10 Things You Never Knew About Iron Maiden

Be Afraid. Be very afraid. We’re taking you into the fearsome world of UK metal monsters, Iron Maiden

We all known singer Bruce Dickinson is a keen aeroplane pilot but read on for ten lesser known facts about the band from the current issue of Clash Magazine.

1. A young Bruce Dickinson was expelled from boarding school after wandering over and taking a slash in the headmaster’s dinner. We don’t know what the dish was. Nor do we don’t know whether the teacher carried on eating.

2. Bassist Steve Harris is the founding and only original member of Iron Maiden. In the early days the line-up was constantly shifting, one guitarist lasted just two days before his girlfriend wouldn’t let him go on tour with the band.