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Sunday, 24 February 2019

Tony Clee: A historical perspective of Smiler’s early days and the roots of Iron Maiden



Well, we all know the story of NWOBHM and one of its originators - Iron Maiden. But today we are going a bit deeper in those days when young Steve Harris made his first steps in music and had joined band Smiler after short affair with Gypsy's Kiss. I believe we can say that Smiler was the band when it all started to get serious for Steve and where he met Doug Sampson and Den Wilcock who later all became parts of Iron Maiden. Here is an extensive interview with Tony Clee who was Smiler's guitar player.