I think the exploration of different worlds, 758 00:39:40,294 --> 00:39:42,505 you get to be a stranger in a strange land, 759 00:39:42,588 --> 00:39:45,341 but with everybody else in the same way. 760 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:48,094 You... You get to access that same world 761 00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:50,554 with each other when you're listening to that song. 762 00:39:55,976 --> 00:39:58,354 Part of the fun of being an Iron Maiden fan 763 00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,481 is everyone else writes it off 764 00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:03,776 as this kind of comic-book, childhood, sort of nonsense, 765 00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:06,737 but you know actually the themes are quite serious. 766 00:40:06,821 --> 00:40:08,614 They're quite weighty. They're quite intellectual. 767 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:11,033 Even the take on them is not a superficial one. 768 00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:12,451 It's not a whimsical one. 769 00:40:12,493 --> 00:40:14,703 It actually tries to depict through the music 770 00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:16,122 what Coleridge was thinking 771 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:17,998 when he wrote Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 772 00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:19,208 what the experience 773 00:40:19,291 --> 00:40:20,960 of the Battle of Passchendaele was like. 774 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:22,962 What do people say when they come along 775 00:40:23,045 --> 00:40:24,713 the video of Run to the Hills and they're suddenly seeing you 776 00:40:24,797 --> 00:40:27,633 being like, civil war, er, mercenaries, er, 777 00:40:27,716 --> 00:40:29,051 killing all the Indians? 778 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:30,261 Oh, no, well, that's an... I mean, that's an anti... 779 00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:32,471 that's an anti-Indian-killing song. 780 00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:34,432 I mean, the whole thing about it is it's saying, 781 00:40:34,557 --> 00:40:35,516 "Well, look, this is what happened 782 00:40:35,641 --> 00:40:38,102 "and it's not like the cowboy movies." 783 00:40:45,401 --> 00:40:48,946 ♪ White man came across the sea 784 00:40:49,071 --> 00:40:52,825 ♪ He brought us pain and misery 785 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:56,579 ♪ He killed our tribes He killed our creed 786 00:40:56,704 --> 00:40:59,748 ♪ Took our game for his own need 787 00:41:28,027 --> 00:41:29,695 Even though Maiden lyrics can... 788 00:41:29,778 --> 00:41:33,782 tells very, like sad stories about war, death, suffering, 789 00:41:33,908 --> 00:41:36,076 in the end there is like this message of hope. 790 00:41:37,745 --> 00:41:40,331 I think that's important and you can relate to this, 791 00:41:40,414 --> 00:41:42,666 that even if you go through some difficult times, 792 00:41:42,791 --> 00:41:44,752 Maiden music can help you out and guide you. 793 00:41:53,052 --> 00:41:55,513 By the time they'd hit '84 794 00:41:55,679 --> 00:41:57,640 they'd already toured the world. 795 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:00,851 They even went behind the Iron Curtain, 796 00:42:00,976 --> 00:42:03,521 a place that not many bands ever go. 797 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,173 In those times in Poland 798 00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:33,926 there were no record stores. 799 00:42:34,051 --> 00:42:36,011 If someone was lucky enough to have, er, 800 00:42:36,095 --> 00:42:39,181 family in Germany or in, er, England 801 00:42:39,306 --> 00:42:41,725 he could like record a few copies for... 802 00:42:41,892 --> 00:42:43,727 for his friends on the cassette tapes. 803 00:42:44,728 --> 00:42:46,939 So when someone told us 804 00:42:47,022 --> 00:42:50,526 that Iron Maiden decided to come here and to perform, 805 00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:54,405 it put some fresh air into our country. 806 00:42:54,572 --> 00:42:57,825 Iron Maiden! Iron Maiden! 807 00:42:57,950 --> 00:43:01,870 Iron Maiden! Iron Maiden! 808 00:43:01,954 --> 00:43:02,955 We stepped off the plane 809 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,374 and the scene was very, very much 810 00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:07,376 like the images you see of The Beatles 811 00:43:07,459 --> 00:43:08,919 when they first came to New York City. 812 00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:14,008 When we first turned up on the bus 813 00:43:14,133 --> 00:43:16,260 and they were just all outside jumping up and down, 814 00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:17,386 chanting, "Maiden" and all that, 815 00:43:17,511 --> 00:43:18,929 it was just unbelievable. 816 00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:22,308 I mean, this was a different type of emotion. 817 00:43:22,391 --> 00:43:23,934 It was just pure joy 818 00:43:24,101 --> 00:43:26,270 for the fact that we were just even there. 819 00:43:27,146 --> 00:43:30,316 Basically, groups don't come to Poland much 820 00:43:30,399 --> 00:43:32,234 because there's not 821 00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:33,777 a tremendous amount of money here 822 00:43:33,986 --> 00:43:35,821 and they don't sell any records here. 823 00:43:35,904 --> 00:43:37,281 But that doesn't really matter. 824 00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:42,453 There either comes a point when money, 825 00:43:42,578 --> 00:43:43,579 you know, doesn't... 826 00:43:43,704 --> 00:43:45,372 doesn't have any real importance. 827 00:43:45,497 --> 00:43:49,460 I mean, what's it worth to make 35,000 people... happy? 828 00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:16,236 It was a very strange, surreal experience 829 00:44:16,445 --> 00:44:19,490 because you knew these people were under this suppression. 830 00:44:23,911 --> 00:44:26,288 We were told, "You mustn't get involved with it 831 00:44:26,413 --> 00:44:27,873 "'cause you're being watched." 832 00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:31,418 This was still, like, this KGB vibe 833 00:44:31,585 --> 00:44:35,381 and there was always a military and police presence at shows 834 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:37,549 and they would line up in front of the stage, 835 00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:38,509 looking at the audience. 836 00:44:41,053 --> 00:44:43,305 There was this underlying fear 837 00:44:43,472 --> 00:44:45,099 that it could just explode. 838 00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:47,726 Iron! Iron! Iron! 839 00:44:47,851 --> 00:44:49,395 The Maiden was the first band that brought, 840 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,855 like, the full stage production into Poland. 841 00:44:52,022 --> 00:44:53,899 So they didn't just play, you know, 842 00:44:53,982 --> 00:44:55,567 with a plain black backdrop. 843 00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:59,071 They put in the whole show with Eddie, with pyro. 844 00:44:59,279 --> 00:45:02,825 And people understood how spectacular rock shows can be. 845 00:45:11,083 --> 00:45:15,087 ♪ There goes the siren that warns of the air raid 846 00:45:15,254 --> 00:45:18,757 ♪ Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak 847 00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:22,553 ♪ Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne 848 00:45:22,636 --> 00:45:26,181 ♪ Got to get up for the coming attack 849 00:45:26,265 --> 00:45:30,102 ♪ Jump in the cockpit start up the engine 850 00:45:30,269 --> 00:45:33,731 ♪ Move all the wheel blocks there's no time to wait 851 00:45:33,939 --> 00:45:37,359 ♪ Gathering speed head down the runway 852 00:45:37,443 --> 00:45:41,155 ♪ Got to get airborne before it's too late 853 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:42,698 ♪ Running, scrambling, flying ♪ 854 00:45:42,781 --> 00:45:43,866 I think one of the things that 855 00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:45,367 was very impressive to me 856 00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:47,995 was the reaction of the Polish kids. 857 00:45:48,162 --> 00:45:49,580 It was very visceral. 858 00:45:49,788 --> 00:45:52,583 ♪ Scrambling, flying, Rolling... 859 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:55,961 It's like somebody opened up a magic box 860 00:45:56,044 --> 00:45:57,463 and there was light came in 861 00:45:57,671 --> 00:46:00,924 and they had been in the darkness all this time. 862 00:46:01,049 --> 00:46:03,719 They just really had been waiting, like, 863 00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:06,221 with a thirst and a hunger 864 00:46:06,346 --> 00:46:07,931 to let out their emotions 865 00:46:08,140 --> 00:46:10,559 and let out their feelings and scream, 866 00:46:10,684 --> 00:46:12,436 you know, and bang their heads. 867 00:46:12,561 --> 00:46:15,939 ♪ Live to fly 868 00:46:16,023 --> 00:46:19,651 ♪ Fly to live 869 00:46:19,693 --> 00:46:24,281 ♪ Aces high 870 00:46:28,202 --> 00:46:31,789 Yeah! 871 00:46:35,083 --> 00:46:37,461 Them Polish people were amazing. 872 00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:40,255 And there was a line of military police 873 00:46:40,380 --> 00:46:42,424 along the front of the stage. 874 00:46:42,508 --> 00:46:44,885 Initially they had their backs to the band. 875 00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:46,261 But, you know, after a few songs, 876 00:46:46,386 --> 00:46:47,846 they were turning round, getting more into it. 877 00:46:48,055 --> 00:46:49,765 And then by the end they were taking their hats off 878 00:46:49,973 --> 00:46:51,308 and chucking their hats on stage. 879 00:46:52,726 --> 00:46:53,644 You know, it was amazing. 880 00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:57,397 - Na zdrowie! - Na zdrowie! 881 00:46:58,816 --> 00:47:00,234 Now, we're gonna smash the glasses together. 882 00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:04,112 Well, last night had to be absolutely furious. 883 00:47:04,238 --> 00:47:05,614 We played at a Polish wedding. 