<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Iron-maiden ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/iron-maiden Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:44:05 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Music’s highest honor”: 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced – and there’s a long overdue nod to some British heavyweights ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/2026-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced 7H5xAmHtisw5TNSxAz3tef Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:44:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They’re 16 bars, and that’s it. There’s no extended solos”: Adrian Smith on why making music outside of Iron Maiden lets him stretch his soloing wings ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/adrian-smith-on-stretching-his-soloing-wings-in-smith-kotzen TKBCCaDWemWTQyFvqFXLyJ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:35:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They created the blueprint for how heavy metal bands should look, sound, and tour”: Iron Maiden, Oasis, Jeff Buckley and Melissa Etheridge lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2026 nominations ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2026-nominees ir6Hm2aDhoitMSkTJGXkEN Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:56:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen rolled out an Iron Maiden classic at their London show, with a very special guest ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bruce-dickinson-joines-smith-kotzen-for-wasted-years-in-london cWYMuWYqpeKcYLBnsSBYES Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:33:30 +0000 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:34:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Whether it’s mounted on your pedalboard or standing at the heart of your shrine, this pedal is a torch held high for rock ’n’ roll”: Jim Dunlop drops an Iron Maiden Killers edition of its Cry Baby wah ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/jim-dunlop-iron-maiden-killers-cry-baby-wah BdLeXtTSVyEEAJ75tXBkXB Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:57:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Who knows? It was worth pursuing. They did okay without me”: Adrian Smith on the time he auditioned for Def Leppard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/adrian-smith-on-the-time-he-auditioned-for-def-leppard HDMwbja7SGNpt5H5CpUXLX Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:17:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Part of my soul is on stage with my favorite band every single night”: Fender Masterbuilder on what it’s like to watch his ultimate guitar hero play the Strat he made for him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/fender-masterbuilder-andy-hicks-on-building-a-strat-for-dave-murray eGHLRkBepdzPrwq7euj3Yb Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:22:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The first thing I said to him was, ‘You bought Greeny.’ He goes, ‘Yeah, I’ve got it. You want to play it?’” Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith had a chance encounter with Kirk Hammett – and ended up babysitting his iconic Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/adrian-smith-greeny-les-paul vHUcN9amDjPdMEzK6SfYwG Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:11:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A warning shot to the competition and a reminder that Fender is still very much a force in the amp modeler market”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a new digital era for EVH ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-gear-round-up-evh-jackson-dirty-boy-ehx n6ddLjnSeYU86zHx5K7dHB Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:50:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He proved to me long ago that Fender belongs in the world of heavy metal”: Fender honors Iron Maiden’s 50th Anniversary with a stable of limited signatures for Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers and Steve Harris ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/fender-iron-maiden-50th-anniversary-collection NmUuibgdiUJo8qGRRNgibJ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:21:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I almost cried when I first saw John Frusciante live. But when I got involved in extreme music, people would say, ‘Don’t mention RHCP’”: How Arve Isdal carved his own extreme metal path with Enslaved – and became Norway’s answer to Slash ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/arve-isdal-enslaved mctdQcs4owhXpNPZFuBCsS Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:17:30 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:06:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s a master. The way he plays is insane. But he was hesitant to teach me until I showed him how serious I was”: How Iron Maiden icon Janick Gers’ son Dylan went from late-starting guitarist to epic collabs with Thom Yorke’s son Noah ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dylan-gers-melancholic-madman g2RwuWLaNpMGb9Q6RTdEMC Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:31:55 +0000 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:59:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People tell me that I invented that rhythmic gallop – but I just brought it to the fore”: Iron Maiden remain one of most domineering forces in heavy metal – and bassist Steve Harris has led the charge ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/steve-harris-iron-maiden Moq63WdD8bsdqpK87VZTZ6 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:20:08 +0000 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:26:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's something a guitar player wouldn't write, it stretches you as a player”: Dave Murray says Iron Maiden stuck out from the pack because because they have a bassist as the lead songwriter ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-murray-on-steve-harris-and-songwriting 2ZuvpCoUB2brdBYWYgy75V Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:31:31 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:41:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve got Fenders of various ages and they all sound different. That’s not a Spinal Tap thing – they just do!” Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris on staying loyal to Fender, and the Gibson that sounded “horrible” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/steve-harris-iron-maiden-fender-precision bQNKLYNsNpYiZ7WySWTKiG Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:44:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Grover Jackson used to bring down these guitars, but some of them weren't even finished – he’d change the pickups backstage”: Adrian Smith reveals what convinced him to ditch Les Pauls for Jacksons ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-adrian-smith-switched-from-les-pauls-to-jackson nFP8bbm3JNBLjzCojVgCnE Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:05:57 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The loss overall is awful and unspeakable”: Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and Primus guitarist Larry ‘Ler’ LaLonde among thousands who have lost homes in L.A. wildfires ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/adrian-smith-and-larry-ler-lalonde-among-thousands-who-have-lost-homes-in-la-wildfires jgXtw6ZbCWK7Kcr8TYQxji Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:20:40 +0000 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:17:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was extremely hungover. The producer called me into the studio and had me sit at the desk and do the solo. I was really in pain, but I pulled it off”: Adrian Smith on how Iron Maiden went beyond epic with Powerslave ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/iron-maiden-adrian-smith-on-powerslave d2WDboaVzr5uXJCjdiKd7U Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:25:23 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 15:48:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I grow the nails on my right hand as long as I can, so I can get that trebly sound”: Steve Harris delivered one of the coolest bass guitar intros in the history of metal on Iron Maiden’s Wrathchild ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-harris-on-iron-maidens-wrathchild wVe7cP7hHF8wfYJyAj9w79 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:56:18 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:38:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My being fired was premature… We’d wrapped pre-production on Killers but I never got the chance to record”: Meet Dennis Stratton, the man who brought harmony guitars to Iron Maiden ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dennis-stratton-iron-maiden Ub8cxqtCucLrP986mgVPGF Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:37:07 +0000 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:15:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What people tend to do is learn licks and then try to stick them into the solos – and that’s not really the way to do it”: Iron Maiden’s Janick Gers shares his tips for better guitar solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/iron-maiden-janick-gers-tips-for-better-guitar-solos QqFe47DFBCGFAFKTZdSaAA Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:40:31 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:53:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden's Dave Murray is now using Fractal's Axe-Fx ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/iron-maiden-dave-murray-axe-fx Li9Q9ggHzaMAhvKnbjyjP7 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:25:01 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:29:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, The White Stripes lead 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/2023-rock-hall-of-fame-nominations uzzZpRZezZzoJ4BMunP5t8 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:42:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitarist reworks the entirety of Iron Maiden's Powerslave for nylon-string acoustic guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitarist-reworks-the-entirety-of-iron-maidens-powerslave-for-nylon-string-acoustic-guitar ieRUoyJwKk5iyBwjqHt9sL Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:19:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden honored by the UK's Royal Mail with a new range of postage stamps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/iron-maiden-royal-mail-postage-stamps JQ2hjxSRDVi7pd9aETKetd Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:51:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Frank Bello: 5 bass players who influenced me ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/frank-bello-the-5-bass-players-that-influenced-me moFH7z8VSgxrKFLZtUMVeU Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:40:14 +0000 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:19:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jimmy Page recalls the time he played with Brian May, Iron Maiden and parody metallers Bad News ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jimmy-page-brian-may-bad-news fukrZGeU8HeJMmwQmhsLeP Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:29:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Megadeth, Metallica and Iron Maiden hits like never before in major key Happy Metal YouTube experiment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/megadeth-metallica-iron-maiden-happy-metal ofbgpvBYBr4FembedUCQGV Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:53:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen cover Iron Maiden’s epic Senjutsu album in its entirety on nylon-string guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/Thomas-Zwijsen-nylon-maiden-senjutsu-cover kxxMcEG9iWhHW6L8zUdrk Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:55:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dylan Gers, son of Iron Maiden's Janick Gers, releases ultra-minimalist debut single, Moon Rise ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dylan-gers-new-single HDZnDWFC3vZYSW4zKxhKwC Fri, 22 Apr 2022 12:21:45 +0000 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:43:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen perform Iron Maiden's Wasted Years at their debut Smith/Kotzen gig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adrian-smith-richie-kotzen-wasted-years NJj9ifUkPKBHtq9mxzACwb Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:25:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden may play