40 years ago today (4/14/80), Iron Maiden released their debut self-titled LP. The band only featured two members that are current today (Steve Harris and Dave Murray), yet the album was a defining statement in bridging the new wave of British Heavy Metal with a punk aesthetic. The band would take on a new direction with Bruce Dickinson as lead singer in late 1981, yet Maiden’s early material contains some of their most straightforward and heavy material. Check out Maiden live at the Rainbow in 1980…
