1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:01:06,721 --> 00:01:07,929 CROWD: Maiden! Maiden! 4 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,622 Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 5 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,279 BRUCE DICKINSON: It doesn’t matter 6 00:01:12,417 --> 00:01:14,971 whether you’re male, female, 7 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:19,113 Muslim, Christian, Catholic, Jewish. It doesn’t matter. 8 00:01:19,251 --> 00:01:21,391 If you’re a Maiden fan, you’re an Iron Maiden fan. 9 00:01:21,529 --> 00:01:23,117 You’re part of one fucking world 10 00:01:23,255 --> 00:01:24,739 and one family, my friends. 11 00:01:24,877 --> 00:01:25,913 CROWD: [CHEERING] 12 00:01:30,020 --> 00:01:31,539 [THE TROOPER BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 13 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,593 ♪ You’ll take my life but I’ll take yours too 14 00:01:50,731 --> 00:01:53,182 ♪ You’ll fire your musket but I’ll run you through 15 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,770 ♪ So when you’re waiting for the next attack 16 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:58,497 ♪ You’d better stand there’s no turning back 17 00:01:58,635 --> 00:02:01,431 ♪ The bugle sounds the charge begins 18 00:02:01,569 --> 00:02:04,193 ♪ But on this battlefield no one wins 19 00:02:04,331 --> 00:02:07,161 ♪ The smell of acrid smoke and horse’s breath 20 00:02:07,299 --> 00:02:09,474 ♪ As I plunge on into certain death 21 00:02:09,612 --> 00:02:12,960 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh 22 00:02:13,098 --> 00:02:14,755 Hey, come on! 23 00:02:14,893 --> 00:02:18,241 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh 24 00:02:20,450 --> 00:02:21,969 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 25 00:02:41,368 --> 00:02:44,405 CROWD: [CHEERING] 26 00:02:51,481 --> 00:02:52,862 [SONG ENDS] 27 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,035 Yeah! 28 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,866 CROWD: [CHEERING] 29 00:03:03,769 --> 00:03:06,531 It was always about the fans. 30 00:03:07,842 --> 00:03:09,050 Always. 31 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:10,466 BRUCE: Thank you. Good night. 32 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:13,883 When you play in a country for the first time 33 00:03:14,021 --> 00:03:15,919 or a city for the first time, 34 00:03:16,057 --> 00:03:19,060 you’re going in there not really knowing what to expect. 35 00:03:20,579 --> 00:03:24,065 But the intensity of the reaction is amazing. 36 00:03:32,522 --> 00:03:34,731 Thank you! [LAUGHING] 37 00:03:36,457 --> 00:03:37,665 WOMAN: [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 38 00:03:41,048 --> 00:03:43,395 [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 39 00:03:45,708 --> 00:03:47,365 Er, thank you. 40 00:03:47,503 --> 00:03:49,401 The whole thing was just like a dream. 41 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:55,235 It was like slow motion. 42 00:03:56,374 --> 00:03:57,375 MAN: [LAUGHS] 43 00:03:58,410 --> 00:04:01,241 BRUCE: Surrounded by hundreds of fans... 44 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:03,415 twenty-four seven. 45 00:04:07,385 --> 00:04:08,386 CROWD: [CHEERING] 46 00:04:14,737 --> 00:04:16,014 STEVE: Any long careers, 47 00:04:16,152 --> 00:04:17,153 you’re gonna have ups and downs. 48 00:04:17,291 --> 00:04:18,534 There’s no two ways about that. 49 00:04:18,672 --> 00:04:20,432 And you just kind of ride with it. 50 00:04:21,606 --> 00:04:23,159 But the hardcore fans 51 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:25,195 were just with you through thick and thin. 52 00:04:26,438 --> 00:04:30,408 You know, it’s quite amazing to live and go through that. 53 00:04:33,963 --> 00:04:35,654 At the end of the day, 54 00:04:35,792 --> 00:04:37,863 I’d rather spend time with the fans than anything else. 55 00:04:38,795 --> 00:04:41,142 CROWD 1 : Maiden! Maiden! 56 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:43,421 CROWD 2 : Maiden! Maiden! 57 00:04:46,147 --> 00:04:48,011 MAN 1: It’s about a sense of belonging, 58 00:04:48,149 --> 00:04:50,773 belonging to the Iron Maiden family. 59 00:04:51,601 --> 00:04:54,294 MAN 2: In that sort of community, that bond, 60 00:04:54,432 --> 00:04:56,813 where we’ve connected on a shared love 61 00:04:56,951 --> 00:04:59,816 of the same music, the same melodies, 62 00:04:59,954 --> 00:05:03,130 they touch us in the same way with different backgrounds. 63 00:05:03,268 --> 00:05:04,373 I do accounting work. 64 00:05:04,511 --> 00:05:05,822 I’m a psychiatrist. 65 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,134 [IN SPANISH] I’m a history teacher. 66 00:05:07,272 --> 00:05:09,136 In the army. I work in the bomb squad. 67 00:05:09,274 --> 00:05:10,827 I’m a musician. 68 00:05:10,965 --> 00:05:12,967 A lecturer in war studies at King’s College, London. 69 00:05:13,105 --> 00:05:14,831 Play in a heavy metal band. 70 00:05:14,969 --> 00:05:18,490 I’m a partner of the largest Latin-American investment bank. 71 00:05:18,628 --> 00:05:20,699 I’m the CEO of Metal Blade Records. 72 00:05:20,837 --> 00:05:22,874 I’m a retired New York City police sergeant. 73 00:05:23,012 --> 00:05:24,254 And I’m a music journalist. 74 00:05:26,498 --> 00:05:28,189 TOM MORELLO: It feels like you’re part of 75 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,812 a exclusive club, 76 00:05:29,950 --> 00:05:31,952 but the only price of admission is loving the band. 77 00:05:32,090 --> 00:05:34,023 Like, whenever I see a Maiden shirt out in the wild, 78 00:05:34,161 --> 00:05:35,542 you can kind of give ’em like a bro nod 79 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,820 and go like, "Right on," like, throw you the horns. 80 00:05:37,958 --> 00:05:39,200 TOM: [LAUGHS] 81 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:40,892 CROWD: [CHANTING] 82 00:05:41,030 --> 00:05:42,687 JAVIER: Through all the years, I’ve been going 83 00:05:42,825 --> 00:05:45,241 to hundreds and hundreds of concerts. 84 00:05:45,379 --> 00:05:47,174 And I’ve been on the pit. I’ve been on the first line. 85 00:05:47,312 --> 00:05:49,694 I’ve been there giving it all. 86 00:05:49,832 --> 00:05:51,351 Now I’m older, I’m in the back. 87 00:05:51,489 --> 00:05:53,387 But still, I jump and I scream. 88 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:56,045 BRIAN SLAGEL: You could feel this was legit. 89 00:05:56,183 --> 00:05:58,910 Like, this was music being made by people that loved this music 90 00:05:59,048 --> 00:06:02,258 and cared about this music just as much as we did, 91 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:04,294 even in those early days. 92 00:06:15,685 --> 00:06:17,584 STEVE: There’s no way I’d go on stage 93 00:06:17,722 --> 00:06:20,276 and play what I didn’t wanna play. You know? 94 00:06:20,414 --> 00:06:23,417 Even other... some... you know, some other forms of rock music. 95 00:06:24,073 --> 00:06:25,419 I wouldn’t... wouldn’t do it. 96 00:06:25,557 --> 00:06:28,767 You know... I would rather sweep the streets. 97 00:06:28,905 --> 00:06:31,425 - And I did in fact for a while. - [CHUCKLES] 98 00:06:31,563 --> 00:06:34,773 I’m not interested in doing sessions just for money. 99 00:06:34,911 --> 00:06:38,018 TOM: It’s no secret that Steve Harris is the one sort of 100 00:06:38,156 --> 00:06:41,331 steering the uncompromising nature of Iron Maiden. 101 00:06:42,298 --> 00:06:45,059 When you say Steve Harris, we just say The Boss. 102 00:06:45,197 --> 00:06:46,233 Because he is the mastermind. 103 00:06:47,372 --> 00:06:50,099 CHOP PITMAN: He was an East Ender, just like us. 104 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:54,172 He was a road sweeper. 105 00:06:54,310 --> 00:06:57,865 But he looked the coolest road sweeper in all the world. 106 00:06:58,003 --> 00:07:00,799 He had the hair. He had the bags coming out of his belt. 107 00:07:00,937 --> 00:07:04,147 I just knew that he was gonna make it 108 00:07:04,285 --> 00:07:08,117 because he had that way about him, that determination. 109 00:07:09,601 --> 00:07:10,947 LARS ULRICH: The Iron Maiden 110 00:07:11,085 --> 00:07:12,293 and the new wave of British heavy metal 111 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,261 really was an answer 112 00:07:14,399 --> 00:07:16,539 to everything that was happening 113 00:07:16,677 --> 00:07:18,299 at that time in England. 114 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:19,749 NEWSREADER 1: Are we going to have 115 00:07:19,887 --> 00:07:21,130 another winter of discontent 116 00:07:21,268 --> 00:07:22,649 as some politicians have claimed? 117 00:07:22,787 --> 00:07:24,167 NEWSREADER 2: For many areas of Britain, 118 00:07:24,305 --> 00:07:26,066 chronic inflation and unemployment 119 00:07:26,204 --> 00:07:27,308 was taking its toll. 120 00:07:28,309 --> 00:07:29,621 STEVE: I mean, we didn’t have a lot. 121 00:07:30,484 --> 00:07:32,382 But then, no one did. 122 00:07:32,521 --> 00:07:34,177 You know, we didn’t think, "Oh, we ain’t got anything." 123 00:07:34,315 --> 00:07:36,490 It was just the same for everyone. 124 00:07:36,628 --> 00:07:38,250 So it was just pretty normal. 125 00:07:39,942 --> 00:07:41,357 At the time, all you’ve worried about 126 00:07:41,495 --> 00:07:43,532 is getting a new amp that sounds all right 127 00:07:43,670 --> 00:07:45,085 and some speakers that ain’t blown 128 00:07:45,223 --> 00:07:47,087 and you wanna just get out and do some gigs. 129 00:07:49,607 --> 00:07:51,540 DAVE BEAZLEY: Steve said to me, "We’ve got some gigs. 130 00:07:51,678 --> 00:07:53,714 "Would you like to do a bit of roadie-ing?" 131 00:07:53,852 --> 00:07:55,336 And I said, "Yeah, of course." 132 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:57,787 I said, "Oh, I’ll make you some lightboxes up." 133 00:07:57,925 --> 00:08:00,341 Back then, we used to break into old warehouses 134 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,931 and we’d get a big pram and we’d load it all up, 135 00:08:04,069 --> 00:08:05,519 anything I could get my hands on 136 00:08:05,657 --> 00:08:08,315 and turn into lighting of some description. 137 00:08:08,971 --> 00:08:11,214 And it just progressed from there. 138 00:08:11,352 --> 00:08:13,320 STEVE: Even like the first few gigs we did, 139 00:08:13,458 --> 00:08:14,355 we were picking up fans straight away, 140 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,012 and the reason being was 141 00:08:16,150 --> 00:08:17,773 ’cause we were playing our own material. 142 00:08:20,948 --> 00:08:22,502 I mean, we were already playing locally 143 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,848 around the East End of London. 144 00:08:24,814 --> 00:08:28,369 But it started to really snowball for us. 145 00:08:31,580 --> 00:08:34,548 CROWD: [CHANTING, CLAPPING] Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 146 00:08:34,686 --> 00:08:36,032 [THE IDES OF MARCH BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 147 00:08:36,170 --> 00:08:39,139 Maiden! Maiden! 148 00:08:43,177 --> 00:08:44,420 REPORTER: Friday night at The Marquee, 149 00:08:44,558 --> 00:08:46,215 and East End rock band Iron Maiden 150 00:08:46,353 --> 00:08:48,493 are playing the second of three nights at the club. 151 00:08:48,631 --> 00:08:50,391 These gigs, at the end of a grueling 152 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:52,601 concert hall tour covering forty venues, 153 00:08:52,739 --> 00:08:56,018 are by way of a thank you to their delirious fans. 154 00:08:56,156 --> 00:08:58,572 I mean, it’s... So, like, what is it, ten to eight 155 00:08:58,710 --> 00:09:00,298 and you can’t get in The Marquee? 156 00:09:00,436 --> 00:09:01,955 If I had a pound for every time I’ve seen Iron Maiden, 157 00:09:02,093 --> 00:09:03,059 I’d be a rich man by now. 158 00:09:03,715 --> 00:09:05,027 REPORTER: If the heavy metal boom 159 00:09:05,165 --> 00:09:06,994 is being taken seriously by the fans, 160 00:09:07,132 --> 00:09:08,513 it’s certainly causing a stir 161 00:09:08,651 --> 00:09:11,205 in the offices of the record companies. 162 00:09:11,343 --> 00:09:14,243 But when Iron Maiden formed, punk was what was selling. 163 00:09:14,381 --> 00:09:16,901 And when the band were first offered a recording deal 164 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:19,248 they were told punk was what they had to play. 165 00:09:19,386 --> 00:09:21,146 I didn’t wanna play punk or new wave. 166 00:09:21,284 --> 00:09:24,529 I... I didn’t wanna have spiky hair 167 00:09:24,667 --> 00:09:26,427 and dress in, you know, stupid clothes. 168 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:27,532 You know what I mean? [CHUCKLES] 169 00:09:27,670 --> 00:09:29,879 I wanted to play rock music. 170 00:09:30,017 --> 00:09:32,951 STEVE: Labels tried to make us more marketable, I suppose, 171 00:09:33,089 --> 00:09:34,504 ’cause punk was the thing that was happening, 172 00:09:34,643 --> 00:09:36,817 so they wanted to take us down that road. 173 00:09:36,955 --> 00:09:39,613 Next thing would obviously be for us to get our hair cut. 174 00:09:39,751 --> 00:09:42,443 That would’ve been, "Fuck off." [LAUGHS] 175 00:09:43,099 --> 00:09:44,376 Luckily enough, Rod come along 176 00:09:44,514 --> 00:09:46,689 at a time when it was just badly needed. 177 00:09:46,827 --> 00:09:49,278 And of course Andy come along a few years later 178 00:09:49,416 --> 00:09:51,832 with all the business side of stuff. 179 00:09:52,419 --> 00:09:53,938 They’d both go and bat away 180 00:09:54,076 --> 00:09:56,319 a lot of the issues that we didn’t wanna deal with. 181 00:09:56,457 --> 00:09:59,115 But Rod’s the bombastic Yorkshireman. 182 00:09:59,253 --> 00:10:02,981 He’ll just take no prisoners with the way he does things. 183 00:10:03,119 --> 00:10:05,846 I put a barbed-wire fence around the band creatively. 184 00:10:06,433 --> 00:10:08,849 No one gets within that fence. 185 00:10:08,987 --> 00:10:11,852 They do exactly what they wanna do 186 00:10:11,990 --> 00:10:15,200 with whoever they wanna do it with and that’s it. 187 00:10:15,338 --> 00:10:18,479 [PHANTOM OF THE OPERA BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 188 00:10:19,826 --> 00:10:22,035 PAUL: ♪ Keep your distance, walk away 189 00:10:22,173 --> 00:10:24,313 ♪ Don’t take his bait 190 00:10:24,451 --> 00:10:27,592 ♪ Don’t you stray 191 00:10:27,730 --> 00:10:29,836 ♪ Don’t fade away 192 00:10:29,974 --> 00:10:31,631 Yeah, come on! 193 00:10:33,218 --> 00:10:35,773 ♪ Watch your step He’s out to get you 194 00:10:35,911 --> 00:10:37,498 ♪ Come what may 195 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,536 ♪ Don’t you stray 196 00:10:40,674 --> 00:10:43,159 ♪ From the narrow way 197 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:47,543 We didn’t get any radio play back in the day. 198 00:10:47,681 --> 00:10:50,201 We didn’t get any radio play for many, many years actually. 199 00:10:50,339 --> 00:10:51,927 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 200 00:10:52,065 --> 00:10:53,411 The industry didn’t know what to make of us. 201 00:10:53,549 --> 00:10:54,930 They didn’t know what the appeal was. 202 00:10:55,793 --> 00:10:57,415 But it’s just made everybody, 203 00:10:57,553 --> 00:10:59,520 the fans included, just more tight 204 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:02,316 and, you know, just more standing against it all. 205 00:11:03,593 --> 00:11:04,871 So we were a bit of the underdog 206 00:11:05,009 --> 00:11:06,148 in the music scene, 207 00:11:06,838 --> 00:11:08,046 but we were the underdog 208 00:11:08,184 --> 00:11:09,461 at just about everything really. 209 00:11:09,599 --> 00:11:10,566 [GUITAR SOLO CONTINUES] 210 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,713 STEVE: I’ve never really liked being in front of a camera, 211 00:11:19,851 --> 00:11:21,508 especially these days. 212 00:11:21,646 --> 00:11:23,406 So we thought this time round 213 00:11:23,544 --> 00:11:25,236 it’s much more interesting to be 214 00:11:25,374 --> 00:11:27,756 looking at some other visuals than us while we’re talking. 215 00:11:27,894 --> 00:11:29,723 Because we’re not as good looking as Eddie. 216 00:11:29,861 --> 00:11:31,311 [LAUGHS] 217 00:11:32,312 --> 00:11:36,316 We weren’t very familiar with who these band members were. 218 00:11:36,454 --> 00:11:37,697 We didn’t know any of their names 219 00:11:37,835 --> 00:11:40,044 because you had the album cover 220 00:11:40,182 --> 00:11:41,424 and there’s Eddie. 221 00:11:42,529 --> 00:11:44,048 CHRIS DECHIARA: He’s face of the band. 222 00:11:45,221 --> 00:11:46,844 He’s on every album cover. 223 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:49,536 It’s just one of those things that draws you in, 224 00:11:49,674 --> 00:11:51,262 even without knowing the music. 225 00:11:54,058 --> 00:11:55,369 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 226 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,420 WOMAN: I remember seeing Eddie when I was a kid 227 00:12:11,558 --> 00:12:13,180 and just being like, "What is that?" 228 00:12:14,147 --> 00:12:17,150 MAN: It kinda scared the shit out of you. 229 00:12:17,288 --> 00:12:20,843 The origins of Eddie really came from the fact that 230 00:12:20,981 --> 00:12:24,951 the guys in the band were actually quite shy. 231 00:12:25,089 --> 00:12:28,644 And I just dug the idea of having a character 232 00:12:28,782 --> 00:12:31,785 to put across the vibe of the band. 233 00:12:31,923 --> 00:12:34,477 So I was with EMI having a meeting 234 00:12:34,615 --> 00:12:37,929 and I noticed some artwork on the wall by Derek Riggs. 235 00:12:38,965 --> 00:12:42,485 I had Derek come round with samples of his artwork. 236 00:12:42,623 --> 00:12:45,316 In the middle of all that was the first album sleeve. 237 00:12:45,454 --> 00:12:49,009 And we knew that we’d found our guy. 238 00:12:49,147 --> 00:12:51,011 Well, Eddie can be whatever you want him to be, 239 00:12:51,149 --> 00:12:52,841 that’s the good thing about it and that’s one of the reasons 240 00:12:52,979 --> 00:12:54,394 why we’ve always had him on the covers. 241 00:12:54,532 --> 00:12:56,327 It means we ain’t gotta be on there for a start. 242 00:12:56,465 --> 00:12:58,985 MOLLY CAPOBIANCO: Eddie is so cute. 243 00:12:59,123 --> 00:13:01,297 [GIGGLES] I love him. 244 00:13:01,435 --> 00:13:05,336 You know, he’s the mascot but he also is like the diva. 245 00:13:05,474 --> 00:13:07,821 You know, Eddie’s the star. 246 00:13:07,959 --> 00:13:09,167 JAVIER BARDEM: He’s a creature that 247 00:13:09,305 --> 00:13:11,514 has been disguised so many times 248 00:13:11,652 --> 00:13:15,242 in so many forms and shapes through all the years 249 00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:18,004 that you feel that he’s immortal. 250 00:13:18,142 --> 00:13:22,042 He’s had so many experiences in so many civilizations 251 00:13:22,180 --> 00:13:25,080 that you see him as a wise figure, 252 00:13:25,218 --> 00:13:27,013 as a wise figure of metal. 253 00:13:27,151 --> 00:13:29,636 MAN: He was a Mayan mummy. 