Maiden Japan, shows Eddie with a Samurai sword." Purgatory", depicts the devil's face crumbling away to reveal Eddie.According to Rod Smallwood, Iron Maiden's manager, the band were criticized as Eddie appeared to be attacking the woman. " Twilight Zone", features Eddie's spirit reaching towards a woman through a mirror.Based on a block of flats in which Riggs lived at the time, it contains several references to the band, such as the "Ruskin Arms" and "Charlotte the Harlot". Killers, featuring Eddie with an axe and his victim clawing at his shirt." Women in Uniform", according to Riggs features Margaret Thatcher about to get "her own back" on Eddie.According to Riggs, the band's management censored the image themselves to gain publicity. " Sanctuary", showing Eddie above Margaret Thatcher's corpse, wielding a knife." Running Free", the band's first release to depict Eddie, painted after the album cover so his face was hidden to protect his identity.Iron Maiden, the first artwork featuring Eddie, originally created for a possible punk record, based on an American's head allegedly stuck to a Vietnamese tank.Iron Maiden, (character) Derek Riggs (original album designs) Satan (enemy), Margaret Thatcher (enemy), Robert Maxwell (enemy), Charlotte the Harlot (possibly), Great Britain, Egypt, Death, Skeleton army, Varies (murderer, ruler of Hell, mental patient, soldier, Pharaoh, bounty hunter, bassist, samurai, etc.) Since then, Riggs has occasionally made a few special art pieces for the band. Derek Riggs would continue to draw all of Iron maiden's album and single covers until 1992. The " Running Free" single cover had Eddie the Head as a silhouette so not to spoil the first album's cover before release. The band approved of the artwork, but requested that the character was given hair. The art piece featured a zombie character near a yellow, light-emitting street lamp at night, with detailed clouds and a bright moon. As a result of Iron Maiden disapproving of Riggs' fantasy artwork, the artist submitted an artwork that was originally intended for a punk rock album. Many artists turned up with fantasy artworks, including Derek Riggs. In 1980, Iron Maiden was due to release their first studio album and were looking for an artist to draw the cover. The face was known as "Eddie the Head" by the band's members. The band had a menacing face next to the band's logo on live stages. The first B-side is a cover of Nektar's "King of Twilight", from their 1972 album A Tab in the Ocean.During the 1970s, the young Iron Maiden was undergoing many lineup and layout changes. It was featured on the video game Madden NFL 10 as part of the game's soundtrack and on the MTV show Nitro Circus, it also features in Steve Peat's segment on the mountain bike film on New World Disorder III. It was released as a single over a month after Powerslave came out. Aces High is one of Iron Maiden's most popular songs, and has been covered numerous times, by bands including Arch Enemy and Children of Bodom. The song topped at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The song tells the story of a British RAF pilot fighting against the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1940), the first battle to be completely fought by aircraft. It is Iron Maiden's eleventh single and the second from the 1984 studio album Powerslave. Aces High is a song by Iron Maiden, written by bassist Steve Harris.
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