Steve Harris talks about ‘British Lion’ solo album

Iron Maiden bassist, Steve Harris, is set to release his debut solo album titled, British Lion. Although, it would seem a bit bizarre to release a solo album after playing with Iron Maiden for almost 37 years, the talented Bassist reveals that he has been working on his solo project for quite some time now.

While talking to Classic Rock Magazine, Harris stated:

“That’s how it originated. Over the years I’ve kept in touch with Richie and Graham, and then Richie was working with another guitarist called David Hawkins, who’s a really talented guy, and so we started writing songs together. So on the album there are six songs written with Richie and David, there’s one with just me and Richie, and the others are me, Richie, Graham and a couple of other guys that were around at the time”

“Well, what I think and what other people will think might be two different things, but I’d say the album would be more mainstream rock than metal, very British sounding, very 70s-influenced and quite commercial… but good commercial. There’s all kinds of stuff going on, with nods to the Who and UFO and some classic British rock bands, but it’s not the progressive rock album some might be expecting”

“I think Bruce will do another one. We were talking about my album the other day and I think it got him thinking that it’s been 10 years since he last did one. So it’s probably time he did another one. Maybe this will prove to everyone that you can be in Maiden and do other stuff as well. And there’ll definitely be another British Lion record. I want to do more things with Maiden obviously, but if some of the guys decide that they don’t want to do as much in the future, then I’ve got this as well: this is my safety valve, because what else am I going to do? I want to cram in as much as possible before I kick the bucket”.

Harris’s debut solo album is set to hit the stores on September 25.

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