Dave Murray “Iron Maiden”
David Michael “Dave” Murray (born 23 December 1956)[1] is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as one of the original members of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He joined the band just two months after their inception in 1975.
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As a boy, Murray was a fanatical football player and fan, as well as a keen cricketer. But his family was poor – his father was disabled and his mother worked part-time as a cleaner – and the family never settled anywhere long enough for Murray to establish himself on any of the schools’ teams he could have played for. By his reckoning, he had been to a dozen different schools by the time he left for good at the age of 16.
Murray developed an interest in rock music when he was 15 after hearing Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix on the radio. From then on, everything changed. He got his first guitar and would practice along with records up to seven hours a day. He formed his first band, a trio called Stone Free which also included Adrian Smith (Guitar/Vocals) who later became a member of Iron Maiden.
Complete bio can be found here on Wikipedia
~ by da|v|ned on November 12, 2010.
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No wonder I love that guy.
He’s one of the worlds best guitarists.
Kjersti Haugen said this on November 12, 2010 at 10:12 pm |
Yes of course he is and very much underrated cos he doesn’t like to be in the limelight unlike others who are very much over rated.That”s the beauty of Maiden.
da|v|ned said this on November 13, 2010 at 4:10 pm |
the image above is an album?
Anonymous said this on November 16, 2011 at 10:25 pm |
Nope it is not
da|v|ned said this on August 17, 2020 at 7:28 pm |