In 2012, Steve Harris sat down with Kerrang! in Los Angeles to get something off his chest, something that had been shrouded in secrecy. The declassified story was that he was working with a band – and it wasn’t Iron Maiden. Enter: British Lion, a group whose roots harked all the way back to Steve’s days as an architectural draughtsman in the ‘70s. He was quick to stress that not only would this extracurricular jaunt have no effect on Iron Maiden, it would also explore a different side to his tastes, albeit not too massively off-piste (“It’s not like I’m making a reggae album!” he joked). Indeed, when British Lion’s compelling self-titled debut emerged in September of that year, it was an altogether different beast to Maiden – a record that worshipped more at the altar of classic rock...
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