254 00:13:29,774 --> 00:13:31,672 He was a monster coming out of a grave. 255 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:32,708 [CROWS CAWING] 256 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:33,985 Eddie can be anything. 257 00:13:34,123 --> 00:13:35,642 MAN: [SCREAMING] 258 00:13:35,780 --> 00:13:38,679 NINA SAEIDI: Eddie is like a really great example 259 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:41,372 that you can be ugly and angry and it doesn’t really matter 260 00:13:41,510 --> 00:13:43,546 and you can express yourself and be authentic. 261 00:13:47,343 --> 00:13:49,967 [KILLERS BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 262 00:13:56,836 --> 00:14:01,495 PAUL: ♪ Oh, yeah! Yeah! 263 00:14:04,671 --> 00:14:07,950 ♪ Oh, yeah! 264 00:14:10,815 --> 00:14:13,818 ♪ Ooh, look out! 265 00:14:17,926 --> 00:14:20,825 ♪ Scream for mercy 266 00:14:20,963 --> 00:14:23,241 ♪ He laughs as he’s watching you bleed 267 00:14:23,379 --> 00:14:25,761 ♪ Killer behind you 268 00:14:25,899 --> 00:14:28,557 ♪ My blood lust defies all my needs 269 00:14:28,695 --> 00:14:30,076 [GUN CLICKS] 270 00:14:30,214 --> 00:14:33,286 ♪ Ooh, look out I’m coming for you 271 00:14:33,424 --> 00:14:35,875 ♪ Aha, ha, ha, ha! 272 00:14:38,739 --> 00:14:41,363 ♪ Oh! Oh! 273 00:14:41,501 --> 00:14:43,779 But Eddie to me is 274 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:46,644 the greatest marketing tool in heavy metal history. 275 00:14:46,782 --> 00:14:50,820 This group created its own universe. 276 00:14:50,959 --> 00:14:53,962 You didn’t necessarily have to hear the record. 277 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:57,241 Their artwork captured me before I even heard a sound. 278 00:14:57,379 --> 00:14:59,588 ’Cause it’s not just a sonic thing. 279 00:14:59,726 --> 00:15:02,591 It’s sight, sound, story and style. 280 00:15:02,729 --> 00:15:04,489 SCOTT IAN: I was 16 at the time. 281 00:15:04,627 --> 00:15:05,594 I saw the album cover. 282 00:15:05,732 --> 00:15:07,630 I saw Eddie staring at me. 283 00:15:07,768 --> 00:15:10,323 I bought the record. We went back to my house, 284 00:15:10,461 --> 00:15:12,428 literally putting the needle on the record 285 00:15:12,566 --> 00:15:15,742 and the intro, the first guitar chords of Prowler... 286 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:16,777 [PROWLER BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 287 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,400 I was like, 288 00:15:18,538 --> 00:15:20,298 "This is the greatest heavy metal record ever made." 289 00:15:20,436 --> 00:15:23,198 PAUL: ♪ Walking through the city 290 00:15:23,336 --> 00:15:25,303 ♪ Looking oh so pretty 291 00:15:25,441 --> 00:15:28,997 ♪ I’ve just got to find my way 292 00:15:30,239 --> 00:15:32,138 ♪ See the ladies flashing 293 00:15:32,276 --> 00:15:34,519 ♪ All their legs and lashes 294 00:15:34,657 --> 00:15:39,145 ♪ I’ve just got to find my way 295 00:15:39,283 --> 00:15:42,424 ♪ Well, you see me crawling through the bushes 296 00:15:42,562 --> 00:15:44,805 ♪ With it open wide 297 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,531 ♪ What you seeing, girl? 298 00:15:46,669 --> 00:15:48,809 MAN: Paul Di’Anno was the first singer of the band. 299 00:15:49,603 --> 00:15:51,709 And Paul was a singer who could wail. 300 00:15:51,847 --> 00:15:54,470 ♪ Can’t you believe your eyes? 301 00:15:54,608 --> 00:15:56,403 ♪ It’s the real thing, girl 302 00:15:57,335 --> 00:16:02,340 ♪ Got me feeling myself And reelin’ around 303 00:16:02,478 --> 00:16:04,135 DOM: He really brought, you know, 304 00:16:04,273 --> 00:16:05,826 the passion and the energy, 305 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,829 this sort of slight air of menace, 306 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:11,142 you know, all of these things that came across. 307 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:12,523 You know, he was a badass. 308 00:16:14,214 --> 00:16:16,320 I really felt we’d achieved something 309 00:16:16,458 --> 00:16:18,011 because, you know, we’d paid our dues and that, 310 00:16:18,149 --> 00:16:21,014 going around all the clubs and sweaty places. 311 00:16:21,152 --> 00:16:22,257 And when that first album came out, 312 00:16:22,395 --> 00:16:24,017 I was really proud of it, you know? 313 00:16:24,811 --> 00:16:27,710 Yeah, with the first album, it really went well for us. 314 00:16:27,848 --> 00:16:29,989 You know, it went straight into the charts at number four 315 00:16:30,127 --> 00:16:31,542 and done really well 316 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:32,853 and we haven’t really looked back since then. 317 00:16:35,373 --> 00:16:39,239 We literally made history, ’cause no one sounded like us. 318 00:16:39,377 --> 00:16:42,001 The fans and that every night, it was completely packed out, 319 00:16:42,139 --> 00:16:43,588 it was absolutely fantastic 320 00:16:43,726 --> 00:16:45,590 ’cause it was going absolutely berserk. 321 00:16:45,728 --> 00:16:48,041 It seems that they’ll do anything, you know? 322 00:16:48,179 --> 00:16:49,422 And because they do that, 323 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,907 then we’ll go and do anything for them. 324 00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:53,943 I’m a bit taken aback. You know, I’m still sort of 325 00:16:54,082 --> 00:16:55,738 trying to take it all in at the moment. 326 00:16:55,876 --> 00:16:56,843 [PROWLER BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 327 00:16:56,981 --> 00:16:59,156 ♪ ...round, yeah! 328 00:17:01,261 --> 00:17:03,643 MAN: But Paul was having, you know, 329 00:17:03,781 --> 00:17:05,576 a little bit too much fun on the road. 330 00:17:05,714 --> 00:17:07,578 DOM: It’s well documented that he used to piss it up 331 00:17:07,716 --> 00:17:10,029 quite a lot and was a bit of a naughty boy. 332 00:17:10,167 --> 00:17:11,582 He was not somebody who was known 333 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,756 for leading a choirboy’s lifestyle. 334 00:17:13,894 --> 00:17:15,586 Getting off his head most nights, 335 00:17:15,724 --> 00:17:17,070 coming on stage hungover. 336 00:17:17,208 --> 00:17:18,692 BRIAN: And I guess that they had 337 00:17:18,830 --> 00:17:20,384 had to cancel a few shows 338 00:17:20,522 --> 00:17:22,006 and that was definitely not 339 00:17:22,144 --> 00:17:23,387 something that any band wants to do, 340 00:17:23,525 --> 00:17:24,767 let alone a band like Iron Maiden, 341 00:17:24,905 --> 00:17:26,355 who was starting to really make an impact. 342 00:17:27,184 --> 00:17:30,083 ROSS HALFIN: Steve had this vision 343 00:17:30,221 --> 00:17:31,774 of what they were 344 00:17:31,912 --> 00:17:33,707 and you didn’t interfere with that vision. 345 00:17:33,845 --> 00:17:35,261 If you interfered with that vision 346 00:17:35,399 --> 00:17:38,057 you were not gonna stay with this band. 347 00:17:42,371 --> 00:17:43,924 STEVE: I’ve been called Sergeant Major, 348 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,099 Ayatollah, Headmaster. 349 00:17:46,237 --> 00:17:48,101 I’ve been called most things. 350 00:17:48,239 --> 00:17:49,792 But the problem with Paul was that 351 00:17:49,930 --> 00:17:53,106 he wasn’t really looking after himself health-wise. 352 00:17:53,244 --> 00:17:55,004 It was real tough work with him. 353 00:17:55,143 --> 00:17:58,974 So we sort of thought, "Well, we can’t let him pull us down." 354 00:17:59,112 --> 00:18:02,667 The voice is such a, you know, massive part of the sound, 355 00:18:02,805 --> 00:18:04,945 and I was very worried 356 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,086 that it might be the end of our career. 357 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,261 BEAZLEY: He liked his drink. 358 00:18:10,399 --> 00:18:11,987 He liked his substances. 359 00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:15,991 And then we toured basically four, five shows a week, 360 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:19,132 and I don’t think that helped his voice at all either. 361 00:18:19,270 --> 00:18:21,307 I think it was the pressure that was getting to me. 362 00:18:21,445 --> 00:18:22,998 You find other distractions 363 00:18:23,136 --> 00:18:24,655 like cocaine and shit like that, 364 00:18:24,793 --> 00:18:26,657 and, yeah, I had a problem. 365 00:18:26,795 --> 00:18:28,624 I... I must admit, I did have a problem. 366 00:18:30,178 --> 00:18:32,352 We missed gigs. 367 00:18:32,490 --> 00:18:34,423 And then we had to cancel the whole German tour. 368 00:18:35,424 --> 00:18:37,633 I mean, he just had to go. 369 00:18:39,290 --> 00:18:40,843 It was a no-brainer in the end. 370 00:18:40,981 --> 00:18:42,880 We thought, "We... We’re just gonna have to change." 371 00:18:44,157 --> 00:18:46,987 And as sad as it was, that’s Paul, you know? 372 00:18:48,644 --> 00:18:49,921 He’s a lovable rogue. 373 00:18:51,992 --> 00:18:53,442 I wouldn’t have been able to give 100% 374 00:18:53,580 --> 00:18:55,824 or 1,000% to Iron Maiden. And that’s not fair. 375 00:18:55,962 --> 00:18:57,274 You let the band down, you let yourself down, 376 00:18:57,412 --> 00:18:58,516 you let the fans down. 377 00:18:58,654 --> 00:19:00,139 And so I thought, "Best to go." 378 00:19:12,496 --> 00:19:14,325 SCOTT: I was very depressed about it. 379 00:19:14,463 --> 00:19:16,707 It was a bummer. You know, the singer’s leaving. 380 00:19:16,845 --> 00:19:20,262 When I heard that Paul was out of the band 381 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,782 I thought, "Oh, no, my band is dead." 382 00:19:25,509 --> 00:19:27,200 I was in a band called Samson 383 00:19:27,338 --> 00:19:30,307 and we were on the bill at Reading Festival. 384 00:19:30,445 --> 00:19:33,448 Steve and Rod were in the audience, checking me out. 385 00:19:33,586 --> 00:19:37,176 Now, Rod was absolutely dead against having me in the band. 386 00:19:37,314 --> 00:19:39,281 Steve was like, "Just go and have a look at him as a singer." 387 00:19:39,419 --> 00:19:43,561 So they did, obviously, saw my performance, 388 00:19:43,699 --> 00:19:47,047 and then Rod decided that he would have a chat with me. 389 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,879 [PHONE RINGING] 390 00:19:53,847 --> 00:19:54,986 [RECEIVER RATTLES] 391 00:19:56,505 --> 00:20:00,302 Hello there. That’s right, it’s Bruce. 392 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,062 BRUCE: He said, Are you interested in the job? 393 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:03,650 I went, "Of course I’m interested in the job. 394 00:20:03,788 --> 00:20:04,755 "Don’t be daft!" 395 00:20:05,273 --> 00:20:07,861 [LAUGHS] 396 00:20:07,999 --> 00:20:11,865 So he, er, chopped out a big line of coke 397 00:20:12,003 --> 00:20:13,350 and said, "Do you want some?" 398 00:20:13,488 --> 00:20:15,041 I went, "No, I don’t do that stuff." 399 00:20:15,179 --> 00:20:18,389 He went, "Oh. You don’t mind if I do then?" 400 00:20:18,527 --> 00:20:21,944 So, erm, I’m sitting there and he said, er, right, 401 00:20:22,082 --> 00:20:24,223 he goes, "I’m offering you the chance 402 00:20:24,361 --> 00:20:26,086 "to audition for Iron Maiden." 403 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:27,950 And I said, "Look, Rod, 404 00:20:28,088 --> 00:20:30,953 "let’s just put cards on the table here. 405 00:20:31,091 --> 00:20:33,162 "You know I’ll get the job. 406 00:20:33,301 --> 00:20:34,647 "But the question is not 407 00:20:34,785 --> 00:20:36,096 "whether or not I’ll get the job. 408 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:38,133 "The question for me is, 409 00:20:38,271 --> 00:20:40,411 "Do you want the pain in the arse 410 00:20:40,549 --> 00:20:42,724 "that’s going to appear in your life? 411 00:20:42,862 --> 00:20:45,761 "’Cause I’m not gonna be like your existing singer." 412 00:20:46,279 --> 00:20:48,247 Steve totally found somebody 413 00:20:48,385 --> 00:20:51,146 who was as ambitious as him in Bruce. 414 00:20:51,284 --> 00:20:55,426 Bruce is totally professional, totally, er, into fitness, 415 00:20:55,564 --> 00:20:58,636 looks after his voice, looks after himself, 416 00:20:58,774 --> 00:21:01,812 wants to go out there and be the best and, erm, 417 00:21:01,950 --> 00:21:04,366 that’s all you can ask from any frontman really. 418 00:21:05,125 --> 00:21:07,818 When it happened, it was about 50-50 419 00:21:07,956 --> 00:21:09,647 between people like, "Oh, no, I liked Paul way better. 420 00:21:09,785 --> 00:21:11,304 "I don’t like... I don’t like Iron Maiden with Bruce." 421 00:21:11,442 --> 00:21:12,823 50-50. 422 00:21:12,961 --> 00:21:14,273 KATON: Bruce had it tough enough as it was 423 00:21:14,411 --> 00:21:16,965 because Paul Di’Anno was beloved. 424 00:21:17,103 --> 00:21:19,761 Paul Di’Anno is still beloved by guys like me. 425 00:21:20,451 --> 00:21:22,488 It was a little bit strange, 426 00:21:22,626 --> 00:21:24,352 but this is me, 427 00:21:24,490 --> 00:21:26,112 this is what I do 428 00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:29,322 and you’re either gonna get used to it or not. 429 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:31,013 And some people absolutely hated it. 430 00:21:31,151 --> 00:21:32,981 Somebody said, "This is horrible. 431 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,984 "It was like listening to my favorite songs 432 00:21:36,122 --> 00:21:40,678 "being sung in a cement mixer by an air-raid siren." 433 00:21:40,816 --> 00:21:42,231 To which Rod immediately went, 434 00:21:42,370 --> 00:21:45,511 "Bloody great. A human air-raid siren. I love it!" 435 00:21:45,649 --> 00:21:48,203 DOM: They wanted somebody who was gonna be 436 00:21:48,341 --> 00:21:50,964 capable of leading from the front 437 00:21:51,102 --> 00:21:52,345 as they took over the world, 438 00:21:52,483 --> 00:21:54,520 and obviously they found that guy. 439 00:21:54,658 --> 00:21:57,523 Never has anybody been better equipped 440 00:21:57,661 --> 00:21:59,352 for, er, world domination 441 00:21:59,490 --> 00:22:01,354 than Bruce Dickinson in his mid-twenties. 442 00:22:01,492 --> 00:22:03,494 You know, like, it’s just absurd. 443 00:22:03,632 --> 00:22:05,393 [MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 444 00:22:07,636 --> 00:22:09,120 ♪ I remember it as plain as day 445 00:22:09,258 --> 00:22:12,020 ♪ Although it happened in the dark of night 446 00:22:12,158 --> 00:22:13,884 ♪ I was strolling through the streets of Paris 447 00:22:14,022 --> 00:22:16,507 ♪ It was cold It was starting to rain 448 00:22:16,645 --> 00:22:18,475 ♪ And then I heard an ear-piercing scream 449 00:22:18,613 --> 00:22:21,132 ♪ And I rushed to the scene of the crime 450 00:22:21,270 --> 00:22:22,858 ♪ But all I found was the butchered remains 451 00:22:22,996 --> 00:22:25,033 ♪ Of two girls who lay side by side 452 00:22:25,171 --> 00:22:27,000 ♪ Yeah, murders in the Rue Morgue 453 00:22:27,898 --> 00:22:30,003 ♪ Never gonna find me 454 00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:32,247 ♪ Murders in the Rue Morgue 455 00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:34,801 ♪ Running from the arms of the law 456 00:22:38,253 --> 00:22:41,290 SCOTT: Bruce took them to a new level with his range, 457 00:22:41,429 --> 00:22:43,845 with his presentation on stage. 458 00:22:43,983 --> 00:22:47,089 It’s not just his vocal prowess, 459 00:22:47,227 --> 00:22:49,678 it’s like you’re watching Broadway. 460 00:22:49,816 --> 00:22:52,750 MOLLY CAPOBIANCO: He has this intense stamina 461 00:22:52,888 --> 00:22:55,408 and it’s infectious, and when he, you know, 462 00:22:55,546 --> 00:22:57,928 gets the crowd going. 463 00:22:58,066 --> 00:22:59,964 Bruce, you only joined a few months ago, didn’t you? 464 00:23:00,102 --> 00:23:02,760 Yeah, just after, er... after August last year. 465 00:23:02,898 --> 00:23:04,313 no, September last year. 466 00:23:04,452 --> 00:23:06,108 I know Iron Maiden have had a few line-up changes 467 00:23:06,246 --> 00:23:07,662 but there had been sort of fairly settled with the line-up. 468 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,457 Was it quite difficult for you, er, 469 00:23:09,595 --> 00:23:11,942 going in and joining an established band line-up? 470 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,496 Not... Not really ’cause we’ve sort of known each other 471 00:23:14,634 --> 00:23:16,084 for quite a long while 472 00:23:16,222 --> 00:23:17,430 through my sort of... from my last band I was in. 473 00:23:17,568 --> 00:23:18,776 So, I mean, it, er... 474 00:23:18,914 --> 00:23:20,122 it all fitted in really well, really. 475 00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:22,124 I mean, we like the same sort of music 476 00:23:22,262 --> 00:23:23,574 - so it’s no real problem. - WOMAN: Yeah, yeah. 477 00:23:24,575 --> 00:23:25,887 ♪ Murders in the Rue Morgue 478 00:23:26,784 --> 00:23:28,821 ♪ Never gonna find me 479 00:23:28,959 --> 00:23:30,339 ♪ Murders in the Rue Morgue 480 00:23:30,478 --> 00:23:32,963 When we first started touring together, 481 00:23:33,101 --> 00:23:35,828 when I’m singing the lead vocals 482 00:23:35,966 --> 00:23:38,451 I stand in the middle of the stage. 483 00:23:38,589 --> 00:23:40,798 And suddenly I’ve got, like, you know, 484 00:23:40,936 --> 00:23:42,386 Steve’s bass in my ear. 485 00:23:42,524 --> 00:23:43,767 You know, grrr, and he’s like... 486 00:23:43,905 --> 00:23:45,976 and he’s like shoving me. 487 00:23:46,114 --> 00:23:48,254 There he was in my face and was cursing and swearing 488 00:23:48,392 --> 00:23:49,807 and you know, stuff like that, 489 00:23:49,945 --> 00:23:52,569 and this got quite heated after a while. 490 00:23:52,707 --> 00:23:55,813 And it came to a head, Newcastle City Hall. 491 00:23:55,951 --> 00:23:57,815 Steve was hopping mad. He was saying that 492 00:23:57,953 --> 00:23:59,472 I was getting in the way and everything. 493 00:23:59,610 --> 00:24:01,474 I was like, "Well, when I’m singing, mate, 494 00:24:01,612 --> 00:24:03,096 "I stand in the f... in the middle of the stage. 495 00:24:03,234 --> 00:24:04,822 "Not you, me." 496 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:06,962 I said, "Then when I’m done singing, 497 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:09,309 "you can stand in the middle of the stage whenever you want." 498 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,726 And we... we were... we were gonna go outside and... 499 00:24:11,864 --> 00:24:14,004 and, you know, have a... have a fistfight. 500 00:24:14,142 --> 00:24:16,316 And Rod came in. He was like, 501 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,353 "Break it up! Break it up, you two! Stop it!" 502 00:24:18,491 --> 00:24:20,113 And, er, Steve... Steve was like, 503 00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:21,770 "He’s gotta go! He’s gotta go! He’s gotta go!" 504 00:24:21,908 --> 00:24:23,323 And Rod’s said, "He’s not going!" 505 00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:26,568 [LAUGHS] 506 00:24:26,706 --> 00:24:29,640 And I think that was the beginning of us 507 00:24:29,778 --> 00:24:32,194 starting to understand each other... 