Musician gives the impression of being a simple subject, but two events in a short time ended up taking their peace
Steve Harris It conveys the feeling of being someone simple. Averse to media interviews and appearances, the bassist of Iron Maiden He has been working practically with the same people for decades – including the businessman, Rod Smallwood – and doesn’t seem to be upset easily.
However, a year of his life was marked as the worst. In an interview with Classic Rockthe musician pointed out that 1993 brought him two major problems.
One of them is public knowledge: after more than a decade, Bruce Dickinson decided to leave Maiden. Although he has not had him in his early six years, the group enjoyed exponential growth in popularity and even quality performance with its entrance at the end of 1981.
In addition, Harris suffered in 1993 by divorcing his then wife, the psychotherapist Lorraine Jury. The two met 16 years earlier and came to relate, having four children together.
The setbacks were sizes that even inspired the darkest tone of the album that would come: The x Factor (1995), first with the contested vocalist Blaze Bayley. Fortunately, Harris again found happiness not only by getting married for the second time, with Emma Harrisas well as having Dickinson again in the band from 1999.
THE Classic RockSteve reflected on his year of 1993 with the simplicity that is usual – to the point of saying that he suffered only for a few days. He stated:
“Very horrible things were happening at the same time. And I thought the rest of them [dos integrantes da banda] They would look for me to have strength, which I didn’t know if I would have. There is that saying: Who motivates the motivator? It was just like that. But it didn’t last long. A few days. I couldn’t keep sorry for myself. I had to move on. ”
Regarding their compositions in the period, which entered not only in The X Factor but on the next album Virtual XI (1998) – the second and last with Bayley – Harris pointed out:
“Honestly, I thought some songs of these two albums are among the best I’ve ever created. However, they were somewhat obscure songs, probably because of my mental state in those days, even without realizing it. ”
Steve Harris and Iron Maiden currently
Today, at age 68, Steve enjoys a rare stability in the music industry. Iron Maiden reaches 50 years of career with its practically intact formation. The only low was that of Nicko McBraindrummer who retired in 2024 due to age and health problems. Your place is occupied by Simon Dawson (British Lion, The Outfield etc). And he is still married to Emma, with those who had two more children.
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