884 00:47:05,739 --> 00:47:07,783 How did it come about? 885 00:47:07,950 --> 00:47:09,201 We went to a bar in the hotel 886 00:47:09,284 --> 00:47:11,286 and it was really naff, right? 887 00:47:11,411 --> 00:47:12,704 So we ended up going down this... 888 00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:14,373 It was supposed to have been a disco, weren't it? 889 00:47:14,456 --> 00:47:17,209 And it ended up being a sort of a... a converted ballroom. 890 00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:19,169 So there was this wedding going on at the time, 891 00:47:19,253 --> 00:47:21,588 about 300 people dancing the waltz as we walked in. 892 00:47:21,713 --> 00:47:23,215 So we got severely... 893 00:47:23,257 --> 00:47:25,843 Sort of, into the bottle of booze, see, didn't we? 894 00:47:26,009 --> 00:47:27,302 Then these people in the club said, 895 00:47:27,469 --> 00:47:28,512 "Would you like to have a jam?" 896 00:47:29,805 --> 00:47:32,182 "Yes," we said, didn't we? 897 00:47:32,307 --> 00:47:33,350 - Yeah. We did. - And we did. 898 00:47:48,490 --> 00:47:51,326 ♪ We all came out to Montreux 899 00:47:51,368 --> 00:47:55,205 ♪ On the Lake Geneva shoreline 900 00:47:55,289 --> 00:47:56,790 I think we all got a bit inebriated that night, 901 00:47:56,915 --> 00:47:59,459 and so we just got up and did a Deep Purple song. 902 00:47:59,626 --> 00:48:00,586 I don't think most of them 903 00:48:00,669 --> 00:48:02,754 probably didn't know who we were. 904 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,507 I remember looking at a couple of older people 905 00:48:05,591 --> 00:48:07,718 and they were like, "Who are these guys?" 906 00:48:07,801 --> 00:48:10,053 You know, "What are they doing at our mate's wedding?" 907 00:48:11,305 --> 00:48:12,431 But they went nuts. 908 00:48:14,057 --> 00:48:19,396 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah All right! 909 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:22,065 Yeah... 910 00:48:26,570 --> 00:48:28,947 Ah, you can't play heavy metal with synthesisers. 911 00:48:29,114 --> 00:48:30,490 Yeah. 912 00:48:30,657 --> 00:48:32,743 No, it doesn't sound right. 913 00:48:33,577 --> 00:48:36,997 They knew they were doing something good. 914 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,249 It was not only the rock concert. 915 00:48:39,374 --> 00:48:43,795 It was like something more. Something more, more important. 916 00:48:43,879 --> 00:48:46,465 ♪ I'm running free, yeah 917 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:49,009 ♪ I'm running free, yeah 918 00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:51,094 ♪ I'm running free, yeah 919 00:48:51,678 --> 00:48:52,638 ♪ I'm running free 920 00:48:52,804 --> 00:48:54,973 Everybody! 921 00:48:55,057 --> 00:48:56,266 Thank you all! 922 00:48:58,018 --> 00:48:59,436 Beyond that wall 923 00:48:59,561 --> 00:49:02,314 were guys that were just like us. 924 00:49:03,190 --> 00:49:06,068 And I thought it was so great that Iron Maiden 925 00:49:06,151 --> 00:49:08,528 was able to pull down that curtain 926 00:49:08,737 --> 00:49:11,281 and go beyond that wall. 927 00:49:11,365 --> 00:49:17,120 Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 928 00:49:17,162 --> 00:49:18,997 You know, this country wants to tell you 929 00:49:19,164 --> 00:49:21,083 that country and we're gonna fight against each other? 930 00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:22,709 Hell no. Let's all rock 'n' roll. 931 00:49:24,002 --> 00:49:28,423 ♪ Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave 932 00:49:30,634 --> 00:49:35,263 ♪ I don't wanna die I'm a god, why can't I live on? 933 00:49:36,848 --> 00:49:42,312 ♪ When the life giver dies all around is laid waste 934 00:49:43,605 --> 00:49:45,107 ♪ And in my last hour 935 00:49:45,232 --> 00:49:48,151 ♪ I'm a slave to the power of death 936 00:49:49,987 --> 00:49:52,197 I think for many Polish people, 937 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,825 especially in, you know, 1980s, 938 00:49:55,033 --> 00:49:56,576 when they hear songs like "Powerslave" 939 00:49:56,743 --> 00:49:59,371 they could really refer this 940 00:49:59,413 --> 00:50:02,040 to their own situation and the country's situation. 941 00:50:02,124 --> 00:50:04,543 In Gdansk, some muted shouts of Solidarity, 942 00:50:04,710 --> 00:50:06,962 but enough police to ensure there was no trouble. 943 00:50:08,130 --> 00:50:09,589 I think anybody who's in a situation 944 00:50:09,756 --> 00:50:11,925 where they're oppressed, 945 00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:16,013 music is an outlet for people to get them through hard times. 946 00:50:17,305 --> 00:50:19,141 It's fantastic if you feel that 947 00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:21,018 you've helped people in that way. 948 00:50:22,227 --> 00:50:23,311 We're not political. 949 00:50:23,478 --> 00:50:25,897 We do it through the lyrics of the music. 950 00:50:25,981 --> 00:50:27,399 And that breaks down 951 00:50:27,441 --> 00:50:29,860 the totalitarian barriers around the world. 952 00:50:45,542 --> 00:50:49,880 ♪ Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave 953 00:50:52,215 --> 00:50:56,845 ♪ I don't wanna die I'm a god, why can't I live on? 954 00:50:58,221 --> 00:51:00,348 I first encountered Iron Maiden 955 00:51:00,432 --> 00:51:02,976 when I was a teenager in Lebanon. 956 00:51:03,143 --> 00:51:06,229 In the early '90s, Lebanon had just come out of civil war 957 00:51:06,438 --> 00:51:09,066 and I had just discovered heavy metal. 958 00:51:09,274 --> 00:51:12,277 So I went to my local bootleg record store 959 00:51:12,319 --> 00:51:15,072 'cause that's all you had in Lebanon at the time. 960 00:51:15,155 --> 00:51:19,618 And I said, "I want the most metal thing you have." 961 00:51:19,701 --> 00:51:23,413 And he gave me... It was 1992, he gave me Fear of the Dark. 962 00:51:25,499 --> 00:51:28,710 And it was as if the album was talking to me. 963 00:51:28,835 --> 00:51:29,836 I mean, I was a teenager, 964 00:51:30,003 --> 00:51:31,630 I'd just lived through war 965 00:51:31,755 --> 00:51:34,466 in a country that was still very turbulent, 966 00:51:34,549 --> 00:51:36,551 and of course, like all art, 967 00:51:36,635 --> 00:51:38,762 the interpretation is very subjective 968 00:51:38,929 --> 00:51:40,722 to the person encountering that art. 969 00:51:40,806 --> 00:51:43,934 And so for me listening to that album, 970 00:51:44,017 --> 00:51:47,437 I just cast all kinds of interpretations that had to do 971 00:51:47,562 --> 00:51:49,648 with my own life in war-time Lebanon. 972 00:51:49,731 --> 00:51:51,358 And I felt this album 973 00:51:51,483 --> 00:51:54,986 is basically commenting on my life. 974 00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:59,491 And that for me was very special and it remains still today a... 975 00:51:59,616 --> 00:52:02,828 a chilling experience whenever I listen to it. 976 00:52:02,953 --> 00:52:05,455 This is Mijalic and these are the men 977 00:52:05,580 --> 00:52:07,457 who come to burn it. 978 00:52:07,499 --> 00:52:10,168 The Serbs call it ethnic cleansing 979 00:52:10,252 --> 00:52:13,505 and Mijalic's Muslims have fled. 980 00:52:13,672 --> 00:52:16,007 In the '90s, the situation in Kosovo, 981 00:52:16,174 --> 00:52:19,678 it was really bad. You know, former Yugoslavia 982 00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:23,723 and the ethno-nationalist wars that... that ended it 983 00:52:23,849 --> 00:52:26,977 was exactly the context of me getting into Iron Maiden. 984 00:52:28,478 --> 00:52:31,815 During the war there was this community exchanging tapes. 985 00:52:31,940 --> 00:52:34,526 These exchanges built a community. 986 00:52:34,609 --> 00:52:37,404 You know, you would just stay friends with these people. 987 00:52:37,571 --> 00:52:40,574 Through Iron Maiden I found a community that is like-minded 988 00:52:40,740 --> 00:52:43,743 and that bonded us further together and kind of helped us 989 00:52:43,827 --> 00:52:45,495 throughout the times of hardship. 990 00:52:47,914 --> 00:52:50,584 On September 11th, we ended up responding 991 00:52:50,667 --> 00:52:53,545 down to the site at ground zero. 992 00:52:53,712 --> 00:52:55,505 Saw the second one come down. And that... 993 00:52:57,507 --> 00:52:59,593 You know, again, seeing that come down, 994 00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:03,013 and even prior to that, people jumping, 995 00:53:04,472 --> 00:53:08,393 I needed an escape. So, you can drink, 996 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:10,353 you could do things that aren't good for you, 997 00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,023 or you could find something that you enjoy 998 00:53:13,106 --> 00:53:15,901 that takes you to a different place, to a better place. 999 00:53:15,984 --> 00:53:17,110 For me, that was music. 1000 00:53:17,235 --> 00:53:18,862 For me, that was Iron Maiden's music. 1001 00:53:20,947 --> 00:53:23,700 People want to feel that they belong somewhere 1002 00:53:23,783 --> 00:53:27,037 and so metal becomes this feeling of belonging 1003 00:53:27,162 --> 00:53:29,873 to something where everyone is equal, 1004 00:53:29,998 --> 00:53:33,501 where you are free to express yourself, and crucially, 1005 00:53:33,585 --> 00:53:35,879 where you are defying the system. 1006 00:53:36,004 --> 00:53:40,550 ♪ Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave 1007 00:53:42,969 --> 00:53:47,057 ♪ I don't wanna die I'm a god, why can't I live on? 1008 00:53:49,434 --> 00:53:55,982 ♪ When the life giver dies all around is laid waste 1009 00:53:56,149 --> 00:53:58,068 ♪ And in my last hour 1010 00:53:58,109 --> 00:54:01,613 ♪ I'm a slave to the power of death 1011 00:54:01,738 --> 00:54:05,158 ♪ Slave to the power of death 1012 00:54:05,242 --> 00:54:12,582 ♪ Slave to the power of death 1013 00:54:20,632 --> 00:54:21,967 Still ahead in the new music, 1014 00:54:22,050 --> 00:54:24,678 more from Rio de Janeiro, including Iron Maiden, 1015 00:54:24,761 --> 00:54:26,930 Al Jarreau, Rod Stewart and more. 1016 00:54:26,972 --> 00:54:28,723 ♪ Rock in Rio ♪ 1017 00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:48,034 Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 1018 00:55:12,726 --> 00:55:14,853 Rock in Rio was the biggest show 1019 00:55:14,936 --> 00:55:16,938 Maiden had ever played. 