508 00:24:32,332 --> 00:24:34,473 [CHUCKLING] ...a bit better in a weird way. 509 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:37,165 ♪ It took so long and... 510 00:24:37,303 --> 00:24:39,305 DOM: They were a better band when Bruce joined. 511 00:24:39,443 --> 00:24:41,203 They were more powerful. 512 00:24:41,341 --> 00:24:42,722 They had more charisma. 513 00:24:42,860 --> 00:24:45,311 They had more visible sort of intensity. 514 00:24:46,036 --> 00:24:48,832 But Bruce was just a piece of the puzzle. 515 00:24:48,970 --> 00:24:50,696 ♪ I’m never going home! 516 00:24:50,834 --> 00:24:52,076 The most fundamental thing really 517 00:24:52,214 --> 00:24:54,527 was the strength of the material they made, 518 00:24:54,665 --> 00:24:56,356 were badass musicians. 519 00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,842 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 520 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,165 GENE SIMMONS: Undeniably, the sound of Maiden for us 521 00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:14,892 was always about the guitars. 522 00:25:15,030 --> 00:25:16,376 That’s the first thing that comes to your mind, 523 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:19,138 those twin harmonic guitars going on, 524 00:25:19,276 --> 00:25:22,313 and the push, the power behind it. 525 00:25:27,698 --> 00:25:29,251 DOM LAWSON: No guitar partnership has ever had 526 00:25:29,389 --> 00:25:32,427 quite the same chemistry as Adrian and Dave. 527 00:25:32,565 --> 00:25:35,913 Two lead guitarists which make men of a certain age 528 00:25:36,051 --> 00:25:38,364 and... and ladies too I’m sure, 529 00:25:38,502 --> 00:25:39,641 erm, go a bit weak at the knees. 530 00:25:41,194 --> 00:25:42,920 Dave and I have always gotten on. 531 00:25:43,058 --> 00:25:45,060 We’ve been mates since we were kids, you know? 532 00:25:45,198 --> 00:25:47,407 So on a personal level, there was no problem. 533 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:49,686 And that translated into work. 534 00:25:50,341 --> 00:25:52,240 We grew up in East London 535 00:25:52,378 --> 00:25:55,381 and we lived a couple of streets away from each other. 536 00:25:55,519 --> 00:25:57,763 I think ’cause we’re good friends and we have a laugh, 537 00:25:57,901 --> 00:26:00,110 we can play the subtle harmonies, 538 00:26:00,248 --> 00:26:03,700 subtle nuances, things that have to be correct. 539 00:26:03,838 --> 00:26:06,426 GABRIELA GUADALUPE ROJAS DOULA: [IN SPANISH] After so many years together, 540 00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:07,704 they communicated without words. 541 00:26:07,842 --> 00:26:08,912 They’re like fish in the water. 542 00:26:09,706 --> 00:26:11,224 They just flow. 543 00:26:11,362 --> 00:26:13,433 If something gets in their way, they turn it into art. 544 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:14,952 [SANCTUARY BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 545 00:26:16,229 --> 00:26:17,299 BRUCE: [IN ENGLISH] Yeah! 546 00:26:19,232 --> 00:26:21,545 DOM: Every element of it was perfect. 547 00:26:21,683 --> 00:26:24,065 Playing with this astonishing bass player, 548 00:26:24,203 --> 00:26:27,068 the things Steve can do on a bass still blows my mind. 549 00:26:28,138 --> 00:26:30,485 TOM: The galloping bass was front and center 550 00:26:30,623 --> 00:26:32,625 and his particular style of playing the bass 551 00:26:32,763 --> 00:26:34,385 differentiated Maiden from all other metal. 552 00:26:35,455 --> 00:26:37,768 SIMON GALLUP: Steve uses a lot of chords. 553 00:26:37,906 --> 00:26:39,598 You know, he’d be doing the galloping thing 554 00:26:39,736 --> 00:26:41,634 and then he’ll suddenly put in a chord. 555 00:26:41,772 --> 00:26:45,983 And you think, that sonically adds so much to it. 556 00:26:47,364 --> 00:26:49,538 Clive Burr, the drummer with Maiden 557 00:26:49,677 --> 00:26:51,471 for the first three records... 558 00:26:52,645 --> 00:26:57,098 He was a fabulous drummer. I really admired his drumming. 559 00:26:57,236 --> 00:26:59,445 BRUCE: ♪ Sanctuary from the law 560 00:26:59,583 --> 00:27:02,897 STEVE: Clive was great and, erm, we got on really well. 561 00:27:03,035 --> 00:27:04,243 BRUCE: ♪ Sanctuary from the law 562 00:27:04,381 --> 00:27:06,659 ♪ You love me tonight Tonight! 563 00:27:06,797 --> 00:27:09,144 DOM: You had an astonishing drummer in Clive Burr, 564 00:27:09,282 --> 00:27:10,283 God rest his soul. 565 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,322 But when he left, they got Nicko. 566 00:27:16,117 --> 00:27:18,084 And just everyone’s like, "What the fuck is this bloke? 567 00:27:18,222 --> 00:27:19,396 "Where the fuck did he come from?" 568 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,028 - TV PRESENTER: Nicko? - NICKO: Matthew? 569 00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:33,893 How would you like us lot to be your backing group? 570 00:27:34,031 --> 00:27:35,584 I thought you’d never ask. 571 00:27:35,723 --> 00:27:37,966 [UPBEAT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING] 572 00:27:40,279 --> 00:27:42,799 He’s a funny bloke and he’s a big ray of sunshine, Nicko. 573 00:27:44,283 --> 00:27:45,836 I just spat on your lens. 574 00:27:45,974 --> 00:27:47,873 Every... [LAUGHS] 575 00:27:48,011 --> 00:27:49,702 JAVIER: The way he plays drums, 576 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,050 you can tell, it’s something that is beyond his control. 577 00:27:53,188 --> 00:27:57,883 It’s a gift from the Gods of metal, 578 00:27:58,021 --> 00:28:01,645 that was given to him and he’s just the tool. 579 00:28:07,616 --> 00:28:11,897 The entity of Maiden was strong with Clive and Paul Di’Anno. 580 00:28:12,035 --> 00:28:13,864 There was a magic that was set there 581 00:28:14,002 --> 00:28:15,521 way back in the early days. 582 00:28:17,178 --> 00:28:20,112 But when I came in, it seemed to be natural. 583 00:28:21,078 --> 00:28:24,530 Although I did, like, four or five songs rattled off, 584 00:28:24,668 --> 00:28:26,049 that was my audition. 585 00:28:27,222 --> 00:28:29,673 But, you know, we bonded. 586 00:28:29,811 --> 00:28:32,020 There was an unwritten bond, if you like. 587 00:28:32,158 --> 00:28:34,367 Yeah, it was pretty instant. 588 00:28:38,061 --> 00:28:41,547 CROWD: [CHEERING] 589 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:45,447 The ’80s were incredible. 590 00:28:45,585 --> 00:28:49,797 Every album kept getting bigger and bigger. 591 00:28:49,935 --> 00:28:51,419 And we knew we were on the verge 592 00:28:51,557 --> 00:28:53,593 of something really special. 593 00:28:54,387 --> 00:28:57,908 BARRY CLAYTON: Woe to you, O earth and sea, 594 00:28:59,047 --> 00:29:00,393 For the Devil... 595 00:29:00,531 --> 00:29:02,568 BARRY AND CROWD: ...sends the beast with wrath, 596 00:29:02,706 --> 00:29:06,641 because he knows that time is short. 597 00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:10,749 Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast 598 00:29:10,887 --> 00:29:13,303 for it is a human number. 599 00:29:13,441 --> 00:29:17,134 Its number is six hundred and sixty-six. 600 00:29:17,272 --> 00:29:18,653 CROWD: [CHEERING] 601 00:29:18,791 --> 00:29:21,587 [NUMBER OF THE BEAST BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 602 00:29:21,725 --> 00:29:23,451 BRUCE: ♪ I left alone 603 00:29:24,797 --> 00:29:26,454 ♪ My mind was blank 604 00:29:28,111 --> 00:29:30,665 ♪ I needed time to think 605 00:29:30,803 --> 00:29:33,392 ♪ To get the memories from my mind 606 00:29:34,738 --> 00:29:36,395 ♪ What did I see? 607 00:29:37,741 --> 00:29:39,432 ♪ Can I believe? 608 00:29:41,055 --> 00:29:46,577 ♪ That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy? 609 00:29:46,715 --> 00:29:48,787 ♪ ’Cause in my dreams 610 00:29:50,133 --> 00:29:51,824 ♪ It’s always there 611 00:29:53,343 --> 00:29:56,484 ♪ The evil face that twists my mind 612 00:29:56,622 --> 00:29:58,797 ♪ Brings me to despair 613 00:30:00,626 --> 00:30:06,666 [SCREAMS] 614 00:30:11,671 --> 00:30:15,261 ♪ Night was black was no use holding back 615 00:30:15,399 --> 00:30:20,819 ♪ ’Cause I just had to see was someone watching me? 616 00:30:20,957 --> 00:30:22,406 Sing it! 617 00:30:22,544 --> 00:30:24,236 - ♪ Six... -CROWD: ♪ six, six 618 00:30:24,374 --> 00:30:26,100 ♪ The number of the beast 619 00:30:26,894 --> 00:30:31,174 ♪ Sacrifice is going on tonight 620 00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:38,837 DOM: You could tell this band are gonna be massive. 621 00:30:47,638 --> 00:30:50,572 Zero to heroes, you know, like, in no time. 622 00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:53,058 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 623 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,722 I’d never left the UK before. It was just exciting, you know? 624 00:31:03,551 --> 00:31:06,071 There was all these, er, new experience 625 00:31:06,209 --> 00:31:08,107 that just kept evolving. 626 00:31:08,245 --> 00:31:10,558 And you didn’t really have time to think about much of it, 627 00:31:10,696 --> 00:31:12,732 you just... you just rolled with it. 628 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:15,908 BRUCE: ♪ ...towards the chanting hordes 629 00:31:16,046 --> 00:31:17,910 REPORTER: Iron Maiden are one of the leading exponents 630 00:31:18,048 --> 00:31:19,947 of the UK heavy metal scene. 631 00:31:20,085 --> 00:31:21,707 Fans here for their concert at the music hall, 632 00:31:21,845 --> 00:31:23,778 their debut concert here in Canada, 633 00:31:23,916 --> 00:31:25,435 have been lined up for a couple of hours. 634 00:31:25,573 --> 00:31:28,438 And fans is part of what makes Iron Maiden work. 635 00:31:28,576 --> 00:31:33,167 Getting to where they were without major radio play 636 00:31:33,305 --> 00:31:35,100 was a big deal back then. 637 00:31:35,238 --> 00:31:38,966 The band had so much respect among heavy metal fans. 638 00:31:39,104 --> 00:31:40,450 REPORTER: What is it, do you think makes them 639 00:31:40,588 --> 00:31:41,589 more special than anybody else? 640 00:31:41,727 --> 00:31:43,522 They’re different, you know? 641 00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:45,351 They come out of England so they’re different. They love it. 642 00:31:45,489 --> 00:31:47,181 Well, I think that it’s the best music that I can hear. 643 00:31:47,319 --> 00:31:48,527 - REPORTER: Yeah? - Yeah, 644 00:31:48,665 --> 00:31:49,977 ’cause I love heavy metal and I love 645 00:31:50,115 --> 00:31:51,461 your kind of music very much. 646 00:31:57,570 --> 00:31:59,262 [SONG ENDS] 647 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,057 CROWD: [CHEERING] 648 00:32:04,888 --> 00:32:07,615 It was the beginning of what I described as 649 00:32:07,753 --> 00:32:09,444 a non-stop roller coaster 650 00:32:09,582 --> 00:32:11,584 that never ever got to the bottom. 651 00:32:11,722 --> 00:32:13,483 It just carried on accelerating. 652 00:32:14,415 --> 00:32:17,556 We just achieved terminal velocity 653 00:32:17,694 --> 00:32:20,628 and stayed there for five fucking years. 654 00:32:25,150 --> 00:32:28,153 ANDY COPPING: In that period, the Iron Maiden logo, 655 00:32:28,291 --> 00:32:32,122 Eddie stood out way beyond 656 00:32:32,260 --> 00:32:33,572 any other band that was out there. 657 00:32:33,710 --> 00:32:37,300 I mean, it was r... this really dynamic logo. 658 00:32:38,059 --> 00:32:39,371 LARS: It’s hard for me 659 00:32:39,509 --> 00:32:42,961 to think of a more recognizable mascot 660 00:32:43,099 --> 00:32:46,516 or imagery associated with a hard rock band 661 00:32:46,654 --> 00:32:48,035 than Eddie and Iron Maiden. 662 00:32:48,173 --> 00:32:52,971 You know, it was just such an incredible creation. 663 00:32:53,109 --> 00:32:54,524 Eddie had a huge thing to do 664 00:32:54,662 --> 00:32:56,560 with the success of Iron Maiden. 665 00:32:56,698 --> 00:33:00,047 because here is an image of this character or creature, 666 00:33:00,185 --> 00:33:04,016 whatever it is, that people could somehow kinda relate to. 667 00:33:04,154 --> 00:33:07,364 The thing about Eddie is he transcends generations. 668 00:33:07,502 --> 00:33:12,162 ’Cause you always can lure a young head in with a character. 669 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:13,819 Eddie is a monument. 670 00:33:13,957 --> 00:33:15,165 I give credit to Maiden. 671 00:33:15,303 --> 00:33:18,099 They understood the flag-bearing thing. 672 00:33:18,237 --> 00:33:22,103 It connects with the fans, the nationhood of it. 673 00:33:22,241 --> 00:33:24,381 BEAZLEY: Eddie just progressed every year. 674 00:33:24,519 --> 00:33:26,556 Came up with the ground-support system, 675 00:33:26,694 --> 00:33:28,730 the moving rig that no one else had. 676 00:33:28,868 --> 00:33:30,422 So every year I... 677 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,012 I actually bettered what I’d done the year before. 678 00:33:34,150 --> 00:33:38,050 We created a monster, basically. [LAUGHS] 679 00:33:38,982 --> 00:33:40,880 A Scarborough family court heard today 680 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,710 that a young offender who gunned down 681 00:33:42,848 --> 00:33:44,332 a wealthy East End gambler, 682 00:33:44,470 --> 00:33:46,714 his wife and young daughter last April, 683 00:33:46,852 --> 00:33:48,267 was heavily influenced 684 00:33:48,405 --> 00:33:51,408 by the skeletal mascot of a heavy metal rock group 685 00:33:51,546 --> 00:33:53,203 and by literature on Satan. 686 00:33:53,341 --> 00:33:55,723 There are numerous reports of Satanic activities 687 00:33:55,861 --> 00:33:57,207 throughout central Texas. 688 00:33:57,345 --> 00:33:59,761 This music is nothing more than songs of Satan. 689 00:33:59,899 --> 00:34:01,039 - Satanism. - Satan. 690 00:34:03,110 --> 00:34:04,594 REPORTER: That is what ten thousand dollars’ worth 691 00:34:04,732 --> 00:34:06,182 of burning records looks like. 692 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:09,875 MAN: Well, we feel that many of the songs are, er, 693 00:34:10,013 --> 00:34:11,187 of the occult nature. 694 00:34:11,325 --> 00:34:12,636 They sing about witchy women, 695 00:34:12,774 --> 00:34:14,500 the daughter of the devil, sleeping in her bed. 696 00:34:14,638 --> 00:34:17,917 We think it’s definitely having an influence on young people 697 00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:21,093 to go the opposite direction of what the Bible would teach. 698 00:34:22,163 --> 00:34:24,096 NEWSREADER: New York’s John Cardinal O’Connor 699 00:34:24,234 --> 00:34:25,753 claimed this type of music 700 00:34:25,891 --> 00:34:28,618 was guilty of leading listeners to Satan’s camp. 701 00:34:28,756 --> 00:34:29,929 NEWSREADER: Groups like Iron Maiden 702 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:31,276 feature death’s-heads, 703 00:34:31,414 --> 00:34:33,416 monsters and Satanic pentagrams. 704 00:34:33,554 --> 00:34:35,556 NEWSREADER: The PMRC wants ratings 705 00:34:35,694 --> 00:34:37,627 on all records with explicit lyrics. 706 00:34:37,765 --> 00:34:40,078 STEVE: It strikes me as being a little bit of religious mania. 707 00:34:40,216 --> 00:34:41,734 You know, there’s all kinds of ways 708 00:34:41,872 --> 00:34:44,151 that people can use their... Their talents and energies 709 00:34:44,289 --> 00:34:46,429 to better people’s lot in the world 710 00:34:46,567 --> 00:34:49,156 besides spending their time having law suits. 711 00:34:49,294 --> 00:34:51,158 It seems a waste of time and money. 712 00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:53,608 KATON W. DE PENA: The word had gotten out 713 00:34:53,746 --> 00:34:55,127 so the Jesus freaks were scared. 714 00:34:55,265 --> 00:34:56,991 It was great. 715 00:34:57,129 --> 00:34:59,649 You’re a kid. It’s like the coolest thing to be part of. 716 00:34:59,787 --> 00:35:01,168 Like, you love this band 717 00:35:01,306 --> 00:35:03,549 and there’s people protesting about this band. 718 00:35:03,687 --> 00:35:08,036 Like, you’re only making us love ’em more, dummies. 719 00:35:08,175 --> 00:35:11,005 Can anybody take seriously a man in a red suit 720 00:35:11,143 --> 00:35:14,802 with a long, red, floppy tail and two plastic horns 721 00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:16,286 with a little light bulb that light up 722 00:35:16,424 --> 00:35:17,874 on the end of his trident? 723 00:35:18,012 --> 00:35:19,289 I mean, if that’s devil worship, I’m sorry, 724 00:35:19,427 --> 00:35:21,878 I must be in the wrong century. 725 00:35:22,016 --> 00:35:24,191 JAVIER: I was born in a very strong Catholic country, 726 00:35:24,329 --> 00:35:26,158 and if you don’t follow the rules 727 00:35:26,296 --> 00:35:27,711 you’re gonna be burned in Hell. 728 00:35:27,849 --> 00:35:30,645 And then all of a sudden here’s Eddie 729 00:35:30,783 --> 00:35:32,475 and here is "The Number of the Beast" 730 00:35:32,613 --> 00:35:35,961 with the evil in it and Hell is fun. 731 00:35:36,099 --> 00:35:40,138 Hell is not that dangerous. Hell is some place where, fuck, 732 00:35:40,276 --> 00:35:44,314 these musicians come back and forth. 733 00:35:44,452 --> 00:35:48,042 And I go, "Maybe there’s not such a thing as Hell and Heaven. 734 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:51,356 "Maybe it’s more about us as people 735 00:35:51,494 --> 00:35:55,843 "rather than who’s up there telling who’s bad and good." 736 00:35:55,981 --> 00:35:59,467 [HALLOWED BE THY NAME BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 737 00:36:14,310 --> 00:36:17,968 BRUCE: ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah 738 00:36:18,831 --> 00:36:25,769 ♪ Hallowed be thy name 739 00:36:37,125 --> 00:36:40,128 MAN: The panic of Satanism and Iron Maiden proves 740 00:36:40,267 --> 00:36:42,890 that these people don’t actually read 741 00:36:43,028 --> 00:36:45,686 what these songs are about. 742 00:36:45,824 --> 00:36:46,894 And what they all don’t understand 743 00:36:47,032 --> 00:36:48,171 is these are stories. 744 00:36:49,897 --> 00:36:51,416 REPORTER: What do you think about 745 00:36:51,554 --> 00:36:53,245 the importance of the text of the songs, the beginning? 746 00:36:53,383 --> 00:36:54,315 STEVE: Oh, the lyrics. 747 00:36:54,453 --> 00:36:55,765 REPORTER: In the text of the... 748 00:36:55,903 --> 00:36:57,353 - Yeah, in the lyrics. - STEVE: Yeah. 749 00:36:57,491 --> 00:37:00,942 I think, erm, because a lot of the earlier rock bands 750 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,843 sort of were, well, coming from the blues and stuff, 751 00:37:04,981 --> 00:37:07,501 blues used to sing about being on the road 752 00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:09,434 and, you know, being in love with their woman, 753 00:37:09,572 --> 00:37:11,574 and, er, I think there’s a lot more things 754 00:37:11,712 --> 00:37:13,645 you can write about these days. 755 00:37:13,783 --> 00:37:16,993 You don’t have to write about my baby doesn’t love me any more 756 00:37:17,131 --> 00:37:19,237 and all this sort of rubbish, you know? 757 00:37:19,375 --> 00:37:21,584 It seems crazy to write songs about... 