Benjamin Breeg painting... in the video !

Conor said:
Was Eddie not first used in 1976?
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Doubtful, since the first image we have of him (not as simply a head) used in conjunction with the name 'Iron Maiden' is on the cover of the Running Free single.  Anyway, 1978 was when Maiden's first demo, Soundhouse Tapes, was released.  This would probably be taken as the 'birth' of Maiden as a band proper, and since Eddie has always been as a kind of metaphor for the band, the tombstone probably refers to Ben Breeg dying, later to be ressurected as the image of Maiden.  Or something. :huh:
 
Silky said:
Anyway, 1978 was when Maiden's first demo, Soundhouse Tapes, was released.
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1978 was when it was recorded, it was released in 1979.

[/smartassmode] ;)
 
Albie said:
1978 was when it was recorded, it was released in 1979.

[/smartassmode] ;)
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It was recorded on the last day of 1978.  As good as Maiden are, I doubt they would have been able to get it published on the same day! ;)
 
SpitfireXI said:
Thanks Conor.. I just wanted to say, don't you think it's Eddie ? On the Maiden website it's written :
"New shirts - Benjamin Breeg and Commander Eddie - available now! " (How do you quote ?)
Commander Eddie is the guy of the album cover, while B.B must be the guy on the single cover... and on the single cover the guy is Eddie !
And on the tombstone it's written 1978. So Mr Breeg died in 1978 and reincarnated... Eddie is a zombie, and exists since 1978. And as for the drawing, considering that Breeg is Eddie (Eddie The Head Breeg ?), then it must be an autoportrait.
So maybe at the end we might get something similar to a hidden person behing that mysterious name... and it might be Eddie. But all we have to do is just wait for something from The Boys.

PS: I can and cannot be Nicko... very mysterious, right ? (Marketing a la Maiden)
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If Eddie is Ben Breeg, then what's he doing digging up his own grave on the single artwork? My guess is that Eddie is digging someone up so he has a zombie mate to go to the opera with and so they can go hillwalking together, drinking ale in ye olde pube they pass on the way....erm, I'm not sure where I'm going with this
 
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