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Happy 70th Birthday Steve!

He's trying to become one, yeah. Has put out some half a dozen pieces of instrumental / alternative rock, one of which co-written with Noah Yorke (son of Radiohead's Thom Yorke), and his first EP recently.

https://www.facebook.com/Foghat/posts/dave-murray-from-iron-maiden-stopped-by-to-say-hi-before-the-show-tonight-in-mau/1467938944698684/ And this:

Meanwhile Dylan Gers has put out an EP, Melancholic Madman: https://www.metaltalk.net/dylan-gers-melancholic-madman-ep-review-soho-gig-karma-sanctum.php and a new single, Scars on the Soul: (Some The X Factor vibes here and there, and the last solo is 100% Janick-esque).

Next tour'll open with "Always Look at the Bright Side of Life" + "Wasted Years", "Murders in the Rue Morgue" will be the closer.

Nicko spoke surprisingly freely here—I wasn't expecting him to mention that Dave, notoriously very private, is now a grandad. But I mean, it was in the air. Dave'll be 70 in 10 months—Steve in 10 days—and Adrian and Janick are not kids either. Coolest grandads in the world, but still grandads...

And let's be honest, their history would make the most boring biopic. Zero drama. "Charlotte the Harlot — The Series" is something I would watch tho.

@AncientMariner_Essex has a point, and I say it as a researcher myself (although in a completely different field). I don't doubt @Luisma's careful research nor his bona fide, but in all honesty, €120 for three books, one of which at the second edition already (in only five years!) and the other...

This is a pleasant surprise, and congrats to @Luisma!

Well yes but not as stupid as it would have been to call it, say, Virus :D Or Charlotte and the Harlots.

IMHO, if they push on the theme of 'kid(s) from East End with a dream', it's not entirely inappropriate. There's an old story about a label being open to sign them in the very early days, but on the condition that they cut their hair to align with the punk fashion; and you can imagine Steve's...

Legend has it so, but the last time they had it printed was on Best of the 'B' Sides... 25-ish years ago :D but, as @Vaenyr said, it's the perfect title for a documentary of this kind. Anyway when a band produces something like this, the title is usually something the audience will immediately...

Honestly what's the most surprising is that they remember having a song titled 'Burning Ambition' in their catalogue. I was expecting something like 'Running Free', or simply 'Iron Maiden'. I'll be getting a ticket, 100%.

And it's less stressful and demanding than having to play Where Eagles Dare or (and) The Trooper every other night. At the end of the day he's a man in his retirement years, turning 74 in June, and who suffered an ictus three years ago.

Zakk Wylde, Jon Mikl Thor (literally a bodybuilder and won both Mr. Canada and Mr. USA), John Petrucci. Brian Johnson had quite the shoulders and biceps around 1990, if he counts as a metal singer. And, well, Chris Jericho technically has a band.