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Live Dec/1980,Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a collective total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six compilations. Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved success during the early 1980s(w/Paul Di'Anno). After several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of platinum and gold albums. These include the US platinum-selling albums The Number of the Beast in 1982, Piece of Mind in 1983, Powerslave in 1984, the live album Live After Death in 1985, Somewhere in Time in 1986, and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son in 1988. The band are currently undergoing a resurgence in popularity, with their 2006 album A Matter of Life and Death peaking at number nine on the Billboard 200 and at number four in the UK. Their latest studio album, The Final Frontier, was released worldwide on 16--17 August 2010, peaking at number one in 40 different countries. At the 53rd Grammy Awards, the second song of the album, "El Dorado", won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance LIVE AT THE RAINBOW IS THE FIRST LIVE VIDEO RECORDED BY IRON MAIDEN ON 21 DECEMBER 1980 AND RELEASED in 1981. It includes one of the earliest Maiden concerts with guitarist Adrian Smith as well as a very early version of "Killers," with lyrics that differ from the album ...
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