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ADRIAN !!!!!!!

 

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2020…ADRIAN SMITH THE GUITARIST FROM IRON MAIDEN, TURNS 63 TODAY. SMITH WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, AND BOUGHT HIS FIRST ALBUM WHEN HE WAS 15. THAT ALBUM WAS DEEP PURPLE’S MACHINE HEAD. HE STARTED UP A FRIENDSHIP WITH FUTURE MAIDEN GUITARIST DAVE MURRAY WHO HAD A BAND AT THE TIME, AND ONCE HE SAW HOW MANY GIRLS MURRAY WAS ATTRACTING, DECIDED HE WANTED TO PLAY THE GUITAR. HE QUIT SCHOOL AT 16 AND ENDED UP EVENTUALLY JOINING IRON MAIDEN IN 1980. HE WAS WITH THE GROUP FOR TEN YEARS, AND AFTER VARIOUS OTHER PROJECTS, REJOINED THE GROUP IN 1999 ‘TIL PRESENT. THIS FIGURE KIND OF SURPRISED ME. WITH IRON MAIDEN, ADRIAN SMITH HAS SOLD OVER 100 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE.HERE’S SMITH WITH IRON MAIDEN AND THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘RUN TO THE HILLS’

photo thanks Scott Penner