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Backstage with Iron Maiden

A Wilderness of Mirrors. I am unfamiliar with Iron Maiden's music, even though I worked a handful of times at their concert. I was curious about their mascot guy...Eddie. At one of their concerts, they had a bunch of Eddie dolls in boxes, and they left them there, and all the stagehands got one. One time, I took the drummer, Nico McBrain, to the music store, and he got a grip (a double handful) of drumsticks with some gaff tape around them. When we got back to the venue, he said to me that if I ever needed something, just let him know. I guess just for taking him to the store. So I said I could use a pair of autographed sticks. He thought about it for a second, then waved his arm and said, "O,K. follow me! He led me to a large road case that had four locks on it, it was full of, "cool stuff", and he got me a pair of sticks in cellophane with his signature wood burned into them, and a couple of Iron maiden wrist sweat bands and one Iron maiden head sweat band. If I had to guess what the title, A Wilderness of Mirrors, is about, I would think it has to do with the audience and how they send such energy. I remember many times hearing bands say that how good the concert was, depended on how good the audience was~I always liked the English bands, they seemed to have more depth, and they talked so cool!

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Date: 4/28/2025 6:45:00 AM
Cool write, thank you for sharing. My husbands favorite band. Hubby seen band first in 1978 or 79 when they were a support band to Judas Priest at Birmingham Odeon UK. He's seen them about 30 times over years so he would be envious of yr meeting Nico back stage.
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Meru Groen
Date: 4/29/2025 10:13:00 PM
Thank you for sharing, as well. I have worked with Judas Priest many times. Once, they started a tour in the city I live in, and I worked with them every day as the runner for two weeks, while they practiced. They were very nice fellows. Meru

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