Saturday. March 12: Rock Birthdays

Happy Birthday today (March 12) to  bassist Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. He’s 60.

Steve Harris is the primary songwriter and founding member of Iron Maiden. He’s the only member of Iron Maiden to have remained with the band since the beginning, and has appeared on every album along with guitarist Dave Murray. Iron Maiden was formed 1975 out of east London by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. The band were pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and achieved initial success in the early 80’s, and have had several platinum and gold albums in the UK and U.S including 1982’s Number of the Beast.

Iron Maiden released their latest album The Book of Souls last year and received great reviews. It’s the band’s first double studio album and it was produced by longtime Iron Maiden collaborator Kevin Shirley. The band will play Madison Square Garden in NYC coming up on March. 30.