Senjutsu in its entirety for “diehard fans” on a future tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/iron-maiden-senjutsu-tour DmrcAgwEdMVyTUHU9xbUMS Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:55:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 20 best guitar albums of 2021 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-best-guitar-albums-of-2021 Z6shYs6ReMiey7DShwTEyP Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:50:59 +0000 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:54:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 best guitar riffs of 2021 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-10-best-guitar-riffs-of-2021 kVreR7tcoCGMWdGJ9WSWgB Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:13:38 +0000 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:54:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden’s Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers share the guitar strategies behind their epic new album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/iron-maiden-senjutsu 8t3QQJoNexrkwTEuN2i6uL Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:49:49 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:42:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and Janick Gers on Senjutsu, track by track ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/iron-maiden-senjutsu-track-by-track PPLJ4VBQKJWn5hqweDAw7B Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:35:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden are in classic form on their new single, Stratego ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/iron-maiden-stratego CAA9tQZdhCKWFcgYhMycnk Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:58:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bruce Dickinson on the game-changing Black Album: “None of us had the balls to step up to the next level – but Metallica did” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bruce-dickinson-the-black-album L5XRdm5yDtsDHhMHFvJe29 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:34:05 +0000 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:56:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ From "solo insanity" to gossamer funk guitar bliss: here are this week's essential guitar tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/essential-tracks-solo-insanity-funk-guitar-bliss hmdigXK7rDKKBS4BABsiPb Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:49:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden announce 17th studio album, Senjutsu, their first in six years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/iron-maiden-senjutsu m4P7dq77Y9DWyKKsuf4TjU Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:02:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden return with new single, The Writing On The Wall ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/new-iron-maiden-song YHhhCN4EJdLtWpKUwNRp4K Thu, 15 Jul 2021 18:32:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith was in the running to join Def Leppard in 1991, says drummer Rick Allen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adrian-smith-def-leppard hq6eW6K2wfsghyK59wMJ87 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:36:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ King Crimson legend Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox take on Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast for Easter Sunday ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-and-toyah-wilcox-the-number-of-the-beast uKnPJLtcPgFX5CYsvRFCpP Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:50:37 +0000 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:53:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ What would Enter Sandman sound like performed by Iron Maiden? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/what-would-enter-sandman-sound-like-performed-by-iron-maiden HTV7x4erX3rYUsxHfWEBUB Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:10:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ One-of-a-kind Jackson Iron Maiden guitar used by Adrian Smith joins Stagehand's #ILoveLive charity raffle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/one-of-a-kind-jackson-iron-maiden-guitar-used-by-adrian-smith-joins-stagehands-ilovelive-charity-raffle UcNQSeesHeAQeUd3962fd7 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:45:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adrian Smith talks fishy tour stories, from falling in front of 20,000 people to being recognized while angling ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adrian-smith-talks-fishy-tour-stories-from-falling-in-front-of-20000-people-to-being-recognized-while-angling Mdu72vqf65J7GmMKT7MpeJ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:57:32 +0000 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:25:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adrian Smith reveals the origins of Iron Maiden's three-guitar lineup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adrian-smith-reveals-the-origins-of-iron-maidens-three-guitar-lineup gARQyojTntgNMWTARxK6B7 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:42:53 +0000 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:57:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith offers update on rumored collaboration with Richie Kotzen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/iron-maidens-adrian-smith-offers-update-on-rumored-collaboration-with-richie-kotzen P4HpwFm62wmqopHnkbYfmZ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:09:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith take on David Gilmour's iconic Comfortably Numb solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-iron-maidens-adrian-smith-take-on-david-gilmours-iconic-comfortably-numb-solo b5rYeKCZqKhysbnWyommyA Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:34:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Top British artists including the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest call on the UK government to help save the live music industry ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/top-british-artists-including-the-rolling-stones-eric-clapton-iron-maiden-and-judas-priest-call-on-the-uk-government-to-help-save-the-live-music-industry d3v9jiYsYRBgpKss4dGd38 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 14:31:38 +0000