The story of Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith’s forgotten 2010s side project
“We’ve actually been writing songs together for about six years,” reveals legend Adrian Smith, who wrapped up the latest chapter in Maiden’s career with the culmination of the Final Frontier tour in ...
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Adrian Smith – Why I Like Improvising Now, Going Down Guitar YouTube Wormholes + More
In this interview, we chat with Iron Maiden‘s Adrian Smith about the second collaborative record with Richie Kotzen, his past ...
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen come from different worlds, but it all comes back to the blues
Returning with one of the hard-rock records of the year, the dynamic duo talk tone, collaboration, and the limits of ...
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I got Metal Hammer’s writers to name the ‘bad’ albums they can’t get enough of
From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend ...
Adrian Smith names his favourite Iron Maiden song, even though it’s “awkward” to play
Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith has named his favourite of the band’s songs. During a recent interview with Sonic ...
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Imagine if Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith Wasn’t a Guitar God
Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith has been playing guitar for the group for more than four decades now. But his recent work with Richie Kotzen offers a look at what it could have been like if he hadn ...
“The chugging guitar was inspired by a Queen track”: Adrian Smith reveals the origins of his first song for Iron Maiden
“That song was one of the first things I ever wrote,” Smith says. “And it was inspired, loosely, by that Queen track, Now I'm ...