758 00:37:21,722 --> 00:37:24,276 about drinking and... and screwing women 759 00:37:24,414 --> 00:37:29,039 and, erm, smoking, erm, strange substances 760 00:37:29,177 --> 00:37:31,594 and going out and partying and all the rest of it, 761 00:37:31,732 --> 00:37:33,458 when these are all things that are much more fun... 762 00:37:33,596 --> 00:37:34,804 It’s much more fun doing it 763 00:37:34,942 --> 00:37:37,082 than it is listening to a song about it. 764 00:37:37,220 --> 00:37:38,601 So, I mean, anybody can go and do it 765 00:37:38,739 --> 00:37:40,119 - at the end of the day anyway. - [LAUGHING] 766 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:43,744 You know? I mean, we prefer to write songs about 767 00:37:43,882 --> 00:37:46,954 things that people don’t do very often, like death. 768 00:37:47,541 --> 00:37:48,542 CROWD: [CHEERING] 769 00:37:51,545 --> 00:37:53,132 As you might know, we’ve got a new album 770 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,480 wandering around at the moment. 771 00:37:55,618 --> 00:37:57,930 The album is called Powerslave,all right? 772 00:37:58,068 --> 00:37:59,898 CROWD: [CHEERING] 773 00:38:00,036 --> 00:38:01,313 We did a song on this album 774 00:38:01,451 --> 00:38:03,142 that’s about 13 minutes long, all right? 775 00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,938 This little track that we’ll do for you. 776 00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:10,840 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner! 777 00:38:10,978 --> 00:38:13,187 [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 778 00:38:13,325 --> 00:38:15,293 [THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINERBY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 779 00:38:18,399 --> 00:38:19,642 DR. SAMIR PURI: If you compose 780 00:38:19,780 --> 00:38:21,782 very intricate 11, 12 minute songs, 781 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,336 you probably want a powerful, weighty theme 782 00:38:24,474 --> 00:38:25,820 to go with that music. 783 00:38:25,958 --> 00:38:27,339 Why would you compose 12 minutes 784 00:38:27,477 --> 00:38:29,824 and have a song about something very trivial? 785 00:38:29,962 --> 00:38:31,861 ♪ Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner 786 00:38:31,999 --> 00:38:33,863 ♪ See his eye as he stops one of three 787 00:38:34,001 --> 00:38:35,692 ♪ Mesmerises one of the wedding guests 788 00:38:35,830 --> 00:38:38,730 ♪ Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea 789 00:38:41,733 --> 00:38:43,631 ♪ And the music plays on back to the North 790 00:38:43,769 --> 00:38:47,359 ♪ Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on 791 00:38:47,946 --> 00:38:49,844 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah 792 00:38:51,674 --> 00:38:53,192 NINA: Thing about Maiden is they have 793 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:56,644 a quite narrative way of storytelling in their music. 794 00:38:56,782 --> 00:38:58,681 So you’ve got these epically long songs, 795 00:38:58,819 --> 00:39:00,924 like "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for example, 796 00:39:01,062 --> 00:39:02,892 where they’re telling you a story. 797 00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:07,206 There’s all this like literary inspiration, poetic inspiration, 798 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,692 a lot of songs about the historical battles 799 00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:11,038 and Alexander the Great 800 00:39:11,176 --> 00:39:12,867 and people being trapped in ice. 801 00:39:14,006 --> 00:39:18,390 ♪ Stranger in a strange land 802 00:39:18,528 --> 00:39:22,152 ♪ Land of ice and snow 803 00:39:22,877 --> 00:39:26,225 ♪ Trapped here in this prison Yeah 804 00:39:27,192 --> 00:39:30,540 ♪ Lost and far from home♪ 805 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:36,581 NINA: I grew up thinking that I was sort of out of place, 806 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,237 a stranger in a strange land. 807 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:40,654 And I think the exploration of different worlds, 808 00:39:40,792 --> 00:39:42,828 you get to be a stranger in a strange land, 809 00:39:42,966 --> 00:39:45,900 but with everybody else in the same way. 810 00:39:46,038 --> 00:39:48,765 You... You get to access that same world 811 00:39:48,903 --> 00:39:51,389 with each other when you’re listening to that song. 812 00:39:55,945 --> 00:39:58,706 DR. PURI: Part of the fun of being an Iron Maiden fan 813 00:39:58,844 --> 00:40:00,915 is everyone else writes it off 814 00:40:01,053 --> 00:40:04,125 as this kind of comic-book, childhood, sort of nonsense, 815 00:40:04,263 --> 00:40:07,128 but you know actually the themes are quite serious. 816 00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:09,027 They’re quite weighty. They’re quite intellectual. 817 00:40:09,165 --> 00:40:11,581 Even the take on them is not a superficial one. 818 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:13,031 It’s not a whimsical one. 819 00:40:13,169 --> 00:40:15,274 It actually tries to depict through the music 820 00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:16,655 what Coleridge was thinking 821 00:40:16,793 --> 00:40:18,588 when he wrote Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 822 00:40:18,726 --> 00:40:19,934 what the experience 823 00:40:20,072 --> 00:40:21,591 of the Battle of Passchendaele was like. 824 00:40:21,729 --> 00:40:23,524 INTERVIEWER: What do people say when they come along 825 00:40:23,662 --> 00:40:25,388 the video of Run to the Hills and they’re suddenly seeing you 826 00:40:25,526 --> 00:40:28,253 being like, civil war, er, mercenaries, er, 827 00:40:28,391 --> 00:40:30,082 killing all the Indians? 828 00:40:30,220 --> 00:40:31,359 Oh, no, well, that’s an... I mean, that’s an anti... 829 00:40:31,498 --> 00:40:33,051 that’s an anti-Indian-killing song. 830 00:40:33,189 --> 00:40:34,949 I mean, the whole thing about it is it’s saying, 831 00:40:35,087 --> 00:40:36,330 "Well, look, this is what happened 832 00:40:36,468 --> 00:40:38,643 "and it’s not like the cowboy movies." 833 00:40:38,781 --> 00:40:40,265 [RUN TO THE HILLS BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 834 00:40:46,133 --> 00:40:49,481 ♪ White man came across the sea 835 00:40:49,619 --> 00:40:53,658 ♪ He brought us pain and misery 836 00:40:53,796 --> 00:40:57,282 ♪ He killed our tribes He killed our creed 837 00:40:57,420 --> 00:41:00,492 ♪ Took our game for his own need 838 00:41:01,976 --> 00:41:06,049 JAVIER: [READING] 839 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:30,211 ROBERT KLOCZKOWSKI: Even though Maiden lyrics can... 840 00:41:30,349 --> 00:41:34,181 tells very, like sad stories about war, death, suffering, 841 00:41:34,319 --> 00:41:36,873 in the end there is like this message of hope. 842 00:41:37,943 --> 00:41:40,912 I think that’s important and you can relate to this, 843 00:41:41,050 --> 00:41:43,190 that even if you go through some difficult times, 844 00:41:43,328 --> 00:41:45,364 Maiden music can help you out and guide you. 845 00:41:53,683 --> 00:41:56,203 CHRIS PYZIK: By the time they’d hit ’84 846 00:41:56,341 --> 00:41:58,308 they’d already toured the world. 847 00:41:59,965 --> 00:42:01,415 They even went behind the Iron Curtain, 848 00:42:01,553 --> 00:42:04,176 a place that not many bands ever go. 849 00:42:05,902 --> 00:42:08,077 LESZEK GNOINSKI: [IN POLISH] After the Second World War, 850 00:42:08,215 --> 00:42:10,044 Europe was divided 851 00:42:10,182 --> 00:42:14,462 into European and Soviet influenced regions. 852 00:42:14,601 --> 00:42:17,258 Unfortunately, Poland ended up on the Soviet side. 853 00:42:17,396 --> 00:42:19,157 There was surveillance. 854 00:42:19,295 --> 00:42:21,400 People from the Security Services turned up 855 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:23,713 at every concert. 856 00:42:23,851 --> 00:42:26,544 Every concert was bugged. 857 00:42:26,682 --> 00:42:29,754 It was simply a totalitarian country. 858 00:42:29,892 --> 00:42:31,790 AREK SIWIEC: [IN ENGLISH] In those times in Poland 859 00:42:31,928 --> 00:42:34,517 there were no record stores. 860 00:42:34,655 --> 00:42:36,623 If someone was lucky enough to have, er, 861 00:42:36,761 --> 00:42:39,902 family in Germany or in, er, England 862 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,352 he could like record a few copies for... 863 00:42:42,490 --> 00:42:44,320 for his friends on the cassette tapes. 864 00:42:45,459 --> 00:42:47,357 So when someone told us 865 00:42:47,495 --> 00:42:50,671 that Iron Maiden decided to come here and to perform, 866 00:42:50,809 --> 00:42:54,951 it put some fresh air into our country. 867 00:42:55,089 --> 00:42:58,437 CROWD: [CHANTING] Iron Maiden! Iron Maiden! 868 00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:02,303 Iron Maiden! Iron Maiden! 869 00:43:02,441 --> 00:43:03,650 KENNY FEUERMAN: We stepped off the plane 870 00:43:03,788 --> 00:43:05,824 and the scene was very, very much 871 00:43:05,962 --> 00:43:07,930 like the images you see of The Beatles 872 00:43:08,068 --> 00:43:09,587 when they first came to New York City. 873 00:43:12,762 --> 00:43:14,557 When we first turned up on the bus 874 00:43:14,695 --> 00:43:16,870 and they were just all outside jumping up and down, 875 00:43:17,008 --> 00:43:18,112 chanting, "Maiden" and all that, 876 00:43:18,250 --> 00:43:19,493 it was just unbelievable. 877 00:43:20,528 --> 00:43:22,807 I mean, this was a different type of emotion. 878 00:43:22,945 --> 00:43:24,636 It was just pure joy 879 00:43:24,774 --> 00:43:26,396 for the fact that we were just even there. 880 00:43:27,294 --> 00:43:30,815 Basically, groups don’t come to Poland much 881 00:43:30,953 --> 00:43:32,817 because there’s not 882 00:43:32,955 --> 00:43:34,370 a tremendous amount of money here 883 00:43:34,508 --> 00:43:36,441 and they don’t sell any records here. 884 00:43:36,579 --> 00:43:37,960 But that doesn’t really matter. 885 00:43:41,101 --> 00:43:42,896 There either comes a point when money, 886 00:43:43,034 --> 00:43:44,345 you know, doesn’t... 887 00:43:44,483 --> 00:43:46,071 doesn’t have any real importance. 888 00:43:46,209 --> 00:43:50,144 I mean, what’s it worth to make 35,000 people... happy? 889 00:43:51,974 --> 00:43:52,975 LESZEK: [IN POLISH] It was as if 890 00:43:53,113 --> 00:43:55,149 aliens had descended on Earth. 891 00:43:56,323 --> 00:43:59,291 As if Martians had suddenly arrived on Earth 892 00:43:59,429 --> 00:44:01,604 and said, "Hi, we’re here." 893 00:44:03,088 --> 00:44:04,849 We were delighted because suddenly 894 00:44:04,987 --> 00:44:06,644 someone noticed our country. 895 00:44:09,819 --> 00:44:13,789 Someone noticed that Poland was important after all. 896 00:44:13,927 --> 00:44:16,619 [IN ENGLISH] It was a very strange, surreal experience 897 00:44:16,757 --> 00:44:20,174 because you knew these people were under this suppression. 898 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,802 We were told, "You mustn’t get involved with it 899 00:44:26,940 --> 00:44:28,804 "’cause you’re being watched." 900 00:44:28,942 --> 00:44:32,014 This was still, like, this KGB vibe 901 00:44:32,152 --> 00:44:35,880 and there was always a military and police presence at shows 902 00:44:36,018 --> 00:44:38,054 and they would line up in front of the stage, 903 00:44:38,192 --> 00:44:39,193 looking at the audience. 904 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:43,853 There was this underlying fear 905 00:44:43,991 --> 00:44:45,683 that it could just explode. 906 00:44:45,821 --> 00:44:47,892 CROWD: [CHANTING] Iron! Iron! Iron! 907 00:44:48,030 --> 00:44:49,859 ROBERT: The Maiden was the first band that brought, 908 00:44:49,997 --> 00:44:52,586 like, the full stage production into Poland. 909 00:44:52,724 --> 00:44:54,553 So they didn’t just play, you know, 910 00:44:54,692 --> 00:44:56,072 with a plain black backdrop. 911 00:44:56,210 --> 00:44:59,558 They put in the whole show with Eddie, with pyro. 912 00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:03,562 And people understood how spectacular rock shows can be. 913 00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:05,703 [ACES HIGH BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 914 00:45:11,191 --> 00:45:15,505 ♪ There goes the siren that warns of the air raid 915 00:45:15,643 --> 00:45:18,854 ♪ Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak 916 00:45:18,992 --> 00:45:22,789 ♪ Out for the scramble we’ve got to get airborne 917 00:45:22,927 --> 00:45:26,793 ♪ Got to get up for the coming attack 918 00:45:26,931 --> 00:45:30,797 ♪ Jump in the cockpit start up the engine 919 00:45:30,935 --> 00:45:34,248 ♪ Move all the wheel blocks there’s no time to wait 920 00:45:34,386 --> 00:45:37,976 ♪ Gathering speed head down the runway 921 00:45:38,114 --> 00:45:41,324 ♪ Got to get airborne before it’s too late 922 00:45:41,462 --> 00:45:43,154 ♪ Running, scrambling, flying 923 00:45:43,292 --> 00:45:44,431 KENNY: I think one of the things that 924 00:45:44,569 --> 00:45:45,915 was very impressive to me 925 00:45:46,053 --> 00:45:48,918 was the reaction of the Polish kids. 926 00:45:49,056 --> 00:45:50,333 It was very visceral. 927 00:45:50,471 --> 00:45:53,129 BRUCE: ♪ Scrambling, flying, Rolling... 928 00:45:53,267 --> 00:45:56,374 It’s like somebody opened up a magic box 929 00:45:56,512 --> 00:45:57,962 and there was light came in 930 00:45:58,100 --> 00:46:01,172 and they had been in the darkness all this time. 931 00:46:01,310 --> 00:46:04,244 They just really had been waiting, like, 932 00:46:04,382 --> 00:46:06,764 with a thirst and a hunger 933 00:46:06,902 --> 00:46:08,455 to let out their emotions 934 00:46:08,593 --> 00:46:10,975 and let out their feelings and scream, 935 00:46:11,113 --> 00:46:12,839 you know, and bang their heads. [CHUCKLES] 936 00:46:12,977 --> 00:46:16,670 BRUCE: ♪ Live to fly 937 00:46:16,808 --> 00:46:20,018 ♪ Fly to live 938 00:46:20,156 --> 00:46:24,816 ♪ Aces high 939 00:46:24,954 --> 00:46:25,921 [YELLS] 940 00:46:27,439 --> 00:46:28,647 [SONG ENDS] 941 00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:32,479 - CROWD: [CHEERING] - BRUCE: Yeah! 942 00:46:35,654 --> 00:46:37,967 Them Polish people were amazing. 943 00:46:38,105 --> 00:46:40,832 And there was a line of military police 944 00:46:40,970 --> 00:46:42,972 along the front of the stage. 945 00:46:43,110 --> 00:46:45,354 Initially they had their backs to the band. 946 00:46:45,492 --> 00:46:47,011 But, you know, after a few songs, 947 00:46:47,149 --> 00:46:48,564 they were turning round, getting more into it. 948 00:46:48,702 --> 00:46:50,531 And then by the end they were taking their hats off 949 00:46:50,669 --> 00:46:52,050 and chucking their hats on stage. 950 00:46:53,224 --> 00:46:54,328 You know, it was amazing. 951 00:46:56,296 --> 00:46:57,918 - Na zdrowie! - Na zdrowie! 952 00:46:58,056 --> 00:46:59,437 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 953 00:46:59,575 --> 00:47:00,818 Now, we’re gonna smash the glasses together. 954 00:47:00,956 --> 00:47:02,509 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 955 00:47:02,647 --> 00:47:04,683 NICKO: Well, last night had to be absolutely furious. 956 00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:06,306 We played at a Polish wedding. 957 00:47:06,444 --> 00:47:08,377 MAN: How did it come about? 958 00:47:08,515 --> 00:47:09,827 NICKO: We went to a bar in the hotel 959 00:47:09,965 --> 00:47:11,587 and it was really naff, right? 960 00:47:11,725 --> 00:47:13,209 So we ended up going down this... 961 00:47:13,347 --> 00:47:14,935 It was supposed to have been a disco, weren’t it? 962 00:47:15,073 --> 00:47:17,593 And it ended up being a sort of a... a converted ballroom. 963 00:47:17,731 --> 00:47:19,560 So there was this wedding going on at the time, 964 00:47:19,698 --> 00:47:21,769 about 300 people dancing the waltz as we walked in. 965 00:47:21,908 --> 00:47:23,426 So we got severely... 966 00:47:23,564 --> 00:47:26,533 Sort of, into the bottle of booze, see, didn’t we? 967 00:47:26,671 --> 00:47:28,121 Then these people in the club said, 968 00:47:28,259 --> 00:47:29,260 "Would you like to have a jam?" 969 00:47:30,502 --> 00:47:32,711 "Yes," we said, didn’t we? 970 00:47:32,850 --> 00:47:34,230 - DAVE: Yeah. We did. - And we did. 971 00:47:34,368 --> 00:47:35,853 [SMOKE ON THE WATER BY DEEP PURPLE PLAYING] 972 00:47:49,004 --> 00:47:51,799 ♪ We all came out to Montreux 973 00:47:51,938 --> 00:47:55,424 ♪ On the Lake Geneva shoreline 974 00:47:55,562 --> 00:47:57,253 I think we all got a bit inebriated that night, 975 00:47:57,391 --> 00:47:59,946 and so we just got up and did a Deep Purple song. 976 00:48:00,084 --> 00:48:01,395 I don’t think most of them 977 00:48:01,533 --> 00:48:03,259 probably didn’t know who we were. 978 00:48:03,397 --> 00:48:06,090 I remember looking at a couple of older people 979 00:48:06,228 --> 00:48:08,230 and they were like, "Who are these guys?" 980 00:48:08,368 --> 00:48:10,888 You know, "What are they doing at our mate’s wedding?" 981 00:48:11,889 --> 00:48:13,028 But they went nuts. 982 00:48:13,166 --> 00:48:14,408 CROWD: [CHEERING] 983 00:48:14,546 --> 00:48:20,242 BRUCE: ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah All right! 984 00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:21,899 FAN: I like heavy metal. 985 00:48:22,037 --> 00:48:23,486 Yeah... 986 00:48:23,624 --> 00:48:26,973 but I would like to play heavy metal by synthesizers. 987 00:48:27,111 --> 00:48:29,596 Ah, you can’t play heavy metal with synthesisers. 988 00:48:29,734 --> 00:48:31,080 FAN: Yeah. I want to. 989 00:48:31,218 --> 00:48:32,910 No, it doesn’t sound right. 990 00:48:33,841 --> 00:48:37,638 AREK: They knew they were doing something good. 991 00:48:37,776 --> 00:48:39,640 It was not only the rock concert. 992 00:48:39,778 --> 00:48:44,231 It was like something more. Something more, more important. 993 00:48:44,369 --> 00:48:46,958 ♪ I’m running free, yeah 994 00:48:47,096 --> 00:48:49,443 CROWD: ♪ I’m running free, yeah 995 00:48:49,581 --> 00:48:51,929 BRUCE: ♪ I’m running free, yeah 996 00:48:52,067 --> 00:48:53,275 CROWD: ♪ I’m running free 997 00:48:53,413 --> 00:48:55,587 - BRUCE: Everybody! - CROWD: [CHEERING] 998 00:48:55,725 --> 00:48:56,864 BRUCE: Thank you all! 999 00:48:58,452 --> 00:48:59,971 RUDY CHILD: Beyond that wall 1000 00:49:00,109 --> 00:49:02,491 were guys that were just like us. 1001 00:49:03,423 --> 00:49:06,460 And I thought it was so great that Iron Maiden 1002 00:49:06,598 --> 00:49:09,118 was able to pull down that curtain 1003 00:49:09,256 --> 00:49:11,638 and go beyond that wall. 1004 00:49:11,776 --> 00:49:17,506 CROWD: [CHANTING] Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 1005 00:49:17,644 --> 00:49:19,197 You know, this country wants to tell you 1006 00:49:19,335 --> 00:49:21,682 that country and we’re gonna fight against each other? 