1020 00:55:17,063 --> 00:55:18,606 Everything was a bit chaotic. 1021 00:55:20,650 --> 00:55:22,485 But now we were a platinum-selling band. 1022 00:55:23,570 --> 00:55:25,488 So then the pressure is on. 1023 00:55:25,697 --> 00:55:27,699 Can you, while the pressure is on you, 1024 00:55:27,782 --> 00:55:30,243 continue to be the best band in the world for the fans? 1025 00:55:33,371 --> 00:55:36,082 At the time, we were just in it. 1026 00:55:36,291 --> 00:55:38,168 So we had no time to step back. 1027 00:55:38,293 --> 00:55:39,669 We were just on the roller coaster. 1028 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,180 Amigos! Rock in Rio! 1029 00:55:52,766 --> 00:55:55,060 Scream for me, Brazil! 1030 00:55:56,895 --> 00:55:59,356 Scream for me, Brazil! 1031 00:56:05,987 --> 00:56:08,031 Brazil, come on! 1032 00:56:09,616 --> 00:56:17,540 ♪ Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah oh, yeah 1033 00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:22,253 ♪ Oh, God of earth and altar 1034 00:56:22,379 --> 00:56:24,464 It was just incredible, incredible to play 1035 00:56:24,547 --> 00:56:27,092 to, like, three hundred thousand. 1036 00:56:27,217 --> 00:56:29,052 There was people as far as the eye could see. 1037 00:56:29,177 --> 00:56:30,762 Absolutely amazing. 1038 00:56:31,596 --> 00:56:34,516 And it was broadcast all over South America. 1039 00:56:50,615 --> 00:56:52,700 We were, of course, excited about the show. 1040 00:56:53,993 --> 00:56:55,078 It's exciting. 1041 00:56:56,704 --> 00:56:58,581 But when I'm on stage, 1042 00:57:00,375 --> 00:57:02,502 I find it exhausting. 1043 00:57:28,862 --> 00:57:29,779 Yeah! 1044 00:57:36,161 --> 00:57:39,747 Yeah! Yeah! 1045 00:57:41,374 --> 00:57:42,375 I then go off to the back 1046 00:57:42,459 --> 00:57:44,502 and I'm trying to mop up the blood 1047 00:57:44,627 --> 00:57:47,505 'cause it's a head wound. It bleeds like crazy. 1048 00:57:47,714 --> 00:57:50,341 And a roadie comes up and goes, "No, no, no, no, no! 1049 00:57:50,425 --> 00:57:51,634 "Message from Rod. He says, 1050 00:57:51,759 --> 00:57:53,303 'Can you squeeze it a little bit more 1051 00:57:53,428 --> 00:57:54,429 "and make it bleed. 1052 00:57:54,554 --> 00:57:57,015 'It looks amazing on the monitors!'" 1053 00:57:57,098 --> 00:57:59,517 And I pointed to a camera with a red light on and said, 1054 00:57:59,684 --> 00:58:02,145 "Just go over there and stick your face into it." 1055 00:58:03,688 --> 00:58:06,316 ♪ Just a babe in a black abyss 1056 00:58:06,524 --> 00:58:09,486 ♪ No reason for a place like this 1057 00:58:09,652 --> 00:58:13,823 ♪ Walls are cold Souls cry out in pain 1058 00:58:15,533 --> 00:58:18,453 ♪ An easy way for the blind to go 1059 00:58:18,536 --> 00:58:21,414 ♪ A clever path for the fools who know 1060 00:58:21,623 --> 00:58:26,920 ♪ The secret of the Hanged Man The smile on his lips 1061 00:58:28,046 --> 00:58:29,923 Yeah! Yeah! 1062 00:58:34,010 --> 00:58:36,346 Yeah! Yeah! 1063 00:58:43,811 --> 00:58:47,941 You have so much emotional energy to expend... 1064 00:58:49,567 --> 00:58:52,987 it will eat you alive in the end. It will eat you up. 1065 00:58:53,071 --> 00:58:54,197 Yeah! Yeah! 1066 00:58:58,701 --> 00:59:00,662 Maiden! Maiden! 1067 00:59:00,745 --> 00:59:02,038 We wrote, recorded, released, 1068 00:59:02,247 --> 00:59:05,291 and toured five albums in six years. 1069 00:59:05,375 --> 00:59:09,712 It just kept getting bigger and bigger. 1070 00:59:09,879 --> 00:59:12,215 It was the world's biggest roller coaster. 1071 00:59:23,476 --> 00:59:25,895 It just took us to new heights round the world. 1072 00:59:27,605 --> 00:59:29,399 But we were working ourselves to the bone. 1073 00:59:31,901 --> 00:59:34,237 You get on the treadmill of tour, 1074 00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:36,781 album, tour, more touring. 1075 00:59:40,410 --> 00:59:41,828 I took one look at the band 1076 00:59:41,995 --> 00:59:44,080 and my first thought was, 1077 00:59:44,289 --> 00:59:47,500 "They look tired. They look stressed." 1078 00:59:50,795 --> 00:59:52,755 The concerts were great, you know? People were great, 1079 00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:55,758 but everything else was horrible. 1080 00:59:57,719 --> 00:59:59,721 It wasn't just a 13-month tour. 1081 00:59:59,804 --> 01:00:01,723 It was the ten-month tour before that 1082 01:00:01,764 --> 01:00:03,433 and it was the eight-month tour before that. 1083 01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:06,894 So cumulatively, it was five years. 1084 01:00:07,103 --> 01:00:09,022 Five years of the golden cage. 1085 01:00:13,151 --> 01:00:14,569 You can tell they had the mileage, 1086 01:00:14,777 --> 01:00:15,945 that they'd put in the hours. 1087 01:00:18,364 --> 01:00:21,951 And Iron Maiden at the beginning were just brutal tours. 1088 01:00:23,578 --> 01:00:24,621 Everyone was fried. 1089 01:00:25,747 --> 01:00:27,373 Bruce more than anyone else. 1090 01:00:27,582 --> 01:00:31,544 And I think we didn't realise just what a toll it would take. 1091 01:00:34,672 --> 01:00:37,550 Good night! Thank you! Good night! 1092 01:00:37,634 --> 01:00:39,260 You know, Maiden's rise was so quick 1093 01:00:39,385 --> 01:00:42,722 and so meteoric, and I think that 1094 01:00:42,930 --> 01:00:45,683 when you're in your twenties and into your early thirties, 1095 01:00:45,725 --> 01:00:47,435 you're so hungry 1096 01:00:47,602 --> 01:00:49,896 and you're so wanting-it-all 1097 01:00:49,937 --> 01:00:51,898 that you don't even realise that 1098 01:00:52,106 --> 01:00:53,274 you actually have a say 1099 01:00:53,441 --> 01:00:56,486 and, "Wait a minute. Like, we should take a break." 1100 01:00:58,154 --> 01:01:00,156 I... I looked at the tour schedule 1101 01:01:00,615 --> 01:01:02,075 and there was one point 1102 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:05,370 where we were doing seven shows in a row, 1103 01:01:05,495 --> 01:01:06,954 then there was one day, 1104 01:01:07,038 --> 01:01:08,831 then there was six shows in a row... 1105 01:01:08,956 --> 01:01:10,333 ...and there was one day, 1106 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:12,502 and there was five shows in a row. 1107 01:01:12,585 --> 01:01:14,921 Bruce, before you catch a cold, just what's the... 1108 01:01:15,046 --> 01:01:16,005 I caught one already. 1109 01:01:16,130 --> 01:01:17,799 It's too bloody late now. 1110 01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:18,800 - Er, what's... - My manager. 1111 01:01:18,966 --> 01:01:21,052 Look, look, he's doing his job. 1112 01:01:21,177 --> 01:01:23,221 - I pay him 20% for this. - Yes. I'm pretty sure... 1113 01:01:23,304 --> 01:01:24,764 I said to Rod, 1114 01:01:24,889 --> 01:01:27,975 "Erm, you realise that you're dealing with human beings here? 1115 01:01:29,435 --> 01:01:32,355 "And that I'm the singer, 1116 01:01:32,522 --> 01:01:35,108 "and you can't re-string a voice. 1117 01:01:35,316 --> 01:01:38,152 "So, if you want me to last longer than five minutes, 1118 01:01:38,277 --> 01:01:41,823 "maybe we should consider building in, like, 1119 01:01:42,824 --> 01:01:44,033 "a period of rest." 1120 01:01:45,326 --> 01:01:47,078 We were doing so many shows 1121 01:01:47,203 --> 01:01:50,873 that Nicko got blisters all over his hands 1122 01:01:50,998 --> 01:01:52,041 and then they broke 1123 01:01:52,208 --> 01:01:54,001 and then he got blisters under the blisters 1124 01:01:54,085 --> 01:01:56,546 and they broke and then he got an infection. 1125 01:01:58,631 --> 01:02:01,926 There were plenty of casualties from the '80s... 1126 01:02:01,968 --> 01:02:04,429 I want to see the back of your robe. 1127 01:02:04,512 --> 01:02:06,389 ...you know, littering the sidewalks of Los Angeles 1128 01:02:06,431 --> 01:02:07,807 and various other cities, and I thought, 1129 01:02:07,890 --> 01:02:10,059 "I just do not want to be one of those casualties." 1130 01:02:12,353 --> 01:02:13,229 No more! 1131 01:02:18,776 --> 01:02:20,903 We just did the previous two albums 1132 01:02:21,028 --> 01:02:22,947 which was, er, "Somewhere in Time" and "Seventh Son," 1133 01:02:23,072 --> 01:02:26,659 which I was really proud of production-wise, song-wise. 1134 01:02:26,784 --> 01:02:29,871 I thought they were really... really a step on, you know? 1135 01:02:30,872 --> 01:02:31,914 And it seemed to me like 1136 01:02:32,039 --> 01:02:33,082 we were going backwards doing it, 1137 01:02:33,249 --> 01:02:34,709 just going in and bashing it out 1138 01:02:34,834 --> 01:02:37,545 in Steve's barn, you know? 1139 01:02:37,670 --> 01:02:41,215 We were getting ready to work on "No Prayer for the Dying." 1140 01:02:41,299 --> 01:02:43,176 I desperately wanted it to be a great album. 1141 01:02:44,802 --> 01:02:46,512 I had what they call writer's block. 1142 01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:48,014 I desperately wanted to write, 1143 01:02:49,056 --> 01:02:51,017 I just didn't have anything. 1144 01:02:51,058 --> 01:02:54,520 And I think they sensed that I... I wasn't happy with it. 1145 01:02:54,645 --> 01:02:58,149 It was time for a change. For me and for them, really. 1146 01:02:58,232 --> 01:03:00,234 And so I left the band. 1147 01:03:01,986 --> 01:03:07,658 Adrian leaving was... was a big thing for me. 1148 01:03:07,700 --> 01:03:10,536 And I didn't know what to do. It's difficult to take it in. 1149 01:03:14,707 --> 01:03:17,126 I just felt that with Adrian, he wasn't happy 1150 01:03:17,168 --> 01:03:20,129 and the morale of the band wasn't good. 1151 01:03:20,171 --> 01:03:21,130 You know, people have paid their money 1152 01:03:21,255 --> 01:03:23,007 to come and see you, 1153 01:03:23,132 --> 01:03:26,344 you gotta give them a good performance, the best you can. 1154 01:03:26,385 --> 01:03:28,262 I got a phone call from, er, the boys 1155 01:03:28,429 --> 01:03:30,473 after Adrian Smith had left. 1156 01:03:30,556 --> 01:03:32,809 Erm, I think Adrian felt that he wanted to continue 1157 01:03:32,892 --> 01:03:34,268 in a different direction. 1158 01:03:40,566 --> 01:03:44,278 They asked me to go down there and play these songs. 1159 01:03:44,362 --> 01:03:47,198 I wasn't quite aware what was going on with Adrian. 1160 01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:48,282 Nobody told me. 1161 01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:52,703 I wasn't happy, 'cause his gear was there 1162 01:03:52,912 --> 01:03:55,164 and they wanted me to play through his gear. 1163 01:03:55,373 --> 01:03:58,709 It felt wrong to me that he wasn't there. 