Haris Ansari
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Articles By Haris Ansari
Slash, an American musician and the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist, has confessed that despite being renowned as one of the maddest rockers in the world, he has some pleasant memories with Disney Land. “In 2006, after I’d kicked my drug and alcohol addiction, I went on a holiday with Perla and the kids that […]
Jul 10 2012 | Posted in
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Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part VIII)’ Iron Maiden commenced working on their new studio album after remaining on the road for a quite some time, in which they performed around 100 shows worldwide while releasing a compilation album, Somewhere Back in Time. The band managed to release their 15th studio album, […]
Jul 6 2012 | Posted in
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Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part VII)’ After Bruce Dickinson rejoined Iron Maiden, the band’s former guitarist Adrian Smith also jumped on board while Janick Gers – who was originally Smith’s replacement – remained in the line-up. Dickinson’s primary ambition on rejoining the band was to make a real piece of art […]
Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part VI)’ In 1993, Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden to pursue his solo career while the band started to search for his replacement, listening to hundreds of tapes before luring Blaze Bayley to give an audition for them. Bayley had a totally different style, and was received […]
Jul 2 2012 | Posted in
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Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part V)’ ‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’ became Iron maiden’s second album to top UK charts. In the following tour, the band headlined ‘Monsters of Rock’ festival at Donington Park for the first time in August 1988. The English band performed in front of the largest […]
Jun 30 2012 | Posted in
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Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part IV)’ The supporting tour of the album, named ‘The World Slavery Tour’, recorded the band’s largest tour, which consisted of 193 appearances in 28 countries, spanning over 13 months. Many of these shows were played in the same city successively, including the appearance at Long Beach, […]
Jun 27 2012 | Posted in
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Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part III)’ Following the release of Iron Maiden’s third studio album, Bruce Dickinson started to face some difficulties in the band, as he was not credited to any of the song-writing, or compositions. However, he still remained on board, and continued to work his magic through his […]
Jun 27 2012 | Posted in
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Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part II)’ In April 1980, the band released their debut album, Iron Maiden. Apart from the title track, the record included impressive songs, Running Free, Transylvania, Phantom of the Opera and Sanctuary. Following the release, the band set out on a tour of the UK, in which […]
Jun 26 2012 | Posted in
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Continued from ‘Iron Maiden: A journey from 1975………………… (Part I)’ Iron Maiden recorded a demo, which consisted of four songs, at Spaceward Studios in Cambridge on New Year’s Eve 1978. The band handed the demo copies to Neal Kay, who was then managing a heavy metal club called ‘Bandwagon Heavy Metal Soundhouse’. After listening to […]
Jun 26 2012 | Posted in
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The year was 1975 when Steve Harris, who used to perform with Smiler, thought about forming a new band. Although, he was only 16 at that time, he never hesitated, and went on to create his own band, Iron Maiden, with the band’s name being inspired from the film, The Man in the Iron Mask. […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
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Pink Floyd drummer and percussionist, Nick Mason, has confessed that it is extremely difficult and improbable that Pink Floyd hit the roads yet again. The English band, which was formed back in 1965 by Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, Richard Wright and Mason, has acclaimed worldwide fame through their intense progressive and psychedelic music. Barrett was […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
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All That Remains, an American heavy metal band, have announced complete track-list for their new album, A War You Can Not Win, and have revealed that the record will hit the stores in September this year. Phil Labonte, the band’s front-man, has revealed that everyone put in a lot of effort in compiling the new […]
Jun 22 2012 | Posted in
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