After two years of writing for MetalTalk.net, which included my tale from start to finish based on memory, a gig review I did for Dennis Stratton at Metalwave, and a short obituary for Clive Burr, I amazingly found my diaries, going back as far as 1979.
With all this added information, I knew there was something more I could offer, but I really didn’t like the idea of rewriting the stuff I had already published with MetalTalk.net. I was then approached about writing a book in late 2015, and it seemed like it was the only thing left to do. So in February 2016, I started to go through the old chapters from my column and see how much I could add, remove, change and completely rewrite, to give you what you have in your hands.
This is quite simply, a version of the Iron Maiden early history that has never been seen before. As the back cover suggests, the highs and lows, the ups and downs, the laughter and tears, and beer. It all happened, and this is the best way for me to tell it.