1164 01:03:58,876 --> 01:04:02,004 And in the end they just said, "Listen, he's gone." 1165 01:04:02,171 --> 01:04:05,216 In the dark, Mr Janick Gers. 1166 01:04:05,258 --> 01:04:07,301 We've... We've locked him into a very tight space, 1167 01:04:07,343 --> 01:04:09,345 so there'll be no swinging around. 1168 01:04:09,387 --> 01:04:11,180 No swinging, no movement, no dancing. 1169 01:04:11,347 --> 01:04:12,515 So we did a couple of songs 1170 01:04:12,598 --> 01:04:13,724 and then we did "Trooper." 1171 01:04:13,891 --> 01:04:16,477 And it just... I mean, I looked over at Dave 1172 01:04:16,602 --> 01:04:19,856 when we started playing. It was just so powerful. 1173 01:04:19,897 --> 01:04:22,024 And when it finished you were tingling. 1174 01:04:22,066 --> 01:04:24,402 The energy levels were just beyond. 1175 01:04:24,485 --> 01:04:26,654 Oh, you are naughty, but I love you. 1176 01:04:26,737 --> 01:04:28,197 And then they asked me to join. 1177 01:04:30,449 --> 01:04:32,410 You've introduced a new member to the band, 1178 01:04:32,577 --> 01:04:33,953 erm, Janick there. 1179 01:04:34,078 --> 01:04:35,955 Erm, how did he come into the picture? 1180 01:04:37,498 --> 01:04:39,500 Well, basically, we just, erm... 1181 01:04:42,128 --> 01:04:43,629 We just fucked him up. We just... 1182 01:04:43,796 --> 01:04:45,590 After Adrian left the band we just phoned him up and said, 1183 01:04:45,715 --> 01:04:47,466 "Look, can you learn four songs by tomorrow?" 1184 01:04:47,508 --> 01:04:48,467 That phone box out there. 1185 01:04:48,509 --> 01:04:51,178 And, er... 1186 01:04:51,304 --> 01:04:52,889 "Come down tomorrow and try 'em out, you know?" 1187 01:04:52,972 --> 01:04:54,307 How do you think the new material's 1188 01:04:54,473 --> 01:04:55,975 gonna come across live? 1189 01:04:58,394 --> 01:05:01,147 It's gonna come across amazingly, hopefully. 1190 01:05:01,188 --> 01:05:02,440 What do you think, Bruce? 1191 01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:06,235 You, calm down! You, calm down! 1192 01:05:06,402 --> 01:05:08,029 No, it's gonna be amazing, you know? 1193 01:05:08,195 --> 01:05:10,031 It's so... It's full of energy. 1194 01:05:10,114 --> 01:05:12,533 - Pass the buck, hey? - Yeah, look here! 1195 01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:13,951 No, it's full of energy. It's... 1196 01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:15,953 We've just been rehearsing. It's gonna be great. 1197 01:05:16,037 --> 01:05:17,204 No, it's gonna be mega. 1198 01:05:21,417 --> 01:05:25,254 ♪ The killer's breed or the demon's seed 1199 01:05:25,379 --> 01:05:29,216 ♪ The glamour, the fortune the pain 1200 01:05:30,176 --> 01:05:31,886 Halfway through the next tour 1201 01:05:31,969 --> 01:05:34,764 Bruce told me, "I'm leaving the band, all right?" 1202 01:05:34,805 --> 01:05:38,434 And we still had, like, two months of touring to do. 1203 01:05:38,517 --> 01:05:43,064 So I'm sitting on stage behind him every fucking night 1204 01:05:43,189 --> 01:05:44,357 looking at his sorry arse, 1205 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:46,567 knowing he don't wanna be in Iron Maiden. 1206 01:05:52,239 --> 01:05:57,662 I took it as an affront to the fans that he was up there 1207 01:05:57,828 --> 01:05:59,914 knowing full well he didn't wanna be there. 1208 01:06:00,039 --> 01:06:02,375 No, I was really, really fucking angry at him. 1209 01:06:05,836 --> 01:06:09,465 They were playing Wembley Arena 1210 01:06:09,507 --> 01:06:11,842 and Bruce was singing like... 1211 01:06:11,926 --> 01:06:13,719 ...and nothing was coming out. 1212 01:06:13,844 --> 01:06:15,137 And I remember Harris 1213 01:06:15,262 --> 01:06:17,932 looking at the monitor guy and the sound guy, going... 1214 01:06:19,684 --> 01:06:21,978 You know? And there's nothing coming out. 1215 01:06:22,103 --> 01:06:24,063 And then it slowly dawned on Steve 1216 01:06:24,188 --> 01:06:26,440 that Bruce wasn't singing. 1217 01:06:26,565 --> 01:06:28,985 And that's when I realised things were not good. 1218 01:06:30,528 --> 01:06:34,824 Thank you! Good night from Iron Maiden! 1219 01:06:34,949 --> 01:06:37,952 It has been a very good ten years. 1220 01:06:39,078 --> 01:06:41,998 We will all see you soon... 1221 01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:44,125 I hope. 1222 01:06:45,918 --> 01:06:46,919 Good night. 1223 01:06:48,671 --> 01:06:50,047 When you're in that, kind of, 1224 01:06:50,131 --> 01:06:52,591 chosen family of a band, 1225 01:06:52,717 --> 01:06:54,385 it's often brutal. 1226 01:06:54,552 --> 01:06:56,887 Sometimes it's difficult and the pieces don't fit. 1227 01:06:56,929 --> 01:07:00,891 And for your own sanity you need to be away from it. 1228 01:07:14,697 --> 01:07:18,659 I thought of packing it in... completely. 1229 01:07:18,784 --> 01:07:20,995 I thought, "Is all this worth it, this madness?" 1230 01:07:22,747 --> 01:07:26,917 I was ready for the funny farm... genuinely. 1231 01:07:49,065 --> 01:07:50,066 ♪ Die! 1232 01:07:52,401 --> 01:07:53,319 Iron Maiden couldn't be 1233 01:07:53,402 --> 01:07:54,695 at Donington this year. 1234 01:07:54,862 --> 01:07:57,448 Their current world tour finishes in two weeks' time 1235 01:07:57,490 --> 01:08:00,034 and then the search is on for a new lead singer. 1236 01:08:00,117 --> 01:08:01,452 Bruce Dickinson is leaving the group 1237 01:08:01,494 --> 01:08:03,412 to pursue his solo career. 1238 01:08:03,454 --> 01:08:04,872 So, Bruce, why are you leaving Iron Maiden? 1239 01:08:04,955 --> 01:08:07,917 Erm, in a short... 1240 01:08:07,958 --> 01:08:10,252 A short answer, to do something different. 1241 01:08:10,377 --> 01:08:11,212 And what would that be? 1242 01:08:11,337 --> 01:08:13,631 Erm... a different kind of music. 1243 01:08:15,466 --> 01:08:18,803 ♪ I've been down at the crazy house 1244 01:08:19,011 --> 01:08:22,807 ♪ I've been playing with the cat and the mouse 1245 01:08:23,015 --> 01:08:24,183 The bombshell hit 1246 01:08:24,266 --> 01:08:26,602 when Bruce decided to fuck off from Maiden. 1247 01:08:29,105 --> 01:08:32,233 If he doesn't wanna be here then, "See you later." 1248 01:08:34,985 --> 01:08:36,695 When I heard Bruce was leaving I was like, 1249 01:08:36,904 --> 01:08:38,239 "No, he cannot leave." 1250 01:08:38,447 --> 01:08:41,408 It was definitely, for me, shocking. 1251 01:08:41,450 --> 01:08:43,285 It's not something you wanna hear 1252 01:08:43,410 --> 01:08:45,621 about your... your favourite band. 1253 01:08:45,788 --> 01:08:47,832 He'd already left when I found out. 1254 01:08:47,915 --> 01:08:49,250 And I was kinda like, "Oh my God, 1255 01:08:49,416 --> 01:08:50,584 "what the fuck just happened?" 1256 01:08:52,419 --> 01:08:54,380 We sort of hold our heroes to this standard 1257 01:08:54,505 --> 01:08:56,841 that they just have to continue to be what we want them to be 1258 01:08:56,966 --> 01:08:58,342 and what we expect them to be, 1259 01:08:58,509 --> 01:09:00,469 but that doesn't really allow for an artist to grow, 1260 01:09:00,511 --> 01:09:02,054 and he is, you know, a consummate artist 1261 01:09:02,179 --> 01:09:03,597 and I'm sure he needed it. 1262 01:09:04,807 --> 01:09:07,101 So, Steve, what are you gonna do for a singer? 1263 01:09:07,184 --> 01:09:08,477 You know, we've been listening to tapes. 1264 01:09:08,519 --> 01:09:09,812 We've got, like, about... I don't know. 1265 01:09:09,937 --> 01:09:13,649 about five suitcases, er, full of tapes to listen to. 1266 01:09:14,024 --> 01:09:16,402 And, er, you know, 1267 01:09:16,443 --> 01:09:19,822 hopefully we'll find somebody who's, er, reasonably unknown, 1268 01:09:19,947 --> 01:09:22,491 but maybe played on a club circuit somewhere, 1269 01:09:22,658 --> 01:09:24,618 had a bit of experience with audiences. 1270 01:09:24,702 --> 01:09:27,830 Erm, but I think it will be exciting to find somebody 1271 01:09:27,955 --> 01:09:32,668 who hasn't really, you know, made it or whatever, you know? 1272 01:09:32,751 --> 01:09:34,795 Now this lot haven't been on since the year '81. 1273 01:09:34,920 --> 01:09:37,214 They're good heavy rockers, just here to have fun. 1274 01:09:37,381 --> 01:09:40,759 They're called Iron Maiden, with new man Blaze Bayley. 1275 01:09:40,885 --> 01:09:44,263 ♪ The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles 1276 01:09:44,346 --> 01:09:48,017 ♪ The car is an oven and baking us wild 1277 01:09:48,058 --> 01:09:51,645 ♪ Nothing is ever the way it should be 1278 01:09:51,770 --> 01:09:55,107 ♪ What we deserve we just don't get, you see 1279 01:09:55,316 --> 01:09:56,442 Blaze coming in, 1280 01:09:56,483 --> 01:09:57,943 he brought a different sound to Maiden. 1281 01:09:58,068 --> 01:09:59,320 And I love his voice. 1282 01:09:59,445 --> 01:10:02,406 And, like, Blaze is a very accomplished metal singer. 1283 01:10:02,489 --> 01:10:05,159 I'm almost shocked that he took the job. 1284 01:10:06,660 --> 01:10:08,204 I'm sure it was amazing to hear, 1285 01:10:08,370 --> 01:10:09,538 "Yeah, we want you for the band." 1286 01:10:09,663 --> 01:10:12,041 I'm sure he was partying that night. 1287 01:10:12,166 --> 01:10:13,959 But I'm sure when he woke up the next day he was thinking, 1288 01:10:14,084 --> 01:10:15,377 "Oh shit." 1289 01:10:16,337 --> 01:10:18,005 Steve Harris said to me, 1290 01:10:18,172 --> 01:10:20,382 "What we do, we do together. 1291 01:10:20,507 --> 01:10:24,094 "And I don't care who writes the music, 1292 01:10:24,178 --> 01:10:25,262 "who writes the songs, 1293 01:10:25,346 --> 01:10:27,640 "as long as it's great." 1294 01:10:27,723 --> 01:10:30,976 But still, it's a massive job. 1295 01:10:31,101 --> 01:10:35,314 I was very surprised that they selected me. 1296 01:10:37,358 --> 01:10:38,484 I've met a lot of fans 1297 01:10:38,609 --> 01:10:41,987 and, er, generally the... the reaction has been, 1298 01:10:42,112 --> 01:10:44,323 to their credit, they've just said, "Well, good luck." 1299 01:10:44,531 --> 01:10:47,451 You know? And I think they just wanna see the band do well. 1300 01:10:47,493 --> 01:10:49,954 And, erm, I'm looking forward to going on tour. 1301 01:10:50,037 --> 01:10:53,749 But the... the main thing is, I can't replace Bruce Dickinson. 