1007 00:49:21,820 --> 00:49:23,236 Hell no. Let’s all rock ’n’ roll. 1008 00:49:23,374 --> 00:49:24,754 [POWERSLAVE BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1009 00:49:24,892 --> 00:49:29,104 ♪ Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave 1010 00:49:31,002 --> 00:49:35,834 ♪ I don’t wanna die I’m a god, why can’t I live on? 1011 00:49:37,043 --> 00:49:43,118 ♪ When the life giver dies all around is laid waste 1012 00:49:44,015 --> 00:49:45,534 ♪ And in my last hour 1013 00:49:45,672 --> 00:49:48,847 ♪ I’m a slave to the power of death 1014 00:49:50,470 --> 00:49:52,851 ROBERT: I think for many Polish people, 1015 00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:55,371 especially in, you know, 1980s, 1016 00:49:55,509 --> 00:49:57,166 when they hear songs like "Powerslave" 1017 00:49:57,304 --> 00:49:59,720 they could really refer this 1018 00:49:59,858 --> 00:50:02,551 to their own situation and the country’s situation. 1019 00:50:02,689 --> 00:50:05,174 NEWSREADER: In Gdansk, some muted shouts of Solidarity, 1020 00:50:05,312 --> 00:50:07,590 but enough police to ensure there was no trouble. 1021 00:50:08,384 --> 00:50:10,214 I think anybody who’s in a situation 1022 00:50:10,352 --> 00:50:12,423 where they’re oppressed, 1023 00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:16,668 music is an outlet for people to get them through hard times. 1024 00:50:17,876 --> 00:50:19,602 It’s fantastic if you feel that 1025 00:50:19,740 --> 00:50:22,019 you’ve helped people in that way. 1026 00:50:22,881 --> 00:50:24,090 We’re not political. 1027 00:50:24,228 --> 00:50:26,368 We do it through the lyrics of the music. 1028 00:50:26,506 --> 00:50:27,783 And that breaks down 1029 00:50:27,921 --> 00:50:30,544 the totalitarian barriers around the world. 1030 00:50:46,077 --> 00:50:50,530 BRUCE: ♪ Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave 1031 00:50:52,704 --> 00:50:57,468 ♪ I don’t wanna die I’m a god, why can’t I live on? 1032 00:50:58,434 --> 00:51:00,747 DR. LINA KHATIB: I first encountered Iron Maiden 1033 00:51:00,885 --> 00:51:03,439 when I was a teenager in Lebanon. 1034 00:51:03,577 --> 00:51:06,649 In the early ’90s, Lebanon had just come out of civil war 1035 00:51:06,787 --> 00:51:09,583 and I had just discovered heavy metal. 1036 00:51:09,721 --> 00:51:12,621 So I went to my local bootleg record store 1037 00:51:12,759 --> 00:51:15,589 ’cause that’s all you had in Lebanon at the time. 1038 00:51:15,727 --> 00:51:19,973 And I said, "I want the most metal thing you have." 1039 00:51:20,111 --> 00:51:24,046 And he gave me... It was 1992, he gave me Fear of the Dark. 1040 00:51:25,944 --> 00:51:29,189 And it was as if the album was talking to me. 1041 00:51:29,327 --> 00:51:30,604 I mean, I was a teenager, 1042 00:51:30,742 --> 00:51:32,192 I’d just lived through war 1043 00:51:32,330 --> 00:51:35,092 in a country that was still very turbulent, 1044 00:51:35,230 --> 00:51:37,128 and of course, like all art, 1045 00:51:37,266 --> 00:51:39,303 the interpretation is very subjective 1046 00:51:39,441 --> 00:51:40,856 to the person encountering that art. 1047 00:51:40,994 --> 00:51:44,584 And so for me listening to that album, 1048 00:51:44,722 --> 00:51:47,828 I just cast all kinds of interpretations that had to do 1049 00:51:47,966 --> 00:51:50,245 with my own life in war-time Lebanon. 1050 00:51:50,383 --> 00:51:51,763 And I felt this album 1051 00:51:51,901 --> 00:51:55,042 is basically commenting on my life. 1052 00:51:55,181 --> 00:51:59,840 And that for me was very special and it remains still today a... 1053 00:51:59,978 --> 00:52:02,636 a chilling experience whenever I listen to it. 1054 00:52:03,465 --> 00:52:06,019 REPORTER: This is Mijalic and these are the men 1055 00:52:06,157 --> 00:52:08,021 who come to burn it. 1056 00:52:08,159 --> 00:52:11,058 The Serbs call it ethnic cleansing 1057 00:52:11,197 --> 00:52:13,992 and Mijalic’s Muslims have fled. 1058 00:52:14,131 --> 00:52:16,443 SENAD SABOVIC: In the ’90s, the situation in Kosovo, 1059 00:52:16,581 --> 00:52:20,033 it was really bad. You know, former Yugoslavia 1060 00:52:20,171 --> 00:52:24,037 and the ethno-nationalist wars that... that ended it 1061 00:52:24,175 --> 00:52:27,627 was exactly the context of me getting into Iron Maiden. 1062 00:52:28,662 --> 00:52:32,321 During the war there was this community exchanging tapes. 1063 00:52:32,459 --> 00:52:34,910 These exchanges built a community. 1064 00:52:35,048 --> 00:52:37,775 You know, you would just stay friends with these people. 1065 00:52:37,913 --> 00:52:41,227 Through Iron Maiden I found a community that is like-minded 1066 00:52:41,365 --> 00:52:44,333 and that bonded us further together and kind of helped us 1067 00:52:44,471 --> 00:52:46,059 throughout the times of hardship. 1068 00:52:48,475 --> 00:52:51,168 ROB FESTA: On September 11th, we ended up responding 1069 00:52:51,306 --> 00:52:53,825 down to the site at ground zero. 1070 00:52:53,963 --> 00:52:56,345 Saw the second one come down. And that... 1071 00:52:58,140 --> 00:53:00,211 You know, again, seeing that come down, 1072 00:53:00,349 --> 00:53:03,594 and even prior to that, people jumping, 1073 00:53:04,940 --> 00:53:08,806 I needed an escape. So, you can drink, 1074 00:53:08,944 --> 00:53:10,808 you could do things that aren’t good for you, 1075 00:53:10,946 --> 00:53:13,535 or you could find something that you enjoy 1076 00:53:13,673 --> 00:53:15,985 that takes you to a different place, to a better place. 1077 00:53:16,123 --> 00:53:17,504 For me, that was music. 1078 00:53:17,642 --> 00:53:19,644 For me, that was Iron Maiden’s music. 1079 00:53:21,232 --> 00:53:24,097 DR. KHATIB: People want to feel that they belong somewhere 1080 00:53:24,235 --> 00:53:27,549 and so metal becomes this feeling of belonging 1081 00:53:27,687 --> 00:53:30,207 to something where everyone is equal, 1082 00:53:30,345 --> 00:53:33,831 where you are free to express yourself, and crucially, 1083 00:53:33,969 --> 00:53:36,420 where you are defying the system. 1084 00:53:36,558 --> 00:53:41,252 ♪ Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave 1085 00:53:43,496 --> 00:53:47,776 ♪ I don’t wanna die I’m a god, why can’t I live on? 1086 00:53:49,916 --> 00:53:56,785 ♪ When the life giver dies all around is laid waste 1087 00:53:56,923 --> 00:53:58,545 ♪ And in my last hour 1088 00:53:58,683 --> 00:54:02,169 ♪ I’m a slave to the power of death 1089 00:54:02,308 --> 00:54:05,621 ♪ Slave to the power of death 1090 00:54:05,759 --> 00:54:12,766 ♪ Slave to the power of death 1091 00:54:18,220 --> 00:54:19,256 [SONG ENDS] 1092 00:54:21,258 --> 00:54:22,604 RADIO DJ: Still ahead in the new music, 1093 00:54:22,742 --> 00:54:25,262 more from Rio de Janeiro, including Iron Maiden, 1094 00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,436 Al Jarreau, Rod Stewart and more. 1095 00:54:27,574 --> 00:54:29,438 RADIO STATION JINGLE: ♪ Rock in Rio 1096 00:54:33,028 --> 00:54:36,307 GIUSEPPE AMADO DE OLIVEIRA: [IN PORTUGUESE] Rock in Rio 1097 00:54:36,445 --> 00:54:38,447 brought artists 1098 00:54:38,585 --> 00:54:41,726 from the US and UK. 1099 00:54:41,864 --> 00:54:44,108 And the buzz, that’s the right word, 1100 00:54:44,246 --> 00:54:45,558 the buzz was immense. 1101 00:54:45,696 --> 00:54:48,181 CROWD: Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! 1102 00:54:48,319 --> 00:54:50,287 GABRIELA: [IN SPANISH] I’ve always thought 1103 00:54:50,425 --> 00:54:52,047 Latin American fans 1104 00:54:52,185 --> 00:54:53,876 are a completely different story 1105 00:54:54,014 --> 00:54:55,257 compared to the rest of the world. 1106 00:54:56,810 --> 00:54:58,536 We’re very passionate. 1107 00:54:58,674 --> 00:55:01,677 That’s the way we are in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil... 1108 00:55:01,815 --> 00:55:03,610 In Europe, people are a little different. 1109 00:55:03,748 --> 00:55:05,819 Their culture is different. 1110 00:55:05,957 --> 00:55:09,064 We’re not like that. We’re more intense and noisy. 1111 00:55:09,202 --> 00:55:10,514 We shout more. 1112 00:55:10,652 --> 00:55:13,206 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1113 00:55:13,344 --> 00:55:15,415 Rock in Rio was the biggest show 1114 00:55:15,553 --> 00:55:17,417 Maiden had ever played. 1115 00:55:17,555 --> 00:55:19,177 Everything was a bit chaotic. 1116 00:55:21,318 --> 00:55:23,216 But now we were a platinum-selling band. 1117 00:55:24,148 --> 00:55:26,012 So then the pressure is on. 1118 00:55:26,150 --> 00:55:28,048 Can you, while the pressure is on you, 1119 00:55:28,186 --> 00:55:30,844 continue to be the best band in the world for the fans? 1120 00:55:30,982 --> 00:55:33,709 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1121 00:55:33,847 --> 00:55:36,436 BRUCE: At the time, we were just in it. 1122 00:55:36,574 --> 00:55:38,438 So we had no time to step back. 1123 00:55:38,576 --> 00:55:40,406 We were just on the roller coaster. 1124 00:55:42,408 --> 00:55:46,343 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1125 00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:50,864 BRUCE: Amigos! Rock in Rio! 1126 00:55:53,350 --> 00:55:55,662 Scream for me, Brazil! 1127 00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:57,181 CROWD: [CHEERS] 1128 00:55:57,319 --> 00:56:00,046 Scream for me, Brazil! 1129 00:56:00,184 --> 00:56:02,048 CROWD: [CHEERS] 1130 00:56:02,186 --> 00:56:04,361 [REVELATIONS BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1131 00:56:06,708 --> 00:56:08,710 Brazil, come on! 1132 00:56:10,297 --> 00:56:17,304 ♪ Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah oh, yeah 1133 00:56:19,859 --> 00:56:22,689 ♪ Oh, God of earth and altar 1134 00:56:22,827 --> 00:56:24,933 It was just incredible, incredible to play 1135 00:56:25,071 --> 00:56:27,591 to, like, three hundred thousand. 1136 00:56:27,729 --> 00:56:29,765 There was people as far as the eye could see. 1137 00:56:29,903 --> 00:56:30,973 Absolutely amazing. 1138 00:56:32,009 --> 00:56:35,046 And it was broadcast all over South America. 1139 00:56:35,184 --> 00:56:36,910 [ACES HIGH BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1140 00:56:44,573 --> 00:56:46,541 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 1141 00:56:51,062 --> 00:56:53,271 We were, of course, excited about the show. 1142 00:56:54,583 --> 00:56:56,136 It’s exciting. 1143 00:56:57,344 --> 00:56:59,416 But when I’m on stage, 1144 00:57:01,072 --> 00:57:02,971 I find it exhausting. 1145 00:57:03,109 --> 00:57:05,698 [REVELATIONS BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1146 00:57:20,816 --> 00:57:22,128 EDUARDO DUTRA MAIA: [IN PORTUGUESE] Since we 1147 00:57:22,266 --> 00:57:23,854 arrived early, we managed to find a place 1148 00:57:23,992 --> 00:57:25,614 where we were relatively close. 1149 00:57:29,376 --> 00:57:30,481 CROWD: Yeah! 1150 00:57:30,619 --> 00:57:31,965 EDUARDO: When Bruce Dickinson 1151 00:57:32,103 --> 00:57:35,141 raised the guitar in the song, Revelations, 1152 00:57:35,279 --> 00:57:36,625 I saw that he had cut himself. 1153 00:57:36,763 --> 00:57:40,318 CROWD: Yeah! Yeah! 1154 00:57:41,492 --> 00:57:42,838 I then go off to the back 1155 00:57:42,976 --> 00:57:44,909 and I’m trying to mop up the blood 1156 00:57:45,047 --> 00:57:47,843 ’cause it’s a head wound. It bleeds like crazy. 1157 00:57:47,981 --> 00:57:51,053 And a roadie comes up and goes, "No, no, no, no, no! 1158 00:57:51,191 --> 00:57:52,399 "Message from Rod. He says, 1159 00:57:52,538 --> 00:57:53,746 ’Can you squeeze it a little bit more 1160 00:57:53,884 --> 00:57:55,402 "and make it bleed. 1161 00:57:55,541 --> 00:57:57,335 ’It looks amazing on the monitors!’" 1162 00:57:57,474 --> 00:57:59,959 And I pointed to a camera with a red light on and said, 1163 00:58:00,097 --> 00:58:02,824 "Just go over there and stick your face into it." 1164 00:58:04,308 --> 00:58:06,793 ♪ Just a babe in a black abyss 1165 00:58:06,931 --> 00:58:09,969 ♪ No reason for a place like this 1166 00:58:10,107 --> 00:58:14,560 ♪ Walls are cold Souls cry out in pain 1167 00:58:16,044 --> 00:58:18,840 ♪ An easy way for the blind to go 1168 00:58:18,978 --> 00:58:21,843 ♪ A clever path for the fools who know 1169 00:58:21,981 --> 00:58:27,469 ♪ The secret of the Hanged Man The smile on his lips 1170 00:58:28,677 --> 00:58:30,645 CROWD: Yeah! Yeah! 1171 00:58:34,511 --> 00:58:36,961 Yeah! Yeah! 1172 00:58:44,210 --> 00:58:48,594 You have so much emotional energy to expend... 1173 00:58:50,078 --> 00:58:53,391 it will eat you alive in the end. It will eat you up. 1174 00:58:53,530 --> 00:58:54,841 CROWD: Yeah! Yeah! 1175 00:58:59,259 --> 00:59:01,020 CROWD: [CHANTING] Maiden! Maiden! 1176 00:59:01,158 --> 00:59:02,573 BRUCE: We wrote, recorded, released, 1177 00:59:02,711 --> 00:59:05,749 and toured five albums in six years. 1178 00:59:05,887 --> 00:59:10,374 It just kept getting bigger and bigger. 1179 00:59:10,512 --> 00:59:12,894 It was the world’s biggest roller coaster. 1180 00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:24,112 [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING] 1181 00:59:24,250 --> 00:59:26,424 BRUCE: It just took us to new heights round the world. 1182 00:59:28,047 --> 00:59:30,014 But we were working ourselves to the bone. 1183 00:59:32,258 --> 00:59:34,778 You get on the treadmill of tour, 1184 00:59:34,916 --> 00:59:37,263 album, tour, more touring. 1185 00:59:37,401 --> 00:59:40,404 [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING] 1186 00:59:40,542 --> 00:59:42,406 MAN: I took one look at the band 1187 00:59:42,544 --> 00:59:44,615 and my first thought was, 1188 00:59:44,753 --> 00:59:48,101 "They look tired. They look stressed." 1189 00:59:51,173 --> 00:59:53,313 The concerts were great, you know? People were great, 1190 00:59:53,451 --> 00:59:56,144 but everything else was horrible. 1191 00:59:56,282 --> 00:59:58,215 - [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING] - [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1192 00:59:58,353 --> 01:00:00,079 It wasn’t just a 13-month tour. 1193 01:00:00,217 --> 01:00:02,115 It was the ten-month tour before that 1194 01:00:02,253 --> 01:00:03,910 and it was the eight-month tour before that. 1195 01:00:04,048 --> 01:00:07,465 So cumulatively, it was five years. 1196 01:00:07,604 --> 01:00:09,571 Five years of the golden cage. 1197 01:00:13,575 --> 01:00:14,990 PHIL RODRIGUEZ: You can tell they had the mileage, 1198 01:00:15,128 --> 01:00:16,474 that they’d put in the hours. 1199 01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:22,480 And Iron Maiden at the beginning were just brutal tours. 1200 01:00:24,034 --> 01:00:25,207 Everyone was fried. 1201 01:00:26,105 --> 01:00:27,865 Bruce more than anyone else. 1202 01:00:28,003 --> 01:00:31,973 And I think we didn’t realize just what a toll it would take. 1203 01:00:32,111 --> 01:00:34,941 - CROWD: [CHEERING] - [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 1204 01:00:35,079 --> 01:00:38,013 BRUCE: Good night! Thank you! Good night! 1205 01:00:38,151 --> 01:00:39,774 LARS: You know, Maiden’s rise was so quick 1206 01:00:39,912 --> 01:00:43,191 and so meteoric, and I think that 1207 01:00:43,329 --> 01:00:46,263 when you’re in your twenties and into your early thirties, 1208 01:00:46,401 --> 01:00:47,989 you’re so hungry 1209 01:00:48,127 --> 01:00:50,232 and you’re so wanting-it-all 1210 01:00:50,370 --> 01:00:52,407 that you don’t even realize that 1211 01:00:52,545 --> 01:00:53,995 you actually have a say 1212 01:00:54,133 --> 01:00:57,170 and, "Wait a minute. Like, we should take a break." 1213 01:00:58,758 --> 01:01:00,518 BRUCE: I... I looked at the tour schedule 1214 01:01:01,071 --> 01:01:02,520 and there was one point 1215 01:01:02,659 --> 01:01:05,800 where we were doing seven shows in a row, 1216 01:01:05,938 --> 01:01:07,560 then there was one day, 1217 01:01:07,698 --> 01:01:09,217 then there was six shows in a row... 1218 01:01:09,355 --> 01:01:10,805 [CHUCKLING] ...and there was one day, 1219 01:01:10,943 --> 01:01:12,979 and there was five shows in a row. 1220 01:01:13,117 --> 01:01:15,464 Bruce, before you catch a cold, just what’s the... 1221 01:01:15,602 --> 01:01:16,845 I caught one already. 1222 01:01:16,983 --> 01:01:18,364 - It’s too bloody late now. - [LAUGHS] 1223 01:01:18,502 --> 01:01:19,503 - Er, what’s... - My manager. 1224 01:01:19,641 --> 01:01:21,401 Look, look, he’s doing his job. 1225 01:01:21,539 --> 01:01:23,714 - I pay him 20% for this. - Yes. I’m pretty sure... 1226 01:01:23,852 --> 01:01:25,612 BRUCE: I said to Rod, 1227 01:01:25,751 --> 01:01:28,685 "Erm, you realize that you’re dealing with human beings here? 1228 01:01:29,927 --> 01:01:32,378 "And that I’m the singer, 1229 01:01:32,516 --> 01:01:35,415 "and you can’t re-string a voice. 1230 01:01:35,553 --> 01:01:38,591 "So, if you want me to last longer than five minutes, 1231 01:01:38,729 --> 01:01:42,388 "maybe we should consider building in, like, 1232 01:01:43,182 --> 01:01:44,562 "a period of rest." 1233 01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:47,773 We were doing so many shows 1234 01:01:47,911 --> 01:01:51,397 that Nicko got blisters all over his hands 1235 01:01:51,535 --> 01:01:52,950 and then they broke 1236 01:01:53,088 --> 01:01:54,607 and then he got blisters under the blisters 1237 01:01:54,745 --> 01:01:57,196 and they broke and then he got an infection. 1238 01:01:59,267 --> 01:02:01,821 There were plenty of casualties from the ’80s... 1239 01:02:01,959 --> 01:02:04,721 SECURITY GUARD: I want to see the back of your robe. 1240 01:02:04,859 --> 01:02:06,757 BRUCE: ...you know, littering the sidewalks of Los Angeles 1241 01:02:06,895 --> 01:02:08,379 and various other cities, and I thought, 1242 01:02:08,517 --> 01:02:10,588 "I just do not want to be one of those casualties." 1243 01:02:13,005 --> 01:02:13,902 No more! 1244 01:02:19,183 --> 01:02:21,289 We just did the previous two albums 1245 01:02:21,427 --> 01:02:23,256 which was, er, "Somewhere in Time" and "Seventh Son," 1246 01:02:23,394 --> 01:02:27,122 which I was really proud of production-wise, song-wise. 1247 01:02:27,260 --> 01:02:30,401 I thought they were really... really a step on, you know? 1248 01:02:31,299 --> 01:02:32,507 And it seemed to me like 1249 01:02:32,645 --> 01:02:33,819 we were going backwards doing it, 1250 01:02:33,957 --> 01:02:35,268 just going in and bashing it out 1251 01:02:35,406 --> 01:02:37,788 in Steve’s barn, you know? 1252 01:02:37,926 --> 01:02:41,585 We were getting ready to work on "No Prayer for the Dying." 1253 01:02:41,723 --> 01:02:43,863 I desperately wanted it to be a great album. 1254 01:02:45,244 --> 01:02:46,970 I had what they call writer’s block. 1255 01:02:47,108 --> 01:02:48,557 I desperately wanted to write, 1256 01:02:49,696 --> 01:02:51,319 I just didn’t have anything. 1257 01:02:51,457 --> 01:02:54,736 And I think they sensed that I... I wasn’t happy with it. 1258 01:02:54,874 --> 01:02:58,636 It was time for a change. For me and for them, really. 