Iron Maiden's "Iron Maiden" on bass - LRRG

Hey y'all. Well, I cannibalized my other bass to get the Dean Markley strings back on Priscilla, and amazingly enough, she still has her volume back (although she is a bit muddier, now...gotta fix that). To celebrate, I invited a few youtube friends of mine to play along with some maiden, and I shot my part of that collaboration this morning.

however, I know that project is probably a few weeks from completion, and so in the interest of not leaving y'all without a new video until then, I whipped this one up to let y'all know I'm still alive.

This tune is off of Iron Maiden's first album, Iron Maiden, and it is their self-titled song off that that self-titled album. I do not know if this is a fact, but I deeply suspect that this was Steve Harris' first song. It's got a lot of breaks in it, and some disjoined parts that do not fit together all that well. not to mention the lyrics are a little---well---less scholarly than "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son". In short, this tune is written like I write songs...heh. It also has a punky flavor, too, thanks to Paul Dianno (whom I still think was just as good as Bruce in his own way) .

Maiden ALWAYS plays this tune live, and they often pull out Eddie for it. Steve has changed the bass-line of this song a zillion times depending on his mood.....it's just a great crowd-pleaser, and a bit silly, as well.

So....Iron maiden is gonna get you, no matter how far! But the good thing is youtube won't get me for this tune because Iron Maiden is under the province of EMI music, whom we LRRGs owe a thanks to for being cool about us playing their songs here.

This video is for education and commentary and is of a non-profit nature. As such, it falls under the fair use provisions of US copyright, blah blah blah.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Iron
• Maiden
• eddie
• LRRG
• bass
• Rickenbacker
• zodiak
• Steve
• Harris
• 1980s
• metal
• power
• fingerstyle

[bassplayah707]

orgasm amazing you should do a cover of killers

[zodiakironfist]

The good news is....I have. It's one of my earliest videos.

[vmrmuhyt]

hey man

good job ther

but i have a cuestion

wich strings are better, the dean markley or diaddario?

i play with finger and slap

and after say me wich is better . could you tell me the strings you recommend me? please

and thank you men and keep the good work

sorry my english

a salute here from chile, south america

[zodiakironfist]

Dean Markley is the best....waaay more powerful than DAddario.

[Hiarch123]

Saw these guys in cincert...amazing..Steve Harris=Beast

[zodiakironfist]

You're correct. He's written every possible permutation of C,D,E progressions into his tunes. Makes it easier to figure the songs out, though.

[ScooterAndOtis]

@SuperBassMastar i dont know if you found out yet or not but this guy passed away awhile ago unfortunately dude.

[ManOffTTC]

@TheLironST It's a Rickenbacker.

[TheLironST]

your playing is awesome and this bass looks awesome!! what kind is it?

[xninaxcore]

I know all the song exept the bass solo.. How do you do it?? D:

[Jointhisrock81]

Excelent cover! :D saludos desde México.

[juniortronbass]

sweet bass! I wanna get one of those!

[MrSFblack]

awesome fuckin cover,way to do steve harris justice.i lmao at the at the "for the pick haters" thing at the end,screw those narrow minded douchebags.this vid rocks,u were truly awesome....RIP Rob

[AlejandroHuaman]

rickenbaker fuck 

[SuperBassMastar]

Where did you get that rickenbacker!!! and how much, i want one, well need one! im in love with em...

[predben]

@BooVII most of somewhere in time too