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Adrian Smith
Adrian Frederick Smith is an English guitarist and singer best known as a member of heavy metal band Iron Maiden, for whom he also writes songs and performs backing vocals.
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culture · English guitarist (born 1957) · songwriter · composer · painter · singer · also Adrian Smith, Adrian Smith (musician), Adrian Frederick Smith, Smith
Born 27 February 1957 · Q212070
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2026· 3 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Adrian Smith of Cincinnati Royals, Kentucky Wildcats fame dies at 89
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Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Iron Maiden
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2025· 2 entries
loudwire: Adrian Smith – Why I Like Improvising Now, Going Down Guitar YouTube Wormholes + More
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Yahoo: Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen come from different worlds, but it all comes back to the blues
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2020· 2 entries
Smith released the book Monsters of River and Rock in 2020.
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Smith collaborated with Richie Kotzen under the name Smith/Kotzen
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2019· 1 entry
Smith and the rest of Iron Maiden all individually received the Relief Salon De Los Pasos Perdidos – State prize for their contribution to the development of Argentina’s culture and music
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2016· 3 entries
Released album “The Lung Function Years - Solo & Side-Projects To Click Click”.
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Released album “Micrometric”.
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Smith and Iron Maiden were given the titles of Honorary Visitors of the Country Award in El Salvador
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2015· 1 entry
Released album “Vaultage”.
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2011· 1 entry
Smith formed the side project Primal Rock Rebellion with Mikee Goodman
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2009· 1 entry
In his spare time, Smith is a keen angler, revealing that he used to take "worms and maggots" with him on tour, and was featured on the front cover of Angler's Mail on 25 August 2009.
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1999· 1 entry
Smith rejoined Iron Maiden, along with Dickinson, who commented, "When he [Smith] left the band in 1990, I think everybody was a bit surprised at how much we missed him and certainly, I don't think anybody had realized h
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1997· 1 entry
Psycho Motel was put on hold when Smith joined the band of former Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson
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1995· 1 entry
And Welcome to the World in 1997, and supported Iron Maiden on the British leg of The X Factour
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1990· 3 entries
And, after a year-long hiatus, formed the band The Untouchables which later became Psycho Motel
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During the album's pre-production stages, and was replaced by Janick Gers
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In particular while working with Roy Z, from whom he "learned a lot about picking" and became "more disciplined"
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1989· 1 entry
Smith released a solo album with the band ASAP (Adrian Smith and Project), entitled Silver and Gold, which was a commercial failure in spite of a promotional club tour
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1988· 1 entry
Married Nathalie Dufresne-Smith, who currently works for Maiden Flight, a cancer awareness/patient rights organisation, and the pair have three children
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1982· 1 entry
Co-penning "Gangland" and "The Prisoner", as well as the aforementioned "22 Acacia Avenue"
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1979· 1 entry
But turned them down to focus on leading Urchin
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-02-27.
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