Iron Maiden's Steve Harris (Merged)

[camoe]

Actually, Steve Harris and Dave Murray have both been in Maiden since their first self titled release "Iron Maiden" in 1980. He's one of my main sources of inspiration. Not only from a bass playin perspective, but from a songwriting aspect as well.

Peace

 

[morty25]

Originally posted by Sprinkler
yeah he's great. doesnt he write their music?

yep he write most of the stuff

 

[Stupidnick]

I learned Phantom of the opera back in march =D
Yes.. I agree steve harris is the god of metal bassist.
However mike watt is ..well lets just say ive been listening to double nickles and ballot result alot
But yes.. steve harris is the man and always will be.

 

[Acacia]

Originally posted by CaracasBass


Your rigth!!!!!!! the first Maiden album was released in 1974(??..not sure), and by the time he was already a great player..... so that makes almost 30 years being heavy metal´s favorite bass player

WOW!!!!!!

Iron Maiden's self-titled debut happened in 1980.

He is awesome. But he tends to use the same type of progression is just about every one of his songs. His speed on bass runs/fills is amazing though.

 

[BASSnSAX]

Steve Harris rules!!! He's one of the reasons why I bought a P-bass...and that they are great basses! But I love his tone, speed, writing methods and everything!!! He is one of my idols!...well minus the striped spandex pants...

 

[sobie18]

My first bass hero!

 

[Grygore]

Originally posted by Blisshead
Yep. Steve Harris is the man and we all know it. He is the guy who got me really excited to play bass.

Exactly! I don't wear spandex tho

 

[LiquidMidnight]

I'm going to have to go against the grain here and say that while I think he's a talented bassist, I don't understand why he's held in such high regards. I personally think Roger Patterson, Pete Perez, Tony Choy, Steve DiGiogio, and Sean Malone are way better Metal bassist.

He does have an awesome right hand though.

 

[Erlendur Már]

Steve is great, but I wouldn't call him underrated..

 

[Selta]

I hear he's a great football player as well (REAL football, not American)...but a stunning and awesome bassist.

 

[Johnny BoomBoom]

A great bassist indeed! Underrated - no I think he is respected and appreciated exactly as his talents and abilities deserve.

Quite a few of their songs do have that classic:-

E -C - D - E

Progression - but it seems to work well for him and Iron Maiden as a whole!

One of my influences - although I don't like flatwounds on a P-bass! Maybe that's why I'll never be a great bassist .......

 

[FatCity]

I agree. Harris is one of my biggest influences.

 

[odie]

LiquidMidnight- Alot (not all)of those players were influenced by Iron Maiden. The big thing in Steve Harris' defense is the fact that he writes such a large amount of there music.

I think alot of the shredders like Sean Malone write some really cool stuff but its not written for a band with vocals or one even with a chorus .

They write it more for melody with there instruments rather than a song with a band and vocals.

I love there stuff but its a differnt vibe.

It's like saying Vai is a better guitarist than Eddie VH. Its a Different vibe.

 

[Tenacious E]

Yesterday while I was watching Elizabeth Smart's family's newsconference (how's that for a miracle?) on CNN, across the bottom of the screen (you know, the constant stream of words about various news stories) it mentioned "Bass player Steve Harris of Iron Maiden turns 46". I thought that was pretty cool, since I have never seen CNN (or any other channel other than MTV) mention Iron Maiden. Happy birthday Steve!

 

[john turner]

wow, cool. i think i shall play killers and 7th son to celebrate

 

[Josh Ryan]

Cool. Happy Belated birthday to Mr. Harris, the guy who taught me that rock/metal bass could be audible and good!

 

[sobie18]

He's my HERO!

 

[camoe]

wow, cool. i think i shall play killers and 7th son to celebrate

Yeah baby, that's the cut (Killers). I was just learning that tune a couple of weeks ago..such a great pedal driving line at the beginning of the song.

JT....do you play the intro line with a finger on each E and A string, or do you drop the plucking finger down from the A string to the E string? I've been trying it both ways and ended using the latter technique because it sounded smoother. Just curious as to how others approach it.

Peace and Happy Birthday Steve

 

[Superfrappe]

COOL! Then I shall follow John's ways, and toss in "Piece of Mind".

Happy B-Day Steve.

 

[john turner]

Originally posted by camoe


Yeah baby, that's the cut (Killers). I was just learning that tune a couple of weeks ago..such a great pedal driving line at the beginning of the song.

JT....do you play the intro line with a finger on each E and A string, or do you drop the plucking finger down from the A string to the E string? I've been trying it both ways and ended using the latter technique because it sounded smoother. Just curious as to how others approach it.

Peace and Happy Birthday Steve

when i used to be in a cover band and played killers, i would pluck the a string with my index finger and then pluck the e string with my thumb. i would also play this way for the fast part in phantom of the opera - thumb, index and middle.

playing steve harris parts this way actually got me into using my thumb like this along with my index and middle fingers from the very beginning.

some of his stuff i would pluck with index and middle on two different strings, like the fast part in rime of the ancient mariner and to tame a land.


big ole' w00t for steve harris