Best Iron Maiden Members

The Top Ten
1 Steve Harris Stephen Percy "Steve" Harris is an English musician and songwriter, known as the bassist, occasional keyboardist, backing vocalist, primary songwriter and founder of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

1. Steve Harris formed Iron Maiden!

2. Except for Geddy Lee, he's the greatest bassist ever.

3. Along with the fact that he penned such numbers as Hallowed Be Thy Name, Run to the Hills, Aces High, The Trooper, etc. , he is still going strong at 57! UP THE IRONS!

As a bassist I might be a little biased, as Steve Harris has inspired and influenced me in his playing (along with Cliff Burton, another amazing bassist). But let's be real, without him there would be no Maiden. Where would we be then?

Before voting for Bruce Dickinson, just check the best songs of maiden in this website. You'll find that all the songs in the list (1-10) are written by Steve Harris... ALONE!
Any more arguments? I don't think so!

To think that Bruce Dickinson was on the top of this list!
Well, many maiden fans find his voice annoying, and I regret to say that I am one of 'em, especially in the high pitches!

2 Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster. He is most well known for being the lead singer in heavy metal band Iron Maiden and his solo career.Outside his career in music, Dickinson has pursued a number ...read more.

I don't like Maiden without Bruce, but Bruce without Maiden is very great, and I'd rather pick Accident of Birth or Chemical Wedding than any of Maiden's 90's stuff.

Without Bruce, Iron Maiden would probably be stuck playing with Paul Di'anno in some pub. Thank you, Bruce Dickinson, for the hard work you've put into this band. UP THE IRONS FROM CLEVELAND! M/

Bruce is awesome because well he's got the best singing the band ever had, the funniest moments the band ever had
And he used to be a pilot

HE ROCKS THIS WORLD! Hey the dude who said that Bruce is the worse vocalist in the band, no guts no glory.

3 Adrian Smith Adrian Frederick "H" Smith is an English guitarist, best known as a member of Iron Maiden, for whom he writes songs and performs live backing vocals on some tracks.

Seventh Son was a masterpiece

Adrian leaves.

No Prayer through to Virtual 11 are albums which only hint at Maidens former greatness.

Adrian rejoins and Brave New World through to Frontier are all brilliant. Is is no coincidence.

Despite Adrian being my favorite member, I just had to vote for Steve, because, let's face it, without Steve, there is no Maiden.

Dave and Adrian are the best guitar duo in metal!
Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing (from Judas Priest) are the only competition

He's my favorite guitarist. I don't know why.

4 Dave Murray David Michael Murray is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as one of the earliest members of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

He's the best, I think he the most brilliant guitarist of iron maiden.

WITHOUT HIM IRON MAIDEN IS NOT IRON MAIDEN! He's the best

The first Iron Maiden guitarist, I have a lot of respect for him. HE'S THE BEST!

A very special sound different from other guitarrist, 100 percent Maiden. Very nice guy apart from that.

He was in maiden all the time, he is the best guitarist, and he is the beter person than steve harris

5 Nicko McBrain

Loudness is an important characteristic of heavy metal music, & Nicko Mc Brian does that too well. Without him & his constant beat, Iron Maiden is nowhere.

theres just a certain charm to him you can't help liking him.

6 Janick Gers Janick Robert Gers is an English musician, best known for being one of the three current guitarists in Iron Maiden, along with Dave Murray and Adrian Smith, as well as his earlier work with Gillan and White Spirit.

Janick has a great personality. At some points, he can be a very serious, intelligent, and down-to-earth guy (look at some of his interviews). But when he's on stage, he runs around and becomes a very funny, humorous guy. Iron Maiden wouldn't be what it is without Janick!

he's great guitar player, he's always active, running all over the stage and he has such a great character, he's always calm and funny, he keeps the band alive.

Janick is a total showoff, how the hell is he better than Nicko?!

7 Clive Burr Clive Burr was an English drummer. He was a member of Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1982. Previously a member of Samson, Burr joined Iron Maiden in 1979 (coincidentally at about the same time Bruce Dickinson joined Samson).

One of the best and most underrated drummers in metal history. Not my favourite member, but certainly Maiden's best drummer and extremely under-appreciated.

8 Paul Dianno

Not such a great vocalist as Bruce but much more energy and charisma. The first two albums are my favorite ones!

He became a much better singer after he left the band, he simply got more experience

9 Blaze Bayley Blaze Bayley is an English singer, musician, songwriter, and lyricist. He was the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994, and currently from 2010 following reunions in 2007 and 2009. Bayley was also the lead singer for Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999. Since then, he has embarked on a solo career.

Blaze bayley no.10 is this a joke? Dennis stratton is a lunatic but blaze rocks he is a good singer and deserves more credit than he gets.

10 Dennis Stratton

The first Iron Maiden album wouldn't be what it is without Dennis Stratton!

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