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GENESIS

Supper’s Ready

(on Foxtrot, 1972)

My introduction to

Genesis came when

someone at school recommendĥ

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to me. I got into it, and then

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Foxtrot after that. Supper’s

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music. I saw Genesis live on the

Foxtrot tour, and they were

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when he left. A Trick Of The Tail

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it wasn’t really the same for me.

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JETHRO TULL

Thick As A Brick,

Part I

(on Thick As A Brick, 1972)

Another epic! There’s so

much going on in this

song, so many time changes,

slow parts and fast parts, light

and shade, and those dynamics

are something I’ve always tried

to consider for Maiden songs.

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I love and try to see play when

I can. I had a fantastic honour

recently when Ian Anderson

asked me to do a video introducĥ

tion for his tour for A Passion

Play, which is another one of my

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continues to inspire me.

UFO

Love To Love

(on Strangers In The Night, 1979)

UFO have loads of great

songs, and loads of great

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particular, on Strangers In The

Night, really struck a nerve with

me. Again, it’s the light and

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which does it for me. I used

to listen to Strangers In The Night

when I was driving the kids to

school in the morning, and it

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UFO always had fantastic guitar

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great singer. Iron Maiden played

two gigs supporting UFO in

1981, in Long Beach and San

Bernardino in California, and

we’d have loved to have them

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it never happened.

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Mr. Big

(On Free Live!, 1971)

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were a massive part of my

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Live! is great too. They’re one of

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up that I never got to see live,

so I listened to this a lot.

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Mr. Big is

amazing. I

actually saw him

play with the

Andy Fraser

Band, with

Martin

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Kim on

drums, on

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not, he could

sing just like

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it just wasn’t

the same as

seeing Free.

WISHBONE ASH

Throw Down

The Sword

(on Argus, 1972)

Argus is one of my

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time, and every song on it is

great. So I’ve selected this one,

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introduction for people who

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not just with the twin guitars,

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Martin when British Lion played

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Twilight Zone

(on Cut, 1982)

Golden Earring are one of

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Gerritsen was a massive

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I wouldn’t choose the most

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Maiden fans will know that

we covered their song

Kill Me Ce Soir as a

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gone for Twilight Zone,

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showing my age here,

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Earring in 197 3 at the

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when Lynyrd

Skynyrd

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music press giving them a hard

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THE WHO

Won’t Get

Fooled Again

(on Who’s Next, 1971)

I’m a massive Who fan,

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everything they’ve done through

the years, right through to

Endless Wire. I could select any

one of 40 or 5 0 songs from

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Townshend’s songwriting and

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enough to meet Roger Daltrey

a couple of times, once after a

Who gig in Birmingham when

I had a mate working for them,

and he was really nice. Such

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YES

And You And I

(on Yessongs, 1973)

The studio version of And

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version on Yessongs is even

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Topographic Oceans, which a lot of

people aren’t keen on. Every

time I hear this particular song

I just fall in love with them all

over again. I used to go to

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the day, and I saw Yes there

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character, such a funny guy.

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