1302 01:10:54,750 --> 01:10:55,793 Blaze Bayley, 1303 01:10:55,960 --> 01:10:58,087 he was an up-and-coming British vocalist, 1304 01:10:58,212 --> 01:11:01,131 but he didn't have the range that Bruce has. 1305 01:11:01,715 --> 01:11:04,468 It was such a hard spot, 1306 01:11:04,551 --> 01:11:06,220 I think, for that guy. 1307 01:11:06,387 --> 01:11:08,180 And he sounded so different too. 1308 01:11:08,222 --> 01:11:11,392 It wasn't like they got a guy who could at least sing what... 1309 01:11:11,517 --> 01:11:13,602 the way Bruce sang on those songs. 1310 01:11:13,769 --> 01:11:16,438 ♪ Roll of the dice Take a spin of the wheel 1311 01:11:16,605 --> 01:11:18,274 Many of us sort of wonder why 1312 01:11:18,399 --> 01:11:22,903 they didn't do more to work with his natural ability. 1313 01:11:23,070 --> 01:11:25,364 But, you know, he brought his own spin 1314 01:11:25,489 --> 01:11:27,449 to the Iron Maiden sound. 1315 01:11:32,830 --> 01:11:34,873 I thought Blaze did an absolutely brilliant job, 1316 01:11:34,999 --> 01:11:35,916 particularly live. 1317 01:11:36,041 --> 01:11:37,793 You know, I think he was... 1318 01:11:37,918 --> 01:11:39,461 You know, I don't think you could fault him 1319 01:11:39,586 --> 01:11:40,796 for his contribution to Iron Maiden. 1320 01:11:42,548 --> 01:11:44,842 Some fans were screaming, "Fuck Blaze," 1321 01:11:44,967 --> 01:11:47,636 during the shows and I think that's quite unfair. 1322 01:11:59,690 --> 01:12:01,692 I fucking told you! 1323 01:12:01,817 --> 01:12:05,988 I fucking told ya! Right, I fucking told ya! 1324 01:12:06,030 --> 01:12:09,033 Can you see? Can you see who it fucking is? 1325 01:12:09,116 --> 01:12:10,868 Get it! Fucking get it! 1326 01:12:10,951 --> 01:12:12,703 There was a time in the early days of punk 1327 01:12:12,828 --> 01:12:16,040 in the late '70s when, er, spitting was something 1328 01:12:16,206 --> 01:12:19,376 that fans did to show their appreciation. 1329 01:12:19,460 --> 01:12:22,379 That never sort of transferred to the metal scene at all. 1330 01:12:22,588 --> 01:12:26,258 You know, spitting at a metal show is insane. 1331 01:12:26,342 --> 01:12:29,386 Any human being would object thoroughly to being spat on. 1332 01:12:29,428 --> 01:12:30,679 Fucking had it! 1333 01:12:45,486 --> 01:12:47,738 The Blaze era of Maiden, 1334 01:12:47,821 --> 01:12:49,531 - there was great moments. - I'll fucking kill you! 1335 01:12:49,698 --> 01:12:51,325 But there were many that weren't. 1336 01:12:53,202 --> 01:12:56,288 I don't think any of the commercial decline 1337 01:12:56,455 --> 01:12:58,791 was Blaze's fault. 1338 01:13:01,794 --> 01:13:04,338 That was just circumstance. 1339 01:13:04,505 --> 01:13:06,507 - Anyone else? - The mainstream 1340 01:13:06,590 --> 01:13:10,719 heavy metal rock press were saying, 1341 01:13:10,844 --> 01:13:12,137 - "Maiden are dead." - Fuckin' had it! 1342 01:13:12,304 --> 01:13:14,473 "Maiden are over. 1343 01:13:15,641 --> 01:13:17,101 "We have Nirvana. 1344 01:13:17,226 --> 01:13:19,269 "We have grunge. 1345 01:13:19,353 --> 01:13:21,480 "That is the future. 1346 01:13:21,563 --> 01:13:23,565 "That is what's coming." 1347 01:13:23,690 --> 01:13:26,985 Everyone that wasn't grunge, more or less, 1348 01:13:27,194 --> 01:13:28,362 were considered like... 1349 01:13:28,487 --> 01:13:32,699 like a old reptile or whatever, you know? 1350 01:13:32,866 --> 01:13:34,576 They... They just looked at you 1351 01:13:34,743 --> 01:13:36,578 like you were an idiot or something. 1352 01:13:36,703 --> 01:13:38,497 Heavy metal wasn't cool any more. 1353 01:13:38,622 --> 01:13:40,874 The '90s was crap. 1354 01:13:40,999 --> 01:13:42,960 Everything was just like... 1355 01:13:43,085 --> 01:13:46,422 too big clothes and ugly shit. You know? 1356 01:13:47,714 --> 01:13:49,758 The grungy scene was happening. 1357 01:13:49,925 --> 01:13:52,261 I think the Seattle bands were coming in. 1358 01:13:52,428 --> 01:13:53,720 I think, actually, we asked Nirvana 1359 01:13:53,846 --> 01:13:54,972 if they want to support us 1360 01:13:55,139 --> 01:13:56,598 and they said, "No, we're too old for them." 1361 01:13:59,893 --> 01:14:01,395 During the Blaze years, 1362 01:14:01,478 --> 01:14:04,731 I saw them go towards small clubs, 1363 01:14:05,566 --> 01:14:08,360 probably 2,000-seat venues, 1364 01:14:08,485 --> 01:14:09,820 and it was just... 1365 01:14:09,945 --> 01:14:12,990 It was intimate, is how I would describe it. 1366 01:14:13,031 --> 01:14:15,993 I saw them on The X Factor tour, erm, in Philadelphia 1367 01:14:16,118 --> 01:14:18,662 at this small place called the Electric Factory. 1368 01:14:18,829 --> 01:14:21,748 I think it fits a thousand, 1,500 people. 1369 01:14:21,832 --> 01:14:24,501 There weren't even 500 in the arena. 1370 01:14:24,585 --> 01:14:26,795 Now, instead of playing 1371 01:14:27,004 --> 01:14:30,132 in, you know, arenas and big venues, 1372 01:14:30,257 --> 01:14:34,011 we were back doing clubs again. 1373 01:14:34,136 --> 01:14:36,847 That kind of really put a few chinks in the armour 1374 01:14:36,930 --> 01:14:38,390 of the band as a whole. 1375 01:14:39,892 --> 01:14:42,436 Yeah, we had... we had a bit of a rough time in America. 1376 01:14:42,519 --> 01:14:45,272 The fans seemed to desert us there. 1377 01:14:45,397 --> 01:14:48,233 Er, but the rest of the world, we... we still did fine. 1378 01:14:48,358 --> 01:14:51,153 Not the same, admittedly, but we did okay. 1379 01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:55,699 I think Steve had been beaten up 1380 01:14:55,782 --> 01:14:57,409 mentally, emotionally, 1381 01:14:57,451 --> 01:15:01,455 by a bruising few years 1382 01:15:01,622 --> 01:15:03,373 when it hadn't quite worked out 1383 01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:05,167 the way he thought it was gonna work out. 1384 01:15:07,085 --> 01:15:09,046 It was a challenging time 'cause Bruce left 1385 01:15:09,171 --> 01:15:10,464 and then I went through a divorce as well, 1386 01:15:10,547 --> 01:15:13,217 so there was all that going on as well. 1387 01:15:13,383 --> 01:15:15,469 But I'm really proud of that period, really, 1388 01:15:15,552 --> 01:15:17,387 because we were just up against it. 1389 01:15:17,429 --> 01:15:20,057 We were fighting, you know, and I like that. 1390 01:15:20,140 --> 01:15:21,725 That's a challenge. 1391 01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:23,352 And all the hardcore fans were still there. 1392 01:15:24,770 --> 01:15:27,314 It's important to really understand the Blaze era 1393 01:15:27,439 --> 01:15:29,483 and respect the Blaze era and him 1394 01:15:29,650 --> 01:15:30,817 and what he brought to the band. 1395 01:15:30,901 --> 01:15:33,820 And I think the two albums are fantastic. 1396 01:15:33,904 --> 01:15:36,156 They're so dark. They're so different. 1397 01:15:36,657 --> 01:15:38,075 But they're great albums. 1398 01:15:38,116 --> 01:15:41,453 We all have, er, er, a lot of respect for Blaze. 1399 01:15:41,620 --> 01:15:45,874 But I guess I'm not gonna surprise anybody if I say that, 1400 01:15:45,999 --> 01:15:48,544 you know, Bruce is the voice of Iron Maiden. 1401 01:15:48,669 --> 01:15:50,504 And, you know, that's what we grew up with. 1402 01:15:50,671 --> 01:15:51,672 That's what we want. 1403 01:15:53,006 --> 01:15:55,300 I remember saying to Steve, you know, 1404 01:15:55,425 --> 01:15:58,470 I heard Bruce would like to come back into the band again, 1405 01:15:58,595 --> 01:16:01,473 and he was, like, a little bit shocked, I think, you know? 1406 01:16:01,682 --> 01:16:03,559 And, and I was trying to convince him that it might... 1407 01:16:03,684 --> 01:16:05,143 this is a good thing to do. 1408 01:16:07,187 --> 01:16:10,065 I think we accept we weren't a world-class band any more. 1409 01:16:10,190 --> 01:16:13,485 Like Maiden, Bruce is struggling a bit. 1410 01:16:13,652 --> 01:16:15,946 His solo project didn't go quite the way he expected 1411 01:16:16,113 --> 01:16:17,948 and I think he... he... he really missed it. 1412 01:16:18,115 --> 01:16:20,325 You know, Maiden's just got a special vibe. 1413 01:16:20,367 --> 01:16:21,577 They belong together. 1414 01:16:26,456 --> 01:16:29,876 When I got the news, it was horrible, it was awful. 1415 01:16:29,960 --> 01:16:33,797 I absolutely loved being in Iron Maiden. 1416 01:16:33,964 --> 01:16:37,342 But it doesn't matter if I'm there or not. 1417 01:16:37,509 --> 01:16:43,098 Planet Earth is a better place for having Iron Maiden in it. 1418 01:16:47,019 --> 01:16:49,062 That was when I wanted to get Adrian back in. 1419 01:16:49,229 --> 01:16:50,397 Getting the band back together. 1420 01:16:52,107 --> 01:16:54,151 Everybody was a little bit more grown up 1421 01:16:54,276 --> 01:16:56,069 and everyone was a little bit more open. 1422 01:16:57,404 --> 01:16:59,031 And it was... it was great. 1423 01:16:59,156 --> 01:17:01,783 I sort of enjoyed the second time round a bit more. 1424 01:17:01,825 --> 01:17:02,951 You know, I was much more confident. 1425 01:17:04,119 --> 01:17:05,787 To me it was like a, you know, 1426 01:17:05,829 --> 01:17:07,956 second bite at the cherry, you know? 1427 01:17:08,081 --> 01:17:09,458 All the things that I maybe regretted 1428 01:17:09,666 --> 01:17:11,126 or thought I could've done better 1429 01:17:11,251 --> 01:17:13,086 or thought could've been better 1430 01:17:13,211 --> 01:17:15,339 back in the '80s. 1431 01:17:15,505 --> 01:17:18,133 So I said, "Look, let's get Adrian back in. 1432 01:17:18,258 --> 01:17:20,510 "We can go with the three guitar players." 1433 01:17:20,677 --> 01:17:23,305 I mean, that's in... in my thinking as well. 1434 01:17:23,472 --> 01:17:26,224 But can we have three guitarists? 1435 01:17:28,518 --> 01:17:31,021 Jan kept saying, "Don't worry, Nick, I'll step down 1436 01:17:31,188 --> 01:17:32,856 "and you can go back to the original line-up." 1437 01:17:33,023 --> 01:17:35,067 And I went, "You ain't going anywhere, mate." 1438 01:17:35,233 --> 01:17:36,485 And I said to Rod, 1439 01:17:36,610 --> 01:17:38,654 "Are you gonna take less of a commission then?" 1440 01:17:38,820 --> 01:17:40,238 "Ooh, what do you mean?" 1441 01:17:40,364 --> 01:17:41,865 "If we're gonna have six people 1442 01:17:41,990 --> 01:17:44,409 "in the band, we're gonna have to split the gig pot six ways, 1443 01:17:44,576 --> 01:17:46,036 "instead of five." 1444 01:17:46,119 --> 01:17:48,163 "Don't be so fucking stupid. He's gone." 1445 01:17:50,582 --> 01:17:52,000 I said, "No, but I've got a point, 1446 01:17:52,084 --> 01:17:53,126 "haven't I?" 1447 01:17:53,210 --> 01:17:54,920 And I remember going up to Steve's room 1448 01:17:55,087 --> 01:17:56,338 and I said to him, 1449 01:17:56,421 --> 01:17:59,049 "Well, he's talking about bringing Adrian back." 1450 01:17:59,091 --> 01:18:01,635 Steve's deadpan face looks at me, and he says, 1451 01:18:01,718 --> 01:18:04,596 "Just think about it. It's dangerous. 