#PieceofMind1983

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IT'S GONNA BE A BRITISH METAL ONSLAUGHT AT THE GARDEN.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an IRON MAIDEN promotional tour poster for an October 8th, 1983 concert that took place at Madison Square Garden, NYC, and part of their "World Piece Tour" which took place from May 2, 1983 to December, 18, 1983. The tour was in support of the band's then newly-released 4th studio album, "Piece of Mind."

Source: www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/75751/IRON-MAIDEN-WORLD-PEACE-TOUR-83-CONCERT-POSTER.

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COMMEMORATING 40 YEARS OF THE "WORLD PIECE TOUR" IN 2023 -- UP THE @$!*#&% IRONS!!

PIC(S) INFO: Part 2 of 2 -- Spotlight on English heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN, performing various dates during their "World Piece Tour, c. 1983. 📸: Various.

"When asked if the twin-lead situation caused any "dueling guitars" jealousies, both Murray and Smith answered with a resounding "No!" In fact, each finds the presence of the other encouraging and inspiring.

Murray: "Most of our songs have two solo passages, maybe in different keys, so we alternate."

Smith: "Usually before we record, we'll sit down and work out exactly who's going to play what, depending on our different styles. It usually ends up fifty-fifty anyway. We each have different sounds, different ways of bending the strings, Dave uses more tremolo, that kind of thing."

On the new album, "Piece of Mind," Dave solos first on "Flight of Icarus," "Die With Your Boots On " and "To Tame a Land." Adrian goes first on "Revelation," "The Trooper," "Still Life" and "Quest for Fire." Dave takes the solos on "Where Eagles Dare" and "Sun and Steel," with both doing the harmony part on the latter.

(Apologies, mates, if I didn't quite get that right. Remember how confusing it was trying to figure it out?) Neither player uses a theoretical or scalular approach to his playing. Says Dave:

"I prefer to play from feeling. The songs are tightly constructed, so I always play the same there. But when it comes to the solos, I don't necessarily play the same solos on stage as I do on record. I like to go out and sort of jam, more free-form. A lot of it is blues-oriented."

Adrian: "I've never been much for theory and scales. I know chords and I guess I play in a rock blues scale on the solos.""

-- GUITAR WORLD, "IRON MAIDEN: The Men Behind the Metal Mask," November, 1983

Sources: Pinterest, Reddit, Maiden Revelations, www.guitarworld.com/artists/interview-iron-maidens-adrian-smith-and-dave-murray-their-first-guitar-world-feature-1983, etc...