1259 01:02:58,775 --> 01:03:00,984 And so I left the band. 1260 01:03:01,639 --> 01:03:07,853 BRUCE: Adrian leaving was... was a big thing for me. 1261 01:03:07,991 --> 01:03:11,132 And I didn’t know what to do. It’s difficult to take it in. 1262 01:03:15,170 --> 01:03:17,621 STEVE: I just felt that with Adrian, he wasn’t happy 1263 01:03:17,759 --> 01:03:20,348 and the morale of the band wasn’t good. 1264 01:03:20,486 --> 01:03:21,659 You know, people have paid their money 1265 01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:23,351 to come and see you, 1266 01:03:23,489 --> 01:03:26,768 you gotta give them a good performance, the best you can. 1267 01:03:26,906 --> 01:03:28,805 JANICK GERS: I got a phone call from, er, the boys 1268 01:03:28,943 --> 01:03:30,876 after Adrian Smith had left. 1269 01:03:31,014 --> 01:03:33,361 Erm, I think Adrian felt that he wanted to continue 1270 01:03:33,499 --> 01:03:34,949 in a different direction. 1271 01:03:35,639 --> 01:03:37,675 [DRUMMING] 1272 01:03:41,024 --> 01:03:44,544 They asked me to go down there and play these songs. 1273 01:03:44,682 --> 01:03:47,616 I wasn’t quite aware what was going on with Adrian. 1274 01:03:47,754 --> 01:03:48,790 Nobody told me. 1275 01:03:51,137 --> 01:03:53,139 I wasn’t happy, ’cause his gear was there 1276 01:03:53,277 --> 01:03:55,555 and they wanted me to play through his gear. 1277 01:03:55,693 --> 01:03:59,111 It felt wrong to me that he wasn’t there. 1278 01:03:59,249 --> 01:04:02,390 And in the end they just said, "Listen, he’s gone." 1279 01:04:02,528 --> 01:04:05,565 CAMERAMAN: In the dark, Mr. Janick Gers. 1280 01:04:05,703 --> 01:04:07,740 We’ve... We’ve locked him into a very tight space, 1281 01:04:07,878 --> 01:04:09,569 so there’ll be no swinging around. 1282 01:04:09,707 --> 01:04:11,709 JANICK: No swinging, no movement, no dancing. 1283 01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:12,987 JANICK: So we did a couple of songs 1284 01:04:13,125 --> 01:04:14,402 and then we did "Trooper." 1285 01:04:14,540 --> 01:04:16,922 And it just... I mean, I looked over at Dave 1286 01:04:17,060 --> 01:04:20,201 when we started playing. It was just so powerful. 1287 01:04:20,339 --> 01:04:22,375 And when it finished you were tingling. 1288 01:04:22,513 --> 01:04:24,895 The energy levels were just beyond. 1289 01:04:25,033 --> 01:04:27,035 Oh, you are naughty, but I love you. 1290 01:04:27,173 --> 01:04:28,726 JANICK: And then they asked me to join. 1291 01:04:31,074 --> 01:04:32,869 INTERVIEWER: You’ve introduced a new member to the band, 1292 01:04:33,007 --> 01:04:34,284 erm, Janick there. 1293 01:04:34,422 --> 01:04:36,458 Erm, how did he come into the picture? 1294 01:04:37,943 --> 01:04:39,979 Well, basically, we just, erm... 1295 01:04:40,117 --> 01:04:42,395 [LAUGHING] 1296 01:04:42,533 --> 01:04:44,087 We just fucked him up. We just... 1297 01:04:44,225 --> 01:04:46,054 After Adrian left the band we just phoned him up and said, 1298 01:04:46,192 --> 01:04:47,884 "Look, can you learn four songs by tomorrow?" 1299 01:04:48,022 --> 01:04:48,885 That phone box out there. 1300 01:04:49,023 --> 01:04:51,542 - And, er... - [LAUGHS] 1301 01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:53,475 "Come down tomorrow and try ’em out, you know?" 1302 01:04:53,613 --> 01:04:54,752 INTERVIEWER: How do you think the new material’s 1303 01:04:54,891 --> 01:04:56,547 gonna come across live? 1304 01:04:58,929 --> 01:05:01,587 It’s gonna come across amazingly, hopefully. 1305 01:05:01,725 --> 01:05:02,933 What do you think, Bruce? 1306 01:05:03,071 --> 01:05:04,279 [LAUGHING] 1307 01:05:04,417 --> 01:05:06,799 You, calm down! You, calm down! 1308 01:05:06,937 --> 01:05:08,352 No, it’s gonna be amazing, you know? 1309 01:05:08,490 --> 01:05:10,354 It’s so... It’s full of energy. 1310 01:05:10,492 --> 01:05:12,978 - Pass the buck, hey? - Yeah, look here! 1311 01:05:13,116 --> 01:05:14,738 No, it’s full of energy. It’s... 1312 01:05:14,876 --> 01:05:16,395 We’ve just been rehearsing. It’s gonna be great. 1313 01:05:16,533 --> 01:05:17,775 BRUCE: No, it’s gonna be mega. 1314 01:05:19,708 --> 01:05:21,434 [2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1315 01:05:21,572 --> 01:05:25,473 ♪ The killer’s breed or the demon’s seed 1316 01:05:25,611 --> 01:05:29,408 ♪ The glamour, the fortune the pain 1317 01:05:30,581 --> 01:05:32,135 Halfway through the next tour 1318 01:05:32,273 --> 01:05:35,138 Bruce told me, "I’m leaving the band, all right?" 1319 01:05:35,276 --> 01:05:39,004 And we still had, like, two months of touring to do. 1320 01:05:39,142 --> 01:05:43,594 So I’m sitting on stage behind him every fucking night 1321 01:05:43,732 --> 01:05:45,079 looking at his sorry arse, 1322 01:05:45,217 --> 01:05:47,253 knowing he don’t wanna be in Iron Maiden. 1323 01:05:52,431 --> 01:05:58,092 I took it as an affront to the fans that he was up there 1324 01:05:58,230 --> 01:06:00,335 knowing full well he didn’t wanna be there. 1325 01:06:00,473 --> 01:06:02,993 No, I was really, really fucking angry at him. 1326 01:06:06,307 --> 01:06:09,862 ROSS: They were playing Wembley Arena 1327 01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:12,485 and Bruce was singing like... [INAUDIBLE] 1328 01:06:12,623 --> 01:06:14,142 ...and nothing was coming out. 1329 01:06:14,280 --> 01:06:15,799 And I remember Harris 1330 01:06:15,937 --> 01:06:18,491 looking at the monitor guy and the sound guy, going... 1331 01:06:18,629 --> 01:06:20,010 [INAUDIBLE] 1332 01:06:20,148 --> 01:06:22,323 You know? And there’s nothing coming out. 1333 01:06:22,461 --> 01:06:24,635 And then it slowly dawned on Steve 1334 01:06:24,773 --> 01:06:26,706 that Bruce wasn’t singing. 1335 01:06:26,844 --> 01:06:29,502 And that’s when I realized things were not good. 1336 01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:30,917 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1337 01:06:31,056 --> 01:06:34,921 Thank you! Good night from Iron Maiden! 1338 01:06:35,060 --> 01:06:38,511 It has been a very good ten years. 1339 01:06:39,685 --> 01:06:42,584 We will all see you soon... 1340 01:06:43,654 --> 01:06:44,655 I hope. 1341 01:06:46,485 --> 01:06:47,486 Good night. 1342 01:06:49,143 --> 01:06:50,558 TOM: When you’re in that, kind of, 1343 01:06:50,696 --> 01:06:53,009 chosen family of a band, 1344 01:06:53,147 --> 01:06:54,769 it’s often brutal. 1345 01:06:54,907 --> 01:06:57,323 Sometimes it’s difficult and the pieces don’t fit. 1346 01:06:57,461 --> 01:07:00,844 And for your own sanity you need to be away from it. 1347 01:07:00,982 --> 01:07:04,710 - [BANGING] - [INDISTINCT SHOUTING] 1348 01:07:04,848 --> 01:07:07,402 [DISTANT LAUGHTER] 1349 01:07:07,540 --> 01:07:11,510 [INDISTINCT VOICE ON PA] 1350 01:07:15,169 --> 01:07:19,104 I thought of packing it in... completely. 1351 01:07:19,242 --> 01:07:21,589 I thought, "Is all this worth it, this madness?" 1352 01:07:23,211 --> 01:07:27,353 I was ready for the funny farm... genuinely. 1353 01:07:27,491 --> 01:07:30,046 [DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1354 01:07:49,341 --> 01:07:50,687 BRUCE: ♪ Die! 1355 01:07:52,344 --> 01:07:53,448 NEWSREADER: Iron Maiden couldn’t be 1356 01:07:53,586 --> 01:07:55,140 at Donington this year. 1357 01:07:55,278 --> 01:07:57,452 Their current world tour finishes in two weeks’ time 1358 01:07:57,590 --> 01:08:00,317 and then the search is on for a new lead singer. 1359 01:08:00,455 --> 01:08:01,767 Bruce Dickinson is leaving the group 1360 01:08:01,905 --> 01:08:03,700 to pursue his solo career. 1361 01:08:03,838 --> 01:08:05,357 So, Bruce, why are you leaving Iron Maiden? 1362 01:08:05,495 --> 01:08:08,291 Erm, in a short... 1363 01:08:08,429 --> 01:08:10,534 A short answer, to do something different. 1364 01:08:10,672 --> 01:08:11,708 INTERVIEWER: And what would that be? 1365 01:08:11,846 --> 01:08:14,124 Erm... a different kind of music. 1366 01:08:14,262 --> 01:08:15,643 [SHOOT ALL THE CLOWNS BY BRUCE DICKINSON PLAYING] 1367 01:08:15,781 --> 01:08:19,129 ♪ I’ve been down at the crazy house 1368 01:08:19,267 --> 01:08:23,306 ♪ I’ve been playing with the cat and the mouse 1369 01:08:23,444 --> 01:08:24,859 The bombshell hit 1370 01:08:24,997 --> 01:08:27,275 when Bruce decided to fuck off from Maiden. 1371 01:08:29,553 --> 01:08:32,798 If he doesn’t wanna be here then, "See you later." 1372 01:08:35,387 --> 01:08:37,147 JAVIER: When I heard Bruce was leaving I was like, 1373 01:08:37,285 --> 01:08:38,562 "No, he cannot leave." 1374 01:08:38,700 --> 01:08:41,462 It was definitely, for me, shocking. 1375 01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:43,567 It’s not something you wanna hear 1376 01:08:43,705 --> 01:08:46,122 about your... your favorite band. 1377 01:08:46,260 --> 01:08:48,227 He’d already left when I found out. 1378 01:08:48,365 --> 01:08:49,849 And I was kinda like, "Oh my God, 1379 01:08:49,987 --> 01:08:51,230 "what the fuck just happened?" 1380 01:08:52,542 --> 01:08:54,682 NAVID RASHID: We sort of hold our heroes to this standard 1381 01:08:54,820 --> 01:08:57,340 that they just have to continue to be what we want them to be 1382 01:08:57,478 --> 01:08:59,031 and what we expect them to be, 1383 01:08:59,169 --> 01:09:00,688 but that doesn’t really allow for an artist to grow, 1384 01:09:00,826 --> 01:09:02,655 and he is, you know, a consummate artist 1385 01:09:02,793 --> 01:09:04,312 and I’m sure he needed it. 1386 01:09:05,210 --> 01:09:07,177 So, Steve, what are you gonna do for a singer? 1387 01:09:07,315 --> 01:09:08,799 You know, we’ve been listening to tapes. 1388 01:09:08,937 --> 01:09:10,387 We’ve got, like, about... I don’t know. 1389 01:09:10,525 --> 01:09:14,011 about five suitcases, er, full of tapes to listen to. 1390 01:09:14,667 --> 01:09:16,704 And, er, you know, 1391 01:09:16,842 --> 01:09:20,225 hopefully we’ll find somebody who’s, er, reasonably unknown, 1392 01:09:20,363 --> 01:09:23,020 but maybe played on a club circuit somewhere, 1393 01:09:23,159 --> 01:09:24,884 had a bit of experience with audiences. 1394 01:09:25,022 --> 01:09:28,094 Erm, but I think it will be exciting to find somebody 1395 01:09:28,233 --> 01:09:32,133 who hasn’t really, you know, made it or whatever, you know? 1396 01:09:33,065 --> 01:09:35,240 Now this lot haven’t been on since the year ’81. 1397 01:09:35,378 --> 01:09:37,552 They’re good heavy rockers, just here to have fun. 1398 01:09:37,690 --> 01:09:40,969 They’re called Iron Maiden, with new man Blaze Bayley. 1399 01:09:41,107 --> 01:09:44,628 ♪ The freeway is jammed and it’s backed up for miles 1400 01:09:44,766 --> 01:09:48,356 ♪ The car is an oven and baking us wild 1401 01:09:48,494 --> 01:09:51,911 ♪ Nothing is ever the way it should be 1402 01:09:52,049 --> 01:09:55,570 ♪ What we deserve we just don’t get, you see 1403 01:09:55,708 --> 01:09:56,882 RORY MCGUCKIN: Blaze coming in, 1404 01:09:57,020 --> 01:09:58,228 he brought a different sound to Maiden. 1405 01:09:58,366 --> 01:09:59,816 And I love his voice. 1406 01:09:59,954 --> 01:10:02,750 And, like, Blaze is a very accomplished metal singer. 1407 01:10:02,888 --> 01:10:05,684 JAMES TUCKER: I’m almost shocked that he took the job. 1408 01:10:06,892 --> 01:10:08,583 I’m sure it was amazing to hear, 1409 01:10:08,721 --> 01:10:09,929 "Yeah, we want you for the band." 1410 01:10:10,067 --> 01:10:12,242 I’m sure he was partying that night. 1411 01:10:12,380 --> 01:10:14,555 But I’m sure when he woke up the next day he was thinking, 1412 01:10:14,693 --> 01:10:15,866 "Oh shit." 1413 01:10:16,764 --> 01:10:18,386 Steve Harris said to me, 1414 01:10:18,524 --> 01:10:20,768 "What we do, we do together. 1415 01:10:20,906 --> 01:10:24,530 "And I don’t care who writes the music, 1416 01:10:24,668 --> 01:10:25,911 "who writes the songs, 1417 01:10:26,049 --> 01:10:28,051 "as long as it’s great." 1418 01:10:28,189 --> 01:10:31,261 But still, it’s a massive job. 1419 01:10:31,399 --> 01:10:35,852 I was very surprised that they selected me. 1420 01:10:37,612 --> 01:10:38,993 I’ve met a lot of fans 1421 01:10:39,131 --> 01:10:42,134 and, er, generally the... the reaction has been, 1422 01:10:42,272 --> 01:10:44,688 to their credit, they’ve just said, "Well, good luck." 1423 01:10:44,826 --> 01:10:47,691 You know? And I think they just wanna see the band do well. 1424 01:10:47,829 --> 01:10:50,453 And, erm, I’m looking forward to going on tour. 1425 01:10:50,591 --> 01:10:54,180 But the... the main thing is, I can’t replace Bruce Dickinson. 1426 01:10:55,251 --> 01:10:56,666 DR. PURI: Blaze Bayley, 1427 01:10:56,804 --> 01:10:58,357 he was an up-and-coming British vocalist, 1428 01:10:58,495 --> 01:11:01,498 but he didn’t have the range that Bruce has. 1429 01:11:02,119 --> 01:11:04,915 SCOTT: It was such a hard spot, 1430 01:11:05,053 --> 01:11:06,503 I think, for that guy. 1431 01:11:06,641 --> 01:11:08,402 And he sounded so different too. 1432 01:11:08,540 --> 01:11:11,957 It wasn’t like they got a guy who could at least sing what... 1433 01:11:12,095 --> 01:11:13,752 the way Bruce sang on those songs. 1434 01:11:13,890 --> 01:11:16,996 ♪ Roll of the dice Take a spin of the wheel 1435 01:11:17,134 --> 01:11:18,688 NAVID: Many of us sort of wonder why 1436 01:11:18,826 --> 01:11:23,313 they didn’t do more to work with his natural ability. 1437 01:11:23,451 --> 01:11:25,660 But, you know, he brought his own spin 1438 01:11:25,798 --> 01:11:27,766 to the Iron Maiden sound. 1439 01:11:27,904 --> 01:11:30,009 [THE TROOPER BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1440 01:11:33,116 --> 01:11:35,325 DOM: I thought Blaze did an absolutely brilliant job, 1441 01:11:35,463 --> 01:11:36,326 particularly live. 1442 01:11:36,464 --> 01:11:38,017 You know, I think he was... 1443 01:11:38,155 --> 01:11:39,812 You know, I don’t think you could fault him 1444 01:11:39,950 --> 01:11:41,262 for his contribution to Iron Maiden. 1445 01:11:42,712 --> 01:11:45,335 Some fans were screaming, "Fuck Blaze," 1446 01:11:45,473 --> 01:11:48,131 during the shows and I think that’s quite unfair. 1447 01:11:50,478 --> 01:11:52,238 TOMINA FLORENCIA RAMAZZOTTI: [IN SPANISH] They were spat on. 1448 01:11:52,377 --> 01:11:56,346 Harris and Blaze got angry with the audience. 1449 01:12:00,143 --> 01:12:02,110 BLAZE: [IN ENGLISH] I fucking told you! 1450 01:12:02,248 --> 01:12:06,356 I fucking told ya! Right, I fucking told ya! 1451 01:12:06,494 --> 01:12:09,428 Can you see? Can you see who it fucking is? 1452 01:12:09,566 --> 01:12:11,085 Get it! Fucking get it! 1453 01:12:11,223 --> 01:12:13,225 DOM: There was a time in the early days of punk 1454 01:12:13,363 --> 01:12:16,504 in the late ’70s when, er, spitting was something 1455 01:12:16,642 --> 01:12:19,887 that fans did to show their appreciation. 1456 01:12:20,025 --> 01:12:22,717 That never sort of transferred to the metal scene at all. 1457 01:12:22,855 --> 01:12:26,549 You know, spitting at a metal show is insane. 1458 01:12:26,687 --> 01:12:29,862 Any human being would object thoroughly to being spat on. 1459 01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:32,071 Fucking had it! 1460 01:12:32,209 --> 01:12:35,868 TOMINA: [IN SPANISH] They pointed to who had done it 1461 01:12:36,628 --> 01:12:40,356 to sort it out... 1462 01:12:41,287 --> 01:12:42,392 like "gentlemen", 1463 01:12:42,530 --> 01:12:43,669 with a brawl. 1464 01:12:46,051 --> 01:12:48,053 The Blaze era of Maiden, 1465 01:12:48,191 --> 01:12:49,917 - there was great moments. - BLAZE: I’ll fucking kill you! 1466 01:12:50,055 --> 01:12:51,884 NICKO: But there were many that weren’t. 1467 01:12:53,127 --> 01:12:56,924 DOM: I don’t think any of the commercial decline 1468 01:12:57,062 --> 01:12:59,236 was Blaze’s fault. 1469 01:13:01,963 --> 01:13:04,310 That was just circumstance. 1470 01:13:04,449 --> 01:13:06,830 - Anyone else? - BLAZE: The mainstream 1471 01:13:06,968 --> 01:13:10,938 heavy metal rock press were saying, 1472 01:13:11,076 --> 01:13:12,802 - "Maiden are dead." - BLAZE: Fuckin’ had it! 1473 01:13:12,940 --> 01:13:15,011 "Maiden are over. 1474 01:13:16,150 --> 01:13:17,772 "We have Nirvana. 1475 01:13:17,910 --> 01:13:19,878 "We have grunge. 1476 01:13:20,016 --> 01:13:21,811 "That is the future. 1477 01:13:21,949 --> 01:13:23,882 "That is what’s coming." 1478 01:13:24,020 --> 01:13:27,437 Everyone that wasn’t grunge, more or less, 1479 01:13:27,575 --> 01:13:28,818 were considered like... 1480 01:13:28,956 --> 01:13:33,270 like a old reptile or whatever, you know? 1481 01:13:33,409 --> 01:13:34,962 They... They just looked at you 1482 01:13:35,100 --> 01:13:37,102 like you were an idiot or something. 1483 01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:38,966 Heavy metal wasn’t cool any more. 1484 01:13:39,104 --> 01:13:41,244 The ’90s was crap. 1485 01:13:41,382 --> 01:13:43,453 Everything was just like... 1486 01:13:43,591 --> 01:13:46,939 too big clothes and ugly shit. [CHUCKLING] You know? 1487 01:13:47,975 --> 01:13:50,115 The grungy scene was happening. 1488 01:13:50,253 --> 01:13:52,704 I think the Seattle bands were coming in. 1489 01:13:52,842 --> 01:13:54,084 I think, actually, we asked Nirvana 1490 01:13:54,222 --> 01:13:55,810 if they want to support us 1491 01:13:55,948 --> 01:13:57,087 and they said, "No, we’re too old for them." 1492 01:13:57,225 --> 01:13:58,951 [LAUGHS] 1493 01:14:00,436 --> 01:14:01,713 ROB: During the Blaze years, 1494 01:14:01,851 --> 01:14:05,164 I saw them go towards small clubs, 1495 01:14:05,855 --> 01:14:08,685 probably 2,000-seat venues, 1496 01:14:08,823 --> 01:14:10,238 and it was just... 1497 01:14:10,376 --> 01:14:13,414 It was intimate, is how I would describe it. 1498 01:14:13,552 --> 01:14:16,486 I saw them on The X Factor tour, erm, in Philadelphia 1499 01:14:16,624 --> 01:14:19,006 at this small place called the Electric Factory. 1500 01:14:19,144 --> 01:14:22,354 I think it fits a thousand, 1,500 people. 1501 01:14:22,492 --> 01:14:24,874 There weren’t even 500 in the arena. 1502 01:14:25,012 --> 01:14:27,324 Now, instead of playing 1503 01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:30,604 in, you know, arenas and big venues, 1504 01:14:30,742 --> 01:14:34,470 we were back doing clubs again. 1505 01:14:34,608 --> 01:14:37,334 That kind of really put a few chinks in the armor 1506 01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:38,922 of the band as a whole. 1507 01:14:39,992 --> 01:14:42,823 Yeah, we had... we had a bit of a rough time in America. 1508 01:14:42,961 --> 01:14:45,653 The fans seemed to desert us there. 1509 01:14:45,791 --> 01:14:48,553 Er, but the rest of the world, we... we still did fine. 1510 01:14:48,691 --> 01:14:51,694 Not the same, admittedly, but we did okay. 1511 01:14:53,419 --> 01:14:56,181 I think Steve had been beaten up 1512 01:14:56,319 --> 01:14:57,941 mentally, emotionally, 1513 01:14:58,079 --> 01:15:01,876 by a bruising few years 1514 01:15:02,014 --> 01:15:03,671 when it hadn’t quite worked out 1515 01:15:03,809 --> 01:15:05,811 the way he thought it was gonna work out. 1516 01:15:07,364 --> 01:15:09,228 It was a challenging time ’cause Bruce left 1517 01:15:09,366 --> 01:15:10,885 and then I went through a divorce as well, 1518 01:15:11,023 --> 01:15:13,681 so there was all that going on as well. 1519 01:15:13,819 --> 01:15:15,856 But I’m really proud of that period, really, 1520 01:15:15,994 --> 01:15:17,720 because we were just up against it. 1521 01:15:17,858 --> 01:15:20,481 We were fighting, you know, and I like that. 1522 01:15:20,619 --> 01:15:21,931 That’s a challenge. 1523 01:15:22,069 --> 01:15:23,933 And all the hardcore fans were still there. 