About Adrian Smith
Artist Biography
While not an original member of Iron Maiden, English guitarist Adrian Smith proved to be one of the missing pieces to the puzzle (singer Bruce Dickinson being the other) early on -- resulting in the band obtaining elite status among the metal masses soon after. Between 1982 and 1989, the group issued some of the most seminal heavy metal records of all time, including the gold- and platinum-selling Piece of Mind (1983) and Powerslave (1984). He left the band in 1990 and formed Psycho Hotel, and later joined up with Dickenson for his solo group. He and Dickenson rejoined Iron Maiden in 1999. They spent the next two decades fortifying the group's legendary status via acclaimed late-period efforts like The Final Frontier (2010) and Book of Souls (2015). During this time, Smith also played in the side projects Primal Rock Rebellion and Smith/Kotzen, and in 2020 he published the rock & roll/fishing memoir Monsters of River & Rock.
Hometown
London, England
Genre
Instrumental
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