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==History==
[[Image:Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden.jpg|thumb|180px|left|''[[Eddie the Head|Eddie]]'', the iconic mascot of the band, has been featured on the artwork of almost every album and single. It also appears in various videos such as "Women In Uniform".]]<!--Following section taken from Early Days DVD, and 12 Wasted Years video-->
The road from formation to the present started on Christmas Day 1975 shortly after bassist [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]] formed his own band after his bandmates in the group [[Smiler]] rejected many of his original songs. Harris attributes the band name to a movie adaptation of ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask]]'' he saw around that time, and so the group was christened after the [[iron maiden (torture device)|medieval torture device]].<ref>Barton, Geoff. "BLOOD AND IRON: HM from the punky East End and nothing to do with Margaret Thatcher,
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