1452 01:18:04,721 --> 01:18:07,307 Think of what we can do going with three guitar players." 1453 01:18:17,984 --> 01:18:20,028 Bruce in his box. Hello. 1454 01:18:23,740 --> 01:18:27,577 I was aware that things were not great with 1455 01:18:27,661 --> 01:18:29,871 the Maiden situation. 1456 01:18:29,996 --> 01:18:31,540 And I got the call. 1457 01:18:33,125 --> 01:18:35,043 You know, "How do you feel about rejoining the band?" 1458 01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:40,507 I'll be honest, I wasn't sure 1459 01:18:40,590 --> 01:18:41,925 about him coming back at the time 1460 01:18:41,967 --> 01:18:44,594 because I didn't know what his reasons were. 1461 01:18:44,761 --> 01:18:46,763 I suppose all of us were probably brought up 1462 01:18:46,888 --> 01:18:49,099 in the way that men didn't discuss those things. 1463 01:18:49,266 --> 01:18:50,559 You know, we didn't discuss our feelings. 1464 01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:53,228 We just got on and... got on with it. 1465 01:18:54,855 --> 01:18:56,273 I remember saying to Steve, 1466 01:18:56,314 --> 01:19:00,277 I said, "Look, my old man had this philosophy 1467 01:19:00,444 --> 01:19:02,863 "about if someone shits on the McBrain name, 1468 01:19:02,988 --> 01:19:04,823 "they don't get a second chance. 1469 01:19:04,948 --> 01:19:08,160 "He's bound to do it again. Do we take the chance?" 1470 01:19:08,285 --> 01:19:11,079 And he said, "Let's just have a meet and see how it goes." 1471 01:19:13,415 --> 01:19:16,460 So I arranged a meeting for all the band. 1472 01:19:16,543 --> 01:19:20,964 Bruce comes in and Steve... ...says to him, 1473 01:19:21,089 --> 01:19:23,467 "Why do you wanna come back?" 1474 01:19:23,633 --> 01:19:25,844 And he said, "Because I wanna play big gigs again 1475 01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:28,305 "and I think we can do great." 1476 01:19:28,430 --> 01:19:30,307 Er, Steve said, "All right then," 1477 01:19:30,432 --> 01:19:31,641 and we went to the pub. 1478 01:19:31,808 --> 01:19:34,269 That was it. That was the fucking meeting. 1479 01:19:37,230 --> 01:19:39,649 We got a beer each and I put my arm round Bruce 1480 01:19:39,816 --> 01:19:42,903 and I said, "Mate, you know, I'm really happy 1481 01:19:43,069 --> 01:19:44,237 "that you're back in the band." 1482 01:19:46,490 --> 01:19:48,617 Singing eyebrows. 1483 01:19:48,700 --> 01:19:50,494 What's he up to? 1484 01:19:50,535 --> 01:19:54,748 I said, "But I can't retract what I said 1485 01:19:54,831 --> 01:19:56,750 "and what I felt about when you left. 1486 01:19:56,875 --> 01:19:58,585 "I'm still pissed off at the way that happened 1487 01:19:58,710 --> 01:20:00,629 "and the way you did it." 1488 01:20:00,796 --> 01:20:02,881 And he looked at me and he said, 1489 01:20:03,006 --> 01:20:05,300 "I wouldn't have it any other way, Nick. I love ya." 1490 01:20:06,718 --> 01:20:11,306 Well, when Bruce came back, it was like... 1491 01:20:11,431 --> 01:20:13,975 ...a sigh of relief for all the Maiden fans. 1492 01:20:23,068 --> 01:20:25,070 It was like, "Yes, he's back! Oh, he's cut his hair. 1493 01:20:25,278 --> 01:20:26,613 "But still, he's back." 1494 01:20:28,323 --> 01:20:30,242 These things happen for a reason, 1495 01:20:30,408 --> 01:20:34,538 and when Bruce came back, he was stronger and more focused 1496 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:37,415 on what was the... the goal to do as a team. 1497 01:20:48,718 --> 01:20:50,595 Title song from the new album... 1498 01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:56,017 ...Brave New World. 1499 01:20:59,020 --> 01:21:02,732 ♪ Dying swans 1500 01:21:02,858 --> 01:21:06,736 ♪ Twisted wings 1501 01:21:06,820 --> 01:21:13,368 ♪ Beauty not needed here 1502 01:21:14,369 --> 01:21:18,373 ♪ Mother love 1503 01:21:18,456 --> 01:21:21,668 ♪ Is no more 1504 01:21:22,210 --> 01:21:28,675 ♪ Bring this savage back home 1505 01:21:29,634 --> 01:21:32,429 ♪ Wilderness 1506 01:21:32,554 --> 01:21:35,348 ♪ House of pain 1507 01:21:35,473 --> 01:21:38,226 ♪ Makes no sense of it all 1508 01:21:40,896 --> 01:21:42,647 ♪ All is lost 1509 01:21:43,648 --> 01:21:46,359 ♪ Sold your souls 1510 01:21:46,484 --> 01:21:49,613 ♪ To this brave new world 1511 01:21:49,779 --> 01:21:51,323 All right! 1512 01:21:52,198 --> 01:21:55,243 ♪ A brave new world 1513 01:21:56,202 --> 01:21:58,663 ♪ In a brave new world 1514 01:22:00,540 --> 01:22:03,251 ♪ A brave new world 1515 01:22:04,878 --> 01:22:07,088 - ♪ In a brave new world - ♪ In a brave new world 1516 01:22:10,842 --> 01:22:12,844 They had these three guitar players, 1517 01:22:12,969 --> 01:22:17,891 and while it could have been an absolute mess because egos, 1518 01:22:18,016 --> 01:22:20,518 they are the example of teamwork. 1519 01:22:29,110 --> 01:22:32,155 I mean, if this was certain other guitar players 1520 01:22:32,238 --> 01:22:33,448 it couldn't happen. 1521 01:22:33,615 --> 01:22:35,825 Because there'd be too many egos involved. 1522 01:22:35,909 --> 01:22:37,452 But it's not about that. 1523 01:22:37,535 --> 01:22:39,788 It's... It's about making the band sound better. 1524 01:22:55,220 --> 01:22:58,098 Iron Maiden had the second golden age. 1525 01:22:58,223 --> 01:23:00,100 And it's not even that they'd been trying 1526 01:23:00,266 --> 01:23:01,518 to recapture it from the '80s. 1527 01:23:01,643 --> 01:23:04,604 They'd been forging ahead with brand new material 1528 01:23:04,729 --> 01:23:07,148 that is unlike that stuff, 1529 01:23:07,232 --> 01:23:09,150 but just as good in a totally different way. 1530 01:23:10,193 --> 01:23:11,319 It's the ebb and the flow. 1531 01:23:11,444 --> 01:23:13,863 What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 1532 01:23:13,989 --> 01:23:15,573 Proof positive. 1533 01:23:15,699 --> 01:23:17,742 Go anywhere around the world where Maiden is playing, 1534 01:23:17,784 --> 01:23:19,369 stadiums full of people. 1535 01:23:20,078 --> 01:23:23,081 What happened to grunge? 1536 01:23:24,791 --> 01:23:27,168 ♪ A brave new world 1537 01:23:27,293 --> 01:23:28,920 Come on! 1538 01:23:29,004 --> 01:23:31,172 ♪ A brave new world 1539 01:23:32,966 --> 01:23:35,510 ♪ A brave new world 1540 01:23:36,636 --> 01:23:39,347 ♪ A brave new world 1541 01:23:41,016 --> 01:23:44,227 Iron Maiden absolutely had to hit rock bottom 1542 01:23:44,352 --> 01:23:46,688 in order to claw their way back to the top. 1543 01:23:50,442 --> 01:23:52,694 Oh! 1544 01:23:52,819 --> 01:23:54,070 ♪ A brave new world 1545 01:23:54,195 --> 01:23:56,781 They had to go through the trenches 1546 01:23:56,948 --> 01:23:59,743 to become the greatest band in the world a second time. 1547 01:23:59,826 --> 01:24:02,704 ♪ Dying swans 1548 01:24:03,705 --> 01:24:06,541 ♪ Twisted wings 1549 01:24:07,876 --> 01:24:14,716 ♪ Bring this savage back home 1550 01:24:22,390 --> 01:24:25,226 When Bruce came back with Adrian, 1551 01:24:25,393 --> 01:24:28,021 no management in the world could foresee 1552 01:24:28,188 --> 01:24:29,397 that that would be the plan. 1553 01:24:30,565 --> 01:24:32,275 That's fucking divine intervention 1554 01:24:32,400 --> 01:24:33,818 because I think 1555 01:24:33,943 --> 01:24:37,155 if we hadn't have had Bruce come back with Adrian, 1556 01:24:37,322 --> 01:24:39,491 I don't know if this band would have still existed. 1557 01:24:43,536 --> 01:24:46,498 But with Maiden, there were good times and bad times. 1558 01:24:56,716 --> 01:24:58,676 Bruce called me on, erm, 1559 01:24:58,843 --> 01:25:02,305 I think it was the day before Christmas Day in 2014 1560 01:25:02,388 --> 01:25:08,394 to tell me very abruptly, "Hey, I've got throat cancer." 1561 01:25:08,478 --> 01:25:11,481 Obviously was... was a hell of a shock. 1562 01:25:11,606 --> 01:25:14,526 We had a whole world tour planned. 1563 01:25:14,651 --> 01:25:17,445 I look at my diary and, for this year, 1564 01:25:17,570 --> 01:25:20,740 and the whole thing is all just crossed out. 1565 01:25:20,907 --> 01:25:22,659 Cancel, cancel, cancel, cancel. 1566 01:25:23,493 --> 01:25:27,288 Er, so... everybody was pretty freaked out. 1567 01:25:28,832 --> 01:25:30,333 He called me and he told me, said, "Nick." 1568 01:25:30,458 --> 01:25:31,543 He said, "I've just... just seen 1569 01:25:31,709 --> 01:25:33,670 this oncologist in London. 1570 01:25:33,795 --> 01:25:35,839 "And he said that I've got throat cancer." 1571 01:25:35,964 --> 01:25:38,258 So I'm fucking, like, this with the phone going, 1572 01:25:38,341 --> 01:25:40,301 "No! This is my brother! He could die!" 1573 01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:45,682 You know, like anything else, Bruce went to it as a project. 1574 01:25:45,723 --> 01:25:48,935 He studied it. He knew exactly what was going on. 1575 01:25:49,018 --> 01:25:50,854 Erm, he committed to every detail, 1576 01:25:50,979 --> 01:25:53,189 every treatment. 1577 01:25:53,314 --> 01:25:56,234 Like Bruce, the fucking arsehole that he is, 1578 01:25:56,276 --> 01:25:59,195 goes into it, "Oh, there's this drug and there's this"... 1579 01:25:59,362 --> 01:26:02,949 Bless his heart. I mean, he researches stuff. 1580 01:26:03,074 --> 01:26:05,368 That's what Bruce is like. 1581 01:26:05,410 --> 01:26:07,078 The thing about the recovery from cancer, 1582 01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:10,748 is it's, erm, very personal. No other way to describe it. 1583 01:26:10,832 --> 01:26:14,586 It's your cancer. You own it. 1584 01:26:14,711 --> 01:26:16,838 You've got to destroy a bit of yourself to get rid of it. 1585 01:26:18,673 --> 01:26:20,633 And so he had the treatment. 1586 01:26:20,717 --> 01:26:21,968 And I figure, "How are you doing? 1587 01:26:22,135 --> 01:26:23,803 "Has your hair fallen out yet?" 1588 01:26:23,887 --> 01:26:25,638 He said, "I went to the pub the other"... 