Maggie's revenge was swift though, judging from the "Women In Uniform" sleeve (right photo), on which she's waiting in an ambush to shoot Eddie with a machine gun. The later releases of the Sanctuary sleeve had to be censored, therefore a black bar was drawn over her eyes, this bar only appeared on the British releases. It wouldn't take long before Eddie appeared in the British newspapers and caused his first controversy, this was due to the "Sanctuary" sleeve (left photo) on which Eddie stabbed Margaret Thatcher, British first-minister, to death because she had torn an Iron Maiden poster off the wall. The first album indeed featured the face of Eddie, it was still a 'weird' Eddie and Derek soon changed his face.
EDDIE IRON MAIDEN FREE
The band decided to keep the "new" Eddie's appearance as a secret for everybody until the first album, therefore the Eddie which appears on the Running Free sleeve, is standing in the shadows. The photo that supposedly inspired artist Derek Riggs for the creation of Eddie the HeadĮddie became the registered mark of the band but he was still only that head on the stage and nothing more, that is until the band hired Derek Riggs, through their manager Rod Smallwood, to designed the long awaited body for Eddie. So five years later Eddie'sįather entered the room on Eddie's birthday and said: Needn't worry since he would come up with a suitable body for The fans gave to the puppet the name of Eddie The Head, based on a well-known plenty joke at that time which goes something like this:Ī woman had given birth to just a head, the doctor told her she Once he it placed in the fund of the stage, beside the logotype of the band, a great mask that had acquired in an art academy and he used an aquarium air-pump to pump artificial blood through the mouth during the song Iron Maiden. After Dennis Wilcock (a former vocalist) left the band a guy named Dave Beasly took over the whole stage act thing, and he soon got the nickname Dave Lights because of his almost insane ideas to improve the stage show with things like gunpowder, flower pots, lights and even vacuum cleaner parts. You can check out a few spreads from the book below.Steve and the band were trying out different things to incorporate in their stage shows a long time before the first Eddie appeared on an album cover. WHERE IS EDDIE? is a must-have for every IRON MAIDEN fan. The studio that brought to life the celebrated seek-and-find book W HERE IS ALICE COOPER?, the fan-adored MOTÖRHEAD: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL and IRON MAIDEN: THE OFFICIAL COLORING BOOK. Lovingly created by the demented team of artists at Fantoons. Walk the edgy East End streets of Killers, escape the maddening asylum of Piece of Mind, trek across the desert ruins of Powerslave, then plummet headfirst down into The Number of the Beast‘s hellfire – every page pays glorious respect to the sheer awesomeness of I ron Maiden‘s imagery. Their painfully addictive riffs and gripping lyrical storytelling have created a legacy like no other, and always with EDDIE by their side.Īs you search for EDDIE, plunge into (15) double-page puzzles inspired by Iron Maiden‘s legendary songs and albums. Throughout their illustrious career, Iron Maiden‘s dauntless music has captured the hearts of dedicated fans all over the world, ever fueled by a fierce determination and immense passion for rock ‘n’ roll. A press release reads: Are you brave enough to find EDDIE? You’d better find him before he gets you! Search for Iron Maiden‘s iconic figurehead throughout insanely detailed illustrations based on some of their incredible album covers.
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