Rate The Musician/Artist #26 - Iron Maiden

[El Fangel]

Welcome back people. This time I have decided upon 3 per day, but for this one we have

Iron Maiden



Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in the East End of London. The band were formed in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, formerly a member of Gypsy's Kiss and Smiler. Iron Maiden are one of the most successful and influential bands in the heavy metal genre, having sold over 100 million albums worldwide. The band won the Ivor Novello Awards for international achievement in 2002. They were also inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk during their tour in the United States in 2005.
The band have headlined several major events in their career, notably Rock in Rio, Ozzfest alongside Black Sabbath, Donington's "Monsters of Rock" and "Download" Festivals and the "Reading and Leeds Festivals, they were the best band there."
Iron Maiden are influenced by Thin Lizzy, UFO and Deep Purple amongst others. Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie, is a perennial fixture in the band's sci-fi and horror-influenced album cover art, as well as in live shows. Eddie was drawn by Derek Riggs until 1992, although there have been various incarnations by numerous artists including Melvyn Grant. Eddie is also featured in a first-person shooter video game from the band, Ed Hunter, as well as numerous books, graphic comics and band-related merchandise.



Rihanna scraping by 50 Cent for (24th), Anthrax and Megadeth with a 62 (16th) and 64 (14th) , respectively. The Doors coming in (7th) place at 81, and Jimi Hendrix nearly getting knocked out of top spot by David Bowie who scored an amazing 89.

Also this concludes the "Big Four" Thrash metal bands, whose placings are

Metallica -75
Megadeth - 64
Anthrax - 62
Slayer - 60


1) Jimi Hendrix - 91
2) David Bowie - 89
3) Johnny Cash - 87
4) Tupac - 85
5) Guns N' Roses - 83
6) Dio - 78
7) The Doors - 81
8) Dr. Dre - 77
9) Black Sabbath - 76
10) Metallica - 75
11) Pantera - 73
12) Garth Brooks - 68
12) Nine Inch Nails - 67
13) Wu Tang Clan - 64
14) Megadeth - 64
15) Anthrax - 62
16) The Killers - 61
17) Eminem - 60
18) Slayer - 60
19) Tenacious D - 59
20) NOFX - 59
21) U2 - 40
22) Staind - 31
23) Rihanna - 28
24) 50 Cent - 27