In 1977, punk rock was bringing the filth and the fury to the UK. The front pages of the tabloid press were frothing with apoplectic glee after the Sex Pistols swore on live TV and the likes of the ‘Pistols, The Clash and The Damned all released their culture-bomb debut albums. Not everyone bought into the three-chord ethos, however, and it was largely the drive and vision of one man that would bring about another, more metallic cultural movement. Steve Harris – a one-time street sweeper, architectural draughtsman and West Ham trainee – had actually formed the first version of Iron Maiden on Christmas Day 1975, but it was during the punk era that they started to forge their own identity and hone their craft in the pubs of London’s East End. “I couldn’t have started a punk band, that w...
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