1524 01:15:24,899 --> 01:15:27,730 RORY: It’s important to really understand the Blaze era 1525 01:15:27,868 --> 01:15:30,042 and respect the Blaze era and him 1526 01:15:30,180 --> 01:15:31,388 and what he brought to the band. 1527 01:15:31,527 --> 01:15:34,115 And I think the two albums are fantastic. 1528 01:15:34,253 --> 01:15:36,566 They’re so dark. They’re so different. 1529 01:15:37,049 --> 01:15:38,430 But they’re great albums. 1530 01:15:38,568 --> 01:15:41,916 We all have, er, er, a lot of respect for Blaze. 1531 01:15:42,054 --> 01:15:46,196 But I guess I’m not gonna surprise anybody if I say that, 1532 01:15:46,334 --> 01:15:48,785 you know, Bruce is the voice of Iron Maiden. 1533 01:15:48,923 --> 01:15:50,925 And, you know, that’s what we grew up with. 1534 01:15:51,063 --> 01:15:52,133 That’s what we want. [CHUCKLES] 1535 01:15:53,479 --> 01:15:55,689 I remember saying to Steve, you know, 1536 01:15:55,827 --> 01:15:58,864 I heard Bruce would like to come back into the band again, 1537 01:15:59,002 --> 01:16:01,833 and he was, like, a little bit shocked, I think, you know? 1538 01:16:01,971 --> 01:16:04,076 And, and I was trying to convince him that it might... 1539 01:16:04,214 --> 01:16:05,733 this is a good thing to do. 1540 01:16:07,770 --> 01:16:10,462 I think we accept we weren’t a world-class band any more. 1541 01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:13,879 Like Maiden, Bruce is struggling a bit. 1542 01:16:14,017 --> 01:16:16,433 His solo project didn’t go quite the way he expected 1543 01:16:16,572 --> 01:16:18,470 and I think he... he... he really missed it. 1544 01:16:18,608 --> 01:16:20,679 You know, Maiden’s just got a special vibe. 1545 01:16:20,817 --> 01:16:22,094 They belong together. 1546 01:16:26,927 --> 01:16:30,447 When I got the news, it was horrible, it was awful. 1547 01:16:30,586 --> 01:16:34,141 I absolutely loved being in Iron Maiden. 1548 01:16:34,279 --> 01:16:37,834 But it doesn’t matter if I’m there or not. 1549 01:16:37,972 --> 01:16:43,737 Planet Earth is a better place for having Iron Maiden in it. 1550 01:16:47,292 --> 01:16:49,605 That was when I wanted to get Adrian back in. 1551 01:16:49,743 --> 01:16:50,951 Getting the band back together. 1552 01:16:52,642 --> 01:16:54,333 Everybody was a little bit more grown up 1553 01:16:54,471 --> 01:16:56,681 and everyone was a little bit more open. 1554 01:16:57,647 --> 01:16:59,235 And it was... it was great. 1555 01:16:59,373 --> 01:17:02,065 I sort of enjoyed the second time round a bit more. 1556 01:17:02,203 --> 01:17:03,619 You know, I was much more confident. 1557 01:17:04,620 --> 01:17:06,173 To me it was like a, you know, 1558 01:17:06,311 --> 01:17:08,175 second bite at the cherry, you know? 1559 01:17:08,313 --> 01:17:09,832 All the things that I maybe regretted 1560 01:17:09,970 --> 01:17:11,488 or thought I could’ve done better 1561 01:17:11,627 --> 01:17:13,490 or thought could’ve been better 1562 01:17:13,629 --> 01:17:15,527 back in the ’80s. 1563 01:17:15,665 --> 01:17:18,530 STEVE: So I said, "Look, let’s get Adrian back in. 1564 01:17:18,668 --> 01:17:20,843 "We can go with the three guitar players." 1565 01:17:20,981 --> 01:17:23,811 I mean, that’s in... in my thinking as well. 1566 01:17:23,949 --> 01:17:26,814 But can we have three guitarists? 1567 01:17:28,851 --> 01:17:31,370 Jan kept saying, "Don’t worry, Nick, I’ll step down 1568 01:17:31,508 --> 01:17:33,200 "and you can go back to the original line-up." 1569 01:17:33,338 --> 01:17:35,547 And I went, "You ain’t going anywhere, mate." 1570 01:17:35,685 --> 01:17:37,066 And I said to Rod, 1571 01:17:37,204 --> 01:17:38,999 "Are you gonna take less of a commission then?" 1572 01:17:39,137 --> 01:17:40,725 [IMITATING ROD] "Ooh, what do you mean?" 1573 01:17:40,863 --> 01:17:42,588 [IN NORMAL VOICE] "If we’re gonna have six people 1574 01:17:42,727 --> 01:17:45,039 "in the band, we’re gonna have to split the gig pot six ways, 1575 01:17:45,177 --> 01:17:47,007 "instead of five." 1576 01:17:47,145 --> 01:17:48,525 [IMITATING ROD] "Don’t be so fucking stupid. He’s gone." 1577 01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:50,873 [LAUGHS] 1578 01:17:51,011 --> 01:17:52,529 [IN NORMAL VOICE] I said, "No, but I’ve got a point, 1579 01:17:52,668 --> 01:17:54,083 "haven’t I?" 1580 01:17:54,221 --> 01:17:55,429 And I remember going up to Steve’s room 1581 01:17:55,567 --> 01:17:57,051 and I said to him, 1582 01:17:57,189 --> 01:17:59,019 "Well, he’s talking about bringing Adrian back." 1583 01:17:59,157 --> 01:18:02,056 Steve’s deadpan face looks at me, and he says, 1584 01:18:02,194 --> 01:18:04,749 "Just think about it. It’s dangerous. 1585 01:18:04,887 --> 01:18:07,890 Think of what we can do going with three guitar players." 1586 01:18:12,757 --> 01:18:15,345 [DRUMS PLAYING] 1587 01:18:18,521 --> 01:18:20,696 Bruce in his box. Hello. 1588 01:18:24,044 --> 01:18:27,910 I was aware that things were not great with 1589 01:18:28,048 --> 01:18:30,360 the Maiden situation. 1590 01:18:30,498 --> 01:18:32,155 And I got the call. 1591 01:18:33,156 --> 01:18:36,021 You know, "How do you feel about rejoining the band?" 1592 01:18:39,438 --> 01:18:40,888 I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure 1593 01:18:41,026 --> 01:18:42,579 about him coming back at the time 1594 01:18:42,718 --> 01:18:44,961 because I didn’t know what his reasons were. 1595 01:18:45,099 --> 01:18:47,067 I suppose all of us were probably brought up 1596 01:18:47,205 --> 01:18:49,414 in the way that men didn’t discuss those things. 1597 01:18:49,552 --> 01:18:50,933 You know, we didn’t discuss our feelings. 1598 01:18:51,071 --> 01:18:53,867 We just got on and... got on with it. 1599 01:18:55,213 --> 01:18:56,490 I remember saying to Steve, 1600 01:18:56,628 --> 01:19:00,805 I said, "Look, my old man had this philosophy 1601 01:19:00,943 --> 01:19:03,117 "about if someone shits on the McBrain name, 1602 01:19:03,255 --> 01:19:05,085 "they don’t get a second chance. 1603 01:19:05,223 --> 01:19:08,364 "He’s bound to do it again. Do we take the chance?" 1604 01:19:08,502 --> 01:19:11,747 And he said, "Let’s just have a meet and see how it goes." 1605 01:19:13,852 --> 01:19:16,959 So I arranged a meeting for all the band. 1606 01:19:17,097 --> 01:19:21,032 Bruce comes in and Steve... [CHUCKLES] ...says to him, 1607 01:19:21,170 --> 01:19:23,517 "Why do you wanna come back?" 1608 01:19:23,655 --> 01:19:26,451 And he said, "Because I wanna play big gigs again 1609 01:19:26,589 --> 01:19:28,798 "and I think we can do great." 1610 01:19:28,936 --> 01:19:30,800 Er, Steve said, "All right then," 1611 01:19:30,938 --> 01:19:32,181 and we went to the pub. 1612 01:19:32,319 --> 01:19:34,735 That was it. That was the fucking meeting. 1613 01:19:37,634 --> 01:19:39,913 We got a beer each and I put my arm round Bruce 1614 01:19:40,051 --> 01:19:43,468 and I said, "Mate, you know, I’m really happy 1615 01:19:43,606 --> 01:19:44,641 "that you’re back in the band." 1616 01:19:44,780 --> 01:19:46,816 [VOCALISING] 1617 01:19:46,954 --> 01:19:49,267 Singing eyebrows. 1618 01:19:49,405 --> 01:19:50,958 What’s he up to? 1619 01:19:51,096 --> 01:19:55,100 NICKO: I said, "But I can’t retract what I said 1620 01:19:55,238 --> 01:19:57,102 "and what I felt about when you left. 1621 01:19:57,240 --> 01:19:58,966 "I’m still pissed off at the way that happened 1622 01:19:59,104 --> 01:20:00,830 "and the way you did it." 1623 01:20:00,968 --> 01:20:03,177 And he looked at me and he said, 1624 01:20:03,315 --> 01:20:05,973 "I wouldn’t have it any other way, Nick. I love ya." 1625 01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:11,737 Well, when Bruce came back, it was like... [SIGHS] 1626 01:20:11,876 --> 01:20:14,464 ...a sigh of relief for all the Maiden fans. 1627 01:20:16,156 --> 01:20:17,778 GIUSEPPE: [IN PORTUGUESE] When we heard that 1628 01:20:17,916 --> 01:20:19,193 Bruce Dickinson was coming back, 1629 01:20:19,331 --> 01:20:23,335 it felt like a huge party in our hearts. 1630 01:20:23,473 --> 01:20:25,579 It was like, "Yes, he’s back! Oh, he’s cut his hair. 1631 01:20:25,717 --> 01:20:27,167 "But still, he’s back." 1632 01:20:28,824 --> 01:20:30,791 JAVIER: These things happen for a reason, 1633 01:20:30,929 --> 01:20:34,864 and when Bruce came back, he was stronger and more focused 1634 01:20:35,002 --> 01:20:38,005 on what was the... the goal to do as a team. 1635 01:20:39,696 --> 01:20:41,112 [HELICOPTER WHIRRING] 1636 01:20:43,459 --> 01:20:46,220 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1637 01:20:46,358 --> 01:20:49,016 [BRAVE NEW WORLD BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1638 01:20:49,154 --> 01:20:50,984 BRUCE: Title song from the new album... 1639 01:20:51,122 --> 01:20:53,676 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1640 01:20:53,814 --> 01:20:56,506 ...Brave New World. 1641 01:20:59,820 --> 01:21:03,237 ♪ Dying swans 1642 01:21:03,375 --> 01:21:07,241 ♪ Twisted wings 1643 01:21:07,379 --> 01:21:14,041 ♪ Beauty not needed here 1644 01:21:14,835 --> 01:21:18,804 ♪ Mother love 1645 01:21:18,943 --> 01:21:21,911 ♪ Is no more 1646 01:21:22,429 --> 01:21:29,229 ♪ Bring this savage back home 1647 01:21:30,126 --> 01:21:32,818 ♪ Wilderness 1648 01:21:32,957 --> 01:21:35,442 ♪ House of pain 1649 01:21:35,580 --> 01:21:39,066 ♪ Makes no sense of it all 1650 01:21:41,448 --> 01:21:43,208 ♪ All is lost 1651 01:21:44,071 --> 01:21:46,729 ♪ Sold your souls 1652 01:21:46,867 --> 01:21:50,250 ♪ To this brave new world 1653 01:21:50,388 --> 01:21:51,768 All right! 1654 01:21:52,735 --> 01:21:55,703 ♪ A brave new world 1655 01:21:56,842 --> 01:21:59,224 ♪ In a brave new world 1656 01:22:00,708 --> 01:22:03,780 ♪ A brave new world 1657 01:22:04,850 --> 01:22:07,612 - ♪ In a brave new world - CROWD: ♪ In a brave new world 1658 01:22:08,647 --> 01:22:11,133 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 1659 01:22:11,271 --> 01:22:13,135 JAVIER: They had these three guitar players, 1660 01:22:13,273 --> 01:22:18,174 and while it could have been an absolute mess because egos, 1661 01:22:18,312 --> 01:22:21,005 they are the example of teamwork. 1662 01:22:21,143 --> 01:22:22,834 [GUITAR SOLO CONTINUES] 1663 01:22:29,427 --> 01:22:32,637 I mean, if this was certain other guitar players 1664 01:22:32,775 --> 01:22:34,294 it couldn’t happen. 1665 01:22:34,432 --> 01:22:36,158 Because there’d be too many egos involved. 1666 01:22:36,296 --> 01:22:38,022 But it’s not about that. 1667 01:22:38,160 --> 01:22:40,334 It’s... It’s about making the band sound better. 1668 01:22:42,819 --> 01:22:44,994 [GUITAR SOLO CONTINUES] 1669 01:22:55,625 --> 01:22:58,490 JAMES: Iron Maiden had the second golden age. 1670 01:22:58,628 --> 01:23:00,389 And it’s not even that they’d been trying 1671 01:23:00,527 --> 01:23:02,046 to recapture it from the ’80s. 1672 01:23:02,184 --> 01:23:04,841 They’d been forging ahead with brand new material 1673 01:23:04,980 --> 01:23:07,430 that is unlike that stuff, 1674 01:23:07,568 --> 01:23:09,639 but just as good in a totally different way. 1675 01:23:10,399 --> 01:23:11,848 It’s the ebb and the flow. 1676 01:23:11,987 --> 01:23:14,161 What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. 1677 01:23:14,299 --> 01:23:15,749 Proof positive. 1678 01:23:15,887 --> 01:23:18,096 Go anywhere around the world where Maiden is playing, 1679 01:23:18,234 --> 01:23:19,580 stadiums full of people. 1680 01:23:20,167 --> 01:23:23,550 What happened to grunge? [WHISTLES] 1681 01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:27,692 ♪ A brave new world 1682 01:23:27,830 --> 01:23:28,900 Come on! 1683 01:23:29,038 --> 01:23:31,696 [MUFFLED] ♪ A brave new world 1684 01:23:33,353 --> 01:23:36,011 ♪ A brave new world 1685 01:23:37,150 --> 01:23:39,876 ♪ A brave new world 1686 01:23:41,361 --> 01:23:44,433 JAMES: Iron Maiden absolutely had to hit rock bottom 1687 01:23:44,571 --> 01:23:47,056 in order to claw their way back to the top. 1688 01:23:47,194 --> 01:23:50,818 [BLOWS] 1689 01:23:50,956 --> 01:23:53,062 BRUCE: Oh! 1690 01:23:53,200 --> 01:23:54,581 ♪ A brave new world 1691 01:23:54,719 --> 01:23:57,239 JAMES: They had to go through the trenches 1692 01:23:57,377 --> 01:24:00,242 to become the greatest band in the world a second time. 1693 01:24:00,380 --> 01:24:03,348 BRUCE: ♪ Dying swans 1694 01:24:04,177 --> 01:24:07,180 ♪ Twisted wings 1695 01:24:08,319 --> 01:24:15,084 ♪ Bring this savage back home 1696 01:24:15,222 --> 01:24:17,293 - [SONG ENDS] - CROWD: [CHEERING] 1697 01:24:22,712 --> 01:24:25,474 When Bruce came back with Adrian, 1698 01:24:25,612 --> 01:24:28,753 no management in the world could foresee 1699 01:24:28,891 --> 01:24:29,926 that that would be the plan. 1700 01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:32,757 That’s fucking divine intervention 1701 01:24:32,895 --> 01:24:34,414 because I think 1702 01:24:34,552 --> 01:24:37,002 if we hadn’t have had Bruce come back with Adrian, 1703 01:24:37,141 --> 01:24:39,902 I don’t know if this band would have still existed. 1704 01:24:40,040 --> 01:24:41,524 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1705 01:24:43,906 --> 01:24:47,116 But with Maiden, there were good times and bad times. 1706 01:24:57,264 --> 01:24:58,990 Bruce called me on, erm, 1707 01:24:59,128 --> 01:25:02,649 I think it was the day before Christmas Day in 2014 1708 01:25:02,787 --> 01:25:08,965 to tell me very abruptly, "Hey, I’ve got throat cancer." 1709 01:25:09,104 --> 01:25:11,658 Obviously was... was a hell of a shock. 1710 01:25:11,796 --> 01:25:14,799 BRUCE: We had a whole world tour planned. 1711 01:25:14,937 --> 01:25:17,802 I look at my diary and, for this year, 1712 01:25:17,940 --> 01:25:21,150 and the whole thing is all just crossed out. 1713 01:25:21,288 --> 01:25:22,669 Cancel, cancel, cancel, cancel. 1714 01:25:23,601 --> 01:25:27,812 Er, so... everybody was pretty freaked out. 1715 01:25:28,606 --> 01:25:30,573 He called me and he told me, said, "Nick." 1716 01:25:30,711 --> 01:25:31,988 He said, "I’ve just... just seen 1717 01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:33,852 this oncologist in London. 1718 01:25:33,990 --> 01:25:36,234 "And he said that I’ve got throat cancer." 1719 01:25:36,372 --> 01:25:38,581 So I’m fucking, like, this with the phone going, 1720 01:25:38,719 --> 01:25:40,825 "No! This is my brother! He could die!" 1721 01:25:42,999 --> 01:25:45,864 You know, like anything else, Bruce went to it as a project. 1722 01:25:46,002 --> 01:25:49,523 He studied it. He knew exactly what was going on. 1723 01:25:49,661 --> 01:25:51,525 Erm, he committed to every detail, 1724 01:25:51,663 --> 01:25:53,527 every treatment. 1725 01:25:53,665 --> 01:25:56,530 ROD: Like Bruce, the fucking arsehole that he is, 1726 01:25:56,668 --> 01:25:59,637 goes into it, "Oh, there’s this drug and there’s this"... 1727 01:25:59,775 --> 01:26:03,296 Bless his heart. I mean, he researches stuff. 1728 01:26:03,434 --> 01:26:05,643 That’s what Bruce is like. 1729 01:26:05,781 --> 01:26:07,403 BRUCE: The thing about the recovery from cancer, 1730 01:26:07,541 --> 01:26:11,200 is it’s, erm, very personal. No other way to describe it. 1731 01:26:11,338 --> 01:26:14,893 It’s your cancer. You own it. 1732 01:26:15,031 --> 01:26:17,413 You’ve got to destroy a bit of yourself to get rid of it. 1733 01:26:19,174 --> 01:26:21,072 NICKO: And so he had the treatment. 1734 01:26:21,210 --> 01:26:22,418 And I figure, "How are you doing? 1735 01:26:22,556 --> 01:26:24,282 "Has your hair fallen out yet?" 1736 01:26:24,420 --> 01:26:26,077 He said, "I went to the pub the other"... 1737 01:26:26,215 --> 01:26:27,527 I was like, "You went to the pub?" 1738 01:26:27,665 --> 01:26:29,218 He said, "Yeah, got a beer in front of me." 1739 01:26:29,356 --> 01:26:30,909 He said, "Me beard fell out." 1740 01:26:31,047 --> 01:26:32,359 I said, "Not your hair?" 1741 01:26:32,497 --> 01:26:33,981 He said, "No, me hair’s okay... 1742 01:26:34,119 --> 01:26:37,399 [LAUGHING] ..."but me beard fell out onto the bar!" 1743 01:26:37,537 --> 01:26:38,538 Oh, God. 1744 01:26:41,057 --> 01:26:43,750 And in a couple of weeks’ time he phoned me up and he said, 1745 01:26:43,888 --> 01:26:45,200 "I’m in remission." 1746 01:26:46,649 --> 01:26:48,479 And I went, "Fucking brilliant!" 1747 01:26:50,343 --> 01:26:52,690 [THE BOOK OF SOULS BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1748 01:26:56,487 --> 01:27:00,318 ♪ Sacrifices buried with kings 1749 01:27:01,768 --> 01:27:07,636 ♪ Accompany them on a journey with no end 1750 01:27:07,774 --> 01:27:12,088 ♪ To an afterlife that’s rich with fruit of all the gods 1751 01:27:13,573 --> 01:27:19,234 ♪ And to face the demons of their underworld haunts 1752 01:27:20,890 --> 01:27:22,098 He went out on The Book of Souls tour. 1753 01:27:22,237 --> 01:27:23,479 I was there that first night, 1754 01:27:23,617 --> 01:27:25,101 and everybody was, like, palpably nervous 1755 01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:28,277 about whether or not he would sound like he used to, 1756 01:27:28,415 --> 01:27:30,762 and incredibly enough, he did. 1757 01:27:30,900 --> 01:27:35,284 ♪ The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth 1758 01:27:36,181 --> 01:27:41,670 ♪ A flight to earth that is a given from his birth 1759 01:27:41,808 --> 01:27:43,948 ROBERT: I remember seeing him at the barrier 1760 01:27:44,086 --> 01:27:46,951 in February, 2016, 1761 01:27:47,089 --> 01:27:49,436 and he was just so powerful live. 1762 01:27:49,574 --> 01:27:52,267 It was a really amazing experience. 1763 01:27:52,888 --> 01:27:57,582 ♪ Falling of ages 1764 01:27:58,203 --> 01:28:00,758 ♪ Forest of kings 1765 01:28:00,896 --> 01:28:03,968 His vocals actually, it sounds to me, 1766 01:28:04,106 --> 01:28:05,935 even stronger than it was before. 1767 01:28:06,073 --> 01:28:08,248 It was almost a miracle really. 1768 01:28:08,973 --> 01:28:13,805 ♪ The book of souls 1769 01:28:19,535 --> 01:28:22,158 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1770 01:28:22,297 --> 01:28:23,298 [SONG ENDS] 1771 01:28:25,610 --> 01:28:27,060 To see Bruce perform again 1772 01:28:27,198 --> 01:28:29,856 after all that rigmarole he went through 1773 01:28:29,994 --> 01:28:31,789 was absolutely amazing. 1774 01:28:33,653 --> 01:28:36,207 The good Lord worked a miracle for us, really did. 1775 01:28:36,345 --> 01:28:38,036 He worked a miracle when he left, 1776 01:28:38,174 --> 01:28:40,729 worked a miracle when he came back ’cause he brought Adrian, 1777 01:28:40,867 --> 01:28:43,870 he worked another miracle when he had his cancer, 1778 01:28:44,008 --> 01:28:47,598 and another miracle was he was our captain. 1779 01:28:47,736 --> 01:28:49,703 Oh, Captain, oh, Captain. 1780 01:28:49,841 --> 01:28:52,154 You go from, you know, Bruce Dickinson, 1781 01:28:52,292 --> 01:28:53,811 rock ’n’ roll star 1782 01:28:53,949 --> 01:28:55,571 to "Hello, good afternoon, 1783 01:28:55,709 --> 01:28:57,090 "this is your captain, Bruce Dickinson. 1784 01:28:57,228 --> 01:28:59,092 "Our flight today will be two and a half hours." 1785 01:28:59,230 --> 01:29:00,887 TRAFFIC OFFICER: Five Star Triple six, tower. 