How Steve Harris stopped Bruce Dickinson’s attempt to change Iron Maiden’s sound

Iron Maiden has a very peculiar sound with the presence of galloping guitars and Bruce Dickinson’s powerful vocals. After the success of “Powerslave”, which had hit songs composed by Bruce Dickinson, the vocalist tried in the following work, “Somewhere in Time”, to impose more of his ideas.

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“Guided by the success of ‘Powerslave’, Bruce came up with a bunch of new song ideas, which caused a lot of confusion among the band members; so he decided to put it all aside and let the band do things the old way, in instead of insisting on his own songs or collaborations. He probably realized that this would only lead to disagreements that could escalate into something bigger and cause problems for the band. This was something that neither Bruce nor the band were prepared to face.

The option of sweeping all possible problems under the rug seemed like the right thing to do, as far as the band was concerned. Steve clearly ruled out any possibility of putting semi-acoustic songs on the new album and gained full support from the band, with some members openly supporting him, while others gave him so-called silent approval. Bruce often commented that all the band members composed music for their respective instruments, without resorting to the help of pianos or other things, which was a well-known practice in the music world.”

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The next few days showed that Bruce was taken literally when he named Jethro Tull as the sound Maiden should follow in the future, along with Led Zeppelin IV and Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, which he wanted to use as a model for the new album. . It seemed like Steve Harris was just waiting for a situation like this where he could show his authority and bring the rest of the band to his side.

That was the end of Bruce’s vision for a Maiden future (perhaps hibernation of the idea would be a better term), as no one stood by his side; Steve was the winner of that ‘veiled duel’, which meant a lot to him, after an extremely successful previous album, which had been named after Bruce’s song and concept. Harris probably wanted to show that he was indeed the head of the band and planned to keep it that way. Dickinson recalls: ‘I remember playing my serenades for Steve. Everyone was laughing!’, to which Harris added: ‘The stuff Bruce was bringing in had nothing to do with us. He was traveling, anyway'”.

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