1589 01:26:25,722 --> 01:26:27,098 I was like, "You went to the pub?" 1590 01:26:27,223 --> 01:26:28,808 He said, "Yeah, got a beer in front of me." 1591 01:26:28,850 --> 01:26:30,560 He said, "Me beard fell out." 1592 01:26:30,643 --> 01:26:31,978 I said, "Not your hair?" 1593 01:26:32,145 --> 01:26:33,396 He said, "No, me hair's okay... 1594 01:26:33,521 --> 01:26:36,691 ..."but me beard fell out onto the bar!" 1595 01:26:36,858 --> 01:26:37,984 Oh, God. 1596 01:26:40,737 --> 01:26:43,198 And in a couple of weeks' time he phoned me up and he said, 1597 01:26:43,323 --> 01:26:44,532 "I'm in remission." 1598 01:26:46,201 --> 01:26:47,869 And I went, "Fucking brilliant!" 1599 01:26:56,044 --> 01:26:59,714 ♪ Sacrifices buried with kings 1600 01:27:01,758 --> 01:27:07,263 ♪ Accompany them on a journey with no end 1601 01:27:07,347 --> 01:27:11,726 ♪ To an afterlife that's rich with fruit of all the gods 1602 01:27:13,603 --> 01:27:18,566 ♪ And to face the demons of their underworld haunts 1603 01:27:20,610 --> 01:27:21,527 He went out on The Book of Souls tour. 1604 01:27:21,694 --> 01:27:22,737 I was there that first night, 1605 01:27:22,862 --> 01:27:24,822 and everybody was, like, palpably nervous 1606 01:27:24,948 --> 01:27:27,825 about whether or not he would sound like he used to, 1607 01:27:27,909 --> 01:27:30,453 and incredibly enough, he did. 1608 01:27:30,536 --> 01:27:35,041 ♪ The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth 1609 01:27:35,959 --> 01:27:41,589 ♪ A flight to earth that is a given from his birth 1610 01:27:41,673 --> 01:27:43,549 I remember seeing him at the barrier 1611 01:27:43,675 --> 01:27:46,386 in February, 2016, 1612 01:27:46,511 --> 01:27:49,097 and he was just so powerful live. 1613 01:27:49,222 --> 01:27:51,599 It was a really amazing experience. 1614 01:27:52,517 --> 01:27:57,063 ♪ Falling of ages 1615 01:27:57,855 --> 01:28:00,608 ♪ Forest of kings 1616 01:28:00,817 --> 01:28:03,736 His vocals actually, it sounds to me, 1617 01:28:03,820 --> 01:28:05,571 even stronger than it was before. 1618 01:28:05,738 --> 01:28:07,949 It was almost a miracle really. 1619 01:28:08,491 --> 01:28:13,246 ♪ The book of souls 1620 01:28:25,216 --> 01:28:26,592 To see Bruce perform again 1621 01:28:26,676 --> 01:28:29,178 after all that rigmarole he went through 1622 01:28:29,262 --> 01:28:31,264 was absolutely amazing. 1623 01:28:33,349 --> 01:28:35,601 The good Lord worked a miracle for us, really did. 1624 01:28:35,685 --> 01:28:37,729 He worked a miracle when he left, 1625 01:28:37,895 --> 01:28:40,523 worked a miracle when he came back 'cause he brought Adrian, 1626 01:28:40,648 --> 01:28:43,526 he worked another miracle when he had his cancer, 1627 01:28:43,693 --> 01:28:47,280 and another miracle was he was our captain. 1628 01:28:47,405 --> 01:28:49,324 Oh, Captain, oh, Captain. 1629 01:28:49,490 --> 01:28:51,743 You go from, you know, Bruce Dickinson, 1630 01:28:51,868 --> 01:28:53,244 rock 'n' roll star 1631 01:28:53,369 --> 01:28:54,954 to "Hello, good afternoon, 1632 01:28:55,038 --> 01:28:56,664 "this is your captain, Bruce Dickinson. 1633 01:28:56,748 --> 01:28:58,875 "Our flight today will be two and a half hours." 1634 01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:00,501 Five Star Triple six, tower. 1635 01:29:00,668 --> 01:29:01,711 Sierra One cleared for take-off. 1636 01:29:01,794 --> 01:29:03,921 Wind 292 at 10 knots. 1637 01:29:07,925 --> 01:29:09,469 My great uncle was in the Royal Air Force, 1638 01:29:09,552 --> 01:29:11,387 my uncle was in the Royal Air Force. 1639 01:29:11,512 --> 01:29:13,181 My dad was an engineer. 1640 01:29:13,306 --> 01:29:16,100 So my heroes when I was a kid growing up 1641 01:29:16,225 --> 01:29:18,853 were not rock stars. They were test pilots and astronauts. 1642 01:29:21,147 --> 01:29:23,691 Years ago, I was on holiday 1643 01:29:23,816 --> 01:29:26,069 and I saw, "Trial lesson, 35 dollars." 1644 01:29:26,194 --> 01:29:28,571 I thought, "You know what, I'll have a go." 1645 01:29:28,738 --> 01:29:31,741 And I got in this little Cessna and took off, 1646 01:29:31,908 --> 01:29:35,370 and it was a... just this revelatory moment. 1647 01:29:35,495 --> 01:29:39,874 It's like wiring up the inside of your head... with these. 1648 01:29:42,293 --> 01:29:43,378 During that period, 1649 01:29:43,544 --> 01:29:45,671 I flew myself around Europe a little bit. 1650 01:29:46,964 --> 01:29:49,967 So I started acquiring more and more things, 1651 01:29:50,134 --> 01:29:53,638 and to cut a long story short, I did a full set of licences, 1652 01:29:53,846 --> 01:29:56,766 it's like a year and a half of exams, academic exams. 1653 01:29:56,891 --> 01:29:59,769 Finally got qualified, got my little two stripes, 1654 01:29:59,894 --> 01:30:00,853 off I can go. 1655 01:30:01,687 --> 01:30:03,898 And then the phone rang. 1656 01:30:04,107 --> 01:30:05,650 There was an airline called Astraeus 1657 01:30:05,817 --> 01:30:07,735 with a couple of old 737s, 1658 01:30:07,819 --> 01:30:10,113 and they've said, "We're looking for pilots. 1659 01:30:10,238 --> 01:30:11,447 "Do you want the job?" 1660 01:30:11,572 --> 01:30:13,741 I went, "Yeah." 1661 01:30:13,866 --> 01:30:16,744 And that's how I ended up a 737 pilot. 1662 01:30:16,911 --> 01:30:18,454 And I thought, "Wow, wouldn't it be great 1663 01:30:18,579 --> 01:30:22,166 "if I could just fly the band to gigs?" 1664 01:30:22,375 --> 01:30:25,336 Rod, to my surprise, said, "Wow, what an amazing idea." 1665 01:30:27,338 --> 01:30:30,758 And so we rented the aeroplane off the airline. 1666 01:30:32,343 --> 01:30:33,970 It made money, it worked, 1667 01:30:34,095 --> 01:30:37,306 and it was an incredible experience for us. 1668 01:30:37,432 --> 01:30:39,600 We could just get to the places in the world 1669 01:30:39,767 --> 01:30:41,018 which are much harder to get to, 1670 01:30:41,227 --> 01:30:42,937 like Quito or Manaus 1671 01:30:43,104 --> 01:30:45,148 in the middle of the Amazon rain jungle, 1672 01:30:45,273 --> 01:30:46,816 Lima, Jakarta. 1673 01:30:47,024 --> 01:30:49,610 And it was well worth it to see all those fans. 1674 01:30:51,362 --> 01:30:53,823 What other band has done that, you know? 1675 01:30:53,948 --> 01:30:56,742 Just name a band who's had, like, their own print on plane, 1676 01:30:56,909 --> 01:30:58,786 their singer has piloted it, 1677 01:30:58,870 --> 01:31:00,788 and they've gone to all these crazy locations. 1678 01:31:04,208 --> 01:31:05,751 If we go to play in Puerto Rico... 1679 01:31:05,835 --> 01:31:08,463 Now customs and immigration in Puerto Rico 1680 01:31:08,588 --> 01:31:10,631 is normally really, really tough. 1681 01:31:10,798 --> 01:31:12,967 So when we come in on Flight 666 1682 01:31:13,050 --> 01:31:15,178 I said, "Oh, shit, they're gonna pull us over, 1683 01:31:15,261 --> 01:31:17,930 "have everybody pull down their pants. We're fucked." 1684 01:31:18,055 --> 01:31:20,266 As we're walking out the door, I see the guys 1685 01:31:20,349 --> 01:31:23,686 from customs and immigration lined up. 1686 01:31:23,811 --> 01:31:26,272 I go, "Oh, fuck, they're waiting for us." 1687 01:31:28,900 --> 01:31:30,109 As we start walking out, they go, 1688 01:31:30,234 --> 01:31:31,152 "Hey, can I get a picture? 1689 01:31:31,360 --> 01:31:32,528 "Can I get an autograph? Can I do"... 1690 01:31:32,653 --> 01:31:34,197 They were fans! 1691 01:31:34,322 --> 01:31:36,407 The fans that they have cross everything. 1692 01:31:36,491 --> 01:31:38,993 It's doctors, lawyers, police. 1693 01:31:45,791 --> 01:31:47,502 I think music for me 1694 01:31:47,627 --> 01:31:50,922 is the most valuable art form ever. 1695 01:31:52,507 --> 01:31:56,010 It's the one that really unites all people. 1696 01:31:57,970 --> 01:32:00,598 Music is instant and it's eternal. 1697 01:32:03,392 --> 01:32:04,435 Ah! 1698 01:32:06,479 --> 01:32:08,898 What an amazing thing this is 1699 01:32:08,981 --> 01:32:15,863 that you and us have created in Maiden all round the world. 1700 01:32:18,032 --> 01:32:20,618 The message from that that goes out is that 1701 01:32:20,660 --> 01:32:26,374 it doesn't matter whether you're male, female, Muslim, Christian, 1702 01:32:26,541 --> 01:32:28,876 Catholic, Jewish. It doesn't matter. 1703 01:32:28,960 --> 01:32:31,295 If you're a Maiden fan, you're an Iron Maiden fan. 1704 01:32:31,337 --> 01:32:33,881 You're part of one fucking world and one family, my friends. 1705 01:32:39,512 --> 01:32:42,306 So this goes out to all of you for being amazing tonight... 1706 01:32:43,808 --> 01:32:45,893 because we are all blood brothers! 1707 01:33:05,538 --> 01:33:09,959 ♪ And if you're taking a walk through the garden of life 1708 01:33:10,084 --> 01:33:14,130 ♪ What do you think you'd expect you would see? 1709 01:33:14,255 --> 01:33:18,259 ♪ Just like a mirror reflecting the moves of your life 1710 01:33:18,426 --> 01:33:22,471 ♪ In the river reflections of me 1711 01:33:22,597 --> 01:33:26,267 ♪ Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see 1712 01:33:26,309 --> 01:33:30,187 ♪ And in a movement he beckons to me 1713 01:33:30,354 --> 01:33:34,108 ♪ And in a moment the memories are all that remain 1714 01:33:34,317 --> 01:33:36,986 ♪ And all the wounds are reopen again 1715 01:33:37,111 --> 01:33:40,656 - ♪ We're blood brothers - ♪ We're blood brothers 1716 01:33:40,740 --> 01:33:44,493 - ♪ We're blood brothers - ♪ We're blood brothers 1717 01:33:44,577 --> 01:33:48,372 - ♪ We're blood brothers - ♪ We're blood brothers 1718 01:33:48,414 --> 01:33:51,584 - ♪ We're blood brothers - ♪ We're blood brothers 1719 01:33:53,878 --> 01:33:56,797 It's a bit like a sort of heavy metal waltz, this one. 1720 01:33:59,175 --> 01:34:01,135 - Hey, hey! - Hey, hey! 1721 01:34:01,344 --> 01:34:03,929 There's nothing more exciting 1722 01:34:04,055 --> 01:34:06,474 than being part of an Iron Maiden crowd. 1723 01:34:06,599 --> 01:34:10,019 Great fucking crowd of great fucking people, 1724 01:34:10,102 --> 01:34:15,316 and express yourself freely knowing that you are protected. 1725 01:34:15,441 --> 01:34:17,610 Because you are part of the people 1726 01:34:17,777 --> 01:34:19,695 and that people is part of you 1727 01:34:19,862 --> 01:34:22,573 and you have that power also to give back to the band. 1728 01:34:22,698 --> 01:34:29,163 Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 1729 01:34:29,246 --> 01:34:31,666 My favourite moment at a Maiden gig would be 1730 01:34:31,791 --> 01:34:33,876 when I saw them at Earl's Court 1731 01:34:34,001 --> 01:34:36,379 and they played "Blood Brothers". 1732 01:34:36,504 --> 01:34:39,090 and I looked around, and there was lots of men about my age. 1733 01:34:39,256 --> 01:34:41,050 We were all crying. 