1786 01:29:01,025 --> 01:29:02,475 Sierra One cleared for take-off. 1787 01:29:02,613 --> 01:29:04,339 Wind 292 at 10 knots. 1788 01:29:04,477 --> 01:29:07,169 [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER] 1789 01:29:08,135 --> 01:29:09,758 BRUCE: My great uncle was in the Royal Air Force, 1790 01:29:09,896 --> 01:29:11,967 my uncle was in the Royal Air Force. 1791 01:29:12,105 --> 01:29:13,486 My dad was an engineer. 1792 01:29:13,624 --> 01:29:16,109 So my heroes when I was a kid growing up 1793 01:29:16,247 --> 01:29:19,354 were not rock stars. They were test pilots and astronauts. 1794 01:29:21,528 --> 01:29:23,910 Years ago, I was on holiday 1795 01:29:24,048 --> 01:29:26,464 and I saw, "Trial lesson, 35 dollars." 1796 01:29:26,602 --> 01:29:28,880 I thought, "You know what, I’ll have a go." 1797 01:29:29,018 --> 01:29:32,056 And I got in this little Cessna and took off, 1798 01:29:32,194 --> 01:29:35,749 and it was a... just this revelatory moment. 1799 01:29:35,887 --> 01:29:40,305 It’s like wiring up the inside of your head... with these. 1800 01:29:42,618 --> 01:29:43,895 BRUCE: During that period, 1801 01:29:44,033 --> 01:29:46,104 I flew myself around Europe a little bit. 1802 01:29:47,071 --> 01:29:50,281 So I started acquiring more and more things, 1803 01:29:50,419 --> 01:29:53,560 and to cut a long story short, I did a full set of licenses, 1804 01:29:53,698 --> 01:29:56,701 it’s like a year and a half of exams, academic exams. 1805 01:29:56,839 --> 01:30:00,256 Finally got qualified, got my little two stripes, 1806 01:30:00,395 --> 01:30:01,534 off I can go. 1807 01:30:02,224 --> 01:30:04,364 And then the phone rang. 1808 01:30:04,502 --> 01:30:06,090 There was an airline called Astraeus 1809 01:30:06,228 --> 01:30:07,885 with a couple of old 737s, 1810 01:30:08,023 --> 01:30:10,543 and they’ve said, "We’re looking for pilots. 1811 01:30:10,681 --> 01:30:11,923 "Do you want the job?" 1812 01:30:12,061 --> 01:30:14,236 I went, "Yeah." 1813 01:30:14,374 --> 01:30:17,066 And that’s how I ended up a 737 pilot. 1814 01:30:17,204 --> 01:30:18,758 And I thought, "Wow, wouldn’t it be great 1815 01:30:18,896 --> 01:30:22,486 "if I could just fly the band to gigs?" 1816 01:30:22,624 --> 01:30:25,903 Rod, to my surprise, said, "Wow, what an amazing idea." 1817 01:30:27,767 --> 01:30:31,426 And so we rented the aeroplane off the airline. 1818 01:30:32,737 --> 01:30:34,325 It made money, it worked, 1819 01:30:34,463 --> 01:30:37,604 and it was an incredible experience for us. 1820 01:30:37,742 --> 01:30:39,951 We could just get to the places in the world 1821 01:30:40,089 --> 01:30:41,470 which are much harder to get to, 1822 01:30:41,608 --> 01:30:43,161 like Quito or Manaus 1823 01:30:43,299 --> 01:30:45,370 in the middle of the Amazon rain jungle, 1824 01:30:45,509 --> 01:30:47,338 Lima, Jakarta. 1825 01:30:47,476 --> 01:30:50,134 And it was well worth it to see all those fans. 1826 01:30:51,791 --> 01:30:54,172 AMANN: What other band has done that, you know? 1827 01:30:54,310 --> 01:30:57,279 Just name a band who’s had, like, their own print on plane, 1828 01:30:57,417 --> 01:30:58,936 their singer has piloted it, 1829 01:30:59,074 --> 01:31:01,456 and they’ve gone to all these crazy locations. 1830 01:31:04,424 --> 01:31:06,322 RODRIGUEZ: If we go to play in Puerto Rico... 1831 01:31:06,461 --> 01:31:08,842 Now customs and immigration in Puerto Rico 1832 01:31:08,980 --> 01:31:10,982 is normally really, really tough. 1833 01:31:11,120 --> 01:31:13,295 So when we come in on Flight 666 1834 01:31:13,433 --> 01:31:15,470 I said, "Oh, shit, they’re gonna pull us over, 1835 01:31:15,608 --> 01:31:18,127 "have everybody pull down their pants. We’re fucked." 1836 01:31:18,265 --> 01:31:20,647 As we’re walking out the door, I see the guys 1837 01:31:20,785 --> 01:31:24,202 from customs and immigration lined up. 1838 01:31:24,340 --> 01:31:26,826 I go, "Oh, fuck, they’re waiting for us." 1839 01:31:29,173 --> 01:31:30,070 As we start walking out, they go, 1840 01:31:30,208 --> 01:31:31,589 "Hey, can I get a picture? 1841 01:31:31,727 --> 01:31:33,004 "Can I get an autograph? Can I do"... 1842 01:31:33,142 --> 01:31:34,558 They were fans! 1843 01:31:34,696 --> 01:31:37,008 The fans that they have cross everything. 1844 01:31:37,146 --> 01:31:39,321 It’s doctors, lawyers, police. 1845 01:31:39,459 --> 01:31:41,530 Please, please! 1846 01:31:41,668 --> 01:31:44,084 Where is Steve Harris? 1847 01:31:44,222 --> 01:31:46,190 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1848 01:31:46,328 --> 01:31:47,847 JAVIER: I think music for me 1849 01:31:47,985 --> 01:31:51,333 is the most valuable art form ever. 1850 01:31:52,886 --> 01:31:56,649 It’s the one that really unites all people. 1851 01:31:58,409 --> 01:32:01,067 Music is instant and it’s eternal. 1852 01:32:01,205 --> 01:32:03,828 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1853 01:32:03,966 --> 01:32:05,002 BRUCE: Ah! 1854 01:32:07,004 --> 01:32:08,902 What an amazing thing this is 1855 01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:15,668 that you and us have created in Maiden all round the world. 1856 01:32:17,842 --> 01:32:20,949 The message from that that goes out is that 1857 01:32:21,087 --> 01:32:26,748 it doesn’t matter whether you’re male, female, Muslim, Christian, 1858 01:32:26,886 --> 01:32:29,164 Catholic, Jewish. It doesn’t matter. 1859 01:32:29,302 --> 01:32:31,684 If you’re a Maiden fan, you’re an Iron Maiden fan. 1860 01:32:31,822 --> 01:32:34,549 You’re part of one fucking world and one family, my friends. 1861 01:32:39,899 --> 01:32:42,867 So this goes out to all of you for being amazing tonight... 1862 01:32:44,213 --> 01:32:46,422 because we are all blood brothers! 1863 01:32:46,561 --> 01:32:47,838 CROWD: [CHEERS] 1864 01:32:47,976 --> 01:32:49,287 [BLOOD BROTHERS BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1865 01:33:06,097 --> 01:33:10,239 ♪ And if you’re taking a walk through the garden of life 1866 01:33:10,377 --> 01:33:14,589 ♪ What do you think you’d expect you would see? 1867 01:33:14,727 --> 01:33:18,731 ♪ Just like a mirror reflecting the moves of your life 1868 01:33:18,869 --> 01:33:22,804 ♪ In the river reflections of me 1869 01:33:22,942 --> 01:33:26,635 ♪ Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see 1870 01:33:26,773 --> 01:33:30,674 ♪ And in a movement he beckons to me 1871 01:33:30,812 --> 01:33:34,229 ♪ And in a moment the memories are all that remain 1872 01:33:34,367 --> 01:33:37,370 ♪ And all the wounds are reopen again 1873 01:33:37,508 --> 01:33:40,753 - ♪ We’re blood brothers - CROWD: ♪ We’re blood brothers 1874 01:33:40,891 --> 01:33:44,480 - ♪ We’re blood brothers - CROWD: ♪ We’re blood brothers 1875 01:33:44,619 --> 01:33:48,657 - ♪ We’re blood brothers - CROWD: ♪ We’re blood brothers 1876 01:33:48,795 --> 01:33:52,143 - ♪ We’re blood brothers - CROWD: ♪ We’re blood brothers 1877 01:33:54,318 --> 01:33:57,321 It’s a bit like a sort of heavy metal waltz, this one. 1878 01:33:59,634 --> 01:34:01,601 - Hey, hey! - CROWD: Hey, hey! 1879 01:34:01,739 --> 01:34:04,328 JAVIER: There’s nothing more exciting 1880 01:34:04,466 --> 01:34:06,848 than being part of an Iron Maiden crowd. 1881 01:34:06,986 --> 01:34:09,989 Great fucking crowd of great fucking people, 1882 01:34:10,127 --> 01:34:15,511 and express yourself freely knowing that you are protected. 1883 01:34:15,650 --> 01:34:18,204 Because you are part of the people 1884 01:34:18,342 --> 01:34:20,033 and that people is part of you 1885 01:34:20,171 --> 01:34:22,657 and you have that power also to give back to the band. 1886 01:34:22,795 --> 01:34:29,422 CROWD: Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 1887 01:34:29,560 --> 01:34:32,045 DOM: My favorite moment at a Maiden gig would be 1888 01:34:32,183 --> 01:34:34,013 when I saw them at Earl’s Court 1889 01:34:34,151 --> 01:34:36,878 and they played "Blood Brothers". 1890 01:34:37,016 --> 01:34:39,535 and I looked around, and there was lots of men about my age. 1891 01:34:39,674 --> 01:34:41,365 We were all crying. 1892 01:34:41,503 --> 01:34:43,367 ♪ We’re blood brothers 1893 01:34:43,505 --> 01:34:45,541 What are we? 1894 01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:49,028 - ♪ We’re blood brothers - CROWD: ♪ We’re blood brothers 1895 01:34:49,166 --> 01:34:52,031 ♪ We’re blood brothers 1896 01:34:52,583 --> 01:34:56,725 ♪ We’re blood brothers 1897 01:35:07,080 --> 01:35:12,983 ♪ And if you’re taking a walk through the garden of... 1898 01:35:13,708 --> 01:35:16,538 ♪ Life 1899 01:35:16,676 --> 01:35:19,886 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1900 01:35:24,339 --> 01:35:27,791 But of course, er, there will be an end at some point. 1901 01:35:28,964 --> 01:35:31,380 REPORTER: A major development in the world of heavy metal 1902 01:35:31,518 --> 01:35:34,729 as one of the genre’s most beloved drummers 1903 01:35:34,867 --> 01:35:37,110 has announced they’re retiring from touring 1904 01:35:37,248 --> 01:35:39,147 after a 42-year career. 1905 01:35:41,874 --> 01:35:43,427 NICKO: It was an easy decision, 1906 01:35:43,565 --> 01:35:48,087 but I wish I could still play with the guys, you know? 1907 01:35:48,225 --> 01:35:50,227 I... I... I wish I had my full fitness. 1908 01:35:52,091 --> 01:35:54,369 Lovely, yeah. Just do that. 1909 01:35:54,507 --> 01:35:56,198 Something like that. There it is. 1910 01:35:56,336 --> 01:35:59,132 I had a stroke in January last year 1911 01:35:59,270 --> 01:36:02,929 so I had to really work hard for three months 1912 01:36:03,067 --> 01:36:05,449 to try and get my hand working. 1913 01:36:10,868 --> 01:36:12,663 Nine weeks into rehab, 1914 01:36:12,801 --> 01:36:15,977 I knew that we were opening with "Somewhere in Time", 1915 01:36:16,115 --> 01:36:18,289 the opening track on The Future Past tour, 1916 01:36:18,427 --> 01:36:20,775 and there’s a middle section I can’t play. 1917 01:36:21,983 --> 01:36:23,778 I phoned Harry up and said, "Look, mate, 1918 01:36:23,916 --> 01:36:25,503 "I’m really struggling. 1919 01:36:25,641 --> 01:36:27,057 "I can’t play the intro to "Trooper". I can’t"... 1920 01:36:27,195 --> 01:36:31,440 He said, "Look, play it straight, straight fill." 1921 01:36:31,578 --> 01:36:33,960 [SCATTING] 1922 01:36:34,927 --> 01:36:37,412 "You’re a fucking genius." 1923 01:36:37,550 --> 01:36:40,277 I’m the drummer and I didn’t think to play it straight. 1924 01:36:42,935 --> 01:36:45,316 - Come on, mate. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1925 01:36:45,454 --> 01:36:47,698 NICKO: That’s the character of Steve Harris. 1926 01:36:47,836 --> 01:36:50,011 After 42 years playing with him, 1927 01:36:50,149 --> 01:36:52,358 this is what he’s like. 1928 01:36:52,496 --> 01:36:55,671 He’s about Iron Maiden, he’s about the band. 1929 01:36:58,019 --> 01:37:00,884 You couldn’t wish for anybody else to be your friend. 1930 01:37:04,301 --> 01:37:06,372 Thanks, Drew. 1931 01:37:06,510 --> 01:37:08,892 NICKO: But I still was struggling, 1932 01:37:09,030 --> 01:37:11,135 trying to push myself 1933 01:37:11,273 --> 01:37:13,172 and I know I’m not being able to do this. 1934 01:37:16,451 --> 01:37:18,971 My body was fatigued and I thought, you know, 1935 01:37:19,109 --> 01:37:22,388 "This isn’t fair on the rest of the guys." 1936 01:37:24,183 --> 01:37:27,634 I admire him for trying and for working his arse off, 1937 01:37:27,772 --> 01:37:30,568 but his body was just failing. 1938 01:37:30,706 --> 01:37:32,053 And we were worried that something else 1939 01:37:32,191 --> 01:37:33,502 would happen as well. 1940 01:37:34,503 --> 01:37:36,367 It was horrible. 1941 01:37:36,505 --> 01:37:39,094 We can’t just say, "Off you go, now!" 1942 01:37:39,232 --> 01:37:41,062 Nobody would understand. 1943 01:37:41,200 --> 01:37:43,098 And it’s a shit thing to do 1944 01:37:43,858 --> 01:37:45,998 because Maiden has been his life. 1945 01:37:47,275 --> 01:37:48,863 NICKO: So, I made an announcement 1946 01:37:49,001 --> 01:37:50,209 at the end of the tour. 1947 01:37:50,347 --> 01:37:51,831 And I thought, you know, 1948 01:37:51,969 --> 01:37:54,454 it’s time to pass drumsticks to a younger fella. 1949 01:37:56,801 --> 01:37:59,287 BRUCE: This morning Nicko announced 1950 01:37:59,425 --> 01:38:01,047 that he was stepping back 1951 01:38:01,185 --> 01:38:05,776 from playing live drums with Iron Maiden. 1952 01:38:05,914 --> 01:38:08,261 So let him know how much he’s loved, everybody! 1953 01:38:08,399 --> 01:38:12,990 CROWD: [CHANTING] Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! Nicko! 1954 01:38:20,411 --> 01:38:25,244 CROWD: [CHEERING] 1955 01:38:25,382 --> 01:38:27,902 NICKO: What I’m really gonna miss is being on tour 1956 01:38:28,833 --> 01:38:30,387 and playing with my brothers. 1957 01:38:32,113 --> 01:38:36,186 They are just all exquisite people. 1958 01:38:40,431 --> 01:38:42,157 STAVNSBORG: A lot of people see it as, 1959 01:38:42,295 --> 01:38:45,574 when there’s no band any more, it’s all over. 1960 01:38:45,712 --> 01:38:47,473 But I don’t see that. 1961 01:38:52,133 --> 01:38:54,480 Iron Maiden will be part of this 1962 01:38:54,618 --> 01:38:56,309 a long time after they’re gone. 1963 01:38:59,657 --> 01:39:03,765 It’s, er... Yeah. I don’t see an end to it. 1964 01:39:05,456 --> 01:39:06,733 BEAZLEY: From day one, 1965 01:39:06,871 --> 01:39:09,288 they were gonna conquer the world. 1966 01:39:09,426 --> 01:39:10,945 And that’s what Iron Maiden did. 1967 01:39:11,946 --> 01:39:13,119 And they’re still doing it today. 1968 01:39:14,810 --> 01:39:16,260 They are one of the biggest bands, 1969 01:39:16,398 --> 01:39:17,779 I believe, in the world. 1970 01:39:19,815 --> 01:39:21,921 GENE: And in a very real way, 1971 01:39:22,059 --> 01:39:24,061 Maiden and the great bands, 1972 01:39:24,199 --> 01:39:27,996 you know, that have come a little before and after, 1973 01:39:28,134 --> 01:39:31,689 the great ones, connect with that feeling 1974 01:39:31,827 --> 01:39:34,761 and make life a little bit more bearable. 1975 01:39:36,798 --> 01:39:38,696 WOMAN: Iron Maiden are about 1976 01:39:38,834 --> 01:39:41,527 this quest for kinship and connection 1977 01:39:41,665 --> 01:39:44,081 and you can feel that emotion in the music. 1978 01:39:46,566 --> 01:39:49,604 JAVIER: It’s about being part of the same group. 1979 01:39:49,742 --> 01:39:52,020 It’s being part of something 1980 01:39:52,158 --> 01:39:54,712 that is not about individualism. 1981 01:39:54,850 --> 01:39:56,645 It’s about being part of the world 1982 01:39:56,783 --> 01:39:58,475 and trying to make it better. 1983 01:40:08,899 --> 01:40:12,006 [CHATTERING, LAUGHING] 1984 01:40:22,326 --> 01:40:24,397 STEVE: We all love playing, that’s the thing. 1985 01:40:28,194 --> 01:40:32,371 I think when you’re really enjoying what you’re doing 1986 01:40:32,509 --> 01:40:34,131 then you don’t really wanna stop, do you? 1987 01:40:35,132 --> 01:40:36,168 People ask questions, 1988 01:40:36,306 --> 01:40:37,617 "What you do in the future?" 1989 01:40:37,755 --> 01:40:38,998 Well, we’re gonna tour. 1990 01:40:39,999 --> 01:40:41,414 And then we’re gonna tour again 1991 01:40:41,552 --> 01:40:42,484 and we’re gonna tour again and again, 1992 01:40:43,520 --> 01:40:44,521 till we can’t any more. 1993 01:40:48,007 --> 01:40:53,668 BRUCE: The Iron-Fucking-Maiden! 1994 01:40:53,806 --> 01:40:56,429 [IRON MAIDEN BY IRON MAIDEN PLAYING] 1995 01:40:58,914 --> 01:41:00,916 Oh, yeah! 1996 01:41:01,055 --> 01:41:05,438 Everybody everywhere, put your hands in the air! 1997 01:41:15,586 --> 01:41:18,555 ♪ Won’t you come into my room? 1998 01:41:18,693 --> 01:41:20,902 ♪ Wanna show you all my wares 1999 01:41:21,592 --> 01:41:23,801 ♪ Wanna see your blood 2000 01:41:23,939 --> 01:41:25,907 ♪ I want you to stand and stare 2001 01:41:26,045 --> 01:41:28,806 ♪ See the blood begin to flow 2002 01:41:28,944 --> 01:41:30,946 ♪ As it pours upon the floor 2003 01:41:31,085 --> 01:41:34,398 ♪ Iron Maiden can’t be fought 2004 01:41:34,536 --> 01:41:36,745 ♪ Iron Maiden can’t be sought 2005 01:41:39,438 --> 01:41:40,784 Oh, yeah! 2006 01:41:42,061 --> 01:41:45,754 Everyone, let me fucking hear you! 2007 01:41:46,962 --> 01:41:50,587 CROWD: ♪ Oh, well, wherever Wherever... 2008 01:41:50,725 --> 01:41:52,313 BRUCE: Who are we? 2009 01:41:52,451 --> 01:41:56,903 ♪ Iron Maiden’s gonna get you no matter how far 2010 01:41:57,041 --> 01:41:59,216 ♪ See the blood flow watching it shed 2011 01:41:59,354 --> 01:42:01,011 ♪ Up above my head 2012 01:42:01,770 --> 01:42:05,705 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 2013 01:42:17,545 --> 01:42:18,546 [SONG CONTINUES] 2014 01:42:27,210 --> 01:42:29,004 PAUL DI’ANNO: ♪ Won’t you come into my room? 2015 01:42:29,143 --> 01:42:31,697 ♪ I wanna show you all my wares 2016 01:42:31,835 --> 01:42:33,906 ♪ I just want to see your blood 2017 01:42:34,044 --> 01:42:36,391 ♪ I just want to stand and stare 2018 01:42:36,529 --> 01:42:41,258 ♪ See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor 2019 01:42:41,396 --> 01:42:45,883 ♪ Iron Maiden can’t be fought Iron Maiden can’t be sought 2020 01:42:46,021 --> 01:42:50,405 ♪ Oh, well, wherever wherever you are 2021 01:42:50,543 --> 01:42:54,996 ♪ Iron Maiden’s gonna get you no matter how far 2022 01:42:55,134 --> 01:42:56,446 ♪ See the blood flow 2023 01:42:56,584 --> 01:42:58,758 ♪ Watching it shed up above my head 2024 01:42:59,932 --> 01:43:02,728 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 2025 01:43:14,188 --> 01:43:18,709 ♪ Won’t you come into my room? I wanna show you all my wares 2026 01:43:18,847 --> 01:43:23,438 ♪ I just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare 2027 01:43:23,576 --> 01:43:27,960 ♪ See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor 2028 01:43:28,098 --> 01:43:32,861 ♪ Iron Maiden can’t be fought Iron Maiden can’t be sought 2029 01:43:32,999 --> 01:43:37,383 ♪ Oh, well, wherever wherever you are 2030 01:43:37,521 --> 01:43:41,767 ♪ Iron Maiden’s gonna get you no matter how far 2031 01:43:41,905 --> 01:43:44,356 ♪ See the blood flow watching it shed 2032 01:43:44,494 --> 01:43:46,565 ♪ Up above my head 2033 01:43:46,703 --> 01:43:50,362 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 2034 01:43:50,500 --> 01:43:52,502 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 2035 01:44:32,645 --> 01:44:37,271 ♪ Won’t you come into my room? I wanna show you all my wares 2036 01:44:37,409 --> 01:44:41,827 ♪ I just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare 2037 01:44:41,965 --> 01:44:46,521 ♪ See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor 2038 01:44:46,659 --> 01:44:51,285 ♪ Iron Maiden can’t be fought Iron Maiden can’t be sought 2039 01:44:51,423 --> 01:44:55,772 ♪ Oh, well, wherever wherever you are 2040 01:44:55,910 --> 01:45:00,501 ♪ Iron Maiden’s gonna get you no matter how far 2041 01:45:00,639 --> 01:45:02,710 ♪ See the blood flow watching it shed 2042 01:45:02,848 --> 01:45:04,988 ♪ Up above my head 2043 01:45:05,126 --> 01:45:09,475 ♪ Iron Maiden wants you for dead 2044 01:45:09,613 --> 01:45:11,615 [DRUM OUTRO STARTS] 2045 01:45:15,516 --> 01:45:17,380 ♪ Ow! Ow! 2046 01:45:22,350 --> 01:45:24,352 [VOCALISING] 2047 01:45:28,149 --> 01:45:29,357 [SONG ENDS]