1734 01:34:41,133 --> 01:34:43,010 ♪ We're blood brothers 1735 01:34:43,094 --> 01:34:44,887 What are we? 1736 01:34:45,012 --> 01:34:48,557 - ♪ We're blood brothers - ♪ We're blood brothers 1737 01:34:48,641 --> 01:34:51,352 ♪ We're blood brothers 1738 01:34:52,186 --> 01:34:56,148 ♪ We're blood brothers 1739 01:35:06,492 --> 01:35:12,373 ♪ And if you're taking a walk through the garden of... 1740 01:35:13,207 --> 01:35:16,127 ♪ Life 1741 01:35:23,884 --> 01:35:27,179 But of course, er, there will be an end at some point. 1742 01:35:28,931 --> 01:35:31,058 A major development in the world of heavy metal 1743 01:35:31,142 --> 01:35:34,311 as one of the genre's most beloved drummers 1744 01:35:34,437 --> 01:35:36,605 has announced they're retiring from touring 1745 01:35:36,731 --> 01:35:38,566 after a 42-year career. 1746 01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:43,112 It was an easy decision, 1747 01:35:43,279 --> 01:35:47,742 but I wish I could still play with the guys, you know? 1748 01:35:47,908 --> 01:35:49,702 I... I... I wish I had my full fitness. 1749 01:35:51,829 --> 01:35:53,873 Lovely, yeah. Just do that. 1750 01:35:53,998 --> 01:35:55,708 Something like that. There it is. 1751 01:35:55,791 --> 01:35:58,753 I had a stroke in January last year 1752 01:35:58,961 --> 01:36:02,590 so I had to really work hard for three months 1753 01:36:02,715 --> 01:36:04,925 to try and get my hand working. 1754 01:36:10,389 --> 01:36:12,475 Nine weeks into rehab, 1755 01:36:12,558 --> 01:36:15,436 I knew that we were opening with "Somewhere in Time", 1756 01:36:15,603 --> 01:36:17,980 the opening track on The Future Past tour, 1757 01:36:18,147 --> 01:36:20,107 and there's a middle section I can't play. 1758 01:36:22,109 --> 01:36:23,319 I phoned Harry up and said, "Look, mate, 1759 01:36:23,402 --> 01:36:24,653 "I'm really struggling. 1760 01:36:24,779 --> 01:36:26,322 "I can't play the intro to "Trooper". I can't"... 1761 01:36:26,447 --> 01:36:30,826 He said, "Look, play it straight, straight fill." 1762 01:36:34,538 --> 01:36:37,166 "You're a fucking genius." 1763 01:36:37,249 --> 01:36:39,710 I'm the drummer and I didn't think to play it straight. 1764 01:36:42,463 --> 01:36:45,007 - Come on, mate. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1765 01:36:45,174 --> 01:36:47,134 That's the character of Steve Harris. 1766 01:36:47,301 --> 01:36:49,720 After 42 years playing with him, 1767 01:36:49,762 --> 01:36:51,680 this is what he's like. 1768 01:36:51,847 --> 01:36:55,142 He's about Iron Maiden, he's about the band. 1769 01:36:57,561 --> 01:37:00,272 You couldn't wish for anybody else to be your friend. 1770 01:37:03,567 --> 01:37:06,153 Thanks, Drew. 1771 01:37:06,278 --> 01:37:08,572 But I still was struggling, 1772 01:37:08,614 --> 01:37:10,699 trying to push myself 1773 01:37:10,866 --> 01:37:12,618 and I know I'm not being able to do this. 1774 01:37:16,038 --> 01:37:19,041 My body was fatigued and I thought, you know, 1775 01:37:19,208 --> 01:37:21,919 "This isn't fair on the rest of the guys." 1776 01:37:23,754 --> 01:37:27,091 I admire him for trying and for working his arse off, 1777 01:37:27,174 --> 01:37:30,344 but his body was just failing. 1778 01:37:30,511 --> 01:37:31,762 And we were worried that something else 1779 01:37:31,804 --> 01:37:32,972 would happen as well. 1780 01:37:33,848 --> 01:37:35,975 It was horrible. 1781 01:37:36,058 --> 01:37:38,936 We can't just say, "Off you go, now!" 1782 01:37:38,978 --> 01:37:40,646 Nobody would understand. 1783 01:37:40,813 --> 01:37:42,523 And it's a shit thing to do 1784 01:37:43,566 --> 01:37:45,359 because Maiden has been his life. 1785 01:37:46,986 --> 01:37:48,404 So, I made an announcement 1786 01:37:48,487 --> 01:37:49,780 at the end of the tour. 1787 01:37:49,947 --> 01:37:51,115 And I thought, you know, 1788 01:37:51,323 --> 01:37:53,993 it's time to pass drumsticks to a younger fella. 1789 01:37:56,328 --> 01:37:58,622 This morning Nicko announced 1790 01:37:58,831 --> 01:38:00,666 that he was stepping back 1791 01:38:00,791 --> 01:38:05,296 from playing live drums with Iron Maiden. 1792 01:38:05,379 --> 01:38:07,923 So let him know how much he's loved, everybody! 1793 01:38:08,132 --> 01:38:12,386 Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! 1794 01:38:25,065 --> 01:38:27,234 What I'm really gonna miss is being on tour 1795 01:38:28,736 --> 01:38:29,862 and playing with my brothers. 1796 01:38:32,114 --> 01:38:35,576 They are just all exquisite people. 1797 01:38:40,122 --> 01:38:41,749 A lot of people see it as, 1798 01:38:41,916 --> 01:38:45,461 when there's no band any more, it's all over. 1799 01:38:45,878 --> 01:38:46,921 But I don't see that. 1800 01:38:51,842 --> 01:38:54,219 Iron Maiden will be part of this 1801 01:38:54,386 --> 01:38:55,763 a long time after they're gone. 1802 01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:03,270 It's, er... Yeah. I don't see an end to it. 1803 01:39:05,105 --> 01:39:06,273 From day one, 1804 01:39:06,440 --> 01:39:08,901 they were gonna conquer the world. 1805 01:39:09,109 --> 01:39:10,277 And that's what Iron Maiden did. 1806 01:39:11,445 --> 01:39:12,613 And they're still doing it today. 1807 01:39:14,406 --> 01:39:15,991 They are one of the biggest bands, 1808 01:39:16,075 --> 01:39:17,368 I believe, in the world. 1809 01:39:19,286 --> 01:39:21,622 And in a very real way, 1810 01:39:21,747 --> 01:39:24,166 Maiden and the great bands, 1811 01:39:24,208 --> 01:39:27,628 you know, that have come a little before and after, 1812 01:39:27,795 --> 01:39:31,507 the great ones, connect with that feeling 1813 01:39:31,674 --> 01:39:34,385 and make life a little bit more bearable. 1814 01:39:36,428 --> 01:39:38,472 Iron Maiden are about 1815 01:39:38,639 --> 01:39:41,350 this quest for kinship and connection 1816 01:39:41,475 --> 01:39:43,560 and you can feel that emotion in the music. 1817 01:39:46,397 --> 01:39:49,149 It's about being part of the same group. 1818 01:39:49,274 --> 01:39:51,694 It's being part of something 1819 01:39:51,819 --> 01:39:54,321 that is not about individualism. 1820 01:39:54,363 --> 01:39:56,115 It's about being part of the world 1821 01:39:56,281 --> 01:39:57,992 and trying to make it better. 1822 01:40:22,016 --> 01:40:23,934 We all love playing, that's the thing. 1823 01:40:27,771 --> 01:40:31,734 I think when you're really enjoying what you're doing 1824 01:40:31,900 --> 01:40:33,527 then you don't really wanna stop, do you? 1825 01:40:35,029 --> 01:40:35,821 People ask questions, 1826 01:40:35,988 --> 01:40:37,239 "What you do in the future?" 1827 01:40:37,322 --> 01:40:38,615 Well, we're gonna tour. 1828 01:40:39,658 --> 01:40:40,659 And then we're gonna tour again 1829 01:40:40,743 --> 01:40:42,036 and we're gonna tour again and again, 1830 01:40:42,995 --> 01:40:44,038 till we can't any more. 1831 01:40:47,666 --> 01:40:53,464 The Iron-Fucking-Maiden! 1832 01:40:58,427 --> 01:41:00,763 Oh, yeah! 1833 01:41:00,929 --> 01:41:04,641 Everybody everywhere, put your hands in the air! 1834 01:41:15,652 --> 01:41:18,322 ♪ Won't you come into my room? 1835 01:41:18,405 --> 01:41:20,741 ♪ Wanna show you all my wares 1836 01:41:21,241 --> 01:41:23,327 ♪ Wanna see your blood 1837 01:41:23,410 --> 01:41:25,788 ♪ I want you to stand and stare 1838 01:41:25,913 --> 01:41:28,373 ♪ See the blood begin to flow 1839 01:41:28,540 --> 01:41:31,043 ♪ As it pours upon the floor 1840 01:41:31,251 --> 01:41:33,712 ♪ Iron Maiden can't be fought 1841 01:41:33,754 --> 01:41:36,256 ♪ Iron Maiden can't be sought 1842 01:41:38,801 --> 01:41:40,344 Oh, yeah! 1843 01:41:41,428 --> 01:41:45,265 Everyone, let me fucking hear you! 1844 01:41:46,934 --> 01:41:49,978 ♪ Oh, well, wherever Wherever... 1845 01:41:50,145 --> 01:41:51,814 Who are we? 1846 01:41:52,022 --> 01:41:56,443 ♪ Iron Maiden's gonna get you no matter how far 1847 01:41:56,610 --> 01:41:58,862 ♪ See the blood flow watching it shed 1848 01:41:59,029 --> 01:42:01,073 ♪ Up above my head 1849 01:42:01,782 --> 01:42:05,285 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 1850 01:42:27,015 --> 01:42:29,226 ♪ Won't you come into my room? 1851 01:42:29,309 --> 01:42:31,436 ♪ I wanna show you all my wares 1852 01:42:31,478 --> 01:42:33,814 ♪ I just want to see your blood 1853 01:42:33,981 --> 01:42:36,191 ♪ I just want to stand and stare 1854 01:42:36,275 --> 01:42:41,071 ♪ See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor 1855 01:42:41,113 --> 01:42:45,492 ♪ Iron Maiden can't be fought Iron Maiden can't be sought 1856 01:42:45,701 --> 01:42:50,205 ♪ Oh, well, wherever wherever you are 1857 01:42:50,247 --> 01:42:54,585 ♪ Iron Maiden's gonna get you no matter how far 1858 01:42:54,793 --> 01:42:56,003 ♪ See the blood flow 1859 01:42:56,128 --> 01:42:59,506 ♪ Watching it shed up above my head 1860 01:42:59,673 --> 01:43:02,676 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 1861 01:43:13,937 --> 01:43:18,483 ♪ Won't you come into my room? I wanna show you all my wares 1862 01:43:18,609 --> 01:43:23,238 ♪ just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare 1863 01:43:23,322 --> 01:43:28,076 ♪ See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor 1864 01:43:28,160 --> 01:43:32,539 ♪ Iron Maiden can't be fought Iron Maiden can't be sought 1865 01:43:32,748 --> 01:43:37,252 ♪ Oh, well, wherever wherever you are 1866 01:43:37,294 --> 01:43:41,715 ♪ Iron Maiden's gonna get you no matter how far 1867 01:43:41,840 --> 01:43:43,800 ♪ See the blood flow watching it shed 1868 01:43:43,967 --> 01:43:46,386 ♪ Up above my head 1869 01:43:46,553 --> 01:43:50,098 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 1870 01:44:32,349 --> 01:44:37,145 ♪ Won't you come into my room? I wanna show you all my wares 1871 01:44:37,229 --> 01:44:41,692 ♪ I just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare 1872 01:44:41,900 --> 01:44:46,363 ♪ See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor 1873 01:44:46,405 --> 01:44:51,118 ♪ Iron Maiden can't be fought Iron Maiden can't be sought 1874 01:44:51,243 --> 01:44:55,831 ♪ Oh, well, wherever wherever you are 1875 01:44:55,872 --> 01:45:00,127 ♪ Iron Maiden's gonna get you no matter how far 1876 01:45:00,335 --> 01:45:02,254 ♪ See the blood flow watching it shed 1877 01:45:02,379 --> 01:45:04,840 ♪ Up above my head 1878 01:45:04,965 --> 01:45:08,760 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 1879 01:45:15,225 --> 01:45:17,144 ♪ Ow! Ow!